#4 WrestleMania wouldn’t have had as much financial success without the Streak
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As mentioned earlier, a large majority of fans that tuned into WrestleMania over the years were there mainly for the Streak. If that Streak had never happened, then there wouldn’t have been much the Undertaker or WWE could’ve done to help increase viewership for WrestleMania.
For years, the Undertaker was considered the last holdover from the Attitude Era, the last true superstar that was a big name in the wrestling world during the peak years when wrestling was at its most popular in North America. Had his Streak never occurred, WWE would’ve had a much harder time convincing those lost fans to tune in just for WrestleMania. After all, they were only doing so out of curiosity regarding the Undertaker’s Streak and his staying power in WWE. If ‘Taker was wrestling just a normal match, then what was the point?
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Consider the following: Bray Wyatt faced the Undertaker at WrestleMania 31, one year after the Streak was ended by Brock Lesnar. This was supposed to be a big moment, but the feud leading into this match – as well as the match itself – didn’t have anywhere near as much interest since the Streak was nonexistent. This is proof of what an Undertaker match at WrestleMania sans Streak would’ve looked like – an ordinary match lacking the special, and dare I say magical, aura of the Undefeated Streak he had before.
Sure, the Undertaker won against Bray and got his win back, but it didn’t matter whatsoever; the Streak was gone so there was no point in Undertaker even having matches, much less winning them.
While WWE can flaunt their current numbers regarding WrestleMania and call these a success, there’s no denying the fact that WrestleMania without the Streak would’ve been very damaging to WWE when Undertaker was fully active.
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