For the past half-decade, one of the built-in storylines that has excelled as a drawing card for Wrestlemania has been building the belief in ability of the Undertaker's opponents to end his now 21 match undefeated streak at the event. This year, the task of defeating the Undertaker falls on the shoulders of ex WWE and UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. While yes, many fans are led to believe that Brock doesn't stand a chance in hell of defeating the Dead Man, there's now nearly three decades of proven maneuvers that could defeat the streak. Thus, in this article, I will list moves that either from the realm of reality or from that of the supernatural, could prove effective.
12. Setting The Undertaker On Fire
Though having successfully competed in the first two Inferno Matches in WWE history, the time may have come for the Dead Man to finally be on the losing end of a situation as it regards to immolation. Shaking your head and thinking I'm ridiculous? Well, how many of you expected Edge and Mick Foley to have a flaming table involved in their Wrestlemania 22 hardcore match in 2006? Brock resorting to some sort of fire related chicanery, from the old Memphis fireball to a flaming table or heck, even bringing back the flaming casket gimmick that Kane and Paul Bearer used at the Royal Rumble in 1998. Presuming that if/when the Undertaker loses that he's definitely not coming back, setting him ablaze certainly would be a dramatic exit. Too dramatic for Wrestlemania? Who knows. But if shootfighting and wrestling tactics can't get the job done, then I certainly wouldn't put it past the company to veer in a supernatural direction if they wanted to end the streak once and for all.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
