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With The Undertaker losing Wrestlemania to some washed up MMA muscle head that can't even wrestle outside of PPVs or even put up a great match, I can't watch WWE anymore. I love so much about the current roster, but The Undertaker has been the sole reason why I've continued to keep up with it over the years. With the Streak gone, so is The Undertaker.

I can't do it anymore. Yes, this is my bitching thread, deal with it.

With Undertaker losing to Brock Lesnar, there is no "better". Now that hyped Sting vs Undertaker match for the streak later on down the line means absolutely freaking nothing.

I wholeheartedly disagree.

Yes, it sucks that Undertaker has finally lost a match at Wrestlemania. However, lets be realistic here; having a 21-win record is still highly impressive, something that others will be unable to match.

Not to mention, at this stage in the game, Undertaker is in the same position as Lesnar: a part-timer there as a spectacle, nothing more, nothing less. Doesn't take anything away from him since he isn't an active competitor, but his place in the history of the company has a finite end now. If anything, it can help build anticipation for two wrestling icons rather than having an easily predictable win for Taker next WrestleMania. If Sting issues a challenge, it will still be highly anticipated.

while I am heartbroken at the death of the streak, I am accepting of it and will continue to watch WWE.

-cough- I'm gonna post this and be done with it.

Coming to terms with Taker's loss is hard for me; he's probably the one thing I've held dear with WWE for the past 10 years or so. I've looked up to Calaway since the first time I put in a wrestling game and saw that guy on a motorcycle when I was just a kid. I knew I liked him and I wanted to always play him. I never knew I would grow as attached as I did.

Kane vs Undertaker was the first match of the Streak that I saw. Looking back, it wasn't spectacular in any way, but I thought it was the greatest thing ever at the time. Watching The Undertaker work blew me away, and it continued to every year. I idolized the man; I grew my hair out to match him, I followed everything he did, I got into this community for the sake of having a character similar to him (of which I never was able to do). I fell in love with wrestling because of one character and he pulled me into a world that I've believed in for most my life. And honestly, I still do.

For years, I thought the streak would end. To Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, even CM Punk. I thought there was no way it was gonna go passed 20-0. There, I was sure it was done. I loved the Streak, but it needed a good ending point, right? He could retire at 20-0, and I'd accept it reluctantly.

This was the first year in some time where I thought "There's no way The Undertaker's losing. He's got it," I didn't have a single doubt. Maybe I should have, maybe I should've held the same skepticism I had every other year.

But it's happened. 21-1. The end of what I considered WWE's greatest era and greatest legacy. I'm not gonna say that it should've never ended, I too believed it would have to one day. It wouldn't be like Taker to walk out undefeated. I didn't want it like this though and I didn't want it to happen.

Like Sean Bean dying in everything he's ever done, or David Tennant passing on the title of The Doctor, it's something I cringed for (I still haven't finished Tennant's last season because I'm not ready to watch Matt Smith). Something I believed wouldn't happen, despite knowing it would. The only solace I can take in it is, as King told me, it wouldn't have happened if The Undertaker didn't want it to. We won't understand it, but it's what he wanted. All we can do is thank him for what he's given us. So, thank you Mark Calaway.

I'll keep going with WWE in hopes that they can keep me entertained; the future looks bright with The Shield and Bray Wyatt. But things won't ever be the same, and that can't be argued with. And that's the last I'll say about the matter, folks. Continue as you wish, argue with whatever. But I'm done with it.

This is why it works. I think this is all part of a very ballsy plan to get DB over as an icon. Bryan's conquered every possible obstacle, he's undisputed champ, he's beat Cena clean. What's left? Beating Taker? He can't beat Taker himself because that's heel heat of the very, very highest power. Bryans not a heel. Brock and Heyman are and always have been natural heels, now its gunna be white hot.

The mystique and romance of the streak means nil to the people running the company. Preserving the streak may have been the right choice artistically but it wont make them a cent because new fans and new money are drawn by megastars (Austin, Hogan) and not by a tradition that started pretty much on accident.

The people that value the streak most are the people that, by the numbers, mean the least to the company. The hardcore fans that know what it means because they know the history, the people that will keep watching no matter what happens, coincidentally these people are the biggest DB supporters. Now maybe this is the kind of heinous s**t that would actually get a few folks to quit, like Matt, but I don't see it making a huge dent long term. The way I look at it WWE see's a golden opportunity in the massive overlap between the fandom for Bryan and the reverence for the streak. They'd be downright dumb not to exploit it for a monstrous payoff.

..this is all hypothetical of course. They might just do Cena vs Brock IVX or whatever.

You wanna know what's really ******** up about this whole thing?

I just read at ewrestlingnews.com, that Lesnar might be done with WWE.

Talk about kicking someone while there down! After beating the Streak could have been used as one of the ultimate pushes for one very lucky young superstar, they give that privilege to Lesnar, who didn't need it. SO NOW apparently he wants to head back to MMA, saying there is nothing in WWE for him ******** BULLSHIT!!!!! scream

All I got to say is ******** you Brock Lesnar. ******** you...

That is just speculation, until we hear that from the horses mouth. Cause not to long ago, about a few months before Mania, rumor had it was that Taker wanted to face Bryan at Mania. So yes the streak ending could have been Taker's choice, but to who is still the question. Cause apparently he wanted to end it to Angle in 06, plus with the Rumor of Taker wanting to face Bryan at WM30, is that Taker wanted bryan to have that "rub". But booking and backstage politics kept that match from every happening.

So it's not so much that I'm upset that the Streak ended, I can deal with that, seeing how Taker himself has wanted the streak to end for sometime. But what kills me is who did it, Brock ******** douchebag Lesnar, the p***k that could careless about WWE.