The Unauthorized Story of Randy Orton and The Viper's Strike on WWE Read Online Free PDF

aspire to, something that can be pointed to as a true accomplishment in the world of wrestling."
     
    "The only problem is that nobody even comes close to a WrestleMania record like Undertaker," Leonard adds. "I can't think of another current wrestler with an undefeated streak that is bigger than 1-0. This means for the Streak to become relevant again, someone has to go undefeated for almost 20 years, and by then will audiences even know or care about who Undertaker was? Remember, a good chunk of that audience hasn't even been born yet. Letting Undertaker retire undefeated would be a great way to give the guy a real legacy, but there are so many more story options by having him lose at some point."
     
    Not What Fans Want to Hear
     
    The current rumor mill inside WWE holds that a tentative plan to end The Undertaker's undefeated streak may be on the drawing board at Mark Calaway's request.
     
    If not Orton, the leading candidates to end the streak are said to be individuals upon whose shoulders the WWE will rest in the coming years: Alberto Del Rio, The Miz, Cody Rhodes, and CM Punk.
     
    The most likely candidate to bring The Undertaker's streak to an end is still believed to be Randy Orton.
     
    "The Undertaker’s career is coming to a close," writes sports columnist Ryan Dilbert. "He isn’t all that old by wrestling standards, but is wearing down.  While he could pull a Ric Flair and perform at a subpar level until he needs a wheelchair, I think we’d all rather see him go the route of HBK, a spectacular ending to a spectacular career."
     
    "WrestleMania has in the past few years been the place to make such an exit into the sunset," Dilbert adds. "Tying in the end of his streak to the end of his career seems like a logical conclusion.  But the problem here is that there may not be someone on his level left to send him off. Ric Flair had his 'last' match with Shawn Michaels.  What they did in the ring was art, just a riveting, well-worked and emotional bout. Shawn Michaels had the Undertaker to send him off right. Much has been said about their second consecutive masterpiece.  Was it better than WrestleMania 25?  I don’t think it matters.  It was a classic match featuring another icon."
     
    According to Dilbert, there may truly be no giants left to give The Undertaker a proper loss to end his career with. After all, look at the huge industry icons who have already tried and failed to curtail sport entertainment's most enduring record.
     
•                      1991: Jimmy Snuka
•                      1992: Jake Roberts
•                      1993: Giant González
•                      1995: King Kong Bundy
•                      1996: Diesel
•                      1997: Sid
•                      1998: Kane
•                      1999: The Big Boss Man
•                      2001: Triple H
•                      2002: Ric Flair
•                      2003: The Big Show and A-Train
•                      2004: Kane
•                      2005: Randy Orton
•                      2006: Mark Henry
•                      2007: Batista
•                      2008: Edge
•                      2009: Shawn Michaels
•                      2010: Shawn Michaels
•                      2011: Triple H
•                      2012: Triple H
     
     
    "What if he doesn’t lose?" Dilbert asks. "What if the match is set up as a career-ending match and everyone expects the Undertaker to lose and he ends up going 20-0 and walking into the darkness on top? If we can’t find someone big enough to