Only one time before have I ever felt so
stunned in sports and that was Tyson Vs Douglas.
Undertaker Vs Lesner was just a reminder that
nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
In a sport that is predetermined, Undertakers
21 win undefeated streak at WrestleMania seemed as secured as Hank Arron’s Home
run record. Whether you’re a fan of wrestling or one of those very intelligent
people that have figured out that pro wrestling is not on the up and up( wow
.,, you figured out it’s fake what’s
next, maybe Santa Claus not all that he seams.) Undertakers streak should been
shown great respect and the match that Brock Lesner gave the Undertaker was a
sign of his respect for the Undertaker. What Paul Heyman (Lesners manager) and Lesner
gave us was an example of what pro wrestling can be.
Watching just how brutal Lesner was with
Taker, how Heymen kept shouting out telling lesser to go for the kill. I never
lost myself in a match like this before. This match felt real, this looked like
a fight. Fights are not pretty, anyone who has ever been in a fight knows this
to be true.
Pro Wrestling needed this. Pro Wrestling
needed Taker to lose. Taker beating Punk looks legit, Taker taking the loss to Lesner
was also legit. The Undertaker looked old and slow, this wasn’t the same Taker,
this wasn’t the American badass, this wasn’t the Deadman that for 21 years was truly
the phenom.
This
was Farve in his last season, this was Jordan at the end, and this was a man whose
true measure in wrestling is tantamount to these gentleman in their chosen
sport. But the truth is, this wasn’t the same man we saw just a few years ago. At
close to 7 feet tall, a height that usually means a slow prodding behemoth that
can’t go. Not Taker, he had a spring in his step, fast and agile and willing to
change with the times. Hell find any athlete that size in any sport that could
move with the grace and sweetness of the Taker.
If our sports media truly cared about athletic
greatness, then they would stop bashing wrestling and take it for what it is. A
Sport in the same vein as gymnastics and the NBA, sports that are not competitive
but about skill and telling a story. Sorry, just because ESPN ignored the allegations
about the NBA doesn’t mean that it’s not rig (Would it really surprise you.)
But
what now?
Is Taker
done, and all reports indicate that.
Two
hip replacements.
49
years old.
And
lets be honest, we all saw what he looked in the ring.
Thank
you Deadman, in a day where we ask where have all the John Waynes gone.
On a
country built on cowboys we have seen the last of the man’s man, ride out into
the sunset.
Yes
he lost, but only in the movies do the good guys really win. In really life the
good guys try to preserve what they believe and the Taker did that. It didn’t take
a screw job to end the streak, No temper tantrums, no, what about my fans. What
ended the streak was the Undertakers respect for the business. Just ask Bret, on
the way out the door you, you do what’s right for business, you lose.
Wrestling is still about faces and heals, just
as is life.
Taker
did lose at the end, but he walks out with the respect and admiration of a
hero.
