Hey was definitely in shape & it's freakin' WrestleMania AND most importantly he was wrestling Infront of his wife & daughter. Their daughter attended the Royal Rumble aswell & seen her momma Michelle wrestle. It wouldn't surprise me if she grows up to become the greatest women's champion of all time! 💯👍

I saw it too that should have been one last world title run but alas didn't pan out that way still I respect the Deadman ministry taker will always be my favorite heel turn miss the theme hhhs old theme too my time

That could a been a good long match, but it was so cool seeing Cena get squashed. Loved it.

I just watched that match again taker was moving so quick and agile he also looked a lot healthier especially in his face he didn’t at one point in those 3 minutes look slow or out of breath he was moving like he was wrestling shawn Michaels again at wm 26!

But they should had done it around 2010 especially since both John Cena and undertaker were undefeated

​@@cs77smith67 that would have been great build up

That match should have happened in 2011 or 2013

But did you hear what he said though? His hip was fixed, he could move again, he trained hard and was ready. They could have done at least 15 minutes. I was so salty at that match.

@@mayiborrowadollar that's what I'm saying taker was ready willing to tear it up

Was he? I thought it made both look weak

@@mmmmm-gg8gt was a classic case of theory over execution. Taker was supposed to blow over Big Match John to show he wasn't washed up. Sadly the match was poor and it didn't have the desired outcome, but from a story point of view, it was the right decision at the time

What did Cena say? Didn't quite follow what Taker was saying there

I'm fine with Undertaker winning but Cena should have at least been looking strong

They should have made at least 10 or just over 10 minutes.

He didn't have confidence in Taker's ability to go 30+ in a great match at that point.

He needed to solidify takers Mania record with a cap off with a legend like Cena. To bury Cena in 5min at mania is remarkable and a true testament to Cenas character.

He was right tho. Not everything needs to go 20 minutes like on AEW

@@shahidnyker2900 no one is saying that they should have gone 20 mins, the only thing people wanted is that the match lasted more than 2 mins, thats all

@@alexknight81 there is no happy medium. You either do a quick squash match or you go 20minutes. Imagine if they went 9-11minutes? People would have been furious

Randy Savage? Lmao. Nobody’s asked for Savage v Taker

@@user-dq6se6er8j If Savage could get a classic out of Warrior, a match with Taker in 92 would have been pretty good.

Yeah one thing I never understood about the streak was we never got Taker vs any of the 3 faces in their primes at Mania (Hogan, Austin, Cena). Or just more star power in general. Like the streak could have included names like Mick Foley, Eddie Guerrero, Kurt Angle, The Rock, Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Bret Hart, Vader, rvd, along with the names mentioned and it could have been even better. Instead things that hampered it were matches with guys like Shane McMahon, Big Boss man, Mark Henry, handicap match with big show and a train, sid vicious, giant Gonzalez.

​@@davefarlow I think the logic is to spread out the great matches at each Mania. Austin, Hogan, The Rock, Eddie, etc. had other matches at Mania and Taker had his.

@@bbb_888 True, also I don't think they even considered the streak until he got to 10 at WrestleMania 18. If they had the streak in mind from the start things could have been different. Cena vs Miz instead of Cena vs Taker and Taker vs Angle not happening at WrestleMania 22 is still a head scratcher to me. Then again Eddie's death and rocks return in 2011 definitely had an impact. With that being said WrestleMania 23 to WrestleMania 29 was a perfect score for Taker match wise imo. That's when the streak was the number one thing everyone looked forward to at Mania. What a time!

oh plz like u care of cena

i respect your opinion but come on man its wrestlemania and taker was ready to go. dont you think it would of been better to just lem em have a real match? we COULD be talking baout how that match was Shawn Micheals vs The undertaker 2.0 but instead we got elisa getting aa taker doing his signature moves and thats it. idk i think they drop it on this one

@@Geeil but Taker was coming off a run of shitty matches, and from being unfit for wrestling for like 3 years. No one knew how much he could go, even though he worked out and got in decent shape for it. He also hadn't had a match in so long, so big time ring rust. Cena's goal was to do him a solid and have Taker squash him, giving ego and confidence boost to Taker. They didn't want to risk showing Taker in a bad light. Wanted to give him a last hoorah. I wouldve loved a longer and actual match, but I don't think Taker was able to deliver at the time. And I think everyone, like Vince and Cena, knew that.

Imagine the back and forth the counters damn he should have

The match would have been a classic if they did that from 2010-14 both are tremendous in ring performers.

@@adityabute2107 I agree so many missed chances

@@windmaster9 right

@@adityabute2107tremendous for John cena ? U must be blind. He has 5 moves if that

Vince really was an asshole for this. A waste of a possible real twilight for Undertaker.

Jesus Christ man. I wanted a longer match too but this is dumb AF. Cena wanted to give back to the undertaker's reputation by getting squashed as one of the biggest stars in the business. He did that out of respect for taker. Vince was on the same page too. Plus they need to build on young stars. They've ignored that long enough. Just appreciate the match for what it was.

​@@FrozenAngel4173 here the thing though, it didn't give the undertaker any credibility at least in my eyes, it was just a disappointing match period.

@@Rengokuo4o6 they're not catering to you. To the casual fan and kids that's a big win.

Yea people payed to watch that match to be 5 fucking mins.

and raw october 2006 was short but fun too

The match they had together on Smackdown in 2004 was the first time Taker fought John Cena as the Dark Version. That match was really good and pretty long.

Exactly!!

Triple H is not doing anything better if you are think like this because you solely hate Vince. Stop acting like you are a executive and act like a fan damn man. It’s annoying when smarks nowadays think their views matter when you should be the equivalent of a tv series fan.

If it makes you fell any better Cena allowing himself to be jobbed by the Undertaker at WrestleMania of all shows is a bigger moment than a 30 min classic.

@@anupambaglari lol John Cena allowing himself to be jobbed by the undertaker.

@@PBandShayne I didn't know of a better way to phrase that 😂

How did John Cena rob you of a thirty minute classic?

I don't think it had to be 30 minutes long but it should've at least been about 12-15 at minimum.

Yea I had always heard it was a squash because of his injuries!

What a great guy!

@@CVVCLIPS glad for ya!

He's an actor now ofc, he can't make risk like before

He was enough humble for that that's it

I know and Cena was suppose to find Undertaker at THAT wrestlemania but they were just so desperate for Roman to be the top guy And trust me the match would have been better

Yeah, this is where I really liked Cena too before he became the new Hulk Hogan with predictable matches most the time.

Must have slipped Taker's mind, match was 15 years apart.

And No way out 2007, even though it wasn't a one on one match.

Must have slipped his mind. Matches were 15 years apart, that first match was awesome though :) I remember being 9 when it happened…and I was a Cena fan at the time…word life lmao..don’t hate me I was his demographic 😂

@@Evs78101 Oh yeah definitely. I just find it funny that both matches are in John's showcase this year for 2k, but Taker himself only remembers one. And he's like "this is the first time we're working together and it's a squash? No no no no no"

Well he's never faced the Cenation leader in a PPV before

@@Mr.DontOverThinkIt I just finished that showcase last night. Such a good game. Crazy how they showed all the people that beat ‘em. Kinda played off the whole Cena wins lolz thing

@@Evs78101 Also shows how much of a good person he truly is. Like he doesn't need to give credit to people like Brock, Hunter, etc... But he does anyway

Taker was prepared tho, he trained a lot for this match.

also, I'm the 1000th like!

They had a match on Smackdown during the build-up to backlash 2003

I believe they also had a one one on smackdown June 2004 where baby face taker uses cenas chain to win.

Undertaker: NO! 30 minutes or we aren't doing this

Hey 15 years (from that to WM34) is a long time it probably slipped his mind

he is old

Ironically what The Undertaker and John Cena ended up doing at WrestleMania 33 was all for nothing. Cena and Nikki Bella beat The Miz and Maryse with Cena then proposing to Nikki only for them to split up a year later while Undertaker lost to Roman only for Roman to lose to Brock the following year while Taker came back like the ending to WM 33 never happened.

The only canceled it because they wanted Roman to get over so bad