30 Week Journey: Wrestlemania XXVIII (2012)

Published: Aug. 12, 2015, 2:19 a.m.

The Rock improbably stepped back into the ring at WrestleMania 28, and The Lapsed Fan is right there with him as the show reaches the final leg of its 30-week journey through the grand spectacle.

It was \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d (until next year) as Rock stepped back on to the grand stage to tussle with John Cena in 2012. TLF co-chairs Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro give you that one-of-a-kind vantage on why the match was momentous.

Your hosts also touch on, among other things:

- Why Sheamus\u2019 18-second dispatching of Daniel Bryan backfired, and how sad it is that no one at WWE saw it coming

- Undertaker v. HHH \u2013 Was the WM28 match better than the WM27 match? A debate. Also, the end of what \u201cEra,\u201d exactly?

- Maria Menounos stains her pants on a Diva\u2019s face

- Big Johnny in a Col. Sanders suit

- The CM Punk pipe bomb promo, and the messy, frustrating road from there to his babyface title defense against Chris Jericho on this night

- The unsettling spectacle of Brodus Clay\u2019s \u201cmom\u201d

- Flo Rida booked strong

- How Rock v. Cena will be remembered; is it in the pantheon of Hogan/Andre, Bret/HBK, and Rock/Austin?

All that and so much more, including exclusive insight from Dave Meltzer on what brought Rock back to the fray, and the upshot of the Hell in a Cell match.

Two weeks left. Get to work. It\u2019s the latest stop in the Lapsed Fan\u2019s 30-week WrestleMania sojourn, available for download now!