WWE SummerSlam: 8 Reasons Why Brock Lesnar Must Conquer The Undertaker

8. The Undertaker Gains Nothing From Winning

The Streak is dead, and The Undertaker has only made three televised appearances since it came to an end. Those were WrestleMania 31, Battleground, and Raw a few weeks back. There's really no reason to suspect his TV time is going to dramatically increase after SummerSlam, and if the plan is for the Deadman to continue making sporadic appearances over the next few years and engage in these seemingly random rivalries (what did that match with Bray Wyatt accomplish again?), then a victory here isn't going to change anything. If he defeats Lesnar, is it really going to redeem his loss at WrestleMania? It's that shocking and unbelievable moment which is going to go down in history, not the rematch from nearly a year and a half later. The Undertaker simply isn't around enough to gain anything from beating Lesnar. A victory at SummerSlam is something the commentary team is likely to mention when he returns for WrestleMania 32 and might be a talking point the Phenom brings up in a future promo, but a loss for Lesnar feels like little more than a bid by the WWE to appease fans who were left outraged by the fact that The Beast conquered the Streak in 2014. As impressive as The Streak was, it lost its meaning when it became apparent that it was never going to end. That fact that it did is what made Lesnar's victory in New Orleans so shocking, and he's benefited from it in a major way since. Had The Undertaker won yet again, no one would even remember that match by now, and a victory at SummerSlam for him would also no doubt be soon forgotten.