With the Dead Man’s return to WWE imminent, we look back at Undertaker’s WrestleMania career.
WrestleMania XXX was an eventful show.
Cesaro broke away from his tag team and broke out by winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Trophy.
Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and the Rock hung out in the ring and had a blast.
Mr. T and Roddy Piper buried the hatchet.
For the first time ever, Undertaker lost atWrestleManiaand nobody saw it coming.
The legendary Streak started in 1991 atWrestleMania VII.
It was a nothing match, really.
Snuka was past his prime and Undertaker was the new, big threat, needing someone to crush.
Snukas brief moments of offense succeeded in only slightly stunning Undertaker before being silenced by Undertakers violent rebuttal.
He dropped Snuka with the Tombstone and moved on.
Undertakers limits had yet to be established and they wouldnt be truly measured either.
Jake dropped him with a DDT and waited for him to get up so he could give him another.
Perhaps this could have ended the match, but Jake never followed up with a pin.
The year after, Undertaker faced Giant Gonzalez in one of the most famously bad matches inWrestleManiahistory.
Instead, Gonzalez disqualified himself by chloroforming the Undertaker.
Undertaker was on the injured list duringWrestleMania X, but returned a year later to face King Kong Bundy.
It wasnt that big a deal.
It was a meaningless squash match, a sendoff match, and a technicality.
Nothing to get excited about.
Undertaker defeated Bundy and kept it going.
Then Diesel ate a Tombstone atWrestleMania XII.
Undertaker endedWrestleMania 13as champion after dethroning Sycho Sid.
He defeated Big Boss Man in a Hell in a Cell atWrestleMania XVand hung him with a noose.
As punishment, Triple H lost the match with Undertaker.
The commentators surely never mentioned it.
It was just this big booking coincidence.
He did this to illustrate that he was 10-0.
It wasnt until the setup toWrestleMania 21that anyone actually called out this impressive run of wins.
It seemed likely that Orton would be put over, but shockingly, Undertaker kept it going.
His match against Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship atWrestleMania 24was just as good.
Once we reachedWrestleMania 25, things started to get interesting.
Undertaker still continued with his winning ways.
Could it happen?!?
Probably not, since it was just supposed to be Undertaker and fans misread it.
Michael Cole hilariously asked, Could that be the fate of the Undertaker in six weeks?!
Thankfully, it wasnt.
No,WrestleMania XVIIwas their firstWrestleManiamatch.
Undertaker won again and again, making it a wonder just who would ever beat the Streak.
Would anyone ever break the Streak?Shouldanyone ever break the Streak?
You know, before they killed his credibility by never having him turn on Randy Orton.
It was bigger than the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Championship.
Unfortunately, the special attraction could only last for so much longer.
Prior toWrestleMania XXVII, Undertaker stepped away from the main roster to become part-time.
It also became a major staple in video games.
Its just that trying to fight Undertaker atWrestleManiamakes the game super difficult, bordering on impossible.
Then one year, Undertaker offered the challenge to Brock Lesnar.
Not since Mark Henry atWrestleMania 22had popular opinion been so strongly on Undertakers side.
Brock Lesnar conquering the Streak?
The guy was just a part-timer from yesteryear.
No, they were not going to end it with him.
Not Lesnar, though.
It was slow, plodding, and Undertaker looked like maybe his impending retirement would be for the best.
Surprise came twenty-five minutes in when Lesnar reversed a Tombstone into yet another F5.
Everyone sat there, expecting Undertaker to kick out.
Hed move a shoulder up.
Hed sit up and glare.
Hed make a cutthroat motion and finish Lesnar with another Tombstone or make him tap to the Hells Gate.
But there is no joy in the WWE Universe.
Mighty Undertaker has struck out.
For several minutes, they didnt even play Lesnars theme song.
They just let it all soak in with the silence, watching the disbelief.
The sweet, delicious disbelief.
Fans stood with mouths agape and nobody could process the very history going on before them.
How could that happen?
Im going to be honest with you, the crowd reactions made it all worth it.
Even with the match being a turd, the looks of complete horror redeemed everything.
It was so wonderful.
Its been five years since Ive originally written this article and in retrospect, it was for the best.
WWE, to their credit, made Brock Lesnars victory mean something.
He was already a special attraction, but that win ascended him into being the Akuma of WWE.
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Meanwhile, the Undertaker was finally free.
The matches could breathe on their own.
Broken streak or not, thats pretty damn impressive.
