 What's good Josh boros back again with another video, so I'm gonna check out ten greatest passing of the torch moments in WWE It is a dope in surreal moment where you see a past wrestler passing on the torch to a younger up-and-coming wrestler. It's one of those moments where The wrestlers themselves want to be able to pass on the torch and to see that in the wrestlers character And to see the fans see that and react to that. It's a beautiful moment Obviously, you can tell by the thumbnail the Undertaker passing the torch to Bray Wyatt Before he had passed. I believe it was dawn the Monday Night Raw the 30th anniversary the triple X Monday Night Raw he was there and he he says something to me It was the passing of the torch moment when he was feuding with LA night. It was a it was a dope moment to see It was it was a holy shit moment and once again recipes Bray Wyatt. He's gone too soon, man We miss you man, and you know Your family and friends. We love you man So we're gonna check out some of these other passing of the torch moments appreciate all the love and support you guys Have shown on channel. Let's get right into this one in WWE matches can take place which see a changing of the guard these matches represent a change in the hierarchy of the WWE roster and ultimately lead to one wrestler passing the torch to the other if WWE executes these moments Well, they can create long-lasting memories, but if WWE fails to effectively deliver the so-called passing of the torch Then the moment can receive extensive criticism and backlash back the moment itself doesn't have to literally feature one wrestling holding The other wrestlers arm it can sometimes be a heel or a baby face putting over the opponent in a convincing manner And it is then the job of WWE's commentary team to smartly convey to the audience. What has just gone down Let's look at 10 passing of the torch moments in WWE Number 10 John Cena versus Austin Theory Heading into John Cena versus Austin Theory at WrestleMania 39 There was a ton of pressure on theory to deliver an exceptional performance Theory's entire arc had revolved around him wanting to wrestle John Cena and now he was getting the chance on the biggest stage imaginable Cena rather selflessly put over theory in the match Which was presented as a passing of the torch style moment yet the fans outright rejected it Yeah The problem was that theory wasn't ready for such a huge victory and the fact that theory had to cheat to defeat Cena didn't exactly paint you as a credible threat Another criticism was that the match wasn't great as Cena had excessive ring rust And there was just a lack of chemistry in the ring between the two men There was a multitude of things that it didn't Go the way they probably wanted it to go whilst it was appreciated that WWE did indeed try to make a new star with theory the timing just wasn't right and the moment could have easily Been used to elevate someone else who was on the brink of greatness Yeah, the thing is his promo segment with John didn't help him John cooked them on live television. It didn't help him there The match there in ring chemistry like he said wasn't all there not to say it was a bad match But if this is a passing of the torch moment It didn't hit and the fact that he had to cheat get it He's a heel or whatnot, but it just it didn't help even more to his cause I it would have been probably a little bit better if he actually would have beat John Cena clean That would have been a that would have been good too But also you still got put into consideration their ring chemistry didn't it didn't get to that next gear It kind of stayed at first gear and that was it is like John did the job, which is awesome I'm glad that John did do the job for Austin theory, but at the same time it hasn't really catapulted him Like you think it should have you know, so I don't know what they do with him going forward Number nine la night versus the Miz Wow, the rise of la night has truly been a joy to watch and la was given a huge moment at the 2023 payback event la wrestled the Miz with John Cena as the guest referee The Miz is one of the most consistent reliable wrestlers in all of wwe Do you like him or not? It's been made clear how much wwe value the Miz so to pair the two in a featured match on pay-per-view was a big deal for la night Additionally the introduction of Cena as the special guest referee brought a brand new spotlight onto the match as Cena Despite being semi-retired is still one of the biggest names in wwe The match itself was passable But it was after the match in which memories were made at the top of the stage Cena would endorse la by raising his hand high in the air Some fans claimed that it was a forced moment But Cena had been excessively praising la in interviews and there was no way that Cena would have done something He simply didn't want to do and here's the thing about that too. I I do wish if they were to make me tell a story there I want them to tell some type of story I would love you know, depending on how long John Cena is gonna be around That could be a passing of the torch moment if you have John Cena and la night have their little Quick little robbery if there's anybody that I feel like that can go toe-to-toe Especially on the microphone side of thing promo side of thing is la night and I would love to see that I Truly kind of reminds me of Daniel Bryan and John Cena when Daniel Bryan Was feuding with John Cena at that Summer Slam and the promo battles leading up to it and John Cena choosing Daniel Bryan That's the person he wants to face the Summer Slam and how pretty much Daniel Bryan was like I'm a wrestler. You know, basically just letting him know like I wrestle you you you're a sports entertainer There's the difference and I like that back and forth and ultimately Daniel Bryan winning the match Was a big passing of the torch moment Of course, you know the cash in with Randy Orton in the betrayal. We're not betrayal But you know Triple H screwing over Daniel Bryan to set up something else But that to me is kind of what I would like to see with la night They have a back and forth la nice like not the biggest fan or you know Super friends with John Cena but to have that back and forth and maybe a moment where la night Beats John Cena that would probably be a better passing of the torch moment If that was something they could do or had the time to do number eight the rock versus Brock Lesnar Rocks run as a full-time WWE star was coming to an end Reputation for being completely selfless in the ring and he was going to show this yet again in the biggest way imaginable The rock would drop the undisputed title to Brock Lesnar in the main event of Summer Slam and for many top stars Putting over a virtually untested star in the main event of a huge pay-per-view would have created problems But the rock welcomed the idea The rock brought his a game to the match as he made Lesnar look like the biggest star in the world And it's no surprise that the two legends remain friends over two decades later The victory was a significant passing of the torch moment as WWE were going with Lesnar as the number one guy in the company and it would have been hard for the WWE audience to accept Lesnar in this position without the Rocks generosity Plus, I know doesn't I gonna like this But you got a call spade-to-spade at this time people didn't people weren't rocking with the rocking WWE in the sense of They knew he was going to Hollywood. They knew that's what it was You they knew he was about to go to Hollywood and Brock was you know up and coming So if you watch this match Brock was the baby face Even though he was the heel he was the baby face more so in this match and people wanted to rock To lose so it makes it was it was it was the time if if the Rock is leaving to do movies And he's not gonna be there as much people know this to be true It only makes sense for the up-and-coming guy to kind of get the the wind there and get that rub So, you know, that's not gonna like this, but that's what happened back then. So that's just what it was Number seven Roman Reigns versus John Cena Seemingly out of nowhere WWE decided to book Roman Reigns versus John Cena 2017 no mercy pay-per-view This was a certified WrestleMania main event, but WWE were giving the match away at a random pay-per-view This match was evidently designed to show fans that Reigns was now the top star in the company Yet the fans were having such a tough time in welcoming Reigns to such a prestigious role in the company Many years later self was decent and after Cena put over Reigns Cena endorsed him to the audience Which was met with a mixed response. The issue here was that it felt overly forced and lacked authenticity For a passing of the torch moment to work. It needs to feel real and genuine Yeah, this could have worked if Reigns had built up a positive connection with the audience backs And we we could see right through it, bro We could see right through this one and it's funny John Cena's in a lot of these of passing of the torch moments A lot of them haven't really worked I don't know if they're gonna talk about him John Cena and Daniel Bryan because that one actually worked even though he was already getting over that one definitely worked For the time being but yeah, Roman wasn't the Roman we got now. It didn't work We knew that's what it was, you know, we could we could submit that a mile away We knew what they were doing, but he wasn't over with the fans So it didn't matter what they did the rock couldn't get him over What makes you think John Cena at that time was gonna get him over number six Roman Reigns versus the Undertaker No mercy 2017 wasn't the only time in which wwe decided to attempt a passing of the torch moment with Roman Reigns as a few months earlier WWE booked Reigns to take on the Undertaker at 33 it had the potential to match the dead man was intending to retire following the main event encounter with Reigns The Undertaker was ready to call it a day And he was going to put over Reigns and sail off into the sunset The problem was that the match was atrocious Yeah, Undertaker was struggling to keep it together physically and Reigns spent all of the match being booed Yeah, the match was so bad that the Undertaker decided to cancel his retirement plans as there was no way that one of the greatest names in WWE history was going to go out with a subpar match WrestleMania 33 was supposed to be the Undertaker's special night But it was also designed to put over Reigns in the biggest way possible Yep, and a victory over the Undertaker at WrestleMania was bigger than any world title that wwe had up for grabs And here's the thing. This is why I do wish they would have kept his streak intact because It would have been a much better impact if Roman was the guy to do it I know some people wouldn't have wanted it to be broken, but if there's anybody that could have capitalized It was Roman Now the only way that it would have made sense is if you turned them heel They should have did it there This was the only thing that could have saved him is if they turned them heel And that's what we thought they were doing, but they didn't commit if they would have turned him heel Right after on that Monday Night Raw and committed to it It would have been great even if you don't turn them heel You're gonna turn them into like this anti-hero like he doesn't give a damn by how the crowd feels or what not Then slowly morph him into turning heel full-blown heel. It would have been so much better They tried to tease it and then they just didn't commit to it So none of this matter this loss was pointless because in the end of day No one still cared about Roman Reigns in the way they wanted him to The Deadman himself was a big fan of Reigns both as a wrestler and as a human being and he felt terrible about the Disappointing match so much so that the Deadman would personally apologize to Reigns Mm-hmm number five raw is 30 here We go one of the more memorable moments of raw is 30 saw a segment between the Undertaker Bray Wyatt and La night For the segment the Undertaker reverted to his American badass persona great After Wyatt performed a sister Abigail on LA the Undertaker whispered something in Wyatt's ear before riding off on his motorcycle recipes fans have since labeled this as a passing of the torch moment and in an out-of-character Interview with Sportsnet the Undertaker delved into why the segment was important and also offered some insight as to what he said to Wyatt There's obviously a huge number of comparisons between his character and mine, and I think he's his own guy He's his own character. I don't think it's fair to him to compare what he does to what I did in the big scheme of things It's kind of in that same supernatural. I don't know what genre It's 2023 and he's doing his own thing, but I can appreciate it I can see what he's trying to do and I just let him know too My phone's always on and if he needs to talk to me about things or run things by me, that's cool I would be more than glad to share my experiences with him and hopefully shine some light on maybe questions that he has moving forward So yeah, it was a cool moment and it did exactly what I thought it would do number four John Cena versus Daniel Bryan I'm glad this was on the list So glad they put this on the list before we get into that one once again, rest in peace Bray man That's a major endorsement to get it from the undertaker. He gives you an endorsement like that. He obviously sees the potential Like I said rest in peace break man. Go on too soon. That was a beautiful moment That will live on forever. That was a holy shit moment. I was like, yo, this is so cool watching it live So I in by the summer of 2013 Daniel Bryan had emerged as one of the most popular stars in all of Brian was then sent to face the top guy in WWE Title at that year's SummerSlam event Cena did the honorable thing in putting over Brian and after the match Cena endorsed Brian in the ring And this was received extremely well by the fan base Yeah, the fans were ready for the torch to be passed And when the wrestler receiving the torch is someone that the audience genuinely cares about then it's always going to receive a positive response This that worked perfectly up into the you know the cash in and everything else, but that was fantastic He was the guy He was the most over a guy in WWE at that time. We hadn't seen someone that over Just like attitude error. He was that over bro. The the yes movement was Unstoppable it was organic you you you bought into who he was you bought into his character the ultimate Underdog trying to achieve in a in a spot that wasn't meant for him to achieve in What it writes itself? Number three Shawn Michaels versus Stone Cold Steve Austin. Yeah, when WWE arrived at Wrestlemania There's gonna be on this list as well Michaels was getting said to take a step back from the company HBK had a ton of personal demons and his back was in less than stellar physical condition WWE would book HBK to drop the WWE title to Stone Cold Steve Austin at the aforementioned Wrestlemania event and this was done to get the title off HBK and to pass the torch to WWE's new top guy Austin had emerged as one of the most popular stars of all time and WWE were going to enter a new era with Austin What a choice bro number two he had to he had to there was no other choice. It was the perfect time for Stone Cold to win and Arguably one of the greatest Over-wrestling stars of all time. He's definitely on that Mount Rushmore on Cena versus the Rock to WWE made a daring choice in booking a rematch between John Cena and the Rock for WrestleMania 29 WrestleMania 28 was well received, but there was virtually zero demand to see a rematch Yeah, the logic from WWE's perspective was that the match would allow Cena to get his win back and hopefully the Rock would pass the torch to Cena This was problematic as Cena had already been the face of the company for the past eight years So the torch was already on Cena meaning that any literal or figurative torch passing was going to be met with criticism The match itself was a total dud compared to the WrestleMania 28 encounter as the crowd just weren't invested in the action as Many fans expected after the match the Rock would endorse Cena at the top of the stage in a moment that felt overly forced and disingenuous It was it was it was kind of pointless if you want to be honest like I Would have preferred the spiral of John Cena after he lost to the Rock And then you could have did something else where maybe you can't you change John Cena's character But they weren't gonna do that. He was already he He was over in the company's eyes and in the merchandise and you know the kids You know your kids loved him, but he wasn't over in the majority fan base like the guys He wasn't over with the fellas not till recently now He is cuz you don't see him as much and people just like, you know, we love John Cena But at one point it was a lot of yeas and a whole lot of deafening boos it didn't The passing of the torch moment didn't need to happen because he's been on top of company for so long I what torch did you need to be passed? I don't know. It wasn't gonna work. It didn't work I just really wish they would have went down that path of John Cena struggling after losing to the Rock and like Actually, maybe potentially turn them here I know they tease didn't and you know mentioned it here and there But they didn't really turn him he'll but at the end of the day that wasn't gonna happen I think is it was way too late. Well, it was it was never too late to turn him here But it just wasn't gonna happen they Vince had pretty much made his mind up Is he's gonna stay a baby face until the end of time on Hulk Hogan versus the Rock It's often been said that Hulk Hogan losing to the ultimate warrior at WrestleMania 6 was a passing of the torch moment However, Hogan is outright stated in an interview with WWE UK that he wasn't passing the torch in any way shape or form to the warrior There was a time when I was red hot in the 80s and all of a sudden the 90s came and it was time to pass the torch But it didn't happen that way. I mean, they didn't have enough guys ready to lead at that time So, you know, we skipped a generation. It took time to pass that torch, which should have been passed at the end of The 80s. I mean we tried with a couple of guys putting the belts on them and stuff But they weren't ready to run. They weren't ready like John Cena. They weren't ready like the Rock They weren't ready like stone cold So it's very very important that the torch is passed in the correct way and the guys that have all this experience Don't just walk away. They stay there long enough to build the storylines build the talent and then pass the torch in the correct way It's very very important Hogan would eventually pass the torch in a match with the Rock at WrestleMania 18 Self was extremely well received with it being considered one of the best matches in WrestleMania history And the passing of the torch moment between the two icons was presented perfectly. Yeah I mean granted that was more so towards the tail end of the Rock's every day wrestling career You can say like he wasn't there as frequent. I think honestly One see once Hogan went to WCW. I mean stone cold He took the torch It didn't even need to be passed at that point stone cold pretty much just took it Stone cold and the rock they kind of took it, but I get the symbolism when the rock and the Hogan had to match you can see that was somewhat of a passing of the torch moment Even though it was much later in both of the guys's Respective careers it definitely was a passing of the torch moment if you look at it that way, but stone cold took it I'm taking the ball and this is what I'm running with and nobody stopping it So comment down below Let me know some other passing of the torch moments You can remember or some of your favorite ones if they were listed in this video or weren't listed in this video But I appreciate all love and support you guys shown on channel both on 50k I'm still getting speedy into the wrestling champion world. Appreciate y'all kicking me see our next one. Peace