Undertaker should take 2 years off.

[Mr. McMahon]

If they have Undertaker wrestle at WM28, he will only do that one match and then be out for a very long time. It doesn't give them time to develop the storyline properly and have a nice lengthy feud to put over the person facing him (orton in 2005).

Undertaker is seriously in bad condition. I say let him take 2 years off and just enjoy life and keep healthy stay in good shape and spend time with family. His injuries will heal too. WWE should stop mentioning Undertaker completely and stop showing any of his footage and even remove everything related to him on wwe.com to make it seem like a mystery.

What about wrestlemania? Well he has skipped WM once before and besides Undertaker not being at Wrestlemania isn't going to stop WM from being a good show. Undertaker not being at WM just means there will be more space for some younger stars to be on the card.

The best time to bring him back would be 2014, just in time for WM30. He already took most of 2011 off, let him have 2012 and 2013 off. Hopefully by then he might be in a much better shape and could return for a final long run instead of a regular 1-2 month run that he usually does.

HBK took 4 years off and came back, yes he was still in his 30's but Hogan also came back in 2002 and he was quite old but could still go, same with Ric Flair in 2001.

3 years passing by can help many young stars become huge superstars and potential challengers for the streak. Right now there aren't many names. Seriously who actually thinks a Wade/Undertaker feud would interest fans outside of IWC? Maybe in 3 years from now when he becomes a bigger threat and an established star.

I like Undertaker, I don't want to see him wrestle hurt, I'd rather him take a few years off and return for a final long run instead of leaving with a serious injury.

Besides I think this sounds A LOT better:
Undertaker 20 - 0 - Wrestlemania 30, rather than Undertaker 20 - 0 - Wrestlemania 28... the 30 years WM anniversary and taker's 20th victim, has a nice touch to it

[URATOOL]

If they have Undertaker wrestle at WM28, he will only do that one match and then be out for a very long time. It doesn't give them time to develop the storyline properly and have a nice lengthy feud to put over the person facing him (orton in 2005).

Undertaker is seriously in bad condition. I say let him take 2 years off and just enjoy life and keep healthy stay in good shape and spend time with family. His injuries will heal too. WWE should stop mentioning Undertaker completely and stop showing any of his footage and even remove everything related to him on wwe.com to make it seem like a mystery.

What about wrestlemania? Well he has skipped WM once before and besides Undertaker not being at Wrestlemania isn't going to stop WM from being a good show. Undertaker not being at WM just means there will be more space for some younger stars to be on the card.

The best time to bring him back would be 2014, just in time for WM30. He already took most of 2011 off, let him have 2012 and 2013 off. Hopefully by then he might be in a much better shape and could return for a final long run instead of a regular 1-2 month run that he usually does.

HBK took 4 years off and came back, yes he was still in his 30's but Hogan also came back in 2002 and he was quite old but could still go, same with Ric Flair in 2001.

3 years passing by can help many young stars become huge superstars and potential challengers for the streak. Right now there aren't many names. Seriously who actually thinks a Wade/Undertaker feud would interest fans outside of IWC? Maybe in 3 years from now when he becomes a bigger threat and an established star.

I like Undertaker, I don't want to see him wrestle hurt, I'd rather him take a few years off and return for a final long run instead of leaving with a serious injury.

Besides I think this sounds A LOT better:
Undertaker 20 - 0 - Wrestlemania 30, rather than Undertaker 20 - 0 - Wrestlemania 28... the 30 years WM anniversary and taker's 20th victim, has a nice touch to it

If he can't make it back after taking 12 months off then I don't think he should ever return to the ring. His streak is a legacy built on being unstopable. His other year off was WM 5. It was only 3 matches into the streak, so it wasn't even talked about as a streak back then. If he took WM28 off it would be as bad as if Trips had beaten him. Beaten him so badly that he couldn't return a whole yer later. Doesn't sound very unstopable does it?

[AreYaSerious]

If he can't make it back after taking 12 months off then I don't think he should ever return to the ring. His streak is a legacy built on being unstopable. His other year off was WM 5. It was only 3 matches into the streak, so it wasn't even talked about as a streak back then. If he took WM28 off it would be as bad as if Trips had beaten him. Beaten him so badly that he couldn't return a whole yer later. Doesn't sound very unstopable does it?

I totally agree with this.

[The Brown One]

McMahon, what I gather from your post is that you would like to see The Undertaker put over someone young (besides taking time off to improve his health of course). Well there may be a problem here. Sure in 2 -3 years there will likely be midcarders who have become main eventers, and threats to the streak, e.g. Barrett, Rhodes. But I don't think Taker will even stay around that long. He doesn't put over young talent through a long feud (e.g. Orton like you mentioned) because he can't last that long in the ring anymore. Theres always a short build up for his matches towards Wrestlemania nowadays because he can only wrestle a limited number of matches before the big one at Mania, and that trend will continue as he ages. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing him face off against someone established, to give him a good farewell match, rather than just have him put over some younger talent and have it be an average match. I'd love to see him face Jericho. But I have a feeling he's going to go one on one with Triple H again.

[Rated_R(ob)KO]

McMahon, what I gather from your post is that you would like to see The Undertaker put over someone young (besides taking time off to improve his health of course). Well there may be a problem here. Sure in 2 -3 years there will likely be midcarders who have become main eventers, and threats to the streak, e.g. Barrett, Rhodes. But I don't think Taker will even stay around that long. He doesn't put over young talent through a long feud (e.g. Orton like you mentioned) because he can't last that long in the ring anymore. Theres always a short build up for his matches towards Wrestlemania nowadays because he can only wrestle a limited number of matches before the big one at Mania, and that trend will continue as he ages. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing him face off against someone established, to give him a good farewell match, rather than just have him put over some younger talent and have it be an average match. I'd love to see him face Jericho. But I have a feeling he's going to go one on one with Triple H again.

With all that said... Triple H better not be the one to end the streak. I'd honestly stop watching THE 'E if that were to happen. Especially considering all of the history and all of the shit they've done to each other behind the curtains. I'd hope UnderTaker wouldn't go out like that. And in all honesty to the OP... I swear to you I was thinking about his streak and said the same thing to my self that you purposed here. I was laying in bed watching my "Hell In A Cell" (the compilation DVD hosted by Mick Foley.) and it got me thinking abount UnderTaker's career.

It would be a LOT more suitable for him to have his 20th win at WrestleMania XXX than his 20th win at Wrestlemania XXVIII... I mean, hell... THE 'E is trying as hard as they can for WrestleMania XXIX to eminate from Cowboy Stadium in Dallas, Texas... THAT as well would be suitable. Nowhere near the terms of number ratio but, in Texas being his home and going out like that.

There's many things THE 'E could do but, I'd rather him see his 20th at XXX. Just sounds better to me. And it's not that he's supposed to be "unstoppable" in a sense. It's supposed to be about him ALWAYS coming back. It doesn't matter how long it takes him, he'll always come back. His gimmick has been built as such. So in essence yes, he's "unstoppable" but not as in the Superman unstoppable like somone else was making it out to be.

[BlazersDozen]

Is it not bad enough that Triple H made him look weak in their WM match by basically being in decent condition while Taker could barely walk, but now you want it to look like Haitch beat him so bad that he's out for 3 years?! Like Tool said, that doesn't make him seem very unstoppable & makes him look vulnerable. Remember, his gimmick is the Deadman, who survives everything. I think it'd be ok to miss this year as long as they tease something for WM29. Maybe lights go out in Orton V. Rhodes match & Taker appears, Tombstones Rhodes, lights off then Orton covers. We have a build up similar to Rock/Cena for a year but Takeresque. Something like when Kane & Taker fued awhile ago but less corny. I think that keeps Taker's persona strong & gets people hyped for next year.

[steveorton]

If he can't make it back after taking 12 months off then I don't think he should ever return to the ring. His streak is a legacy built on being unstopable. His other year off was WM 5. It was only 3 matches into the streak, so it wasn't even talked about as a streak back then. If he took WM28 off it would be as bad as if Trips had beaten him. Beaten him so badly that he couldn't return a whole yer later. Doesn't sound very unstopable does it?

Quoted for Accuracy

[CrowOfMurders]

I also like the idea of 20-0 @ wrestlemania 30,especially if he is NEVER going to wrestle again and the streak ends @20. How they pull this off is going to be difficult. I think right now,more than ever,WWE needs to create bigger than life characters, the ends of the careers of Kane and Taker are going to happen sooner than later. I'd really like to see the creation of a new dark character,someone to do a surprise attack or run-in maybe to cause a no-contest(making the record stay @19-0) and set-up the final match with that character. I don't think HHH as his final opponent would be a great idea,and I agree that even if HH loses,him putting Taker on the shelf for 2 years makes Taker look really weak. I'm also surprised they never did an Cena-Taker Wrestlemania match, so can't count that out. Maybe his last match could be a triple threat with Cena and Orton, and right when Orton is about to beat Taker,Cena screws him out of it and lets a broken beaten Taker get the win. That could setup an epic Cena-Orton feud and while it makes Taker look weak,in his last match,if he is never coming back,that might not be a bad thing.

[68wPayne]

They just need to do some bit where Taker comes back for a special ceremony, gives a "the spirit is willing but the body is weak" promo to basically say he is hanging up his boots. They can have a whole retirement ceremony, give him a gold watch, have an Undertaker This Is Your Life kinda deal, have some clips of matches throughout the night, have guests like Brother Love, Ted DiBiasi, Paul Bearer, members of the Brood, etc. Cause really Taker shouldn't get between the ropes anymore, because every time he gets hurt worse and I want him to be able to walk around and bang Michelle McCool for a while into his retirement. He deserves it after all.

[Dr. Death]

It wouldn't hurt for Taker to miss one or even two WM's. In his career he has missed seven WM's in total. Wm's - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII - X - XVI. If he were to use the time to heal up, get back in shape for a lengthy feud before the next showing at WM then retire at 20 - 0.