The Undertaker Recovers From Injury & Will Main Event Wrestlemania 28

The Undertaker has recovered well from multiple hip and shoulder operations and is ready to return to the ring at Wrestlemania 28 in Miami, Florida, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. There had been some doubt internally that Taker's physical body was so banged up that he wouldn't be able to compete at next year's event but he has been working hard to regain fitness and he will return. Although his Wrestlemania 28 opponent has not yet been reveled, it is believed the opponent has already been decided by the WWE. The Undertaker will reportedly compete in the second headlining match on the card. This is interesting for numerous reasons; 1) John Cena vs. The Rock is already assigned as the Main Event for Wrestlemania 28 and that will more than likely be a non-title match. 2) If The Undertaker has the second main event match on the card... one would instantly presume it will be a title match. Does that mean he would be the one to face CM Punk for the WWE Title at Wrestlemania (which seems unlikely as Punk is hot right now as a face) or would he battle the SmackDown World Champion, which again looks unlikely as Daniel Bryan has already promised us he will cash in his briefcase come Miami (though recent storylines suggest that won't happen). Plus, even with Mark Henry's push so he is a better draw than several years ago, we don't want to see The Deadman put his streak on the line against Henry again. So if The Undertaker has the second main event slot, and just for argument's sake that means he ends up facing Triple H again... that means the two title matches would be 3rd and 4th on the card and that would be a shitty way to treat the titles. So attention I guess now turns to who The Undertaker's opponent will be. Mankind has been spoken of to rekindle their famous feud but the direction seems to be for Foley to try and get The Miz over. I've personally voted for Sheamus but he would need to turn heel for that, as would Randy Orton but we've seen them battle before. With Kane coming back, it's hard not to talk about the two brothers without putting them in the same sentence but they would be daft to go there again. Brock Lesnar would be an awesome spectacle but unlikely. Alberto Del Rio won't be the 2nd headlining match. Wade Barrett is starting to get a push but again that doesn't feel like a second main event status. A match against a probably returning Chris Jericho would be awesome but I'd rather he won the Royal Rumble and faced Punk for the title. Who would you like The Undertaker to put his streak on the line against at Wrestlemania?

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