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The Undertaker is one of the most legendary Superstars to ever step foot in a WWE ring. 



In a career spanning over three decades, The Deadman has made 26 WrestleMania appearances, the most by any Superstar till date.



Taker&#8217;s glorious streak was itself a big reason for WrestleMania sell-outs and over the years WWE booked him well for its biggest annual event.


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During a recent interview with <a href="https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2019/03/bruce-prichard-talks-the-undertaker-agreeing-to-have-mark-651805/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">Wrestling Inc</a>, Senior Vice President of WWE and creative member, Bruce Prichard revealed how the plan to end The Undertaker&#8217;s streak was put in the works.



<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;I was sitting at my desk in Houston and Vince calls me and says, &#8216;I&#8217;ve got an idea. What do you think about ending Undertaker&#8216;s streak?'&#8221;&#8220;I said, &#8216;Well, with the right guy he&#8217;s made.'&#8221;</blockquote>


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Prichard was the original manager of The Phenom and stood in his corner from 1990 to 1991.


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<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;He says, &#8216;Goddamn, that big bastard Mark Henry – he&#8217;s ready!&#8217; There was silence.</blockquote>



<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Really?&#8217; Mark had been here 10 years and it wasn&#8217;t anything against Mark, but I didn&#8217;t think that Mark Henry beating and ending the streak would catapult him to the next level.&#8221;</blockquote>



Although Mark Henry was the actual guy on Vince&#8216;s mind, serious resentment from others including Paul Heyman would cause a change of plans.


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<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;I ran it by him [Undertaker] and his reaction was the same as mine. It was pretty much silence, and he asked what I thought and I told him, &#8216;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a good idea, but try it on. See if there&#8217;s something you think that might work.&#8217;</blockquote>



<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;He came back and said, &#8216;OK, if that&#8217;s what you guys want to do &#8211; if that&#8217;s really what Vince wants.&#8217;</blockquote>



Henry wrestled The Phenom at WrestleMania XXII but failed in his attempt to break The Streak.


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<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;Vince, as we got closer to it, got cold feet I guess and just realized that maybe Mark wasn&#8217;t ready at that time for it, and I don&#8217;t know that there was a real solid plan on the other side either to make it work.&#8221;</blockquote>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;[Paul] Heyman hated it. I don&#8217;t know anybody that was like, &#8216;Wooo hooo! Let&#8217;s go do this,&#8217; other than Vince. Sometimes you just got to try s**t on and throw it out there.&#8221;</blockquote>


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WWE eventually billed Brock Lesnar as the worthy man to slay &#8216;Taker. For those unaware, Lesnar was slated to end The Streak right in 2011!


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<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;Sometimes you throw it out there and you need to just throw it the f**k away, too, but that&#8217;s how we got there.&#8221;</blockquote>



At WrestleMania XXX, history was made when The Beast finally pinned The Undertaker to become The One in 21-1.



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