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Originally Posted by TomasThunder619
Actually, the plan was for Undertaker to lose his streak to Kurt Angle. Out of respect to the Deadman, Angle refused to defeat him and quit WWE shortly after.
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Um, no, it was Taker who pitched the idea of Angle ending The Streak at WM 22 to Vince when the original plan was to do Taker vs Angle at WM 22.
But instead of calmly told Taker he couldn't accept that, Vince overreacted by erasing every Taker/Angle plan at WM 22 and booked 'em in No Way Out 2006 instead.
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Originally Posted by murder
Don't know how HHH ended up on my list, sorry. Anyway, a streak that doesn't involve Hogan, Andre, Austin, Rock, Goldberg and Sting doesn't mean anything as far as I'm concerned.
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To be fair, I think it's unfair to say that. Sting never even wrestled in WWE & the best time for it happen was at WM 27, in which we saw Sting preferred to face a drug addict.
As for the rest of those names, with Savage, Perfect, Hart, and Foley included, I think it was the matter of Vince being a horny idiot. Yes, I know Vince is a very successful businessman, but he's not the genius many people made him out to be. I think the main reason why Taker never faced the likes of Hogan, Bret, Savage, Perfect, Foley, Angle, Eddie, and Jericho at Wrestlemania was because until Wrestlemania 22, 5 of The Undertaker's Wrestlemania matches are reserved to push talentless lower mid-card big men. Of course, I'm referring to Wrestlemania 9, 11, 15, 19, and 22.
At Wrestlemania 9, instead of booking Taker against Hogan or Savage or Perfect, Vince put him against Giant Gonzales to put Gonzales over.
At Wrestlemania 11, instead of booking Taker against Bret or even Bigelow, we got Bundy.
At Wrestlemania 15, instead of giving us the pinnacle of Taker vs Mankind in a match to end their feud, Vince decided to give Boss Man a push.
At Wrestlemania 19, instead of giving us Taker vs Eddie, Vince opted to push Jones & A-Train.
At Wrestlemania 22, Vince scrapped the idea of Taker vs Angle after Taker pitched the idea of Angle ending The Streak. But Vince overreacted instead of simply saying, "No, Mark, you'll still win the match".
Any match with Goldberg, Lesnar, Rock, and Jericho could have happened at WM 20. But we got that sucky rematch instead.
And Taker/Andre should have been booked at WM 7 (no offense to Snuka), imagine that, Taker's first WM & Andre's last WM, I guess it was the matter of Vince not seeing that legendary opportunity (despite the fact it's been saying hello right under his nose).
And Taker/Austin could have happened at WM 16 if weren't for the injuries they suffered.
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Originally Posted by murder
I get why WWE makes such a big deal out of it. But I don't get why it's such a big deal for fans.
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Perhaps because it's a "one & only" accomplishment. In a sense, no one has ever done it before and perhaps no one ever will. That's why so many fans are attracted to it and ended up feeling an attachment to The Streak. Add to the fact The Undertaker's otherworldly status and everything is perfect to make one huge gimmick accomplishment. And the fact that it lasted for 2 decades amazed so many people as well.
And to be fair, out of the 17 names on The Streak, only 4 of them now are nobodies (Gonzales, A-Train, Bundy, and Boss Man).
The other 13 are either legends (Snuka, Roberts, Nash, HBK, HHH, Flair, and Kane) or very successful top superstars with multi-time world championships (Show, Henry, Sid, Batista, Edge, and Orton), so at least The Streak could brag about beating out big names 80% of the time.
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Originally Posted by TomasThunder619
Actually, the plan was for Undertaker to lose his streak to Kurt Angle. Out of respect to the Deadman, Angle refused to defeat him and quit WWE shortly after.
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Um, no, it was Taker who pitched the idea of Angle ending The Streak at WM 22 to Vince when the original plan was to do Taker vs Angle at WM 22.
But instead of calmly told Taker he couldn't accept that, Vince overreacted by erasing every Taker/Angle plan at WM 22 and booked 'em in No Way Out 2006 instead.
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