10 WWE Superstars The Undertaker Should Have Faced At WrestleMania Instead

The Undertaker and WrestleMania go hand-in-hand simply because they've both been significant parts of the other's continued success over the past three decades. Whenever it's time for the Showcase of the Immortals, there's always the question of whether 'The Man From The Dark Side' will make a triumphant return and who he will ultimately take on.

A major part of that intrigue over the years, of course, stemmed from 'Taker's legendary Streak - which he put on the line for 21 consecutive 'Mania matches. However, when the days of defending The Streak came to an end, there was always the hope that the Grandest Stage of Them All would beckon The Phenom back - which it did many, many times.

With 'Taker having seemingly confirmed his retirement, the Dark Days of WrestleMania may be over for good, and that gives us a chance to reflect on them. In hindsight, it's pretty clear that not all of his WrestleMania bouts were the classics that others were and a large part of that is simply down to the fact that he faced the wrong man on multiple occasions.

On that note, let's take a trip down Death Valley's memory lane and rewrite history while we're at it, looking at 10 alternate opponents The Undertaker should have faced at 10 of his 27 WrestleManias.

WrestleMania IX is considered so infamous that nobody looks back on it with the rose-tinted glasses that nostalgia often provides us with. The Undertaker and Yokozuna play major roles in that infamy.

While 'The Deadman's goofy slow-moving catastrophe with the limited Giant Gonzalez wasn't edge-of-seat-viewing, Yokozuna's victory over Bret Hart and subsequently senseless loss to Hulk Hogan was reviled by everyone who wasn't watching in that arena.

The solution to that immortal problem? Well, that would've been easy: Pitting 'Taker and Yokozuna against one another.

If you've watched The Last Ride, you'll know that 'Taker begged Vince to let him work with Yokozuna first, but Vinne Mac declined and excitedly offered up Gonzalez. It's a shame because, while the eventual matches between The Phenom and Yokozuna weren't instant classics, they were still very watchable.

So yeah, this one may not have been a barn-burner - partially due to the fact 'Taker was still limited by his gimmick - but it would have been a lot more enjoyable than any of what we actually got in Caesars Palace. Yokozuna was far more agile in the ring than Gonzalez and, together, the pair could have pulled off a decent match, saving us from some of the horrors that WrestleMania IX had planned.