Can CM Punk End The Undertaker's Streak?
CM Punk prevailed over three former World Champions to earn one of
the most coveted opportunities in all of WWE: a chance to snap The
Undertaker's 20-0 WrestleMania Streak.
CM Punk already lays claim to the longest WWE Championship reign of
the modern era, and at The Showcase of the Immortals, the irreverent
Superstar will try to make history again by doing what no man before him
has been able to accomplish: snap The Undertaker’s WrestleMania Streak.
At
a perfect 20-0, The Deadman’s record at The Grandest Stage of Them All
is arguably the most revered feat in all of sports-entertainment, so it
is only fitting that a Superstar who insists he is The Best in the World
has now chosen to take aim at it so vehemently.
The Straight Edge
Savior fought his way into the coveted position by triumphing over
former World Champions Randy Orton, Sheamus and Big Show in a Fatal
4-Way Match arranged by Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero on the March
4 Raw. Now, the Superstar who is known for holding absolutely nothing
sacred seeks to blemish the mightiest of records.
Obstructing
Punk’s quest for immortality, however, is WWE’s one and only Phenom.
Footage of The Undertaker at a WWE Live Event surfaced in late February,
and The Deadman materialized for Punk and the entire WWE Universe to
see on the March 4 edition of Raw. Although The Undertaker’s in-ring
appearances have been few and far between since last year’s
WrestleMania, ring rust is unlikely to be a factor for the legendary
Demon of Death Valley, who has repeatedly proven to be all but
unbeatable the one day of the year when it matters most.
Still,
there is little reason to believe the fearless Punk — who already holds a
rare and controversial submission victory over The Phenom — will be
intimidated when he enters MetLife Stadium. Punk apologists and
neutralists alike concede that the tattooed proprietor of the “pipe
bomb” has been stellar in recent years, accumulating high-stakes
victories over John Cena and even “unofficially” pinning The Rock at two
consecutive pay-per-views.
Perpetually believing himself snubbed
by WWE upper management, Punk decries the fact he’s never headlined The
Show of Shows. Yet, in challenging The Undertaker’s Streak head-on, The
Straight Edge Savior arguably finds himself involved in the one
WrestleMania contest possible of overshadowing even the World
Championship matches.
CM Punk contends he transcends the WWE
Title, WrestleMania and WWE all wrapped into one — a lofty claim that
others have assigned to The Undertaker and his Streak. The outspoken
Superstar has even gone so far as to call himself “God,” but for the
defiant ex-champion to attain unimpeachable greatness, he must first
pass through WrestleMania’s ultimate gatekeeper on April 7.
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