Brock Lesnar shocked the world at WrestleMania 30 when he ended The Undertaker ‘s 21-year winning streak at the Show of All Shows. He supposedly wasn’t the original choice to end the celebrated record, though. In a recent interview with The New York Post , his wife, Michelle McCool, suggested that WWE management wanted another legendary superstar to have the honor.
“I remember a few years prior at WrestleMania [XXIV] versus Edge, they talked about Edge breaking the streak and it was Edge that was actually like ‘That makes zero sense. I don’t want to do that. Why would I do that? The fans already love him. What’s it going to do for Edge?”
The Undertaker (aka Mark Calaway in real life) faced Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship in the show’s main event. The match lasted for 25 minutes and ended with “The Deadman” winning the title for the second time. The match also cemented his 15th WrestleMania victory.
McCool went on to say that the winning streak wasn’t that important to The Undertaker, but Edge was the only other opponent whom WWE considered before Lesnar. When McCool learned about the planned outcome of the match that ended her husband’s prestigious streak six years later, however, she had some reservations.
“I couldn’t believe it. I don’t think it needed to happen,” she said. “But Mark was fine with it. People don’t understand he’s gonna do business. He understands that business is business.”
While McCool wasn’t a fan of her husband’s record coming to an end, she does appreciate how the decision resulted in the creation of some “good memes,” most of which depict looks of genuine shock on the WWE Universe’s faces.
The #UltimateThrillRide #WrestleMania is just ONE DAY AWAY! Who will shock the @WWEUniverse this time? @BrockLesnar @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/sfT7eZIJoN
— WWE (@WWE) April 1, 2017
Lesnar was arguably a credible opponent to end The Undertaker’s streak as he’s among the toughest performers in the entire company, having conquered the world of mixed martial arts during his hiatus from WWE several years ago.
Both men also planted the seeds for a WrestleMania match at a UFC event in which the pair got into an argument after one of Lesnar’s fights. “The Beast Incarnate” had yet to agree to a WWE return at the time, but the incident suggested that the match was inevitable.
As previously documented by The Inquisitr , Lesnar didn’t want to win the match either. The former UFC star reportedly offered to lose the match, but WWE officials had already made up their mind and the rest is history.
As The Inquisitr previously reported, Shawn Michaels also revealed that he was in consideration to end the streak, but he was retired at the time.
