WrestleMania title shot: Defeated Batista at WrestleMania XXIII Its a little surprising to think that heading into 2007, the Undertaker had been with WWF/E for 17 years and had never won the Royal Rumble. By that time, however, Taker was thought to be winding down his career as a full-time wrestler. Consider that about after three injury-plagued years, he would transition to being a special attraction, showing up sporadically and defending his undefeated WrestleMania streak. But in 2007, Undertaker entered at #30 and won the Rumble. He would go on to face Batista at Mania. The World Heavyweight Championship title match was stuck in the middle of the card, before the Battle of the Billionaires and the WWE Championship match. Taker and Batista then went out and had a barn-burner of a match, trying to steal the show in part due to their placement on the card. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpmkR9tvc8 Takers title reign would last for only a month, as Edge would cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase to win the title. Undertaker would get his revenge a year later at WrestleMania XXIV, when hed defeat Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
