WWE fans react to the epic Undertaker-AJ Styles boneyard match

The boneyard match was one of the best WrestleMania matches of all time.

Earlier this week, we ranked the greatest WrestleMania main events of all time. After Saturday’s Night 1 of WrestleMania 36, there may be a new GOAT. The Undertaker and AJ Styles capped the first night of WrestleMania with a mysterious “boneyard match,” a vague stipulation that was never defined before the show, which left fans guessing as to what could happen. The result was absolutely unbelievable.

The boneyard match didn’t take place inside the WWE Performance Center, and instead was staged in a foggy graveyard. WWE has tried its hand at these type of cinematic outdoor matches in recent years after the Hardy Boyz found great success with The Final Deletion, but never quite nailed the execution. The boneyard match, though, was a masterpiece.

The match opened with a hearse arriving to the Undertaker’s theme music, but Styles popped out of a casket instead and called out The Undertaker. The Deadman arrived on a motorcycle in a throwback to his biker character. With the help of a surprise group of druids, Styles got the upper hand and was about to bury The Undertaker alive – but Taker teleported from out of a grave to turn the tide, and later chokeslammed Styles off the roof of a barn. It was glorious, and I’m not sure how WWE could possibly follow this on Night 2.

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