He may not be the most popular Wrestling journalist on the block but PWInsider's Mike Johnson has gone on record saying that The Undertaker's return to the WWE is already in place and that a match with CM Punk will take place at Wrestlemania 29. After his shock return at a WWE House Show in Waco, Texas a couple of week's ago fans fully expected The Dead Man to make his Wrestlemania plans clear on the next episode of Monday Night RAW but instead failed to show. It was then a 'given' he would make his comeback the following week but again there was no Undertaker. According to Johnson 'Taker's return will occur "shortly" and could be as soon as tonight on the Old School edition of RAW which will also feature Ric Flair, Haxsaw Jim Duggan, Triple H and The New Age Outlaws. Johnson then went on to confirm plans are in place for CM Punk to challenge The Streak and how Punk's controversial promo from last week fits in to the storyline:
"Undertaker vs. CM Punk was confirmed for Wrestlemania about a week ago and WWE Creative is now scrambling to fast-track the match's storyline. They started phase one with Punk's promo on Monday referring to himself as an "icon" above Superstars and God."
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Some people are worried that a 3rd straight loss at a 3rd straight PPV will seriously damage Punk's credibility in the WWE despite coming off the longest WWE Championship run in modern history. The only way around this would be to have him defeat Undertaker and kill The Streak, but for many fans this is simply out of the question. For now though it remains to be seen if The Dead Man will rise from the grave one more time and defend his unbeaten run at Wrestlemania. We may be closer to that answer tonight.