7 Reasons Why The Undertaker Must Never Return

2. 'We May Never See The Undertaker Again'

Undertaker WrestleMania 33
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27 years is an impressive tenure in any organisation, but playing one character that long in WWE is a modern day miracle. And it was maybe the scale of that 27-year term that fans were tearfully bidding farewell to as Undertaker unofficially entered retirement after his comprehensive Reigns loss.

But it's not like this hasn't happened before.

In fact, there are few talents in WWE history that have been banished, buried or bid farewell to as many times as The Undertaker.

Yokozuna and his heel friends rolled him into a casket at the 1994 Royal Rumble, Mankind dumped him in a shallow grave in 1996, Steve Austin did the same in 1998, injury and frustration with Vince McMahon sent him back to his bike in 1999, brother Kane has buried AND burned him alive, and even Edge got shot of him in a TLC match in 2008.

In 2011, he considered jacking it all in after defeating Triple H at WrestleMania 27, so brutal was the battle. He settled on a haircut and a second go against 'The Game', and that was ambiguously considered the 'End of an Era' as well.

To maintain any of the gravitas his WrestleMania 33 exit had, this one has to stick.

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