After Rewatching the Taker-Lesnar Match again...

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Of course he 'could'. No one is saying he can't. People are saying that maybe it was time he chose not to. Not just for health and safety, but because he didn't want to tarnish his legacy by holding on when it's time to let go. Maybe, just maybe, he doesn't want to be ridiculed like Hogan and Flair and others who simply can't move on, no matter how crap they've become.

We may not like that Lesnar got the rub, but it is what is. There were better choices, there were worse choices. I find Lesnar to be a decent pick though; as strong as The Undertaker has been built up over his amazing career and especially in regards to the streak, it makes sense to pick someone who has also been built as a monster to go over him. Makes it more believable, in a way, I guess. Lesnar is one of very few people that could have been picked to win without making Taker look horrible, one of the few that you can actually see beating him when you think about it.

Maybe that's why it was booked the way it was. If Taker didn't agree to it, it wouldn't have happened.