Alberto Del Rio to break Undertaker's streak?

[Lucky]

A number of WWE Superstars were on hand for a press conference in Mexico City on Friday, where WWE announced that for the first time ever, RAW and SmackDown! will be broadcast from Mexico this October. Alberto Del Rio stated during the conference that his goal is to end The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania, reports SuperLuchas.net.

Do you think they'll actually book this match? If so, does ADR have any chance of breaking the streak?

 

[Troy]

I hadn't actually thought of Del Rio as a potential opponent for The Undertaker but if he can continue to build on his excellent start in WWE he would be an excellent choice. He is one of the top heels in WWE and in such a short space of time he has already made himself a maineventer. It all depends on how his is booked the rest of this year but at this moment I would like to see that match. I don't think he will break the streak because I can't see anyone breaking it but it would be a good match.

 

[Deezy]

It's still to early to even know if The Undertaker will even be at Wrestlemania, and even if Del Rio is pegged as the future, NO ONE is ever going to end the Streak and shouldn't.

 

[SpectreVLV]

Not only that, it's just we can't go from Triple H, who has been in the company since 1996, to Del Rio (still less than a year I believe?). There's no history behind Rio whatsoever, and there's no hype. Plus Rio lost against Edge, who not only lost to Taker at Wrestlemania 24, but who also doesn't have that impressive of a Wrestlemania win/loss ratio himself.

Hypemeter is at 0 for this one.

 

[Brock Lesnar]

It's got to be John Cena. There's one more rematch with Triple H, and then it's got to be the match with Cena. No other options if you ask me.

Just to clarify, Cena shouldn't break the streak. He's just the only one who could be put in a believable program against Taker.

 

[Troy]

I am sure that we would have seen Cena face Taker at WM28 if The Rock hadn't signed on for a match. Cena is the only current wrestler who I wouldn't be that confident ahead of time that Undertaker would keep the streak alive since WWE might give Cena the win. I am not saying they should I am just saying it would be a strong possibility. Not sure if Taker will be around for two more matches. 20-0 would be a nice round number but it all depends if Taker wants to put his body through hell for one more match.

 

[Lucky]

There's just no way that it winds up being Cena is the thing though.

 

[Keith]

I would still like to see this excellent start to his career which Troy thinks Del Rio has had, lets see jobbed out to Mysterio, winning the rumble by a fluke and being upstaged by Cena and the Miz in the process, placed in the opening match spot at Mania, and then losing two PPV's in a row, yeah that is one hell of a start:israel:

Anyway if they could build the feud correctly, I wouldn't mind seeing Del Rio face Taker at Mania 28, but to answer the question, no I don't think he will end the streak even if the match does happen.

 

[Deezy]

I would still like to see this excellent start to his career which Troy thinks Del Rio has had, lets see jobbed out to Mysterio, winning the rumble by a fluke and being upstaged by Cena and the Miz in the process, placed in the opening match spot at Mania, and then losing two PPV's in a row, yeah that is one hell of a start:israel:

Anyway if they could build the feud correctly, I wouldn't mind seeing Del Rio face Taker at Mania 28, but to answer the question, no I don't think he will end the streak even if the match does happen.

He took out Mysterio and Christian, I'd say that was a good start, but wait, when a heel loses, that means he is being jobbed right? not knowing that a face is supposed to overcome over the bad guy. Almost like it's been this way since day one.

Cena and Miz are at the tail end of a fued, throwing Del Rio into that would be a disservice to him. Keeping him on the backburner will ultimately work in his favour come Summerslam time. :der:

Bring Austin back for one match, the crowd reaction alone will make it look like a five star classic, much like the Hogan/Rock match.

 

[Troy]

I would still like to see this excellent start to his career which Troy thinks Del Rio has had, lets see jobbed out to Mysterio, winning the rumble by a fluke and being upstaged by Cena and the Miz in the process, placed in the opening match spot at Mania, and then losing two PPV's in a row, yeah that is one hell of a start:israel:

Anyway if they could build the feud correctly, I wouldn't mind seeing Del Rio face Taker at Mania 28, but to answer the question, no I don't think he will end the streak even if the match does happen.

His debut match in WWE was in the mainevent of Smackdown where he defeated Rey Mysterio cleanly by submission. He took out Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy and Christian three of the biggest faces on Smackdown at that time. Within five months of his debut he was put in a World Heavyweight title match in a fatal-4-way tlc match at TLC PPV, he didn't win but he was in the title match. Then on Smackdown he defeated Rey in a 2 out of 3 falls match to end their feud so he wasn't jobbed to Mysterio, Mysterio "jobbed" to him. Del Rio then, six months after his debut, won the Royal Rumble, I don't know why you said it was a fluke. Then he had a title match at WRestleMania in his first year in WWE. Yes he lost but how the hell is that not an excellent start. Then he lost at Extreme Rules because he had been drafted to the other brand and they can't have two main titles on the same brand. I can't think of many other wrestlers that have had a better start to a WWE career.

He took out Mysterio and Christian, I'd say that was a good start, but wait, when a heel loses, that means he is being jobbed right? not knowing that a face is supposed to overcome over the bad guy. Almost like it's been this way since day one.

Cena and Miz are at the tail end of a fued, throwing Del Rio into that would be a disservice to him. Keeping him on the backburner will ultimately work in his favour come Summerslam time. :der:

Bring Austin back for one match, the crowd reaction alone will make it look like a five star classic, much like the Hogan/Rock match.

Yeah Austin would still be the best choice if both guys are fit enough to wrestle one more time.

 

[Keith]

Well I will have to take your word about the victory over Mysterio, because I hardly watch WWE TV anymore, and I remember hearing at the time that it was more him jobbing to Ray. I explained before why the rumble win was a fluke, first of all he came in at 38 out of 40, and was only in there for a few minutes, then he eliminated Orton and Barrett because by sneaking up from behind, and then to top it all off he won with a comedy spot [which should have been booked in the middle of the match]. I have no problem with him losing to Edge at Mania, but it makes his victory in the rumble look small, by having it booked as the opening match.

And this idea of the heel having to look like a coward in winning the big match is such a out dated concerpt, and history doesn't bare it out, look at Flair's win in 92 or Micheals in 95, are you telling me those weren't impressive wins.

 

[Deezy]

You mean Flair winning by Hogan helping him eliminate Sid? Or HBK looking like he stole the victory from the Bulldog? The cowardly heel is not an outdated concept, the cool heel that dominates everyone and doesn't backdown is.

 

[Keith]

Okay I accept that the way Flair won the Rumble look a bit flukey, but thoughout the match it was about him being great shape, and taking on everyone, and outsmarting them all. And thats part of my point, even though during the match he may have had lots of moments of luck, and used certain dodgy talents, the way it came across was that Flair was useing his experience to wrestle a smart match. The Micheals ending I don't agree about, because he used great athlistism to pull himself back into the ring, and then took adventege of a situlation which anyone would. Point is Flair and Michaels were both put over strong in their wins Alberto Del Rio wasn't.

And another thing is a heel World Champion has to look strong, because he is suposed to be the top guy in the company, the fact WWE didn't do this with The Miz's recent title run is one of the reasons it bombed.

And I see ADR didn't even get a match at the last PPV, yeah he is looking strong right now!

 

[Troy]

A heel World Champion doesn't need to be booked as strong as a face World Champion does. A heel can have flukey wins and can win matches by the skin of his teeth. It makes people dislike them more because they win in suspect ways.

Yes ADR didn't have a match at the last PPV but he did get promo time. There was no-one to match him with and I would rather him cut a promo than have a random match which means nothing. Del Rio will have a match on the next PPV and he is still one of the top heels on RAW.

 

[Prodigy]

To be honest I like the sound of an ADR vs Undertaker match at Wrestlemania. Some a skeptical but I've always said Undertakers match doesn't need to be against a guy who's already great e.g HHH, it needs to be a passing of the torch match in which Taker puts someone over to hell and cements them as a huge star.....Del Rio is that man!