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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan
Lesnar needs to continue to look dominant in order to be the attraction he is. Taker getting revenge would be great to make Taker look good at Brock's expense. What good does that do Taker when he leaves for good afterward? Meanwhile it would make Brock look more "human". That needs to not happen.
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I honestly don't get this whole "If Lesnar loses he looks weak" thing everyone here sees to be raving about. Lesnar as a man looks and acts the part of a beast/thug/brute as does Ryback, as did Batista and Goldberg etc Losing a match especially to one of the all time legends doesn't change that certainly not in the eyes of hardened wrestling fans and if it does, then really it shows they know nothing about character portrayal or that said individual was never really a big deal in the first place.
It appears I am the only one who appears to be giving Lesnar any credit for his work prior to the streak. Even losing to Nash albeit under dubious circumstances, Goldberg never appeared any less of a dominant character and if anything given most of his losses came dirty, his persona was preserved. You might argue Batista's character was ruined by having him submit to Daniel Bryan but that was more reflective of the fact that Batista's last run was just scripted terribly from start to finish.
Losing a match especially to the Undertaker would certainly do no harm whatsoever to Lesnar. If we are talking about him as a dominant figure then you need someone who is on his level physically etc and apart from the Undertaker we're rather limited e.g. Big Show, Kane, Mark Henry, Ryback. That's not say Cena or Reigns or Rollins can't lift him and they have done. I meant in terms of someone comparable in size etc. That's why Nash was the ideal option to end Goldberg's streak as he had already beaten the other viable faces such as DDP and Sting and beaten Giant and Nash was the only person who had the physical prowess to make the win look convincing. Nobody would have bought say Billy Kidman or Psychosis beating Goldberg.
Also from a storyline perspective it makes sense. Say Undertaker returns around February time not to announce a match but to address the WWE Universe, talks about his career and achievements and the ending of the streak and how it still eats him up inside. Maybe Lesnar confronts him with Heyman in tow and they goad him etc. Taker then challenges him to one last match at WM, Lesnar initially laughs it off as it would be same old story but then accepts it. We'd all go into it wondering if Taker will win or lose. I mean I'm sure there were many out there who thought Wyatt might get given the win at WM 31.
For those like my still crying over the streak ending, it serves some solace in that at least Undertaker can say he's beaten all of his Wrestle Mania opponents and thus has that distinction although haven't Goldberg and Mayweather beaten all their WM opponents too?
Let's be honest whilst Undertaker is and always will be a legend, his aura has been tarnished with the streak being broken. As I said at length previously, there is now nothing that makes him stand out or above the likes of Hogan, Flair, Savage, Rock, Austin, HBK, HHH, Foley and even Cena, Punk or heck even Sting. He is just another ring legend who went on unbeaten at WM for some time until they decided to let Lesnar take the streak. That to me is not befitting of someone as legendary as the Undertaker and for the years of service he has given to the WWE and wrestling, he deserves at least one distinction we can all say that will never be matched or beaten for at least some time and that's having him beat Lesnar in his final match and thus he hangs up his boots having beaten all his WM opponents.
A match with Sting serves absolutely no purpose for either man with both being past their prime and with it most likely being their final match, would want a WM win. Personally I would like to see them fight at another PPV but can either man muster the strength to give us one more match?
Furthermore what is the deal with Sting any way? I would not be surprised if Sting never returned to the ring again (in a match) or indeed, if neither man did.
So to conclude I feel Taker should fight Lesnar at WM 32 and if not then he should retire as a match against a jobber serves little purpose and it would be silly to see him get a win over say Cena or even someone like Ambrose or Rollins.
Ideal candidates for the streak for me would have been Sting, Cena, Rock in that order.