7 Reasons Why The Undertaker Must Never Return
4. Hasbeen
It'll get lost amongst weepy-eyed eulogies of a lengthy career, but one day people will review The Undertaker vs Roman Reigns out of time and come to realise what an utterly useless main event it was.
Outside of an inch-perfect physical representation of his character's demise when he collapsed attempting to sit up, The Undertaker was stripped of his charm and dignity when his ageing frame finally and definitively betrayed him. Flubbing a Tombstone reversal sequence he'd been able to do for years, the awkward botch was the only moment the match had the shades of Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair arc from WrestleMania 24 they appeared to be shooting for.
It had been coming for years.
The streak-ending match against Lesnar was a disaster, but Undertaker worked most of that with a concussion. That wasn't the case for his WrestleMania 31 snoozer with Bray Wyatt, his miserable Hell in a Cell match with Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 32 or even his creaky effort having current performers bounce off him in this year's Royal Rumble.
Fans even noticed how weathered he looked just standing up against Roman in the weeks leading up to the match. Undertaker did amazingly well to last as long as he did at such a high level, but the drop-off was alarmingly steep.