WWE needs future icons
Right now, the WWE tends to turn to stars largely of past eras to carry the weight for major pay-per-views like WrestleMania, men like Brock Lesnar, Goldberg, Triple H, Shane McMahon, the Undertaker himself and even John Cena and Randy Orton. But what happens when those men have moved on from in-ring work?
The WWE will need to build its current talent as viable main-event performers without those previously established names, and that can’t happen if the main-roster regulars lose matches to the past legends. In this match, in particular, if Undertaker beats Reigns in one of his last matches, how believable is Reigns as a major talent for next year or the year after that? Instead, having Reigns get the victory tells the casual fans that are bound to be watching – who will be more likely to know of Undertaker as a major star – that Taker’s time has passed and a new era has dawned with Reigns at the forefront.
