WWE 2K16: 15 Legends Who Could Be The Flagship Star

1. The Undertaker

Wwe 2k16 Undertaker Not a tricky one, this: Mark €˜The Undertaker€™ Calaway is nearing the end of his career, and is a company man through and through. If you were to bite off his head, shortly before he sat up and scared the laces out of your shoes you€™d see that he€™s got WWE stamped all the way through him. Calaway is an almost dead cert (see what we did there?) for headlining the WWE Hall Of Fame next year, and if this year€™s decidedly ordinary match against Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania is any indication, he€™ll probably be hanging up his wrestling boots underneath his big hat in the next year or so. There are a good half dozen different iterations of the Undertaker to include as exclusive downloadable content in WWE 2K16: the original cartoon zombie version; the gothic Lord of Darkness; the thoroughly evil Satanic cult leader of the Ministry; the American Badass; his ripped-to-hell heel counterpart Big Evil; the hybrid Dead Man we€™ve seen work part time for the last eleven years. 2K have already utilised the Undertaker€™s Wrestlemania winning streak as a story mode, but there€™s a lot more to him than that. Fundamentally though, this is about what€™s owed to the man behind the Dead Man. Despite his talent and his loyalty, Mark Calaway hasn€™t had long, celebratory title reigns like Triple H or Cena€ like a good company man, he€™s dropped the title at the whim of the boss without a murmur of protest. That extends to the Streak, too: one of the most valuable storyline achievements of any wrestler, sacrificed at no insignificant cost to the Dead Man€™s character in order to shore up the monster heel aura of Brock Lesnar. Calaway€™s probably wondered whether it was worthwhile a fair few times, given how Wrestlemania 31 ended. The fairytale prince didn€™t beat the Beast€ instead, Roman Reigns was relegated back to the midcard and Lesnar is likely to return in the summer as a babyface of sorts€ a part time babyface with no interest in carrying the WWE through the next ten years. Meanwhile, without the almost mythic angle of the Streak the Undertaker€™s invincible, heroic aura flickered out, and all we saw was an old guy with bad hair take an unconvincing, unnecessary victory over fresh young talent, while yet more fresh young talent was relegated to the pre-show to make room for him. Time to give the devil his due: a send-off with style, appreciation and a little grace and dignity.
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