10 Things We Learned From WWE’s Undertaker: The Last Ride (Chapter Four)

2. "I Should've Left With You"

The Undertaker Shawn Michaels WrestleMania XXVI
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The Undertaker has told Shawn Michaels, privately, on several occasions that he wishes he'd been able to retire alongside him at WrestleMana XXVI. That's a stunning admission, and probably one not many people would've known. That event took place in 2010 (a decade ago), and yet 'Taker is still going.

Things could be very, very different.

'Mania XXVI would've been even bigger had 'Taker announced that he was walking away from WWE life too. Admittedly, HBK's spotlight would also have been slightly diluted by such a bombshell, and fans might've wept with grief had two legends called it a day on the exact same night.

Chapter four brilliantly explores the kinship older pro wrestlers have together. There's a moving speech from Triple H in there about "chasing/serving the dragon" more than WWE, Vince McMahon or yourself. It shows how wrestlers can become addicted to the business and the elation of major moments.

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