Taker Didnt Think it Should Be Brock to End the Streak

[ChristmasFnatic]

During the Brothers of Destruction documentary on the WWE Network, The Undertaker and Kane commented on who should've ended Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak:

Undertaker: “I thought there would be somebody, like Roman Roman would have been, I think Roman would have been fine.”

Kane: “Yeah. I just feel that it would have made a Roman, you know, it would have put even more luster on that.”

Undertaker also talked about not knowing that his streak was ending until the day he faced Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 30:

“I got to the arena that day and I was going over. I mean, we had gone back and forth and when I showed up, I was going over. Through the course of the day, Vince would come to me and say that he’s changed his mind. man, I was like, ‘Okay, I don’t think Brock needs it, but at the end of the day, it’s your show, it’s your call. If you’re sure about it, then that’s what we’ll do.”

[BallGameFan]

GOATaker. The best ever in the biz.

[Mountaineer92]

idk i think brock needed it because they wasted 2 years on brock by that time already. having him to lose to cena was fking dumb when he first cam eback and then that retarded awful hhh feud too

[ChristmasFnatic]

Gotta admire Taker though for just going with it. Bret refused to drop the belt in Canada/to Shawn lol.

[QuentinSutpen]

Hindsight 20-20, they made the right call with Brock. Ending the streak gave Brock a ton of momentum. He began squashing main-eventers, he created "Suplex City," he became the "1 in the 21-1." WWE got a solid 3-4 years out of a white-hot Brock Lesnar after the streak.

Plus, Brock post-streak helped catapult the careers of people like Reigns, Rollins, and McIntyre. So the streak did help elevate rising talent too. Brock post-streak also allowed Goldberg to redeem himself from the 2003-2004 run; and the 2015 feud with Undertaker was Undertaker's last great storyline.

[HairyWBush]

Hindsight 20-20, they made the right call with Brock. Ending the streak gave Brock a ton of momentum. He began squashing main-eventers, he created "Suplex City," he became the "1 in the 21-1." WWE got a solid 3-4 years out of a white-hot Brock Lesnar after the streak.

Plus, Brock post-streak helped catapult the careers of people like Reigns, Rollins, and McIntyre. So the streak did help elevate rising talent too. Brock post-streak also allowed Goldberg to redeem himself from the 2003-2004 run; and the 2015 feud with Undertaker was Undertaker's last great storyline.

1000%...if roman would have beat taker it would have helped nobody, including himself. if undertaker was facing Brock, he loses. besides this is old fake news.

[Deathstroke]

Back then I called it here in this section. I wanted it to go to Heel Cena back then because they used Brock in such a sucky way up to wm30. But I guess the streak helped push him as this human suplex killing machine. So I agree with it now. But pre wm30 even though I predicted it, I wasn’t thrilled with the decision.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Back then I called it here in this section. I wanted it to go to Heel Cena back then because they used Brock in such a sucky way up to wm30. But I guess the streak helped push him as this human suplex killing machine. So I agree with it now. But pre wm30 even though I predicted it, I wasn’t thrilled with the decision.

I think were the only two who predicted the Streak ending!!!

[EidFnatic]

Gotta admire Taker though for just going with it. Bret refused to drop the belt in Canada/to Shawn lol.

Fukk you.

[badreligion]

Lol Taker might have wanted Roman to do it but it was obvious that the fans were not into Roman despite how hard he was being pushed down their throats. I mean come on, The Rock couldn't even get him over if he ended Taker's streak the amount of abuse he would have gotten would be insane.

[marinevet63031]

At the end of the day, Cena said he would not do it. Mark and Brock did the best they could with what they had. Mark told him to "Finish the job." That is that y'all. This is reminiscent of Andre saying to Hogan "Ok boss, this is what we are going to do." Taker was the boss, the whole show, the locker room leader.

[wings_unhinged]

Nobody should have. The Streak was on its way to being an iconic piece of wrestling lore. Now it's just one of those things that we remember was cool about the WWE once.

[ChristmasFnatic]

Nobody should have. The Streak was on its way to being an iconic piece of wrestling lore. Now it's just one of those things that we remember was cool about the WWE once.

Agree with this 100%. Some things are better left untouched.

[andyray]

it would have been the perfect way to turn roman heel

[Murph0408]

weird take by undertaker IMO.

others stated it above; brock really did benefit from that and took the extra step to becoming a serious attraction. in turn, over the years the WWE has been able to use brock to make other guys look good too (roman included). WWE frankly didn't know what they were really doing with lesnar at the time (lost to HHH at mania 29 lol. come on). after that he was just looked at differently.

it also made all the sense in the world for taker to lose the streak to a guy that we all know would kick everybody's ass on the roster no question.

roman has had the torch handed to him over and over again. nothing clicked really outside of him returning from cancer, understandably, and his current heel turn.

Nobody should have. The Streak was on its way to being an iconic piece of wrestling lore. Now it's just one of those things that we remember was cool about the WWE once.

the streak ending was as memorable as the streak itself. it completely stole the spotlight that night and is one of the first moments people remember from the last 10 manias. i strongly disagree.

[pandaboy89]

Lmfao Vince always “changes his mind” literally last minute, just like he did to NEXUS and NWO 2002 wrestlemania. What a guy, talk about politics.

[BwuK]

I think it was a good move. Taker was beginning to slow down, and the crowd would of booed Roman. Lesnar was a shock moment and one of the best Mania moments ever.

[badreligion]

If anyone it should have been HBK.. He breaks the streak at 25, Taker retires him at 26

[Murph0408]

If anyone it should have been HBK.. He breaks the streak at 25, Taker retires him at 26

if you did that you'd lose the entire storyline around shawn's retirement the following year. you needed shawn to have motivation for a rematch and he was willing to put his career on the line to do so. in hindsight, especially vs a lot of today's material, it was a fantastic story

[Deathstroke]

Someone will crash undertakers final farewell party and wrestle him at wm.

[BigDeeps01]

Agree with this 100%. Some things are better left untouched.

Nobody should have done it

But if ANYONE was gonna do it, Brock made the most sense

[badreligion]

if you did that you'd lose the entire storyline around shawn's retirement the following year. you needed shawn to have motivation for a rematch and he was willing to put his career on the line to do so. in hindsight, especially vs a lot of today's material, it was a fantastic story

The whole concept of Shawn's retirement came after he made the challenge to Taker on Raw. Shawn ends the streak at WM25, Goes out on Raw the next night, boasts about ending the streak and starting his own, Taker comes out, laments over the loss but tells Shawn that he will take the only thing he can from him, his career, challenges him.

[badreligion]

Someone will crash undertakers final farewell party and wrestle him at wm.

You read that rumor too huh? I really hope it doesn't happen, Taker needs to just call it quits as an in ring performer.

[Deathstroke]

You read that rumor too huh? I really hope it doesn't happen, Taker needs to just call it quits as an in ring performer.

Nope. Just a gut feeling I have.
I can’t guess who it will be though.

[EidFnatic]

Someone will crash undertakers final farewell party and wrestle him at wm.

Hogan?

[ChunkBuster]

Hogan?

That doesn’t work for me, brother

[EidFnatic]

That doesn’t work for me, brother

They have history going back to the early 90's, brother.

[Noliberals4]

The whole concept of Shawn's retirement came after he made the challenge to Taker on Raw. Shawn ends the streak at WM25, Goes out on Raw the next night, boasts about ending the streak and starting his own, Taker comes out, laments over the loss but tells Shawn that he will take the only thing he can from him, his career, challenges him.

Holy crap this is awful lol.

[andyray]

i always thought a good way to end it would be something like this;

have a battle royal royal with winner to face taker for the streak

have a mid carder win it, someone like dolph ziggler

everyone thinks that this year is a throw away match for the streak

everyone bishes and complains cause it's too predictable taker will win

ziggler or whichever midcarder wins, breaks the streak and shocks everyone

their career is catapulted and you get a historic moment in wwe history

[Murph0408]

everyone bishes and complains cause it's too predictable taker will win

ziggler or whichever midcarder wins, breaks the streak and shocks everyone

their career is catapulted and you get a historic moment in wwe history

i disagree and history disagrees. you weren't getting a midcarder to suddenly become a megastar. who were your picks back at WM30?

you really want 5'9 170 pound dolph ziggler to end the undertaker's streak at 21-1? seth and roman were still in the shield which was well on its way up. you don't want to break them up yet. you can give me bray wyatt but he was already fighting cena that night and their feud was great, i wouldn't want to drop that (he should've won but lets not get into it)

that night you were already giving the fans what they wanted with their guy daniel bryan, suddenly getting superpowers and beating hunter/randy/batista all of whom dwarf him. you can't have a dolph ziggler (or comparable guy) go out and end the streak that night. it had to be completely believable. brock was a sure thing, and as we spoke of above, he actually did get a lot from that victory because WWE had not really used him properly leading into it.

down the road we will look back at brock's "suplex city" era and miss it dearly, and it really started that night. his run from WM30 to around the saudi shows was top notch. even this year at the rumble he was the man at that event. all starts with WM30 and no way does a mid-carder like dolph replicate or surpass that.