WrestleMania 32 - Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar - What kind of gimmick match will it be?

[Heyman]

Originally Posted by The CyNick A third match at Mania serves no purpose in my view. Brock should be fuming demanding a rematch at the next PPV. How do you hold it off till Mania? Do you say Taker was crippled in that match, and then he takes 6 months to recoup? Based on the finish, I was assuming they were going with a rubber match at Hell in a Cell. I dunno, they screwed up the booking IMO, there's no good that come of it long term.

The problem with having Brock/Taker before Mania (where Brock would likely destroy Taker), or having Brock destroy Taker at Summerslam, is the fact that Taker will be getting one last match at Wrestlemania in his home state. Given that fact, it's just a major buzzkill if Taker heads into Wrestlemania after having been made a bitch of by Taker. You then.....


A) Have Taker fight a high profile opponent where Taker either wins (and hence - making said high profile opponent look bad since Brock destroyed Taker while said high profile opponent jobbed), OR this high profile opponent defeats Taker, and hence, makes Taker look even more like a bitch in his retirement match (not only that, but Taker ends his career on consecutive losses, and now jobs to two different opponents at Wrestlemania.....which further takes away from Taker's legacy, and also slightly tarnishes Brock's accomplishment in being the only guy to defeat Taker at Mania).


B) The other option at Mania (where Lesnar destroys Taker sometime before Mania), is that you put Taker into a feud with some mid-card guy (i.e. a guy on Bray Wyatt's level) which takes away the significance and importance of Taker's last match in the WWE. And again - if Taker wins, it does nothing since all he did was bury an upcoming talent, and if he loses, then Taker's career really ends on a sour note because he will have jobbed consecutively to two different men. Given how much Taker has given to the company over the past two decades, this would be disrespectful to Undertaker.


Hence - Lesnar going over Taker at Wrestlemania, and retiring Taker, is by far the best option.