7. The Undertaker (2007)
I know it sounds odd. The Undertaker didn’t need a push in 2007, he was well established as a top tier performer! True, but he had become entrenched in the no man’s land of second-tier main eventer. The go-to big name that can carry your weekly main event, but wasn’t headlining pay per views. That changed in 2007.
Winning the Royal Rumble in San Antonio was the kick start to a huge Taker push that ultimately landed him in Wrestlemania XXIII’s main event, winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista. Before 2007 “The Streak” existed, but it wasn’t billed as one of WrestleMania’s top draws until this push happened.
The list seems highly wwe-centric although the only WCW push that immediately comes to mind is the one you included
I immediately thought of Goldberg and I have also thought that Ryback has been a poor imitation of Goldberg since his repackage.
I’d like to the the “pushes gone wrong” list you teased in the intro!
Forgot how they pushed Sheamus to the moon out of ECW.
I thought this was a WWE article until number 1 … I expected to see Yokozuna at the top spot since he was pushed to kill Hulkamania
anyway
The Sting/Crow Push
The DDP Push
The Booker T push
all come to mind for me
The Hardy Solo Push as well
Good post