I'm going to keep this simple and leave it to a few sub-categories to divide your answers into. We can all agree this is indeed a dream match but I just want to know about:
1) The possibilty of this match still occuring. Say next year for example at WM. It would stop all those saying they wanted to see cena vs undertaker because the billing for this would be equally as big maybe bigger and it would be a better match.
2) How good the match is likely to be. Both men are on the verge of the ends of their careers and we all know taker can barely walk now but can somehow still wrestle adequately despite this and sting as I've said is possibly the best wrestler over 50 i have seen and a true wrestling Icon.
3) The significance of this match now. In terms of how anticipated this match would be and what would be to gain for winning or losing. (naturally taker would win but even still)
4) The significance and magnitude of this match had it occured say 10 years ago with relation to how people look back upon matches. For example when people say bret v HBK, stone cold v rock, would we also have said taker v sting.
Go ahead, give it your best shot. I may try some more of these depending on the response.
First of all, I don't agree with the statement that this would be a dream match. I think it would have been a dream match about a decade ago, but with all due respect to both guys, they are well past their primes and really don't have dream match potential anymore. Not to say that it wouldn't get the IWC and the wrestling fans buzzing, because I am quite sure that it would. But this match should have happened years ago if it were destined to happen, and because it didn't, I for one hope it doesn't.
1) The possibilty of this match still occuring. Say next year for example at WM. It would stop all those saying they wanted to see cena vs undertaker because the billing for this would be equally as big maybe bigger and it would be a better match.
The possibility of this match occurring is about 0.01%. Not 0% because I guess that nothing is impossible, but it's pretty close to it. For one thing, Sting is going to end up intertwined in the "they" angle for the forseeable future. He'll take a brief hiatus from TNA, as we saw last week, but he'll be back front and centre to oppose the Immortals. And if he's on the TNA roster, he'll obviously be nowhere near a WWE ring.
Who would emerge victorious in this match? Do you think the Undertaker would be OK ending the streak at the hands of a guy who has spent his entire career opposing the WWE, a guy who was a pivotal component in the company that tried and nearly succeeded to put WWF out of business? Do you think that Sting would thumb his nose at the WWE for his entire career, just to finally jump ship in a very high profile match, only to lose? Would a match of this nature be able to end in a draw or a non-decision? No, no, and no. Logistically, this match cannot and will not happen.
2) How good the match is likely to be. Both men are on the verge of the ends of their careers and we all know taker can barely walk now but can somehow still wrestle adequately despite this and sting as I've said is possibly the best wrestler over 50 i have seen and a true wrestling Icon
I think you answered your own question. Both men are shadows of their former selves physically. I don't think that either guy is in the physical condition to have a match of this magnitude and have it live up to the hype and hooplah it would receive. A decade ago, awesome. Today? Not so much.
3) The significance of this match now. In terms of how anticipated this match would be and what would be to gain for winning or losing. (naturally taker would win but even still)
This match would no doubt be highly anticipated. Sting losing would achieve nothing for him, and would just fuel the notion that he had success outside of the WWE, but couldn't cut it in the WWE. This is not necessarily my sentiment, but this would be the sentiment amongst the IWC if this happened. A Sting victory would gain him a "feather in his cap" for ending the streak, but at this stage of his career, does he really need this? Plus there would probably be some backlash from it as well, as a lot of people (myself included) would probably be pissed off to see Taker's streak ended by a non-WWE guy. Undertaker losing would achieve nothing obviously, and his winning would just be another notch in his belt. This match does nothing to benefit either guy except for the financial component of it, and I would imagine that both of these guys are already set for life and as such this would not be an issue for either of them.
4) The significance and magnitude of this match had it occured say 10 years ago with relation to how people look back upon matches. For example when people say bret v HBK, stone cold v rock, would we also have said taker v sting.
Had this match happened years ago, it would have truly been epic. When WCW folded, had Sting jumped to WWE shortly thereafter, when both guys were still at their primes, this could have had potential to be one of the best matches of all time. But this potential is no longer there. Now it would just be a trip down memory lane, and TNA has the market cornered on nostalgia these days, not WWE.
