Undertaker at WM32 - Cena or Sting?

[Creepy Old Man]

It seems more or less a lock that Undertaker will be going against Bray Wyatt at WM31. He's on promotional materials, he's NOT retired (we'd have heard if the arguable GOAT had called it a day), and besides, we've heard every year since 2009 that there's just no way he can compete. We even heard he had cancer in 2011...

In my opinion, he will bow out in his final match at WM32, in front of a packed Cowboys Stadium in his back yard. It just seems like the right way for him to go. The question is who the opponent will be. Undertaker and Cena have been kept well apart for years, which leads me to believe that WWE wanted to pit them against each other in a big match, likely Undertaker's last. They haven't faced each other since a tag match in March 2007, and their last singles bout was in October 2006.

Of course, Sting coming in last year was unexpected. He wants a match with Undertaker, and it may even have been one of his contractual demands. Undertaker has evaded fan questions about a Sting match, but he's unlikely to turn up his nose at the idea of facing a 30-year vet in what is a dream match for fans. Could it be Sting, or Cena? Or nobody? Vote and/or sound off.

 

[TheICChampion]

Either way it's something I want to see. The only two guys who are even close to 'Taker's level as far as name recognition and time spent on top of the business, who can actually work a match. I'm honestly surprised WWE never gave Cena a shot at beating the streak. Cena vs. 'Taker should have been the way to go at 30. Honestly, given the choice though, I'd rather see Sting face Undertaker.

 

[Sexcellence of Sexecution]

Nobody. Undertaker looked like a literal deadman at Mania 30, he's going to be a disaster by Mania 32. I don't even want to see him compete this year. Yes, Taker/Sting is a dream match, but with both guys in their 50s it's probably going to be more sad than anything, and it can't possibly live up to the hype that has surrounded that potential match-up for years. I used to be a massive supporter of Undertaker vs. Cena at a WrestleMania, but that was when the streak was alive. Cena is the top face in the company, with a track record of overcoming the odds to win big matches so seeing him challenge the streak would be really interesting. Plus, Cena would get ridiculous heat in a Mania feud with Taker and it would be awesome, especially if he went over.

I think Taker/Sting will be comparable to Bret/Vince. People really want to see the angle and build-up to a Taker/Sting showdown, as much as the match itself. With Bret and Vince it was the same way. They had the perfect angle to work with, and it seemed like it would be the easiest thing in the world to write. But by the time Bret finally stepped back into the WWE ring he was obviously in no shape to really compete, and Vince was much older as well. So we knew the match wouldn't be any good, but at least we would see a cool angle out of it right? Wrong. The WWE squandered the opportunity and we were left with a lackluster feud that was disappointing to fans. The WWE should have had the common sense to realize that the feud couldn't possibly be executed properly at this stage in the game, and not done it at all. Taker vs. Sting is basically in the same boat.

At this point I feel like I've seen enough of the Undertaker. His feuds have been redundant for years and without the streak he just isn't that great a draw for WrestleMania anymore. He's old and broken down, but he's certainly had one hell of a career. There's nothing left to prove, so it's time for him to ride off into the sunset. The streak is over, his career should be as well.

 

[CyberPunk]

I picked neither. I firmly believe that Taker should hang up his boots. He's an all time great. He has done everything there ever was. He doesn't need to do this anymore. And anyone who saw his last match could make out how difficult it's getting for him. Let him be. Let's not clamor for another match. I'd be content with seeing them stare each other down. I'd rather have this match in my 'greatest match that never happened' than 'a match that shouldn't have happened' list.

 

[L@RISANO]

No doubts it should be Sting.


With the Streak finished, there is no reason for a Cena vs Taker match to happen whatsoever, though it is unfortunate it never happened. However, I do understand why Taker never faced any of the company 'faces' at Mania even though he has been active through all of their eras until now.


With Sting, the story is about two legends with similar 'dark', vigilante type gimmicks who many have been clamouring to see. With the Streak not up for grabs anymore, I'd say there isn't a better time to pit the 2 greats against each other for one last hurrah at WrestleMania 32, a night after both are hopefully inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

 

[Seosa]

Sting, double-retirement match.

I've said before that I believe Bray should have broken the Streak given the possibilities of the character in the long-run as a successor to Taker, but of course this would only have been possible if the higher ups had complete confidence in him, which I don't think they do with anybody other than Cena.

Personally, seeing that Lesnar took the Streak, I would have had Taker skip WM31 though "injury" (both legitimate and storyline) and in redemption style, have him face Sting in front of 100k people next year. They could always play up the scenario of losing to Bray, showing genuine weakness at the very end of his career before he closes it with a win at 32 that ends both his and Sting's careers. Meanwhile, Sting gets a Wrestlemania win against Haitch.

 

[BillAlfonsos_Whistle]

Honestly. Unless he can get his compete level up from the last two appearances I hope he doesn't wrestle again. Clearly he will but it's only going to tarnish his legacy (albeit a legacy that is vast and epic)

My final memories of the Taker will be the three brilliant A+ matches he put on between HBK I and II and the first HHH match which is in my estimation one of the greatest matches in Wrestling history. When Trips hit the tombstone and did the tongue gesture I honestly thought it was over then and there. Hardest I've marked since I was 7 years old.

 

[bioshock]

Well that torch doesn't need to be passed to Cena now, his time in his own right has kind of gone by, and its now time for the next Cena to rise (Reigns or Rollins w/e) but the Cena era is kinda coming to an end so Cena vs Undertaker isn't needed now. Sting vs Taker makes the most sense.

 

[MrGameTime]

To the people who say nobody and say taker doesn't need to prove anything firstly shut your damn mouth, you are here and are a fan of the product, wwe fans are the only fans who act like they are backstage or have shares or something in the company and care ridiculously too much about talent almost asif they were life-time friends. Please stop it.

Get as much as you can from the product leave wrestlers retirements to the wrestlers decisions. People act like they know in detail about undertakers health and in reality they know nothing Whatsoever apart from rumours that someone creates on the Internet.

Let's have sting vs taker at WM32. I don't care how many titles they give to cena or how many t-shirts he sells the man is garbage. Sting is the only man left worthy and on the same level of taker do the match in Texas in front of 100k

 

[kadroan]

It seems more or less a lock that Undertaker will be going against Bray Wyatt at WM31. He's on promotional materials, he's NOT retired (we'd have heard if the arguable GOAT had called it a day), and besides, we've heard every year since 2009 that there's just no way he can compete. We even heard he had cancer in 2011...

In my opinion, he will bow out in his final match at WM32, in front of a packed Cowboys Stadium in his back yard. It just seems like the right way for him to go. The question is who the opponent will be. Undertaker and Cena have been kept well apart for years, which leads me to believe that WWE wanted to pit them against each other in a big match, likely Undertaker's last. They haven't faced each other since a tag match in March 2007, and their last singles bout was in October 2006.

Of course, Sting coming in last year was unexpected. He wants a match with Undertaker, and it may even have been one of his contractual demands. Undertaker has evaded fan questions about a Sting match, but he's unlikely to turn up his nose at the idea of facing a 30-year vet in what is a dream match for fans. Could it be Sting, or Cena? Or nobody? Vote and/or sound off.

I think Taker will face Sting at WM 32. WWE seems to listen to fans and gives us the dream matches we want like Rock/Cena and Jericho/Punk. With the years it took Sting to get in the WWE, they just had to know fans wanted to see Sting vs. Taker. It makes too much sense for them to do it.

 

[Aquaman6686]

Nobody. Undertaker is done. His career is over, his legacy was already decimated. If he winds up losing to Bray Wyatt at WM31, that will be the final urination on what's left of him.

 

[Woodstuff]

To the people who say nobody and say taker doesn't need to prove anything firstly shut your damn mouth, you are here and are a fan of the product, wwe fans are the only fans who act like they are backstage or have shares or something in the company and care ridiculously too much about talent almost asif they were life-time friends. Please stop it.

Get as much as you can from the product leave wrestlers retirements to the wrestlers decisions. People act like they know in detail about undertakers health and in reality they know nothing Whatsoever apart from rumours that someone creates on the Internet.

Let's have sting vs taker at WM32. I don't care how many titles they give to cena or how many t-shirts he sells the man is garbage. Sting is the only man left worthy and on the same level of taker do the match in Texas in front of 100k

Some people get WAY too emotionally 'involved' with wrestling. I disagree with you about Cena, and telling people who think 'taker has nothing left to prove to shut up. 'Cause professionally, he really doesn't. But yeah, I'm with you on the "get a life" argument 100%.

 

[lebe989]

His feuds have been redundant for years and without the streak he just isn't that great a draw for WrestleMania anymore. He's old and broken down, but he's certainly had one hell of a career. There's nothing left to prove, so it's time for him to ride off into the sunset. The streak is over, his career should be as well.

Are you out of your mind! 'he isn't that great a draw for WrestleMania', do me a favor he made this business without the likes of him and Michael's, SCSA, The Rock, Hogan and HHH just to name a few the WWE would not be anywhere near where it is now and you wouldn't have the likes of DB, Reigns, Finn Balor or any of them!

Legends like that, as much as some people like to have hate of them draw massive numbers in for the shows that they are on. It would be a stupid decision not to have the Deadman appear for two or three more WrestleMania's either wrestling or non-wrestling.

 

[Mustang Sally]

Sting is the only man left worthy and on the same level of taker do the match in Texas in front of 100k

That's a good enough reason to stage the match. They're both legends, both old, both probably not in the mood or physical condition for a knock-down, drag-out match that injures one or both of them.

For Undertaker, the above factors were evident last year. In that regard, if I were booking the match and wanted to put 'Taker in against the worst opponent for him at that stage of his career.....the one who might cause him the most pain during and after the match, the guy who works in a style contrary to 'Taker's smooth repertoire.....I couldn't have picked a better choice than Brock Lesnar. That's not criticism of Brock; it's just that he's fought for real and never knew how to do the pre-staged fighting in any style but extremely rough......just what Mark Calaway didn't need.

The past few years, Undertaker fought men like Triple H and CM Punk, guys who knew whom they had in front of them and could work an effective match without hurting Calaway's damaged body. Great choices.

Last year, he fought Brock and we saw what happened. If anything, the fact he lost his streak and the even stranger fact that we never heard a word from him since makes me wonder if we've been talking about a guy who has no intention of fighting at WM31......much less WM32.

But for either 31 or 32, I'd want him to fight Sting. It wouldn't have to be a great match; I'd like to think (to hope) the fans in attendance are aware of exactly what they're watching: two guys far, far over the hill who are looking to entertain us one more time and, with their combined knowledge and experience in the field, would find a way to do it even with bodies that can't bring it as in the old days.

Let Mark Calaway be fully retired for WM32......and let's see him with Sting in 2 months.

 

[John McCass]

Well, I am a Cena fan and I don't want Cena vs Taker. I want Cena vs Sting. There is no need of Cena-Taker. It already has happened,but on a smaller stage. Taker-Sting is a far better draw than Taker-Cena. Before Sting hadn't signed with WWE I wanted Cena-Taker. But,Vince now has both Sting and Taker in his pockets then he SHOULD serve us Taker-Sting instead of any Taker-Anyone(excluding Wyatt).

 

[OYDK]

Not only should it be Sting, I'll go out on a limb (that I won't have to answer for next year) and say that Taker vs Sting will 100% happen at Wrestlemania 32. There is no damn way that WWE would FINALLY acquire the Stinger, actually have a chance to book the match, and not have him face The Undertaker at least once. This is of course assuming that Taker is already guaranteed to wrestle next years Mania which honestly, I would assume he is, barring any severe injuries or health issues.

I always have to comment on the people who say, "Taker has no reason to come back", "He's old and looks terrible", "His legacy's dead, what's the point?" To you I say, get over it. If you had actually watched The Undertaker for more than 6 years, you would realize that Taker is so much more than The Streak and he's arguably the GOAT. There are still people wrestling at 65, sooooo why can't Taker wrestle once a year at 50, 51, 52? Of course, we know nothing about the backstage politics or what goes on backstage in WWE, but I wholly believe that Taker will wrestle this year, next year, and possibly the year after.

 

[gooseholla]

Since there are so many people who fans want to see face Undertaker, just do a N64 No Mercy style Slobberknocker at WM 32- 60 superstars, alternate attires so they can come twice. Job done.

 

[L@RISANO]

Are you out of your mind! 'he isn't that great a draw for WrestleMania', do me a favor he made this business without the likes of him and Michael's, SCSA, The Rock, Hogan and HHH just to name a few the WWE would not be anywhere near where it is now and you wouldn't have the likes of DB, Reigns, Finn Balor or any of them!

Legends like that, as much as some people like to have hate of them draw massive numbers in for the shows that they are on. It would be a stupid decision not to have the Deadman appear for two or three more WrestleMania's either wrestling or non-wrestling.

This.


I am surprised at this notion of Taker just being the Streak.
Taker is and has always been much more than the Streak, but because of the Streak and his own WrestleMania legacy, he keeps coming back for that one match at Mania, which from what I have observed is generally well received by many casuals who always look forward to seeing what the Deadman will be doing every year around Mania time.


The Undertaker is perhaps the greatest WWE Character of All-Time, and most certainly not just a WrestleMania streak and some are attempting to pass off as 'fact'.

 

[Elijah89]

My appeal for Sting/Taker went down alot after 2011 for some reason. I am all for Cena/Taker.

 

[laodaron]

If Undertaker fights anyone this year at WM31, I'll be massively disappointed, and it will severely diminish his stock. Because of his disappointing match at WM30, I think there's more of a chance that I will wrestle at WM32 than The Undertaker.

 

[Logisticalbooker86]

I think Taker/Sting will be comparable to Bret/Vince. People really want to see the angle and build-up to a Taker/Sting showdown, as much as the match itself. With Bret and Vince it was the same way. They had the perfect angle to work with, and it seemed like it would be the easiest thing in the world to write. But by the time Bret finally stepped back into the WWE ring he was obviously in no shape to really compete, and Vince was much older as well. So we knew the match wouldn't be any good, but at least we would see a cool angle out of it right? Wrong. The WWE squandered the opportunity and we were left with a lackluster feud that was disappointing to fans. The WWE should have had the common sense to realize that the feud couldn't possibly be executed properly at this stage in the game, and not done it at all. Taker vs. Sting is basically in the same boat.

Look, I respect all your green bars and your passion for writing long posts, but saying Taker/Sting is comparable to Bret/Vince is ridiculous. To be blunt, it borders on stupid.

The Undertaker is 49 years old, he got a concussion early on in his WMXXX encounter with Brock Lesnar. The concussion has passed and Taker put on a great match at WM 29... 28... 27... You get the drift. Losing one match does nothing to his legacy, those of you who believe otherwise should evaluate the way you view WWE.

Back to the absurdity of the Bret/Vince comparison, Vince was 64 years old when he had the "match" with Bret Hart, if not older. Bret Hart will spend the rest of his life fighting a stroke that nearly cost him the use of one side of his body.

How does the above in any way compare to Sting/Taker? Both can still move reasonably well for their age, and people who are discounting the effect Taker's concussion had on last year's outing are delusional.

As for the question, I'll say Taker versus Sting only because those two still know how to tell a story, and it would be an epic moment for long-time fans who are not jaded.

 

[wwelory619]

I'd choose Sting, even if a match with Cena would still be as great. I also think it should be his last match, maybe having a short or part time run this year and giving us matches we never had the chance to see (VS Bryan, the same Cena, ZIggler, maybe even Luke Harper and Roman Reigns). All of this if he does not get injured in hte mean time.

 

[sMark]

I think Taker should face Sting at Royal Rumble next year in a Legend vs Icon match - 15 minutes, hitting signatures on each other, that's it.

In his retirement match at WM Taker should face Kane - it almost 20 years of story behind these two, and the logical end will be for Kane to finally win.

 

[Aquaman6686]

I think Taker should face Sting at Royal Rumble next year in a Legend vs Icon match - 15 minutes, hitting signatures on each other, that's it.

In his retirement match at WM Taker should face Kane - it almost 20 years of story behind these two, and the logical end will be for Kane to finally win.

What do you mean, finally? Kane has beaten Undertaker as many times as Undertaker has beaten Kane, just not at WrestleMania. And your idea for Undertaker's retirement is to have him lose at WrestleMania AGAIN?