8 Biggest Disappointments Going Into WrestleMania 31

4. The Wyatt Vs Undertaker Match Has No Positive Outcome

This one is difficult to explain. While Bray Wyatt definitely deserves to share the stage with the Phenom, and while it's awesome to see The Undertaker perform again, it still feels like there is no possible outcome to make everyone in the audience happy. No disrespect to The Deadman intended, but his age and declining physical condition has been obvious for a good few years now, to the point where his schedule was down to one match a year, where he would defend The Streak at Wrestlemania. But The Streak is over now. What's the point in The Undertaker continuing to drag himself through matches anymore? The hard truth is that while this looks like a dream match on paper, it arrived a year too late. Many fans would have preferred a young, fresh talent establish himself by ending The Streak, and Bray Wyatt would have been ideal as the new face of fear. But now, what possible outcome can there be? If Bray wins, then 'Taker's incredible legacy is further tarnished by two consecutive losses. It also devalues the idea of beating Undertaker in the first place, as what used to be an impossible feat would then have been achieved multiple times in quick succession. A Wyatt victory would make both his and Brock Lesnar's triumph feel less special. On the other hand, if Undertaker wins, what does that prove? It won't magically bring The Streak back. It won't bring 'Taker some kind of redemption, because he didn't beat the guy who broke The Streak in the first place. What it WOULD do is piss fans off all over again that WWE wouldn't give a young, homegrown talent the same kind of value that they gave a parttimer who debuted in 2002. Plus, beating Bray Wyatt isn't the kind of victory that 'Taker should have as his last match. So his career either ends on a sour note or he keeps wrestling at 'Mania every year, and if he's going to do that, why end The Streak in the first place? There's no happy ending here.
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Stephen Maher has been a rock star, a bouncer, a banker and a busker on various streets in various countries. He's hung out with Robert Plant, he was at Nelson Mandela's birthday and he's swapped stories with prostitutes and crack addicts. He once performed at a Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras by accident. These days, he passes the time by writing about music, wrestling, games and other forms of nerdery. And he rarely drinks the blood of the innocent.