WWEditorials: The Undertaker & The Streak (21-1)

WrestleMania XX – The Undertaker vs. Kane (12-0)

During the Buried Alive match between The Undertaker and Mr.McMahon at the 2003 Survivor Series, Kane attacked his brother and cost him the match, thus The Undertaker ended up being the one buried alive. After the event, Kane held a eulogy telling everyone that The Undertaker is finally dead and is not coming back. He was wrong, during the 2004 Royal Rumble match, a gong sounded, which caused Kane to freak out and to be eliminated by Booker T. This, followed w/ a series of mind games from The Undertaker, culminated into a match with Kane at WrestleMania XX. As The Undertaker came to the ring, he returned to his “Deadman” persona (with Paul Bearer on his side). As the two brothers fought each other, the newly-reborn Deadman finished his brother once and for all w/ a Tombstone Piledriver and improve his streak to twelve straight wins.

WrestleMania 21 – The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton (13-0)

It was billed as the “Legend vs Legend Killer match” for WrestleMania 21. This was one of the few moments throughout the Undertaker’s WrestleMania winning streak where fans believed that it could come to an end. Many felt that Randy Orton would get the win to help elevate him higher into the main event, but even the interference from his father, Cowboy Bob Orton, and his RKO finishing move wasn’t enough to break the streak. The Undertaker won the match after reversing a tombstone piledriver from Orton and performing a tombstone of his own.

WrestleMania 23 – The Undertaker vs. Batista (14-0)

The match started with Batista performing a Spear, which he had recently adopted as a secondary finisher, to Undertaker as the bell sounded. The match went back and forth, w/ both men countering each other and performing their finishers. Undertaker thought he had the match won after he hit the Chokeslam, but Batista kicked out of the pin attempt. The Undertaker was then able to perform the Last Ride to Batista. Batista was also able to execute his finisher, the Batista Bomb, a sitdown powerbomb. Midway through the match, Undertaker vaulted over the top rope and onto Batista. At one point, Batista was able to perform a running powerslam on The Undertaker through an announce table. Back in the ring, Batista executed a Spinebuster by grabbing The Undertaker by the waist and slamming him down to the mat back first, followed by a Batista Bomb. Undertaker then pinned Batista following a Tombstone piledriver to become the World Heavyweight Champion and emerge from WrestleMania with his winning streak intact. The Undertaker’s win made him the first wrestler to have won both the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. Much to the surprise to many fans, this was one of Batista’s best performances.

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