The Streak (Wrestling)
The Streak, along with the WWE, multiple news outlets have dubbed this run of victories as "The Streak".[1] was a series of 21 straight victories for professional wrestler The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) at WWE's premier annual event, WrestleMania. It began at WrestleMania VII in 1991 when he beat Jimmy Snuka, with the final win coming against CM Punk at WrestleMania 29 in 2013; The Undertaker was absent from WrestleMania X (1994) and WrestleMania 2000, owing to injury.[2][3] Overall, he defeated 18 men during The Streak, which included three bouts with Triple H and two each opposite Kane and Shawn Michaels
Background
WrestleMania
WrestleMania is the premier annual event of the largest professional wrestling promotion in the United States, WWE. Formed as a counter to Jim Crockett Promotions' successful Starrcade event, WrestleMania I was broadcast to one million nationwide via closed-circuit television and pay-per-view. WrestleMania's widespread success helped transform the sport of professional wrestling and made WWE the most successful wrestling promotion in the world, prompting WWE to promote the event as the "Super Bowl of sports entertainment".[4]
The Undertaker
Born Mark William Calaway on March 24, 1965 in Houston, Texas, The Undertaker is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he has worked since 1990, making him the company's longest-tenured in-ring performer. Calaway began his wrestling career with World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) in 1984. After wrestling for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "Mean" Mark Callous from 1989 to 1990, he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) in 1990. In WWE, The Undertaker is a seven-time world champion, having won the WWF/E Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times, as well as the winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble. He is recognized as the fourth youngest WWF/E Champion in history, having won the title aged 26 years, 8 months, and 3 days.[5]
Match statistics
Following the Undertaker's WrestleMania XXX loss to Lesnar, he had further matches at the annual event against Bray Wyatt (WrestleMania 31),[7] Shane McMahon (WrestleMania 32),[8] Roman Reigns (WrestleMania 33)[9] and John Cena (WrestleMania 34),[10] winning all but the Reigns encounter.
References
- ↑ "Undertaker". WWE. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ↑ Shoemaker, David (August 14, 2014). "What's at Stake When John Cena Wrestles Brock Lesnar at 'SummerSlam'". Grantland. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ↑ Woodward, Buck (January 29, 2011). "Undertaker, Royal Rumble, Vickie Guerrero and more". PWInsider. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- ↑ "The Home of the Jets and the Giants Will Become Body Slam Central for a Night". The New York Times. 6 April 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/sports/the-home-of-the-jets-and-the-giants-will-become-body-slam-central-for-a-night.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Powers, Kevin (9 August 2013). 10 youngest WWE Champions ever. WWE Official Website. http://www.wwe.com/classics/classic-lists/10-youngest-wwe-champions/page-8. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ WrestleMania Cards. The Internet Wrestling Database. http://www.profightdb.com/search.html?search-term=WrestleMania&submit=search. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (March 29, 2015). "CALDWELL'S WM31 PPV RESULTS 3/29: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of WWE World Title match, Taker's return, Sting vs. Triple H, Cena vs. Rusev, Rock/UFC surprise, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ Caldwell, James. "4/3 WrestleMania 32 PPV Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report on Mainland PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
- ↑ Burdick, Michael. "Roman Reigns def. The Undertaker". WWE. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ↑ Benigno, Anthony. "The Undertaker def. John Cena". WWE. Retrieved April 8, 2018.