WWE WrestleMania 30: 10 Reasons The Undertaker Losing The Streak Was A Waste Of 22 Years
8. The Mystique Is Gone
One of the only reasons fans have been accepting of The Undertaker's role as a part-timer who makes hardly anything more than his annual WrestleMania match and a handful of appearances leading up to it is due to the mythological status the streak has taken on. The Undertaker himself, while undoubtedly a draw for the company, is a man who needs the streak to remain relevant at this stage of his career. Where he able to maintain a more active schedule this wouldn't be the case, but now that the yearly drama of seeing if someone is going to bring the legendary run to an end is no more, will fans be as willing to cheer the Undertaker in such a role? For the past several years, the story has been the old gunslinger returns to battle once more to defend his legacy. Now that that legacy has been tarnished, what will be the motivation? The Undertaker is a man who was seemingly able to draw on a reserve of superhuman strength and durability once a year at the big event. With the death of the streak, his mystique dies along with it.
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