For years The Undertaker went undefeated at WrestleMania and his streak was one of the biggest selling points in regard to WWE’s biggest show of the year. However, that all changed in 2014 when Brock Lesnar shocked the world and handed The Deadman his first defeat on the Grandest Stage of Them All.
Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz recently appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast and he recalled what it was like to be backstage at WrestleMania 30. Gewirtz also indicated that the decision to end the streak wasn’t something that was planned out in advance.
“And then I remember, you know, I just like innocently showed up with Rock to WrestleMania 30, to do the big, you know, work on the big segment with him and Hogan and Austin, to which I believe Hogan was kept in the dark, even before going through the curtain didn’t even know. Because, you know, hey, word gets out brother, and then one person tells another person, and then everybody knows Austin and Rock are coming out.”
“And that was when I was casually you know, walking by and then was told by someone of, hey, the streaks ending tonight. Like what? And, you know, I pulled one of the lead writers off to the side to tell him, and he didn’t even know about it. So I think that was definitely, you know, a monumental decision that was not planned months in advance.
“I think anyone could tell you like that was, you know, that was probably, that would probably be the most biggest example of something that was probably decided right up into the last second.”
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