Expert Poll: Who should be The Undertaker's final opponent? 

My Final Thoughts

There's only one character worthy enough to end the career of The Undertaker

I have gone back and forth on this subject several times. I have read the statements from my fellow journalists. I think I have an idea of what the Undertaker is looking for in a final match. The truth of the matter is, all I have is an educated guess.

As of this writing I don't even think The Undertaker knows when or where his last match will be, or with whom. He may not even realize it until it happens.

I truly believe the emergence of cinematic matches will be able to elongate The Deadman's career by a couple years at least. Maybe it also gives us the possibility of seeing the dream match against Sting that fans have been waiting decades to see. Even if that happens, I don't feel like that would be the right send off.

Taker's last match should be in front of a sold out crowd. Not just any crowd either. It should happen on The Grandest Stage of Them All in front of 70,000 plus screaming fans at WrestleMania. There just isn't any other place for the most prolific WrestleMania performer to end his career. But against whom?

The hard fact is as the years go by, the more difficult it will be to find that perfect opponent. There are a number of Superstars I wish could get a one on one shot at The Undertaker - Aleister Black, Seth Rollins, Tommaso Ciampa, The Demon King Finn Balor, and Drew McIntyre just to name a few.

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There's only one opponent that's fitting for the end of The Undertaker

For me personally. I think the perfect ending to the story was told already, but it was ahead of it's time. When Bray Wyatt met the Undertaker at WrestleMania 31 he was billing himself as the "New Face of Fear". It was tremendous marketing and another missed opportunity for Wyatt to launch his career into the next level. Unfortunately for Bray, on the heels of Taker's first loss at WrestleMania, he was The Phenom's bounce back opponent.

Fast forward to today, and Bray Wyatt's career has finally reached that next level. He's one of the top stars in the company. Despite being a heel, The Fiend is one of the most over characters in WWE. Not only that but with the mystical powers at Wyatt's finger tips, he's the closest thing to The Undertaker that we're likely to ever see in this day and age.

The Fiend has a list and one by one he's checking names off that list. Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan, and John Cena have all felt the wrath of Wyatt's sadistic alter ego. I believe the perfect story to tell is not so much the one of the Undertaker's final match, but of Bray Wyatt's ascension as the true "New Face of Fear".

The final match of The Undertaker's Hall of Fame career should be in a battle between the biggest forces of evil wrestling has seen over the last 30 years. It's a battle that The Undertaker will fight valiantly, but will ultimately lose. The Fiend should end the career of The Deadman so that Mark Calaway, and the soul of The Undertaker, can finally rest in peace.

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