For The First Time in 19 Years

[CMWaters]

It's been a long time since this happened, but tonight, it did.

For the first time in 19 years, we've had a WrestleMania without The Undertaker.

And unlike both 10 and 16/2000, there was no injury to heal. There was no story to write him off. He just wasn't there.

And IMO, we still had a good WrestleMania out of the deal.

Is this proof that Mark Callaway is moving on now?

[Kevin Hamilton]

You'd hope so. He's looked awful since losing the Streak honestly.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

After WM33 I never wanted to see him again. And then he had to go and be part of the Will He/Won't He bullshit with Cena and then the Saudi shows.

Hopefully this really is the end.

[Deleted]

The twilight of his career has been pretty weird and it'll be even weirder if he's a Saudi Arabia exclusive for a while now.

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At most, we would have seen him destroy Elias this year, and that honor went to Cena and he killed it

Taker's done, I would have loved to see him make an appearance but he's really just shot.

[CMWaters]

Honestly?

I half expected him to make an appearance during Balor/Lashley, suddenly doing a teleport in and squashing Lio to prevent him helping Lashley.

[mrbananagrabber]

The Streak ending should have been the end of him. Everything he’s done since has been ass.

[knightboat]

I really thought he was showing up when Alexa Bliss walked by a mortuary sign.

[rnrk supports BLM]

If this is the end, it's really a sad way for undisputably one of the greatest pro wrestlers in the history of WWE to go out. And I'm not saying that in the hopes he comes back again since we're at the stage where that'd probably just make things worse, but it's still a damn shame this is how his career's twilight has played out.

[Milkman Norm]

I really wish he would have retired after Wrestlemania XXVIII. The last image of him as a wrestler should have been him, HBK & Triple H on the ramp.

[GuyOfOwnage]

Actually already made a thread on this, maybe the mods can combine the two:

officialfan.proboards.com/thread/585592/first-mania-years-undertaker-match

[Ganon83]

Apr 7, 2019 23:46:34 GMT -5 rnrk supports BLM said:

If this is the end, it's really a sad way for undisputably one of the greatest pro wrestlers in the history of WWE to go out. And I'm not saying that in the hopes he comes back again since we're at the stage where that'd probably just make things worse, but it's still a damn shame this is how his career's twilight has played out.

Meltzer has reported as recently as last week that he'd working on the Saudi show in May. Just too much money there for him not to be

[PsychoGoatee]

He had good rematches with Brock in 2015, and I enjoyed his match against Bray, and even his short match against Cena last year. But I'm a big mark for The Undertaker. I would be cool with seeing him show up at a Mania or two to do a non-match kickass segment or something, whatever he wants really.

[RI Richmark]

I mean, I'm glad that he didn't have a match. He hasn't had a good one in years. But it was so weird for a man who's played a large part of WrestleMania history to suddenly miss the show with no mention at all.

I would've liked him to have one more match to say goodbye. It seemed like we got one with two years ago with Roman but he came back last year for that pointless Cena squash.

[Lance Uppercut]

Apr 7, 2019 23:45:08 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

The Streak ending should have been the end of him. Everything he’s done since has been ass.

He had a good summer slam with Brock and I think one other good match. The Wyatt match wasn’t too bad and Wyatt was the one injured there.

[Deleted]

How funny would it have been if he came out to do guest commentary for one of the matches?

[Doctor No]

The biggest victory of the night...

[Deleted]

Hopefully that the show did well and felt like a big deal without him will mean that WWE doesn't feel the need to go back to that well anymore. Taker should have hung it up years ago and by now he really just feels like a relic. Sad to have the Crown Jewel fiasco as his potential last match but it beats if he somehow manages to do worse on a show I actually watch.

[Redbeard's Ghost]

I'm glad he didn't compete, but i would have liked to see him show up. It just seems wrong for him to not be mentioned on the show anywhere. I'm hoping they do a different headliner for HOF in Tampa, then induct Taker and Kane on the same night in 2021 or 2022 (preferably in Texas).