{"id":74521,"date":"2019-02-01T16:45:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T22:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=74521"},"modified":"2019-02-01T16:45:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T22:45:44","slug":"question-of-the-week-undertakers-wrestlemania-opponent-this-year-should-be-goldberg-bray-wyatt-kane-eric-young-more-batch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/01\/question-of-the-week-undertakers-wrestlemania-opponent-this-year-should-be-goldberg-bray-wyatt-kane-eric-young-more-batch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Week \u2013 Undertaker\u2019s WrestleMania Opponent This Year should be?\u2026 Goldberg, Bray Wyatt, Kane, Eric Young, more (Batch #2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3980911473\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>If Undertaker wrestles on WrestleMania 35 this year, would you like to see him wrestle?<\/p>\n<p>Would you prefer to see him against another veteran or legend, another monster, a smaller young wrestler, or a main roster heavyweight?<\/p>\n<p>Let us know your top pick and explain why you think it\u2019d be either good for business or good for the Undertaker opponent or good for fans (or all of the above!). You can also list a few back-up candidates and also who you absolutely don\u2019t want to see him wrestle! And if you DO NOT want him to wrestle again, explain why.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the first batch of reader picks\u2026\u00a0After reading them, send your pick to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>PWTorch reader David Henkin writes&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If WrestleMania 35 is the end of The Deadman, his final opponent should be (this will sound ridiculous, but trust me) Tommaso Ciampa. Tommy Entertainment is already the biggest heel in wrestling at the moment, and having him be the one to retire The Phenom would multiply his already nuclear heat tenfold.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Taker plans on still wrestling after this year, there are two wrestlers I&#8217;d like to see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1. Bray Wyatt. A &#8216;Mania 31 rematch, but this time ending with Bray coming out on top.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-358969154\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>2. Dolph Ziggler. It gives both men a place on the card and, given both men&#8217;s credentials and Ziggler&#8217;s phenomenal selling, it would likely be a pretty decent match.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>PWTorch reader Scott Partner writes&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<div>I truly and seriously want the Undertaker to face Goldberg at WrestleMania 35. I&#8217;ve been so dying for this match to happen for so long now and I truly believe that this match would be legendary. If the money is right, Vince McMahon needs to make it happen.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>PWTorch Raw &amp; Smackdown Specialist Frank Peteani writes&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s funny that this question came up.\u00a0 To be truthful, I haven\u2019t given much thought to whom Undertaker should face at WrestleMania because I just feel like it\u2019s time to go.\u00a0 If you told me today he wasn\u2019t wrestling ever again I would be fine and would look forward to his Hall of Fame induction, whether that be this year, next year or in the near future.\u00a0 I purposely did not watch Crown Jewel but I saw the match with Triple H at Super Showdown.\u00a0 While he held his own as best as a beat-up 50+ year-old could, all the bells and whistles thrown into the match indicated that WWE knew he couldn\u2019t perform at a top level.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 The Undertaker has been a staple of my wrestling viewership.\u00a0 Watching WWF since 1986, I have been fortunate to have seen his character at the beginning and evolve to what he became through the years.\u00a0 I could never have imagined watching Survivor Series in 1990 at 17 years old in my uncle\u2019s basement that we were seeing a future legend. \u00a0I think he shouldn\u2019t wrestle, but let me make chicken salad out of chicken here and pick an opponent.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a match that\u2019s going to excite anyway, but at this stage of the game it makes sense at least to me.\u00a0 That\u2019s because the Undertaker needs to go out on top one more time.<\/p>\n<p>That opponent is Kane.<\/p>\n<p>If everyone is done understandably rolling their eyes, let\u2019s think about it.\u00a0 We\u2019re past the point where somebody is going to get the rub by carrying the match but ultimately losing.\u00a0 Do I want to see Drew McIntyre work his rear end off only to take a token pin to the dead man?\u00a0 If you\u2019re going to do that to someone do it to Baron Corbin.\u00a0 He\u2019s unlikable enough (although sometimes unfairly so) that no one will care if he carries the match but loses.\u00a0 McIntyre to me is a different type of asset.\u00a0 He\u2019s a future world champion, and can do so as a heel or as a babyface.\u00a0 Judging by what\u2019s happened recently I\u2019m not sure WWE sees it that way for some reason, but I\u2019ll hold out hope.\u00a0 I though about Braun Strowman too, and honestly I go back and forth on him because I feel like he\u2019s the \u201cnext Undertaker,\u201d and a match like this could effectively pass the torch.\u00a0 I don\u2019t now if Strowman can wrestle a good enough match to carry \u2018Taker, so probably best not to go there unless all else fails.\u00a0 They\u2019re in a weird spot with Strowman, but I know that\u2019s another topic.<\/p>\n<p>Kane is the safest route to go.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure, even though he\u2019s likely at the end as \u2018Taker is, the two of them can figure out a decent enough match for 5-10 minutes tops (which is ALL the time they would need).\u00a0 While a \u2018Taker win would be predictable, does it really matter?\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t fans want to see the tombstone piledriver, eye rollback, and pin one more time?\u00a0 By involving Kane you\u2019re not hurting anybody on the current everyday roster and the two of them can one more nice moment on a big stage.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure Kane wouldn\u2019t mind doing the job, and after the match they can shake hands and walk out together.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1540910874\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Now, if you\u2019re going to have \u2018Taker do the favor on his way out, then you have some options.\u00a0 Drew McIntyre would be a good choice.\u00a0 It could take him to that next level as a performer putting down a legend.\u00a0 It would do what it should have for Roman Reigns had they turned him heel following the \u2018Mania he beat \u2018Taker.\u00a0 Going with my \u201cpassing the torch\u201d theory I suppose you can have Strowman, but I worry about him being able to work a decent enough match.\u00a0 Strowman would have been a logical opponent for Undertaker 5-10 years ago, but it may be a stretch now.<\/p>\n<p>A dark horse candidate which may sound crazy, but what about \u201cThe Demon\u201d Finn Balor? \u00a0Word was he supposed to face \u2018Taker at the \u2018Mania he took on Reigns, but because he was coming off the shoulder surgery at the time they weren\u2019t sure he\u2019d be ready for a match like that.\u00a0 I\u2019m not 100% sure on that fact, but nevertheless Balor would get a HUGE rub from beating Undertaker.\u00a0 They can bill it \u201cThe Dead Man vs. the Demon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are definitely options.\u00a0 I just hope one of them is not the debacle they did with John Cena last year.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure what was accomplished by having Undertaker squash what some and I emphasize some consider the greatest of all time.\u00a0 Perhaps it was Cena thinking \u201chey everyone hates me anyway, so let me make them happy by having their favorite squash me.\u201d\u00a0 Who knows, but just don\u2019t go there again.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>PWTorch reader Marty Larkin writes&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I think it should be Eric Young. Eric is just the kind of psycho character who could draw major heat in a match with Taker. Add the rest of Sanity into the mix causing havoc outside the ring and it would make Taker a babyface underdog.\u00a0The ending could be just as Taker is set to win some of the NXT roster comes out and beats him down.\u00a0 The story is they are tired of part time guys taking the spotlight and they&#8217;re taking it from these washed up bums.\u00a0 Have them beat the Undertaker out of Mark Callous. A new Nexus, I suppose.\u00a0 Maybe call them the legend killers and they could go after Randy Orton for the rights to the name.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Now it\u2019s your turn&#8230;<\/strong> Who do you want to see wrestle Undertaker at WrestleMania this year, and why? Do you think it\u2019d be best for WWE\u2019s business, or Undertaker, or the wrestler he faces, or just your personal pick, or all of the above. 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