There may never be a storyline as valuable to WrestleMania or WWE, as Undertaker’s streak of 21 straight years without a loss.
While the company that is trying to reinvent itself, is making bold moves with storylines and innovative matches; the fact it took Brock Lesnar, to take down the Dead Man is a testimony to the greatness of Undertaker and the place it has in the annals of professional wrestling.
Rumour has it that Lesnar did not want to be part of a storyline where the streak was broken. The Beast Incarnate is said to have begged to be left out of that kind of storyline. As we all know, he became the one to make Undertaker’s record 21-1, at Wrestlemania.
I have always wondered why WWE did not push the envelope with other wrestlers, who had a streak of their own. If professional wrestling is fixated on records and establishing greatness, other superstars should have had a chance to create their own legacy with a streak; that may not have reached epic proportions.
Here are five wrestlers who could have had their own streak at professional wrestling’s greatest event.
#1 Kane
If WWE could take the immortality of Undertaker and make him a legend, then why didn’t the company do the same thing with his “brother” in the ring. When he burst on the scene, Kane was as dominant a performer as the business had seen.
Brought to the ring by Paul Bearer and a mask that was just plain sick, Kane beat everyone in his path. He, more than anyone else was a clone, to the Undertaker and personified what dominance in the Attitude Era meant.
#2 John Cena
The man who is second to Ric Flair, with 15 world title reigns, should have used WrestleMania as a showcase for his illustrious career. Cena has been the workhorse of the company since he won his first world title.
While he is now on the fringe of the main event picture on SmackDown Live, he can look back on his career and see he has accomplished just about everything a performer can garner. A streak would be icing on the cake and WrestleMania should have been the spotlight, much like it was for Shawn Michaels.
#3 Randy Orton
WWE missed a golden opportunity here. Orton came to WWE from Ohio Valley Wrestling, with John Cena, as a young and upcoming star, who is a third-generation superstar on the fast track to success.
Orton’s best quality was his ability to draw heat for his abuse of wrestling greats. The title “Legend Killer” was one of the best angles of the Attitude Era and should have been a feature of WrestleMania events on a year basis. Could you see WWE line up legend after legend each year to fall to the 12-time WWE champion? It would have been well worth it.
#4 Brock Lesnar
The biggest and ‘baddest’ man in the ring should have walked through WrestleMania year after year. When you have a wrestler who literally leaves opponents in the ring battered and bruised, there should have been a storyline which took advantage of his dominance.
This is a business where the strong survive (or at least it is portrayed that way). The idea of Lesnar with Paul Heyman by his side, for a record streak, would be nothing short of epic. WWE has failed to make Lesnar the most dominant superstar of all time. A WrestleMania streak could have done that.
#5 Big Show
The largest man to ever get in a wrestling ring has been part of some of the worst angles in wrestling history. For a man who is seven feet tall and over 450 pounds, there have been times when Show has been portrayed as soft. Matches with Daniel Bryan. Falling to Rey Mysterio and better yet boxing with Floyd Mayweather.
Show, due to his size and knockout punch, should have had winning streaks, that made Bill Goldberg’s 173-0 record look tiny.
Show is on the downside of his career and WrestleMania 33, should be his last match of his career against Shaquille O’Neal. I wonder if he ever thought a winning streak at ‘Mania would have made his career complete.
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