I'm glad Undertaker won

[Avalanche Alvarez]

joeman said:

The guy needs one last title reign before he retires. I think for someone who is in his 40's and 6'7, the guy can still put on match better than 3/4 of the WWE roster today. The guy has done so much in the company and has put many over, including putting Khali over one time(which backfired). One setback in the Rumble is if he loses to Batista at wrestlemania. What I am also sick of hearing is that the Rumble was predidctable as if there was no internet, Undertaker winning wouldn't be so obvious. I really hope he gets a win at Wresltemania and get a length title run

I see him winning, but then who takes it from him?
A Kane feud?
An evil Batista?
Bring Freakin' Deacon back to play the fake Undertaker?

[Ben Wyatt]

If Taker is to lose at 'Mania, is an injury prone, 40 year old Batista the right choice here?

Me thinks not

[amsiraK]

I don't think so. Methinks the belt be heading the Deadman's way.

If they're smart, they'll NEVER let the streak end.

[joeman]

Undertaker has total control over his own character, so really if he wants to lose Batista, he will. If he wants another run with the belt, I do think Vince can't even stop him.

[Ben Wyatt]

karisma888 said:

I don't think so. Methinks the belt be heading the Deadman's way.

If they're smart, they'll NEVER let the streak end.

I'd love to see 'Taker win the title and hang onto it for a few months before maybe losing it to someone (Kennedy?) at Summerslam

[amsiraK]

theslickness said:

karisma888 said:

I don't think so. Methinks the belt be heading the Deadman's way.

If they're smart, they'll NEVER let the streak end.

I'd love to see 'Taker win the title and hang onto it for a few months before maybe losing it to someone (Kennedy?) at Summerslam

I smell this happening. I don't know if it's Kennedy, but what could put someone over like winning a belt off the Undertaker? Not much.

[Zen411]

I was really stoked that Taker won. Taker has never won the Rumble before so there's one more accolade to add to his resume. I hope he wins the title at Mania. I agree it would be awesome if he did the old fashioned look and had Paul Bearer return for one last proper run.

Taker deserves it more than anyone. He has been nothing but loyal to the WWE for nearly 20 years. Never went to WCW or other competition. He is a lockerroom leader and has been propping up not so deserving guys for years. Heidenreich, Khali, Henry, Orton, even JBL. etc etc etc. He has amazing staying power and always gets pretty much the biggest pop of the night. Plus he can still deliver after all these years. He doesnt rely on just two moves like Hogan and he doesn't look pathetic in the ring like Flair nowadays.

So, don't rip on Taker because he's not the fresh young ROH talent of the week or because he's in his 40s. He is just as talented as he's ever been and he deserves it. I hope he ends it as 15-0 and has the defining title run he has never had.

[A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto)]

zen411 said:

I was really stoked that Taker won. Taker has never won the Rumble before so there's one more accolade to add to his resume. I hope he wins the title at Mania. I agree it would be awesome if he did the old fashioned look and had Paul Bearer return for one last proper run.

Taker deserves it more than anyone. He has been nothing but loyal to the WWE for nearly 20 years. Never went to WCW or other competition. He is a lockerroom leader and has been propping up not so deserving guys for years. Heidenreich, Khali, Henry, Orton, even JBL. etc etc etc. He has amazing staying power and always gets pretty much the biggest pop of the night. Plus he can still deliver after all these years. He doesnt rely on just two moves like Hogan and he doesn't look pathetic in the ring like Flair nowadays.

So, don't rip on Taker because he's not the fresh young ROH talent of the week or because he's in his 40s. He is just as talented as he's ever been and he deserves it. I hope he ends it as 15-0 and has the defining title run he has never had.

Amen! Long live Mark Calaway.

[STMP]

samachine said:

Not to be negative, but how come people complain about older guys getting the title and not letting the new generation get the rub, but when Taker wins it its alright?

Because we expect him to retire.

If UT wins at WM, holds the belt for a few months and then loses a retirement match giving the rub to a young wrestler. It will be a great ending to his legacy.

Just imagine Taker wrestling his last match on top, with the belt and helping someone else's carreer.

However, if UT loses WM trying to put over Batista by giving him the ending of his streak. Then we have another Gooker of the year nominee, because that would be retarded. UT needs to win and go out on top. That is the only way and the best way to go.

[Sim]

zen411 said:

I was really stoked that Taker won. Taker has never won the Rumble before so there's one more accolade to add to his resume. I hope he wins the title at Mania. I agree it would be awesome if he did the old fashioned look and had Paul Bearer return for one last proper run.

Taker deserves it more than anyone. He has been nothing but loyal to the WWE for nearly 20 years. Never went to WCW or other competition. He is a lockerroom leader and has been propping up not so deserving guys for years. Heidenreich, Khali, Henry, Orton, even JBL. etc etc etc. He has amazing staying power and always gets pretty much the biggest pop of the night. Plus he can still deliver after all these years. He doesnt rely on just two moves like Hogan and he doesn't look pathetic in the ring like Flair nowadays.

So, don't rip on Taker because he's not the fresh young ROH talent of the week or because he's in his 40s. He is just as talented as he's ever been and he deserves it. I hope he ends it as 15-0 and has the defining title run he has never had.

What he said.

[Loki]

dagreenguy said:

The reason I'm okay with it is that 'Taker isn't a greedy or power hungry individual.

He does what's best for the business.

Hold on a minute... When Triple H "refused" to put over some guys he was hogging the spot and burying people (even though some of these burials are debatable and/or turned out to be somewhat justified, at least a posteriori .
When Hogan wasn't dropping the belt or the main event picture to midcarders (awesome, but still midcarders at the time) he was politicking to keep his spot.

But when Undertaker has been more or less a part-timer for the last couple of years, and yet managed to land on his feet no matter who the opponent was, when he came back every year at the Rumble to claim his big spot at Mania, well that's fine because he's a respected veteran?

His fued with Kennedy made me look at Kennedy as a possible main eventer.

Meh, Kennedy was portrayed as a mild threat, but he ended up like every other victim of the Undertaker... When the Deadman stands tall over the defeated opponent, it doesn't matter that much how fierce the resistence was...

Hell, look at Orton... His year long feud with the Phenom made wonders with Randy, who's now leeching off Edge's heat

And besides, there's no younger talent right now that is deserving of the Royal Rumble win right now.

Not a surprise, as long as WWE prefer to play safe by booking two "old timers" as the final two, with two already (kinda) established big players in the final four...

But sure, if the fans are still in awe for the same (great, amazing and whatnot) guys, no wonder the E are booking what the crowd loves better.

Veterans should give new guys the rub, but not in the way "yeah, pin me on free TV once, but I'm gonna kick your ass at the next PPV" because that way the fans won't really care about one fluke...


The only POSITIVE scenario is the one with Taker winning at Mania (him or Batista... brrrr) and dropping it to a young talent.

Oh, and I'm glad the RAW main event at Mania is still TBA, so they can come up with something decent-ish.

[Austin's Middle Finger]

Don't get me wrong, I love Taker, but I don't think a RR win was needed to set up his match with Batista. Taker/Bats is clearly the big moneymaker this Mania, so I don't see why they couldn't just build the feud along like they've been doing for the past couple of weeks.

So while I want to see Taker go on and win the belt at Mania, this was a wasted opportunity for younger talent, IMO.

[Thomas Powers of Paine]

This is great, I've been a 'Taker mark since I was 7 years old. It looks like he'll get the win over Botchtista, but I'd rather see him end Cena's annoying megapush.

[salTy]

God, you smarks piss me off. 'Taker has been one of the most consistent personas in wrestling history. Beating the hell out of people and dominating competition has been his thing ever since he started. It's done that way so that when someone actually DOES beat 'Taker, it means something. It's not done because 'Taker is "holding people back". You guys think whenever a ring veteran beats younger competition they're automatically holding them back, and intentionally no less. Hell, Ric Flair's been doing it lately, Kane, and Undertaker now too.

DAMN them for still entertaining the fans after all these years. DAMN them for being booked in matches people actually care about. They should just retire instead of doing what they do best and feeding their families at the same time.

*Sigh* give me a break.

[Boku AKA Da Green Guy]

lobo said:

God, you smarks piss me off. 'Taker has been one of the most consistent personas in wrestling history. Beating the hell out of people and dominating competition has been his thing ever since he started. It's done that way so that when someone actually DOES beat 'Taker, it means something. It's not done because 'Taker is "holding people back". You guys think whenever a ring veteran beats younger competition they're automatically holding them back, and intentionally no less. Hell, Ric Flair's been doing it lately, Kane, and Undertaker now too.

DAMN them for still entertaining the fans after all these years. DAMN them for being booked in matches people actually care about. They should just retire instead of doing what they do best and feeding their families at the same time.

*Sigh* give me a break.

Harsh, but true.