Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship, from WWE No Way Out 2004

This is neither the most emotional match of Guerrero's career nor his best, but it is hard to not get caught up in the moment. Lesnar is here to be the scariest man in the world, and I struggle to think of anyone who has ever done their job so convincingly. The match is a bit longer than it needs to be and there's little pressing drama until the ending sequence, but you can get away with that when your finish equals Misawa vs. Tsuruta in terms of iconography and feeling. Would've been more celebrated in a less eventful year.

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