15 Most Notorious WWE Wrestlemania Urban Legends

9. The Undertaker vs. Big Show And A-Train Was Planned To Be Different

WWE.comWWE.comBack to The Undertaker and his iconic streak, which is sadly no more. By the time WrestleMania 19 had rolled around, the streak had gone from something of a friendly stat to worldwide sporting recognition. Taker was the talking point of each and every Mania show, and he was booked to fight Big Show and A-Train at the 19th edition of the legendary show. However, the plans had to be re-written on several occasions, but not thanks to anyone involved in the match. In early 2003, the WWE signed a youngster by the name of Nathan Jones. However, he was anything but a youngster in terms of his intimidation levels - he was absolutely huge. Immediately, he was thrown into a storyline where he became The Undertaker's protege, and the original booking was for him to compete in a tag match alongside Taker at WrestleMania 19. But the WWE Creative team were hugely split on Jones, with some fearing that he would look out of place in the ring on such a big stage. And eventually, he was removed from the match. However, he did make an appearance towards the latter stages of the match, but he looked ridiculously clumsy as he was taking down Big Show to help Taker get the win. You imagine Taker's record at WrestleMania would have had an altogether different feel had the streak (or at least some of it) being shared with Nathan Jones.
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