WrestleMania 35: What if the PPV doesn’t live up to the hype?

#1. Every effort to book The Undertaker for WrestleMania 35

The Dead Man has been conspicuously missing from the build to WrestleMania 35.

For the first time in 2000, it appears that The Undertaker will not work a match at WrestleMania. While WrestleMania 34 saw him in an odd role—working a match that wasn’t confirmed before the show, and that turned out to be a quick squash—the fact that The Dead Man was working John Cena was a big enough spectacle to make it work. If The Undertaker doesn’t work a match at all, or possibly doesn’t even appear in New Jersey, it will truly feel like a changing of the guard.

The Phenom isn’t getting any younger, and it’s not as though WrestleMania 35 will necessarily miss him from a match quality perspective. Nonetheless, he’s enough of an icon with a legacy tied up enough in this event that it does feel odd to go into ‘Mania without him on the scene. If he doesn’t work the show, and WWE feels the show doesn’t live up to its hype, we can safely assume the company will do everything in its power to get The Undertaker back in the ring for WrestleMania 36.