The next instalment of our Fantasy Warfare series pits two true legends of wrestling against each other for the very first time. Whilst it is conceivable that this match could still happen somewhere down the line, the likelihood is that these two immortals amongst men will never touch fists.
Whilst they came close to contesting a Wrestlemania match once upon a time, this is now the closest we’ll ever get to seeing the two step into the ring together. Certainly a match for the ages and yet another that would be granted Wrestlemania status had Undertaker and Sting ever stepped into the ring with each other.
The Phenom against the Icon, maybe the biggest, maybe the most closely fought Warfare yet.
The Undertaker
Biggest Victory
Maintaining ‘The Streak’
For those thinking that maintaining such an illustrious accolade twenty three years after a debut, in a company that regularly changes its mind and has little regard for history or tradition except when repeating it, shouldn’t be classed as the biggest victory of someone’s career needs to look again at this wonderful business of ours.
The Undertaker’s Wrestlemania streak is one of the proudest and closely guard commodities in WWE today and will, I expect, remain so until the Undertaker finally bows out and allows his legend to rest in peace. Pardon the play on words there. It’s not just one of the proudest and closely guarded by Undertaker and WWE, but by us. The fans. The reason, because we’ve been given so little tradition to hold onto, the streak is widely regarded as one of the biggest traditions that we can buy into and hold onto. It’s also the reason that I severely doubt the streak will ever be ended.
It started at Wrestlemania 7 when Undertaker defeated Jimmy Snuka in a pedestrian contest. Those who were around when Undertaker first stepped onto the Wrestlemania stage will attest to the fact that Undertaker, whilst a presence in the ring wasn’t that great a wrestler back then. Partly due the fact that WWE rushed him to the top without building him properly and partly because the crop of top class opponents were few and far between. At the top of the card you had guys like Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior, who, whilst they were main draws for the company, were severely lacking in the wrestling ability department. Except from Ric Flair who depart the company in 1993 and Randy Savage who would all but cease from active duty in WWE in 1993, Bret Hart was really the only candidate to pit Undertaker against. The two wouldn’t clash until many years later.
Undertaker’s Wrestlemania streak wasn’t even something WWE thought of preserving until around Wrestlemania 13 when WWE realised that they were onto something. To think that the streak could have ended at the hands of someone like Giant Gonzales before it even became legend hardly bares thinking about. When you look at the list of Undertaker’s Wrestlemania opponents over the last twenty two years then you can see why WWE didn’t take the winning streak seriously until Undertaker defeated Sid at Wrestlemania 13. In truth his opponents were inferior and his the quality of his Wrestlemania matches up until Wrestlemania 17 were less than satisfactory.
Undertaker defeated Jimmy Snuka at Wrestlemania 7 in a pedestrian effort. Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts at Wrestlemania 8 in an un-spirited encounter. Giant Gonzalez at Wrestlemania 9 in a drab outing. King Kong Bundy at Wrestlemania 11 in a better than expected but still boring slug fest. Diesel at Wrestlemania 12 in a decent encounter for two big men. Psycho Sid at Wrestlemania 13 in a lively fight. Kane at Wrestlemania 14 in a stoic match which did deliver on drama. Big Boss Man at Wrestlemania 15 in a forgettable Hell in a Cell stint. Triple H at Wrestlemania 17 in a thrilling all out brawl. Ric Flair at Wrestlemania 18 in an excellent technical and bloody battle. Big Show and A-Train (now Tensai) in a two on one handicap match which exceeded expectations. Kane at Wrestlemania 20 in a dull scrap. Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 21 in a superb match. Mark Henry at Wrestlemania 22 in an instantly forgettable casket match. Batista at Wrestlemania 23 in a top class effort. Edge at Wrestlemania 24 in a match which both men brought the house down. Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 25 in one of the finest matches of our time. Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 26 in yet another grade ‘A’ encounter. Triple H at Wrestlemania 27 in a thrilling fight. Triple H at Wrestlemania 28 in a flawless Hell in a Cell brawl.
Out of these matches and subsequent opponents only a handful have ever really looked like ending the streak. Shawn Michaels and Triple H head the list whilst Randy Orton came closer than anyone before him at Wrestlemania 21 and deserves all the plaudits for doing do. One can’t help thinking though that Undertaker’s Wrestlemania matches in recent years, whilst top of the range and often the best thing on the card have become predictable. Still, I defy anyone to watch live and not have a small part of them wonder if this will be the year.
The streak has survived mainly due the Undertaker’s staunch stance on refusing to lose on WWE’s grandest stage. A decision many would label selfish. One I label very, very clever. We can’t bash Undertaker for wanting to protect the streak after all those year’s he’s worked and suffered dud opponent after dud opponent. We’d be the same. The fact that it has become one of wrestling and WWE’s most prized possessions just goes to show how widely regarded and loved Undertaker is, not just by those he works with and those who he has done so much business for over the years, but also those he has stepped into the ring to entertain.
After sustaining serious injury and entertaining us for us more than twenty two years, putting through the wringer in recent years when it looked all but over for Undertaker at Wrestlemania, the streak has to go down in history as one of the biggest draws, one of the biggest emotional matches each year and credited as Undertaker’s biggest victory.
Victorious Moment
Remaining Relevant In Wrestling When All His Peers Faded Away
Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, plus many more of those who were around when Undertaker made his debut and climbed through the ranks of this business faded away in their twilight years. Some jumped ship during the Monday Night Wars and others just faded away into the great abyss. Let’s be honest, who really cares about Hulk Hogan or Ultimate Warrior today? Anyone? There are those who will forever love said wrestlers and for what they did for the business it’s only right to do so. Even the diehard Hulkamaniacs and Warriors can’t deny that their heroes have become obsolete in the business today.
It’s a natural course for a wrestler. You give your all. You’re revered by your peers and your fans and then quietly and calmly you fade away and allow the next generation to take centre stage. That is the correct way for a wrestler to bow out and a road Undertaker will walk in the next few years. Whilst those who overshadowed him clawed desperately for a spot in the limelight years after their time had come and gone Undertaker remained relevant. Credit it to the Wrestlemania undefeated streak, credit to Undertaker being able to adapt to the change around him and becoming of one the greatest wrestlers this business has ever seen, or credit it to the fact that Undertaker still, at 47 years of age, has the passion to step into the ring, despite the injuries he’s suffering from, despite the fact that he’s done everything he possibly could, to entertain us.
It’s not an easy thing to do, especially when you have the likes of John Cena and C.M Punk fighting for control of the spotlight in WWE, Undertaker though has pulled a master ace from his sleeve to make sure that he still remains relevant as a legend in present day. If today’s crop of wrestlers want to know how to keep themselves marketable when they reach the peak of their career then they could do worse than taking a leaf from Undertaker’s book.
Instead of breaking his body wrestling every night and risking serious injury to the minor ones he’s already sustained and shamefully trying to outdo the younger, hungrier guys who are now running rampant in WWE, Undertaker has taken the wise choice to make his appearance once a year, at Wrestlemania. Genius. In 2013, I don’t believe that Undertaker can stand toe to toe with the likes of Randy Orton and C.M Punk on a nightly or weekly basis and neither should he have to go through the indignation of doing do. Undertaker has had his time, we all know it, yet a yearly appearance on the grandest stage of them all is good for everyone. We’re excited to see him. Vince and WWE will never complain about the share of the house and pay per view buy rate he brings and Undertaker can remain relevant without breaking himself down and degrading his legend.
This way it’s easy for WWE to wheel Undertaker out when they need to. The storyline can always be based around someone trying to end the streak and Undertaker comes out once a year to defend his honour. In recent years ‘taker has come in for some jibes for only appearing once a year. We’ve heard the boos at Wrestlemania’s past. Boo’s I may add, that are unjustified. I wouldn’t want to see a broken Undertaker come out every week and try to relive the glory years and for those who jeer him because he only appears once a year need to learn some god damn respect. Whether you love him or hate him you have no choice but to respect Undertaker the wrestler and Mark Calloway the man for everything he’s done for us and for wrestling. Those who think otherwise don’t know what they’re talking about, are disrespectful and don’t belong in this business.
Greatest Match
Vs Mankind – King of the Ring 1998
It took a good few weeks for me to decide what match would fill this space. After all, twenty two years of matches take a long while to sift through and decide upon. Some reading this will say that Undertaker’s greatest matches came either against Triple H or Shawn Michaels at the last four Wrestlemania’s. Others will debate that his cracking outings against Bret Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin were his finest hour or even his first ever WWE Championship victory over Hulk Hogan at Survivor Series 1991 was the match of his career. Once again, all great choices and all have an argument for contention.
The Wrestlemania bouts against Triple H and Shawn Michaels have to stand as some of the very finest of his career but come on, how many times have we covered these matches? I don’t think there’s anything left to say about them. However his match against Mankind at the 1998 King of the Ring has to be one of the most underrated matches in WWE history. Not just because of the epic stunts on display, the brunt of which were taken by Mick Foley but for the forgotten action which filled out the remainder of the time in between.
Pound for pound, the Hell in a Cell match at King of the Ring 1998, if not the single greatest match in Undertaker’s career, is certainly joint first. Any match with Undertaker in his prime against a then entertaining Mick Foley – when he could actually still walk without being in constant pain – is worth twenty minutes of anyone’s time. The pair had many good matches but on this night the pair excelled themselves. It is worth nothing that this match took place in an era when Vince McMahon and WWE weren’t afraid to take chances. It would suit the company well to look back on these type of matches and booking decisions and see how closed minded and hermit induced they’ve become about taking risks.
The match took place bang in the middle of WWE’s Attitude Era, the single greatest period in wrestling history, hands down, and embodied everything WWE was about then and everything that it seems to stand against now. Interesting that. The falls from the top of the cage through the announce table, the chokeslam through the roof of the Cell to the canvas below only served to frame a cracking encounter which saw thumbtacks and chairs employed as well as Mick Foley’s never say die attitude. If you weren’t giving the pair a standing ovation when the Cell raised and Undertaker walked out the winner then you were doing the pair a great disservice.
Mostly everyone has either seen or heard about this match and if you’re one of those who hasn’t then search it out on You Tube or buy the King of the Ring 1998 DVD or VHS if you can find it. It’s worth every penny. The fact that both men sustained injuries during this match, Mick Foley came away with a severe concussion and the Undertaker badly damaged his ankle and ligaments, only goes to serve how much both men put into this match and how much they left in the ring.
Mankind vs The Undertaker at King of the Ring 1998 may be looked upon as another stunt match which help define WWE’s Attitude Era, those who look closer though will see that this match helped WWE in their war against WCW. For all its power, WCW never had anything like Hell in a Cell. And they never had anyone on their roster who were willing to take risks like Undertaker and Mankind did. Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger, Sting, Randy Savage, none were willing to throw themselves from the top of structures to advance their image and audience share and ultimately that’s why WWE succeeded in the long run. Many believe it was the Austin 3:16 era that solely put WCW under, but they couldn’t be more wrong. Austin and McMahon were the leaders of the charge, but matches and performances like this backed up an already thriving line of attack.
That is why I rank this as joint greatest match of Undertaker’s career. Not just because of the epic stunts and the thrilling action that mapped out the course of the entire encounter, but because of what it did for WWE and what it meant for Vince’s company and the survival of WWE.
Will Be Remembered For
Being the Phenom of Wrestling
Many people can lay claim to being remembered for many different things. So and so can say Uncle Fred was a nice guy and salt of the earth. That’s what he’ll be remembered for. Some wrestlers can say that they’ll be remembered for their prowess in the ring or the time they put into the business outside of the ring. That’s more than fair enough because on today’s wrestling scene there’s very little else one may be given the chance to be remembered for.
Throughout his twenty three year tenure, Undertaker has paved the foundations for future generations. Laid down the gauntlet for those who would dare to follow. Those pretenders to his throne to live up to. More than anything else the Undertaker, with his presence in and out of the ring has cemented himself as a true phenom of not only WWE but the whole wresting business. I have spoken to many people who have met Undertaker, be it at a wrestling event or outside the arena on a cold night and caught him leaving the building. Never has one of them ever said that Undertaker is a pussy cat. He gives off the aura of a hard man and one you would not wish to cross. That’s not to say he isn’t kind and generous with his time where the fans are concerned because I’ve never heard anything to the contrary.
Maybe Undertaker will be remember for more than being described as above. Certainly we can remember him for all he gave to us and the wrestling business. The part he played in WWE’s Attitude Era and his selfless act of putting the company first during the 2000 – 2003 period which was the saviour of a very dull time as wrestling was entering the hangover of the Attitude Era. His greatest matches transcend time and anyone who has ever been in an arena will attest to the intensity and chilling authority that speeds through the building when Undertaker makes his entrance. I’ve been there and never felt anything like it in my entire life. That’s a special talent very little people have.
Mark Calloway has to be remembered as the phenom of WWE and wrestling in general. Coming through adversity, losing all his money on a wrestling training camp scam when he was a teenager (his trainer ran away with all his money), becoming a multi millionaire and one of wrestling’s true greats has to earmark Calloway as one of wrestling’s greatest success stories. His career unrivalled. His matches legendary. His legend immortal. A true phenom. A true legend.
Sting
Biggest Victory
Reinventing Himself After His Time Was Over
For those of us either old enough to remember back to the early 1990’s of WCW will know, in truth, that Sting was never that great a wrestler to begin with. It took years to get him to where he stands now and it took top class opponent after top class opponent to make him the true great we see him as today.
Many will correctly attribute Sting’s success to his epic feud with Ric Flair over the years. Flair did more for Sting than anyone the self proclaimed ‘Icon’ every stepped into the ring with. Flair saw Sting as a prodigy and Sting gladly accepted the role with open arms. Sting learnt from Flair and Flair willingly gave ‘the Stinger’ a master class in how to work the audience and how to wrestle a complete match. So much so that the Sting vs Ric Flair feud of WCW was akin to the Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels feud of WWE. Flair helped Sting elevate his standing just as Hart did for Michaels. Sting eventually overtook Flair as Michaels did Hart.
So successful was Flair that Sting eventually branched out from under Flair’s wing and was able to carry opponents as Flair once did to ‘the Stinger’. Looking back through history, Sting helped and carried many opponents through his long tenure in WCW. Lex Luger was never more competitive and never looked better than when he was in the ring with Sting. Vader was forced to up his game to compete with Sting, an effort which ended in some tremendous matches between 1992 and 1993. There was something about the man that made people want to work with him and made fans fall in love with him. Personally, I remember painting my face as Sting for a fancy dress party, the year after I went as Randy Savage. It’s not often a man clad in make up can make women scream for him. Sting, I mean, not myself.
As it always does, time wore on and Sting became just another fossil in WCW. As the NWO took over the company and Hulk Hogan, along with Eric Bischoff almost literally took control behind the scenes those so called relics of days gone by began to fade away. Vader jumped ship to WWE where he had a really good feud with Shawn Michaels and then faded away into the annuls of wrestling. Lex Luger was forced to join the NWO just to stay relevant and eventually the former ‘Man made in the USA’ succumbed to his drug and steroid habit. Randy Savage joined forces with Hogan, the man he hated so much in real life he could hardly bare to stand next to him, just so he could remain in the spotlight. Only Hulk Hogan survived this transitional period in WCW, because, as it always is with Hogan, he was in charge.
By the time the NWO rolled around, Sting was already immensely rich. He hadn’t blown his money on wine, women and illegal narcotics, the man born Steve Borden had a family. He’d invested his money wisely and owned a gym with Lex Luger outside the ring. A gym I believe is still running today. Sting could have fell back on his resources and left the ring behind. I don’t know why he didn’t cut his losses and run. Maybe he thought he had more to offer the company – which he did, maybe he thought that the company couldn’t possible do without him, maybe he wanted to be around to stop Hogan taking full control or maybe he had a premonition about how successful WCW would become during the latter stages of the 1990’s. Whatever the reason was, Sting had the brains to realise times had changed and that the happy, smiling, pink tight wearing fan favourite would be eaten alive in the current (1996) WCW.
Reappearing on the scene, with face paint reminiscent of ‘The Crow’ and new ring gear, Sting had made himself a major part of the company again just by reinventing his character. The moves and the taunts were the same but it was clear the man was different. A darker Sting had come to overthrow the NWO and it was only then that it became clear, both the character and the man weren’t a one trick pony.
I’ll spare you the entire history of Sting and WCW but when it folded and Sting surfaced in TNA, it was the same Sting that had come back in 1996. The crow make up and the ring attire. His performances were worse than they had been previously and people began to doubt whether the man who was well into his 40’s still had what it took. Granted it took years for Sting to once again see what everyone else was privy to, eventually though Sting came around to the fact that either he had to do what he’d done previously and reinvent his character yet again or be washed away with the tide.
It’s not often in wrestling a wrestler can reinvent the same character twice and give a different spin on it. Sting though managed it with ease. Plastering his face in Heath Ledge style Joker make up and affecting an insane stance on life, Sting was a reborn man and continues to be in TNA to this day. It was a masterstroke by Borden to do so and he deserves every credit in the world for spotting when he needed to act.
I doubt any match Sting ever had, either in WCW or TNA has been a bigger victory than reinventing himself. Because had he not done so then the name Sting would already be a distant memory.
Victorious Moment
Waving WCW Goodbye With Dignity
We can only imagine how hard it is to stand by and watch as something we loved ends. Be it a life, a company or someone who has touched our hearts. When the news that WCW was closing its doors for good became public knowledge, I like many were left saddened. For some people reading this, WCW was a huge part of our childhood. For some it was a huge part of our lives right up until the final McMahon sized nail was hammered into its casket. Without WCW the names Sting, Lex Luger, Vader, may not be household names and may have never got onto a mainstream stage.
Sting was in a tag team with Ultimate Warrior before the pair split and headed to opposing companies. But for the majority of his career Sting was a WCW guy. He pledged his future to the company despite numerous big money offers from WWE and gave everything he had to it. The aforementioned Flair vs Sting feud was the highlight of Sting’s early career and the early 1990’s of WCW. There was nothing Sting wouldn’t have and didn’t do for the company even if it put his personal integrity under question. Borden was wholly opposed to joined the NWO but did it, for a short time, for the good of the company. Like John Cena is today, Sting was a company guy.
I would have thought and do believe that more than anyone in WCW, the closure of the business effected Sting the most. Not financially, he was and remains a very secure man in that department. Emotionally and mentally, certainly. It’s to his great credit that he didn’t show it in public. Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff weren’t as affected, they were gone by the time the company folded. They doomed the product and then ran for the hills. Most of the other wrestlers such as Ric Flair and Booker T were relieved when WCW folded because of the way it was run. Sting may have been the only man in the entire locker room that felt true sadness.
It’s natural when something you’ve been part of for so long ends and you’re left standing in the ashes of what it used to be. Sting knew the truth about WCW as much as we all did. It was a shoddily run company towards the end with no creative direction as to where it was going. WCW deserved to go down but not at the hands of Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan. It deserved to go out in a blaze of glory. Sadly it never got that ending.
Fittingly, the final ever WCW match, fittingly, was Sting vs Ric Flair. The match that many credit for starting WCW’s popularity in the early 1990’s. What made it harder for Sting, I would imagine is that the final ever image people had of WCW was Sting and Ric Flair standing in the ring. Even though he didn’t break down in tears, you could see the emotion on Sting’s face as it dawned on him that everything he’d worked for all these years was over.
Sting could have fought and tried to keep WCW alive. He could have refused to believe it like Rhino did with ECW and live in ignorance. Instead Sting stepped aside and allowed WCW, the company he loved, the company he gave everything to, die. And more importantly he did it with all the respect that WCW deserved. For a man who lived WCW all his career, the way he allowed what he must of viewed as his company, speaks volumes about Sting and Steve Borden. There was defeat in victory for Sting when he beat Flair in that final WCW match, the company he loved was lost. But in the defeat lay Sting’s most victorious moment.
Greatest Match
Vs Ric Flair – WCW Great American Bash 1990
The match that started it all for Sting. When these two stepped into the ring it created something which we see very rarely in wrestling today. An undeniable spark which lit a fire under the audience. Very few wrestlers have the ability to get as much emotion out of an audience. Sting and Flair though contested some of the greatest matches in WCW history and their encounter at the Great American Bash 1990, the match which Sting dethroned Flair to lift the WCW Heavyweight Championship was their very finest.
Ric Flair had become one of the most dastardly and hated heel in wrestling and his Four Horsemen faction had blighted Sting’s attempts to take the gold from ‘The Nature Boy’ and at one of WCW’s biggest pay per view events, it was time for ‘the Stinger’ to take his revenge. Aided by a surrounded ring of his close friends, including the Junkyard Dog and the Steiner Brothers and Paul Orndoff whilst Ole Anderson was handcuffed to El Gigante at the top of the aisle.
It was a top class match, Flair as stated gave Sting a master class of submission moves and if we’re being honest carried Sting through the match with sheer aplomb. Everything Sting did looked superb mostly thanks to Ric Flair’s selling and ring knowledge. When Flair was in control it really did look like Sting would fall again. When Sting was in control, Flair’s begging elevated Sting to another level. There was no problem in believing Sting would leave Champion. I know that you may be thinking that, ok, it’s 1990 and back then everything seemed real. But you’d be wrong. Because there were a huge majority of WCW matches back then were so boring you were in danger of flat lining when watching.
The Great American Bash 1990 can be noted down as the beginning of an epic journey for Sting. Before, he was very popular but this match really put him on the map. As it would for anyone winning the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania. Don’t allow Ric Flair’s great efforts in this match fool you though, because Sting put in a shift of his own. If he hadn’t, it wouldn’t have mattered how much Flair did for him, the whole world would have seen Sting as someone who can only perform when he has someone to carry him. They say that sometimes a wrestler can sense when the moment is right. When the moment has come to step up and take control of your destiny. Well, at Great American Bash 1990, Sting certainly heeded the warning and became a star.
WCW showed a lot of faith in Sting, allowing him to dethrone one of the greatest wrestlers in the world. But that’s what this business is about. Passing the torch. For all his faults and selfishness in other matches against other young opponents, Ric Flair, on this night, truly showed why he was such a superstar. Selflessly putting Sting over, knowing that even though he was the very best there was, in a company which for a few years anyway, was putting over younger stars, he may never get the gold back. This match isn’t only Sting’s greatest match for the spectacle it was at time, but for the turning point it would prove to be in WCW’s history. After Sting’s Championship victory, WCW took a different route and focused more on younger talent like Sting and Luger rather than Flair who would leave the company in late 1991. Sting’s victory at the 1990 Great American Bash heralded a time of change for WCW, change that ultimately be for the better.
Will Be Remembered For
Being An Icon
The term ‘Icon’ is one which we over use these days. It falls into the ‘Legend’ or ‘Celebrity’ category. A word which should be conserved for those who have actually done something to warrant it. Many who have acquired it, do not deserve it.
Sting though, has earned his status as an icon of the wrestling world. For everything he’s done for the business, there is no denying Sting’s place amongst the elite. Children adored him. Women loved him and men, if we’re honest, wanted to be him. The sight of all the little ‘Stinger’s’ screaming for their hero the same way all the Hulkamaniacs would, will live on in memory. It’s very rare that a wrestler inspires a generation but it’s what Sting did in the early 1990’s and amazingly, if anyone has caught TNA today, it’s what he continues to do.
Many has been the time when I have sat and listened to a wrestler talk about longevity being the key to success in wrestling and whilst we’ve seen most fall by the roadside, because they simply weren’t good or popular enough, Sting seems to have been the epitome of this statement. Maybe Sting wouldn’t be around now had he failed to take the initiative and change his character as many times as he had. There was certainly no place for smiley Sting who wore bright Pink tights in the WCW of 1997.
‘Icon’ is a word which perfectly suits Steve Borden. He seems to have transverse time again and again in order to retain said status. Even now, in his 40’s Borden, as Sting, continues to amaze with what he can do in the ring. Having passed through the annuls of wrestling, been credited with being involved in some of the greatest feuds of all time and even making those around him stars, I doubt even Borden could have imagined how successful he was to become as Sting. He has fought, he has changed, he had endured. Sting is one of the great success stories of wrestling and this business is all the better for having him involved.
The Match
Interestingly enough, The Undertaker vs Sting is a match that has been touted around the wrestling world for many years. In fact a few years ago, WWE even tried to persuade Borden to sign with WWE when his TNA contract had expired just to have that fantasy match with Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Fans brought into the whole thing. I remember even browsing through some website or another and came across one of the niftiest pieces of wrestling art I can remember seeing. It was done in the style of ‘The Dark Knight’. For those who have seen that wonderful movie then you will remember Batman holding a card with the Joker’s face on it. Well this certain piece of art had Sting holding the same card, with the Undertaker on it. That would have been one of the very best Wrestlemania posters of all time. For those who never saw it's included here.
Sadly though it never came to pass. Sting signed with TNA and the Undertaker went on to defeat Shawn Michaels and Triple H in four of the greatest matches we’ve ever witnessed. The whole concept of Sting vs the Undertaker would undoubtedly been one of the greatest spectacles WWE had ever produced. I think we can all agree on that.
Turning our attention to this Fantasy Warfare, had this match taken place at Wrestlemania then I can only believe with how fiercely the Undertaker’s streak is protected, there could have only been one winner and that would have been the Undertaker. That’s not to say though this match wouldn’t have been one for the ages because it would have been, And you never know, Sting may decide otherwise before the Undertaker retires and we may see this match after all. Perhaps Sting vs the Undertaker for Undertaker’s final ever match may be on the cards.
Winner: Undertaker
Onwards and Upwards...
