8 Booking Steps For The Undertaker's WWE Return
6. Back To Where It All Began
Survivor Series takes place just a few days after Taker’s comeback, and it’s at this very same event that his career started 26 years ago. It makes all the sense in the world to get him involved in this year’s event, particularly if this is his final run.
SS is currently set for four hours, and all of WWE’s biggest stars are set to compete. With that in mind, The Undertaker’s announcement should open the show. After the customary ring entrance, Taker shouldn’t be allowed to get a single word out before AJ Styles’ music hits, and the WWE Champion hits the ring with a massive chip on his shoulder.
Fuming that The Undertaker dared to disappear on him on SmackDown, AJ will take things a step further at Survivor Series by making perhaps the biggest mistake of his career: putting hands on The Deadman.
A push will suffice, but just when it looks like Taker is about to fire back, here comes John Cena.
Cena will immediately get between the two. He’ll lambast Styles’ disrespect, then turn his focus back on The Undertaker. Ahead of Taker’s match announcement, Cena will put forth his own case to be the man who has the honour of facing the Deadman. Styles, as champion, will disagree, and an argument will break-out between the two, resulting in Styles levelling his old opponent.
This is when The Undertaker springs into action (as much as his dodgy hip will allow, of course). He’ll dispatch AJ with a Chokeslam, then disappear into the night, his big announcement all but ruined.