7 Things WWE could have done differently with The Undertaker

Repetitive Opponents at Wrestlemania

Between HBK and The Game, they chalked up 5 Wrestlemania appearances opposite the Deadman.

The Undertaker’s vaunted streak, before its demise at the hands of the Beast Incarnate, involved several future(or present) WWE hall of famers who unerringly fell prey to the macabre entity that is the Phenom. However, despite posting 21 victories without being defeated at the Show of Shows, he did not do it against 21 different opponents. Triple H fought the Undertaker thrice with both Shawn Michaels and Kane featuring twice apiece as well.

Agreed, the consecutive matches with Shawn Michaels and his latter encounters with Triple H were classics, but famous names such as Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero are glaringly missing from the list of The Undertaker’s opponents at Wrestlemania.

Although it is understandable why the WWE desisted from feeding Superstars like Stone Cold, The Rock or John Cena to the Streak given that they featured as the face of the company at different times, there is a case to be made that Streak could have looked far more impressive had it comprised of 21 different names instead of the repeat encounters that ensued.

Undertaker vs CM Punk

This is how The Streak should have ended

CM Punk’s departure, while gravely disappointing to many fans, did not take the WWE universe by storm. It was apparent, right from the onset, that Punk was a circular peg in a square hole. Although admittedly, it is an entirely different question if his departure could have been averted.

Despite Punk’s abrasive demeanour, Vince McMahon could have chosen to look past it and work with him for the sake of business, as he did with Stone Cold and Hulk Hogan. Perhaps offering Punk the credence of claiming the Streak at Wrestlemania 29 could have served as a shot in the arm for the revolutionary Superstar, thereby surely extending his affiliation with the company.

As it turned out, the WWE fulfilled neither criteria and CM Punk left for the UFC a year later, and the WWE were left ruing what they didn’t do with the Streak at Wrestlemania 29, and what they chose to do with it a year later.