10 Precise Moments Wrestlers Should Have Retired

10. The Undertaker - WWE Extreme Rules 2019

The Undertaker is very much trapped in that paradox: he can't go anymore, but wants to go one more time to go out on his sword.

He doesn't want to tarnish the legacy he has already tarnished irrevocably with years' worth of performances that have ranged from plodding to disastrous to career-threatening. He wants "one last ride" to reverse a narrative that is threatening to pour soil on his legend. The thing is, he got it right and went out with pride last year. Or else he would have, had he actually went out, and not felt emboldened to do yet another WrestleMania. "It" of course was his fantastic performance at Extreme Rules.

A wild convergence of factors resulted in his best night in five painful years: a hot crowd thrilled by this rare offseason appearance; an unexplored, fresh, complementary tag dynamic with Roman Reigns; smoke; mirrors; a heel, in Shane McMahon, begging for a hand to be clasped 'round his throat. 'Taker was great in the match, relishing the limited role and the roar of the crowd that willed him into it from the apron.

There's an episode of Seinfeld where Jerry teaches George an old showman's trick to avoid embarrassing himself:e should abruptly end on an unplanned high note.

This is the key to the Last Ride.

He didn't do it after Extreme Rules, so the next time he goes five minutes without embarrassing himself, he should take inspiration from George Costanza and just call an audible.