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Over the years , there have been some incredible dream couple that have taken topographic point inWWEand beyond , allow the fans to finally see their favourite competitors in the doughnut grappler . From Ric Flair finally argufy with Hulk Hogan , to AJ Styles connecting with John Cena , wrestling fans have experience some of the best matches of their generation simply bybeing patient and waiting for the moment to arrive .
Some of these dream matches , however , for a multitude of reasons , will never grace the television screens of wrestle fans , andthe encounters will play out in the theater of the judgment forever . These ten match are among the greatest showdowns that never chance , and ones wrestling fan bid they could have seen .
10DDP vs. The Rock
People’s Champion vs. People’s Champion
One of the easy matches that experience like a slam dunk post - Invasion in WWE was Diamond Dallas Page vs. The Rock , a story based on who was rightfully the People ’s Champion . Both men , advance funding from the crowds and getting over with the fans by being themselves , each representing their stigma as the embassador of the the great unwashed in WWE and WCW , seemed like it would have made for an leisurely story to enjoin .
The star never aligned for these two , and when DDP link up WWE in 2001 , he was brought in with a clunky and awkward gimmick : the prowler of Undertaker ’s wife . This angle did n’t resonate with fan the mode it may have been intend , and although DDP hold the European and Tag Team Championships with WWE , DDP ’s chance to appropriate the People ’s Champion soubriquet from The Rock never came to pass , and fans omit out on what could have been an incredible confrontation .
9CM Punk vs. Steve Austin
Trash Talkers At Their Finest
Steve Austin will forever be one of the greatest trash - talkers of all clip in professional wrestle , and although there could be a case for many to be made , no one comes quite as close to the Rattlesnake in terms of trash - talking as CM Punk . In a setup starting in 2011 , and remain through a disputative interview ahead of WWE 2K13 , it seemed like everything was full steam ahead for this feud , and set up for one last Austin run .
Those dreams were dashed whenCM Punk was fired from WWE in 2014because of acrimonious circumstances and did n’t return to the companionship until 2023 , while Steve Austin had what looks like his concluding match with Kevin Owens atWrestleMania38 . While Punk has reelect to WWE , it seems unlikely now that the Rattlesnake and The Best in the World will tussle up in the ring .
8Gunther vs. Brock Lesnar
Two Giants Clashing
When Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley finally take place , two innovative gladiators still at the top of their secret plan clash for the industry ’s biggest dirty money , fans turned their attention to another enceinte man facing off , this time with Gunther as Lesnar ’s opt foe . Both men , heavy in height and enceinte in fist , seemed destined for a collision course in the wake of their 2023 Royal Rumble stare - down , especially after Gunther advert to Lesnar as his " end political boss " .
Legitimate issues would tamp down any probability of this couple happen for the foreseeable hereafter , as Lesnar was named in Janel Grant ’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE and afterwards pulled from all WWE programming and plot line . Due to the nature of the allegations , it ’s unclear at this time whether we ’ll ever see Lesnar getting even to WWE , so this peer lives in the minds of writhe buff everywhere as a major " what if " present moment .
7Dean Malenko vs. Penta
Cruiserweight Lucha Glory
In the WCW Cruiserweight division , there may have been no one secure thanDean Malenko , a true master of his trade and worker extraordinaire who , along with a untried Rey Mysterio , Eddie Guerrero , Psychosis , and La Parka , was an integral and exciting part of the Monday Night Wars era by devote fans something new each week . It ’s with this in intellect thatthe best modern opposer for Malenko would be Penta , WWE ’s newest and most exciting Lucha Superstarwho ’s already pull up stakes his fool on the WWE ring with that Cruiserweight feel .
Both human race live and wriggle in different timeline , and there ’s unluckily no reality that this grimace - off would ever take plaza . However , it ’s a fun exercise to think about their dynamic in the ringand what variety of mates these two performers would put on , especially take in such similar styles and approaches .
6The Fiend vs. The Demon
Dark Powers Could Have United
crunch Wyatt ’s alter self-importance , The Fiend , stormed onto the WWE scene with venom and flack in 2019 , place wasteland to everything in its route , include Finn Balor , his first proper opposite after the character ’s debut . Laying in time lag was Balor ’s dark incarnation , The Demon , who brought an adequate amount of darkness to the squared circle , and a dark narration based on these characters could have allowed for a nerveless , supernatural face - off .
For whatever grounds , or no reason , the two incarnation never faced off . The Fiend , unfermented off a fistful of creative missteps with the character adopt by his release in 2021 , was not featured again on WWE programming after Wyatt returned to the fellowship in 2022.Although Wyatt had been educate to revive The Fiend , no architectural plan ever come to fruition due to his untimely egest in 2023 .
5Brothers of Destruction vs. The Outsiders
Top Big Man Tag Teams From The Attitude Era
Another equal that feel like a shaft stuff shot post - Monday Night Wars : the two stalwarts of WWE , The Undertaker and Kane , face off against the return WCW defectors , Scott Hall and Kevin Nash , to prove who was the more dominant military unit in professional wrestling . Four handsome military personnel , among the most dominant of their eras , would have made for some telling storylines and boob tube .
In the wake of the Monday Night Wars ' end , Hall and Nash did not instantly descend back to WWE , as their WCW contracts were guaranteed through the final stage of 2001,and when they hark back , they were immediately befuddle intoa revive rendering of the original nWowith Hulk Hogan . With Nash ’s trauma and Hall ’s freeing lie in time lag , there was no time to properly build this angle to its potency , and wrestling fans were not given a chance to see who would dominate supreme in this showdown .
4Hulk Hogan vs. Steve Austin
An Obvious Showdown and a Massive Miss
Arguably two of the large name in wrestling are Hulk Hogan and Steve Austin , and when Hogan ratify with WWE again in 2002 , the wrestling world immediately set its eye on this epic showdown -The Rattlesnake vs. " Hollywood " Hogan . It seemed like the route of least resistance for an unbelievable account , specially as Hogan was flank by nWo stablemates Kevin Nash and Scott Hall , and the perfect stretcher to the Monday Night Wars .
Hogan was match off with The Rock , andAustin , who admitted he was not in the best chassis physically due to his panoptic injuries , work a lackluster program with Hall , both of which culminate atWrestleMania X8 . The only actual showdown we ’ll ever see between Hogan and Austin was during the 3 - on-2 handicap mate involving Austin , Rock , and the nWo from the March 11 , 2002 episode ofMonday Night Raw , which saw the two fount off for a meagre 24 seconds .
3The Briscoes vs. The Dudley Boyz
Two of the Greatest Tag Teams Of All Time
Considered one of the nifty tatter teams of all time , Jay and Mark Briscoe never competed in a WWE hoop , but there were other opportunities for them to feather off with some of the in force tag team outside a WWE ring . One of these teams was The Dudley Boyz , one of the most decorated tag teams in wrestling history , and this match could have been one for the historic period .
alas , the chance never submit itself , as both teams had expressed interest group in face off against one another , with D - Von Dudley call the missed opportunity"one of my biggest regrets . “The tragic passing of Jay Briscoe in 2023 ended any opportunity for these two titan teams to face off , forever result a mystery to who would be the swell tag squad of all prison term .
2Bret Hart vs. Daniel Bryan
This Would Have Been A Technical Masterpiece
One of the greatest actor of his sentence or any time , Bret Hart truly is the best there is , the best there was , and the good that ever will be . This generation ’s Bret Hart , Daniel Bryan , exuded many of the same technical natural endowment and strengths as Hart possess , andevery " what if " scenario in professional wrestling sport a face - off between these two in almost every mental ability .
Another dupe of different timelines , Hart and Bryan competed in two different worlds and two dissimilar era , render a equal with both of them together in their primes out of the question . A catch that would have ranked among the highest and most well - received matches in history , the theatre of the judgement is where this friction match stays .
1Sting vs. The Undertaker
Seriously, How Did This Not Happen?
The " what if " of all " what ifs " in professional wrestling , Sting vs. The Undertaker is a long - fabled , and often discussed , dream mates among professional grappling sports fan . The darkest character from WCW and WWE , the two blazed a similar path through the supernatural elements of storytelling and were at the top of their promotions in almost parallel time .
Multiple explanations have add up forth as to why this never took spot , with the current prevail narrative being that one party just just was n’t interested in seeing this match happen . Whatever the case , this face-off will be debated for X to come as to who is truly the best : The Icon or The Phenom .
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