3 reasons why Undertaker vs John Cena needs to happen

For those who have lived under a rock these past 12 months, several speculations has been mounting over whether The Undertaker has truly laced up his final pair of boots. Despite his emotional sendoff at the end of last year's event, and the man who beat him; Roman Reigns making a clear point that he retired the Deadman, WWE have never quite put the final nail in his coffin.

Now, as WrestleMania season kicks off, the rumours of a potential match against John Cena have started spreading among the dirt sheets. This match was allegedly supposed to happen at WrestleMania 32, with Cena unfortunately injured for the event.

But is it too late? We all saw how broken Undertaker looked in his match against Roman Reigns last year. In fact, he's looked a shadow of his former self since WrestleMania 30, while laying down his gear, and breaking kayfabe live on air with his wife implied that he had called it a day as well.

Yet, a large portion of fans still clamours for this match, myself included. Cena has made it well known that he's wanted this match, particularly in one of his promo's last year in his stellar feud with the Miz. We all remember how good of a wrestler The Undertaker was, and can still be, and Cena has shown over his career his ability to put on a clinical performance with the right opponent

This WrestleMania could be the chance at providing his fans with one final, glorious match against the WWE franchise himself, John Cena. Here are three reasons why it needs to happen.

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#1 The seeds have been sown for the feud

Cena mocked Undertaker during his program with Reigns

The Cena-Reigns program wasn't exactly incredible. Cena destroyed Roman in terms of mic work, and the match itself wasn't particularly stellar. One surprising thing that did come out of it, however, was Cena mocking Roman's victory against the Undertaker at the previous Wrestlemania. John congratulated Roman on beating a broken old man who needs a hip replacement.

Was it just Cena mocking Reign's accomplishments? Or just maybe, Cena was setting the early seeds for the match. During Raw's 25th anniversary, Taker name dropped a plethora of opponents he has 'buried' during his illustrious career, with Cena's name ominously excluded from that list. With Cena ridiculing Undertaker's physical condition during his promos against Reigns, and Taker's promo of defeated opponents not featuring Cena; the beginning stages of their dream feud has been drawn.

#2 The last chance

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Following on from the derision of his condition, Father time has caught up with The Undertaker. Many would argue it caught up to him after the 'end of an era' match against Triple H. He has looked slower every year, had a prominent gut during his feud with Reigns last year, and his arsenal of moves has dwindled to strikes and finishers. Reigns was not experienced enough to carry Taker to a good match physically or emotionally, and it showed during their bout last year.

Cena however, has shown to be great in ringleader and has proven it time and time again over the past five years. He has more than enough ability to help carry the Undertaker to a classic, story-driven match to hide his ever-shrinking physical capabilities.

Recent footage from Michelle McCool's Instagram featured Undertaker working out, and he looked like he was in the best shape in years, which may have credence in his preparation to give everything he has one more time in the ring and allow him to keep up with Cena.

#3 Another dream match will be lost

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Even to this day, fans lament the 'what if' dream match between Sting and The Undertaker. WWE was so close to finally being able to pull the trigger and should have done so during Sting's debut, but the unfortunate career-ending injury suffered to a botched buckle bomb in his match with Seth Rollins has left that bout to the realms of imagination.

WWE now have the chance to right that wrong with this dream match. It may be several years later than it should have been, but this is now the ultimate opportunity for Vince to provide fans with a massive, money-making match between two of the biggest icons ever seen in sports entertainment. Taker has reached the tail end of his career. Cena has begun his journey down his final road. There will be no more opportunities for the biggest match since Rock-Cena after this years WrestleMania.

So who goes over?

Have you picked your favourite?

This will be the cause of great debate should this match go ahead. Who wins? Before Undertaker's streak was broken; fans clamoured he should remain undefeated, or lose to an upcoming young star who could benefit from the rub.

Fast forward a few years, and he has lost to Brock and Roman at the grandest stage of them all. The lustre of whether he wins or loses has shrunk dramatically. This dream match against Cena though would bring that all back. Many fans would want Taker to win as a final redemption before riding off into the sunset. Others would want Cena to win, so to set his course towards his record-breaking 17th title reign, before giving that rub to a younger star himself.

In my personal opinion, I'd like to see Taker go over. He has given his life to the WWE and it's fans and has already twice done the job at WrestleMania. One final win, before announcing his retirement at Raw the next night, would be a wonderful final chapter in a storied career.

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