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Undertaker is a Mess

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#1 · (Edited)
Honestly, the state of him tonight. Can barely move let alone wrestle at this point, and his physique is an absolute eyesore, just looked like a fat, old man.

Time to hang it up.
 
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I could not agree with you more. He is terribly terribly out of shape. He is barely moving with his fat belly. Flair at WM 24 was way better. I do not want to see him in WM anymore. He is done. A farewell match at survivor series might be ok.
 
#8 ·
Taker/Reigns at Wrestlemania will be an absolute shit show.
 
#13 ·
Taker looked so bad. All his movements looked weird as well. So stiff and awkward and slow. His huge belly didnt really make for a pretty site either. Roman vs Taker is gonna be bad.
 
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#14 ·
He looked no worse than he did at WM this past year. Considering he needs a new hip, I'm not shocked that he doesn't move as good as he used to. But don't worry, if they have him wrestle Reigns this year, they will probably do some passing of the torch type thing. The old dog gives up the yard the new dog.

I will say that Undertaker needs to ditch the Just For Men look and embrace his gray hair. He should also ditch the eyeliner. He would look much more intimidating that way. He looked extremely goofy tonight.
 
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He honestly did look weird. And I'm not someone who has ever moaned about him looking old or bad. I think his matches with Brock in 2015 were great. His match with Wyatt at WM31 was decent, but I understand Wyatt was working with a minor injury too. And Wyatt isn't a great wrestler himself really. I chalked the Shane match up to it being Shane, and that it dragged on way longer than needed, while the WM30 match obviously involved a concussion (and he clearly showed he and Brock can have great matches in 2015), but tonight was different.

He was not smooth. His movement was odd. And he looked legitimately out of breath after a little while. And I'm not talking selling being out of breath like Reigns does and people confuse it for gassing. He was huffing after those moves he did.

I rate Reigns as a ring worker, and he's very consistent, but if he's facing Taker in this shape, this is going to be a huge test for him. I do not believe anyone is getting a great match out of the Taker that appeared tonight. They better have a very strong plan for the storytelling and emotion of that match if it happens because it's all they have to go on. I'm hoping he surprises me by the time Mania rolls around, but I have plenty of faith in Taker's storytelling ability.

And if it does happen, Taker needs to lose. Ideally I wanted him to win this year and face Cena next year, but not like this. The greater gameplan now is Reigns/Lesnar. Give Reigns the win, have Lesnar finally destroy Goldberg, and set up their rematch for Summerslam or WM34. It's a big enough match without a title at that stage.

Let Taker go out with a win against Cena next year if he's still up for another match, depending on whatever his performance is like this year.
 
#26 ·
Cena Taker doesen't have the aura or presence it had 4 or so years ago. TBH Taker should of retired WM 2012. End of an era my ass. He's still going. I remember Taker saying he diddn't wanna be like Hogan, in the way people say "You should of seen him back in his prime". Taker is now their unfortunately. I think he is stubborn, I think he feels that he no longer has to put over anyone. He still looks good for his age. But he is clearly alot older. He is as stiff as The Great Khali. He offers nothing. His tedious entrances too, only thing they are good for is to cut an hour off the 3 hour Raw Recap Shows. Reigns is going to the top guy for several years. Who else is their? He's a big guy, he has the right look, he can work matches. He's over with casuals. He has it all tbh.
 
#27 ·
Honestly, the state of him tonight. Can barely move let alone wrestle at this point, and his physique is an absolute eyesore, just looked like a fat, old man.

Time to hang it up.
As much as it kills me to write this...I completely agree with you

He has always been my favourite, since his debut in 1990 and i was sooo looking forward to seeing him in The Royal Rumble...but when i saw him i almost cried

He has always said, he'll know it's time to hang up his boots when he hears people say "he was great back in the day" Well i think that day is finally here...someone needs to tell him...honestly

After seeing him today...i'm dreading his Wrestlemania match...whoever he faces will be made to look awesome

RIP DEADMAN

:Vince2 :vincecry
 
#32 · (Edited by Moderator)
I was getting on him mentally as I watch den remembered im out of shape as well and this guy is 50 something, and broken down, what do u expect hes also really tall and tall ppl like him don't usually age gracefully, so theres that

As much as it kills me to write this...I completely agree with you



He has always said, he'll know it's time to hang up his boots when he hears people say "he was great back in the day" Well i think that day is finally here...someone needs to tell him...honestly

A

RIP DEADMAN

:Vince2 :vincecry
I thought taker didn't do interviews like dat

His huge belly didnt really make for a pretty site either. be bad.
did u catch owens after the announce table spot... as a side note if he was like 6'7 and still big I could buy him as a maineventer./big belt holder, but that's not to be
 
#29 ·
Taker should have retired after WM XXX. Tonight the man looked uncomfortable even taking his strap off. Now a part of me will forever remember him being a fat slob with a wig who couldn't stop punching people in the dick. All the nostalgia acts were weak as fuck though.
 
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#31 ·
This is what happens when you sacrifice an entire roster to Cena and Triple H and a lesser extent Orton for the last 12 years. You have literally no one who is over and need to rely on the older older guys who were gotten over the proper way like Goldberg, Lesnar and Taker to carry the load
 
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