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Post by mrjl on Mar 22, 2011 19:13:02 GMT -5
No they didn't. How long was Taker off due to injury? Besides, if it's bigger than the titles, it needs to be watered down. the streak can't be watered down. It either exists as is, or ceases to exist
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 19:16:57 GMT -5
HHH isn't stupid enough to end the streak and honestly... i would hate it and i dont know if I could ever forgive him and i like him right now
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Post by Robbymac on Mar 22, 2011 21:34:52 GMT -5
Where they messed up was having Cena lose at XXIV. Could have had 8-0 Cena vs. 19-0 Taker next year. It's not much of a problem though. The two have not had a singles match since we back when was super over as a face on Smackdown in like 2004. My point was if they're going to end the streak I'd like to see them transition it to someone that can carry an equally impressive streak for the next decade. Imagine 8-0 Cena ending Taker's streak. Now Cena is 9-0 and he can take over having the streak matches at WM. It would be a way to end Taker's career without losing one of the attractions of WM.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Mar 22, 2011 21:48:35 GMT -5
It's not much of a problem though. The two have not had a singles match since we back when was super over as a face on Smackdown in like 2004. My point was if they're going to end the streak I'd like to see them transition it to someone that can carry an equally impressive streak for the next decade. Imagine 8-0 Cena ending Taker's streak. Now Cena is 9-0 and he can take over having the streak matches at WM. It would be a way to end Taker's career without losing one of the attractions of WM. But Cena's lost before.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Mar 23, 2011 5:50:24 GMT -5
What rub is there to have? It's a foregone conclusion that whoever the Undertaker faces at Wrestlemania is going to lose. If someone does beat him, he's going to be looked at as "oh, that's the guy that the bookers picked?"
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Mar 23, 2011 6:09:33 GMT -5
The only ones on the roster that could possibly break the streak is Cena or Triple H because it's a huge burden to carry and whoever does it better be able to handle the pressure and criticism that comes with being the guy to end the streak. No one else on the roster is believable enough or good enough to take the torch from Taker. No one is good enough for the rub on this roster. I don't think the streak will end at all, call me crazy but I would like to see Jericho or Rey Mysterio be the guy to end it because it would certainly be a hell of a match.
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Mar 23, 2011 7:03:34 GMT -5
John Cena can absolutely not end the streak.
Half of the fans hate Cena because he has recieved the same kind of down your throat booking that HHH got in the years preceding him. This would only further that notion.
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 23, 2011 7:48:53 GMT -5
Ok....sense I generally say the same thing in every "Break the Streak" thread....I'm just gonna save myself the time and simply quote myself here. It makes no damn sense for him to do it, and would make NOBODY happy/money.
- The Marks will despise it because there's no way in HELL that moment can live up to the level of hype it would need to excuse the fact that in 19 YEARS no one else has done it.
- The "Smarks" will piss and moan because it's "Obvious HHH is using his place in the company and familial connections to win" Spoiler:
Regardless of whether this "Fact" is true or not
- The Bookers SHOULD hate it because in an era of lowered buyrates, lessened interest, and a loss of Big Name Main Event Talent they're losing a selling point of The Biggest Show Of The Year. Plus.....where do you go from there? HHH is already the most Decorated champion in WWE, and most likely to beat out Ric Flair's 16 World Title Reigns....what does he have to gain from breaking the streak? Another feather in his already plume-bloated cap to be sure....but what else? Now you have nearly 2 decades of booking down the damn tubes for nothing. Yeah Trips may have an ego....but I seriously doubt he's that short-sighted.
In my mind If Taker's up to it.....let him Go 20-0 and then retire with the streak intact.....no need to break it, there's nothing to be gained by doing so. "Nothing to be gained" has never stopped Hunter before. I honestly expect a rehash of their X-7 match, only with the ending reversed. The sledgehammer shot DOES the trick this time.
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Post by kevservo on Mar 23, 2011 8:07:55 GMT -5
Difficult to say, but I'm inclined to think that the streak remains intact, because if there's one event where Trips actually WILL put someone over at, it's Wrestlemania.
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Post by Cam on Mar 23, 2011 10:49:16 GMT -5
People have been expecting it to continue for the past 7 years, why this year?
No one will break the streak. No one.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Mar 23, 2011 10:55:48 GMT -5
What rub is there to have? It's a foregone conclusion that whoever the Undertaker faces at Wrestlemania is going to lose. If someone does beat him, he's going to be looked at as "oh, that's the guy that the bookers picked?" That makes absolutely no sense.
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Post by spagett on Mar 23, 2011 11:52:29 GMT -5
D'you reckon if Undertaker had faced Austin or Rock during their peak years at Wrestlemania the streak would still be alive today?
I reckon Austin would have certainly ended it.
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Post by Rorschach on Mar 23, 2011 13:45:46 GMT -5
D'you reckon if Undertaker had faced Austin or Rock during their peak years at Wrestlemania the streak would still be alive today? I reckon Austin would have certainly ended it. During the peak years of Austin/Rock, you also had Vince Russo writing. Remember that. So, no. I doubt they would have, either one of them. 1,000 Ministry or Corporation run-ins and a hundred ref bumps plus twenty different refs later, Taker wins. ;D
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Post by Lardlad on Mar 23, 2011 19:38:30 GMT -5
I really hope you're right Meat.
Ever since WrestleMania 23, I've thought Taker was going to lose at WrestleMania. This is the first WrestleMania that I'm confident Taker is going to win ... which is why I think Triple H will win and Taker will retire.
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Post by Robbymac on Mar 23, 2011 22:04:58 GMT -5
My point was if they're going to end the streak I'd like to see them transition it to someone that can carry an equally impressive streak for the next decade. Imagine 8-0 Cena ending Taker's streak. Now Cena is 9-0 and he can take over having the streak matches at WM. It would be a way to end Taker's career without losing one of the attractions of WM. But Cena's lost before. Which is why him losing at WM XXIV is now a mistake in retrospect.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 23, 2011 22:08:18 GMT -5
Vince's theme music.
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Post by Robbymac on Mar 23, 2011 22:09:46 GMT -5
D'you reckon if Undertaker had faced Austin or Rock during their peak years at Wrestlemania the streak would still be alive today? I reckon Austin would have certainly ended it. I was thinking about this the other day...everyone talks about the bullet he dodged not facing Sid at WM VII. He almost certainly dodged another during the Attitude Era. WM XIV he inexplicably goes over Kane. That one really made no sense, and the streak wasn't even an issue yet. WM XV he ends up with Bossman instead of Austin or Rock. WM 2000 he's out with injury and doesn't compete. Had he competed given who he is you'd have to think he would have been in that fatal four way, likely taking the spot of Big Show. Streak over, again before its a big deal. WM X-Seven reports are that Shawn being drugged out at a Raw preceeding the event caused the booking to be changed. By the time we get to X8 the streak was now important, and thus was now protected. Its kind of why I think the streak is really impressive, even outside of kayfabe. There's too many variables that can happen before a guy gets to a point where you say "you know, he's never lost at Wrestlemania"
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 23, 2011 22:10:58 GMT -5
But if it ever was to be broken, I've said it before, and it's been brought up in this thread as well-- Cena is the ONLY guy that would make any sense.
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Post by saintpat on Mar 23, 2011 22:17:10 GMT -5
I pretty much hate Triple H ... well, at least strongly dislike. Does nothing for me as a character and I don't like his I-only-put-over-my-bffs ways.
But I'd love to see him end the streak.
For one, I'll be there and can witness something that will be talked about and debated for a long, long time.
Two, it would be a great swerve. Next to no one really thinks EgoTaker will lose.
Three, the streak has become tiresome. Same result every year, pretty much same buildup every year.
Time for Mean Mark to ride off into the sunset.
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Post by Piccolo on Mar 23, 2011 22:20:06 GMT -5
It's not much of a problem though. The two have not had a singles match since we back when was super over as a face on Smackdown in like 2004. My point was if they're going to end the streak I'd like to see them transition it to someone that can carry an equally impressive streak for the next decade. Imagine 8-0 Cena ending Taker's streak. Now Cena is 9-0 and he can take over having the streak matches at WM. It would be a way to end Taker's career without losing one of the attractions of WM. I love that! It'd be like acquiring that teeny bit of his supernatural abilities or something, in the form of the charmed Wrestlemania matches.
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