While The Undertaker's streak had reached 14-0, the concept of The Streak had only really been a thing since Randy Orton specifically challenged it back in 2005.
Orton's former Evolution brethren and then-World Heavyweight Champion, Batista, would be the one to try and end The Streak in 2007, but as The Deadman delivered his cut-throat trademark to end SmackDown, there was a familiar air of inevitability.