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The match itself was actually very boring and anti clamatic. I think Taker should have gone out in a buried alive, casket, or body bag match as a tribute to the past. I appreciate the fact that Taker is old school enough to go out on his back and giving the rub to a younger guy but I think this match didn't deliver that rub. Brock Lesnar got that rub, Reigns flat out isn't good enough for that rub to mean anything.
I think regardless of your feelings of Reigns winning, this match didn't deliver the rub because there was really no storyline here. Not sure whose fault that is but this was a poorly delivered story. Why do these two guys hate each other? Why are they fighting? It was Strowman who called out Reigns then Taker comes outs then Reigns comes out, then somehow its Reigns vs Taker, wtf? There is no hatred, no back story, no history other than at the Royal Tumble, then they hype up, "whose yard is it?" Really? That's your basis for the Undertakers last match?
The match itself was really all you could expect between these two, mad respect to Taker for getting in there but is Reigns really good enough to carry a 50+ year old to anything? The only guy around 50 who can look great all the time is HBK. The issue I have, and I have had it for years since PG began is finishers now a days are weak as fuck. Reigns is slightly above Edge in terms of the spear looking devastating, and the super man punch is fucking terrible. Not sure if that is Reigns or WWE to blame but what happened to devastating finishers? Spear/jackhammer is devasting, suplex city/F5 is devasting, jack knife powerbomb, rko, tombstone, Frog splash, any submission with intensity, styles clash, etc are moves that look like they'd finish a match. Reigns doesn't have that solid finisher that makes you believe. So for Taker to go out at Wreslefrickenmania to weak as fuck finishers just isn't believable.
Reigns gets Cena hate, but the difference between the five moves of doom and Reigns is charisma. Cena can be gold on the mic. Whatever your opinion of Cena is and was, you have to agree at least the dude has charisma, works hard, has facial expressions, looks good and can get you invested. I have a hard time investing in Reigns. His ring gear is weird, why does he wear two belts? He has no facial expressions other than looking bored all the time. They talk about his power but he has yet to show us his feats of stregnth. I don't really know if he can wrestle because he is usally just throwing punches. To me he actually comes off as lazy. Maybe that's the wwe telling him what to do, maybe he is actually lazy, I don't know. But what I do know is they wasted UT retirement on a guy that I feel didn't deserve it. Hell, I think Strowman would have been better to end it, because that dude is believable (albeit still green).
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