8 Signs The Undertaker Is Retiring At WrestleMania 33

8. He's Fighting Roman Reigns

Brock Lesnar’s ending of ‘The Streak’ was supposed to make The Beast Incarnate look like, well, a beast. It did a pretty bang up job – before his various run-ins with Goldberg, Brock was positioned as pretty much the most unstoppable man on the roster, as though he’d taken on some sort of supernatural qualities of his own after beating The Deadman.

When Bray Wyatt was announced as The Undertaker’s opponent the following year, he seemed like a less imposing foe, but his cult leader gimmick had a lot of fans guessing that Taker would finally pass the torch down to The New Face of Fear. He didn’t.

Then there’s Shane McMahon, a person who could never believably defeat The Undertaker in a one-on-one match, let alone a Hell in a Cell.

But Roman Reigns is a different kettle of fish. A large part of his unpopularity is down to his ‘superman booking’, the fact that WWE constantly pushes Reigns as an underdog, but one who never really loses, and can rarely be put down by multiple high-powered finishers. He’s strong, and in terms of current booking, he’s one of a small number of names on the roster who could believably best The Undertaker at WrestleMania. Taker has always said he wants to retire the ‘old school’ way, going out on his back to usher in a new generation. Like it or not, Roman Reigns does fit that bill.