Tonight's ending of Raw officially started the build up between Undertaker and Cm Punk, before the two giants clashes at Wrestlemania. What an ending, and what a way to honor Paul Bearer by bringing him and the legendary urn (who defined The brothers of destruction) in to the story-line.
Its still 3 Raw's left until Wrestlemania. These two top stars will play this story-line so well and push it so close to the limit, that us the fans will be so psyched before they finally clashes at Wrestlemania. Yes Undertaker is the clear favorite, and most likely his streak will stay intact after Wrestlemania. But that does not mean that this match has the possibility to become one of the greatest matches in WWE's history. I am not exaggerating now. Undertaker has delivered epic bouts since Wrestlemania 21. While Cm Punk has already been in three modern classics. He and Cena has delivered 4-instant classics against each other, while his two matches against Daniel Bryan was pure gold, not to mention his two bouts against Jericho and his last match against The Rock at Elimination Chamber. Everything he touches turns into gold, while everytime Undertaker puts his legendary streak on the line you now he and his opponent will push it to the limit.
Here you have 5 reasons to why this match has the possibility to be an all-time legend, right up there with Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 25 and Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant at Wrestlemania 3.
1) Their build up/promo skills
Both Punk and Undertakers are masters when it comes to build up a match and cut promos. While Cm Punk is known for his pipebombs and always knows how to gain heat, Undertaker on the other side knows how to use few words only to make it feel so epic. Look at his promos with Triple H and Shawn Michaels during the build ups before their four battles. The reason why Undertaker is so good at cutting promos is because he makes his opponent look like a valid treat, which makes the fans believe that his streak really is on the line. While Cm Punk always know what to do when he is in the spotlight. This time he used the Paul Bearer angle perfect, and gained more heat than ever before. (Not since his "Christ" time in Straight Edge Society has he gained so much heat).
2) The Paul Bearer angle
The tragic death of Paul Bearer gave this feud a fuel which will make the match feel more personal. This angle will create more reactions than ever before, and most likely gain main stream in medias all over USA. Cm Punk will not have to play the I am god angle now, because him "spitting" on the legacy of Paul Bearer will give him so much heat.
3) Their In-Ring abilities and Chemistry
Cm Punk and Undertaker had a great feud in 2009 which ended at Hell In A Cell, where Punk gained a lot of momentum even though he lost. Short time after this feud he became the most hated heel in WWE with his Straight Edge/Christs angles. Their matches where great back then, and already their first match these men proved what potential they had together in the ring. Now almost 4 years later they will face each other again at the grandest stage of them all. But the difference now is that Cm Punk is the second biggest star inn the industry now.
Their in-ring abilities and the fact that both men always delivers in big matches makes me more certain that they will steal the show.
4) Their abilities to lay it all out on the ring (Resiliency)
Undertaker kicked out of 4 finishers against Triple H at Wrestlemania 27 (3 pedigrees and one Tombstone Piledriver). While Cm Punk kicked out of 3 finishers in his match against Triple H at Night Of Champions 2011 (1 little Jimmy and two Pedigrees). Punk showed great resiliency in his last match against The Rock when he kicked out of two finishers. This is an important factor in a big match up like this. Think about it. Here is an example of what resiliency and the will to give everything out there can do to a match:
About 20 minutes into the match Cm Punk has delivered 3 Go To Sleeps but Undertaker kicked out of all of them. Then he sets up Undertaker for the Tombstone while taunting him with Undertakers "throat cutter" , but Undertaker counters it and delivers the Tombstone on Punk. You can be sure by this point the atmosphere at Metlife is electric. Undertaker has delivered a chokeslam and a last ride earlier in the match but Punk kicked out of them. But now he has delivered the Tombstone, and crosses Punks arm for the 1 - 2 - but Punk kicks out. The fans goes totally crazy now. These two goes back and foreword a bit now, and then Punk connects with another Go To Sleep, but instead of pinning him he reaches for the ropes. and then when he walks toward Undertaker and before he manages to pin him, Undertaker rises from the dead in his classical style. Punk tries to hit him but Undertaker ducks the punch, and delivers another tombstone. Once again Punk kicks out.. Now the fans will be out of air, because their so shocked. Cm Punk has then join the legendary club to Shawn Michaels and Kane, being the only men who has kicked out of two Tombstones. Now even Undertaker has doubts if he can beat Punk. But then he does his classical move, takes of his top-part, and signals with his taunt for a third Tombstone. Undertaker takes him on shoulder, but Punk manages to slip trough and counters with a round house kick. Then he puts Undertaker on the shoulders for a fifth Go To Sleep, but this time Undertaker manages to slip trough, pushes Punk away a bit, and when Punk turn back towards Undertaker, he walks into a Chokeslam. Undertaker does not pin him, instead he signals for the third Tombstone, and this time he connects for the 1-2-3. The streak lives on, but Cm Punk has just made himself an even bigger start in this business, being the "closest" one to break the streak in many opinions.
This will never happen though. But something like that could happen, and that will help to make this match even more epic.
5) The fans from NJ/NY are electric.
If you have been a Wrestlingfan for a while you know how electric the fans from New York and New Jersey are. That will be one of the factors that could sement this match into an alltime legendary clash between the two top stars.
What do you think?
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