6 Lies WWE Told Us About The Undertaker/Triple H Rivalry

It's all about the lie, and how you spin it...

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Wrestling icons The Undertaker and Triple H will face each other one more time at WWE Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia. In case you couldn't tell by the match's rather on-the-nose tagline, it will be the final time that the legends will do battle with each other.

The match's inclusion on the huge event's card certainly divided the WWE Universe. On one hand, it will be incredibly intriguing to see how a modern-day clash between these two grizzled veterans will compare to some of their previous classics while, on the other hand, it risks damaging their incredible history - especially the beautiful ending that it already had.

Speaking of that perfect ending, WWE has had to fabricate a number of stories in order to defend its controversial decision to resurrect the feud, leading to the company suggesting that the two have "unfinished business" with each other (when they clearly don't).

This isn't the first time that the WWE creative team have altered this pair's past to fit the narrative they are trying to portray, so it wouldn't be surprising if the "last time ever" wasn't actually the final time they meet in the ring.

6. Everything Was Gone After WrestleMania XXVIII

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In his first promo regarding his upcoming showdown with The Undertaker, Triple H explained why he agreed to the contest. In doing so, he recalled how everything "changed" after their picture-perfect moment from WrestleMania XXVIII, claiming that Shawn Michaels was gone, Undertaker was practically retired and that he himself donned the corporate suit. In short, everything was gone.

While it was a great, emotional promo, it was all technically untrue. Shawn Michaels had retired two years prior to WrestleMania XXVIII and simply returned to his life after officiating that match. Though The Streak did come to an end and Undertaker teased retirement on more than occasion, he has continued to wrestle at every single WrestleMania since, as well as wrestling on TV twice in 2013, at three other PPVs in 2015 and even at The Greatest Royal Rumble earlier this year.

Then there's Triple H who had already adopted the corporate role before the WrestleMania XXVIII match and merely resumed it afterwards. This hasn't stopped him from also wrestling at every WrestleMania since as well as a few other events in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

So, in spite of Triple H's comments, nothing was really gone. The era simply continued to stick around on a part-time basis, much like it had been doing before the 2012 match, and it will likely still do so after the pair's clash at Super Show-Down.

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