101 Shocking Wrestling Plans You Won't Believe Almost Happened

WrestleMania 22 is memorable for Edge spearing Mick Foley through a flaming table at ringside, Mickie James becoming a meme and infuriating the boss with her sexual innuendo vs. Trish Stratus, Rey Mysterio becoming World Champ, Shawn Michaels and Vince having a thumping 'No Holds Barred' brawl, and a hot John Cena vs. Triple H main event.

On the undercard, The Undertaker maintained his impressive winning streak at the 'show of shows' by running through Mark Henry in a routine 10-minute 'Casket Match'. As "routine" implies, it was certainly nothing special, but it would've become instantly iconic had McMahon gone along with some booking he'd been chewing over for a while.

Former writer Alex Greenfield once disclosed Vince's mindset: Have Henry go over 'Taker as a complete shock on the grand stage, and end a longstanding winning streak at 13-1. Beating Mark in 2006 placed the run at 14-0, but that result was up in the air until the actual pay-per-view itself. McMahon still hadn't made his mind up right before 'Mania.

Let's look at this another way: Had Henry beaten Undertaker, then timeless matches like 'Taker vs. Shawn Michaels (twice), Triple H (twice), CM Punk and Brock Lesnar wouldn't have been the same. All of those hinged on opponents trying to destroy The Undertaker's run of form at WrestleMania, so they'd have been knackered by Mark picking up a surprise victory years earlier.

Several workers, like Edge, have turned down the chance to beat 'Taker at 'Mania. Someone needs to ask Henry what he thought about it.