Let's face it: as smart wrestling fans, everyone had a secret fear in the back of their mind that HHH would allow himself to be the one to break the streak, and as the match wore on, that horrifying notion wasn't being helped as Taker was being systematically broken down. After three Peidgrees, Triple H would then begin to wail on Taker with a lot of devastating chair shots. At that point, HHH would tell Taker to just stay down in an outburst of frustration, and to add insult to injury, HHH would imitate Taker's throat slash taunt before picking him up for the Tombstone. After he hit Taker's signature move, it looked pretty convincing that it was all over, but luckily, Taker kicked out and eventually locked HHH in the Hell's Gate, giving him the victory and fans everywhere a huge sigh of relief.