I Rank Every Undertaker Wrestlemania Match 

From Mania 23-29 was peak streak. Every match was INCREDIBLE from that period!

Undertaker vs. Batista was one of the best “big man vs. big man” feuds ever. They just beat the crap out of each other and it was so cool.

In my opinion, no one has ever deserved the Hall of Fame induction more than the Undertaker. Not only for everything he has done for the business in his LONG career which can never be understated, but the fact he stayed in WWE during the entire Monday Night Wars. He never left and that's super respectable honestly.

As much as I love the two matches Vs Michaels, my favourite match will always be Undertaker vs Edge. Edge had scouted the Undertaker and had a counter for 'almost' everything, until Undertaker finally won with the Hells Gate.... perfection, at least for me

That RKO counter from the chokeslam in the Orton Taker match is just crisp.

Cm Punk did a great job portraying a despicable heel leading up to his match with Taker at Mania 29 Him making fun of the recently deceased Paul Bearer was the most heel thing he ever did, being only behind making fun of Jerry Lawler’s heart attack

Never got the thinking behind the promo pic for Mania XV. “Bossman is terrorizing his boss’s family and he’s out for revenge-make sure he’s smiling like he just won the lottery”

The reason 25 works for me better is as a "technical match," it has more to work with. 26 just feels like the recent Lesnar matches, "Sweet Chin Music, Tombstone, another SCM, ANOTHER TOMBSTONE!" The emotion is still certainly present, but something about the way they work the match doesn't stack up to 25. 25 has the scary uncertainty of the botched dive. You can tell they did NOT want the streak ending in that way, but still managed to play it into the match. You can't go wrong, but I feel 25 has more going for it. One thing I will say: 26's jumping tombstone is all time OMFG material.

Undertaker mainly works when he has someone mobile to work with. So Shawn Michaels and people of his agility tend to make for the best overall matches in my eyes.

One of my favorite mania spots of all time is Taker sitting up in the anaconda vise with Punk’s shocked face. Such an awesome visual I loved it!

I don't think I could have made a better list. Its crazy I was 4 years old when the Undertaker started to wrestle for the WWF/ WWE and now I'm 36 and to see him go into the HOF is great. He has been my favorite wrestler ever since I first saw in the WWF. I only got to see him wrestle once and that was at WrestleMania 32 in Dallas and I took my son with me he was about 7 or 8. Keep up the good work bro you are doing great.

“I want to extend my heartfelt apologies for your loss…at Wrestlemania.”-quite possibly the best heel CM Punk line ever.

I still refuse to choose between 25 and 26. YOU CANT MAKE ME!! 🤣

I absolutely loved the Taker vs. Diesel feud! Such an underrated match and it's nice to see you giving it the respect it deserves. I hate they edited out Diesel's infamous line during his entrance "I'm the shit I'm tellin ya."

11:20. !I don’t think Kane gets enough credit for how he helped build that angle. He essentially had to do all the build on TV himself since the undertaker didn’t return until wrestlemania 20. And the image of him looking genuinely terrified and saying “you’re not real!!!” Was perfection

It sucks we didn't get a real Cena/Undertaker WM match, but I take solace in the fact that they had a pretty good match against one another at Vengeance 2003.

Honestly, HBK and Taker at Mania 25 will always be number 1. You touched upon it by saying that there was really little to no expectations going in and their last feud was in 98 and then the Rumble appearances and tag matches and so to go into that blind was what made that match better. Mania 26 is great but just doesn't live up even with the heightened stakes. Sometimes being genuinely surprised by how great a match becomes is better than knowing a match will be great.

Excellent list, I'd personally swap punk and edge but there are no wrong answers.

I have not watched wrestling in over a decade and yet for months now I look forward to each of your new videos. Keep up the great content.

That Super Kick & Pedigree combo literally gave me goosebumps with you just mentioning it alone …

Punk vs. Taker was Punk wanting to be the Showstoppa like HBK. Honestly I think it was one of Punks best matches in WWE, and it was when Taker had enough gas in the tank to still deliver.

The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXVI is probably my favorite wrestling match of all time.

Still trying to interpret the symbolism behind the Bossman hanging. One of wrestling’s great mysteries.

The first Undertaker match I ever watched was on the VHS of Wrestlemania 8 against Jake. Even though the fans were cheering for him, he legit terrified me as a 7 year old.

Undertaker/Batista feud was so freaking good!

The Undertaker Shawn Michaels feud was one of the greatest long term booking in the company. Royal Rumble 2007 Royal Rumble 2008 Wrestlemania 25&26

I feel Giant Gonzalez only works well against people that were more agile. Someone that makes his matches feel like a wrestling version of David vs Goliath. His match against Virgil is a good example.

I remember going to my Aunt and Uncles house to watch Mania 28 and I remember watching The Undertaker vs Triple H match and when the sweet chin music into a pedigree sequence happened my cousins were going wild going like “NOOOO THIS CAN’T HAPPEN!!!!” I was convinced the streak could be over

My favorite is the CM Punk vs Undertaker match. The match alone is just fantastic and tells a great story of a guy who really is every bit as good as he says and his ego is justified but he’s just a “mere mortal” going up against an unstoppable force. At the time I was convinced Punk would be the one to end the streak, I kept telling my friends “if they aren’t going to give it to Batista, Edge, Orton, or Triple H it’s obviously going to be Punk, who else could it possibly be?” Little did I know the Brock Lesnar match that would happen just one year later lol

I love that you put Taker's opponents entrance music in the background when talking about their match, if only because it made discussing Michael's matches really funny.

Taker VS Batista is so underrated. Batista in general doesn't get credit for how excited some of his matches were. Taker VS HHH at WM28 is my favorite match of all time. Masterful storytelling and 4 years of immediate history added to their 20 year careers intertwining throughout was fantastic.

My personal favourite is still against Orton, match is iconic and really good for a sub 15 minute match with that RKO counter. Also started their amazing feud in 2005 which made Orton a star.

26 has the superior build and higher stakes. That placebo video still gives me chills. Plus, it actually lived up to the hype 25 is superior in ring, but still had a pretty good build It just comes down to which is more important for you or what enhances your enjoyment of a match. For me, it's 26

The Undertaker Is and Always Will Be The greatest WWE creation Mark Calloway deserves his credit and recognition

5:17 HamHocks? Pipers first line about the undertaker when Taker debuted at survivor series was “LOOK AT THE SIIIIIZEE OF THAT HAMHOCK!”

I love your lists and retrospectives like this because I use them to make playlists of matches to watch and revisit. Thanks for so much great content!

I get why you can go with either match for the top spot. The stakes in the one match were important, but the other match just felt more polished and cleaner (with the exception of that one terrifying botch).

I haven’t heard and seen that introduction before, it’s absolutely brilliant!! I don’t know why I haven’t heard it before, maybe I wasn’t watching properly!! I remember his first WM match against Superfly Jimmy Snuka. One of the quicker squash matches!! WM7. That was my favourite incarnation of the Undertaker. He was so big yet so fast and agile. I’d never seen anything like that before, as a young WWF fan.

I remember back in 2015 thinking, I want to see Undertaker face Sting and John Cena. I have no desire to see him face anyone else. WWE had other plans.

You explained everything I love about about Kane Vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania 14 perfectly. It's been my favorite match ever since it happened. My two favorite wrestlers going at it for the first time, the story being told was great, Kane’s debut is one of, if not the best debut, their hype package before the match was great, Pete Rose was hilarious, their entrances were awesome, it might not have been a technical masterpiece, but it was believable that Kane could defeat The Undertaker. Even in losing, he looked like a monster. Hell, it took three tombstones to put him down. The only WrestleMania I was at was WrestleMania 15. Of course as a kid you think any event you go to is great, but as an adult you realize it really wasn’t 🤣. I love the channel, Brian, keep doing what you’re doing

Could not agree more on Mania 30! I was in the building and the hush that came over that crowd when the ref counted 3 and Taker had lost, was amazing. The hesitation in playing Lesnar's music and flashing 21-1 on the screen, it was all so surreal. Hell of a moment to be part of despite however anyone may feel about the outcome.

I have taken one lesson out of this this video about The Undertaker, and that is look at those HamHock.

When I was born, Undertaker had been in WWE for 4 years. When I started watching, he was in for 7 years. To think that he would have been wrestling throughout my entire childhood, and well into my 20s, it's insane. I'll always be thankful for what he's done. #ThankYouTaker

Undertaker in my opinion was at his best in terms of in ring during the 2000s and very early 2010s. He put on so many great matches during this period with a variety of different wrestlers. He 100% deserves his HOF spot.

John Cena vs The Undertaker is one of the biggest missed opportunities in Wrestlemania history. I can't understand why this match wasn't done at some point between Wrestlemania 24 and 30 when the streak was still alive and Cena was the top guy. It would of been something special!

Ranking all these matches was a big undertaking.

I specifically remember The triple H VS Taker match cuz I rewatched it 100 times on my VHS recording of the PPV. I personally don't think it kills the illusion or takes away from the moment when he lands on a crash pad because they didn't try to hide it and it was a cool visual. Also the match could keep going, I wouldn't want triple H to land on a hard flat ground and he somehow kicks out of that. The only time I can think of when WWE had someone take a very high bump without something breaking the fall was when Big show threw Kurt Angle off a balcony and that wrote him off TV for a while (kayfabe bump). Now that crash pad under the announce table when Shane jumped off the cell that's completely different and does kill the illusion.

"10 Pounds of Shit in a 5 Pound Bag" is one of my favorite lines. I appreciate Punk-Taker in WM 29 being a Top 3 match for Taker at WM, this was the real main event for my group going to that mania. Crowd was wild for this match. The Edge match was pretty brilliant given all the counters in the match by Edge showing how underrated of a Star he is. Also biggest pop of WM 18 was that Arn Spinebuster, Holy Shit i could watch that on a loop forever. You pretty much got the Top 4 Taker mania matches I Have.

i agree with the old Brian. i do prefer hbk vs taker 2 over the first encounter, but it's more about nostalgia reasons for me. wrestlemania 26 was not only my first mania, but also my first wwe ppv i have ever bought and watched live whilst it was happening. that memory will always give the second one the slight edge for me

I was at Mania 25 with my brother. We thought Taker was done after that botched dive. We were on the opposite side and couldn’t see how he landed. It was gut wrenching. Still, though, an epic match with a great build! #thankyoutaker

My favorite parts in your videos Brian is you notice and point out small details things most of us wouldn't notice without you pointing them out like the druid chewing gum 😂🤣👍🏻

Charles Robinson run to ring at Wrestlemania 24 is one of my favorite gifs

I like that you said Taker vs Flair at 18 was something out of the early 80s smoked filled arenas that’s well said.

Personally I would rank Batista vs Undertaker much higher. If felt like the unstoppable force vs the immovable object, both were pushed to strong up to that point that it was almost believable Batista was going to win. After that I never really believed anyone was going to beat the streak, I still enjoyed the matches but always felt like I knew the outcome

Cena V ‘Taker at Vengeance is one of those comfort matches I can always go back to.

Undertaker Vs Roberts at WMVIII remains my favorite! As you mentioned it was Taker's coming out party sorta speak and Roberts did a decent job of selling the Tombstone on the outside with Heenan yelling "NO, NOT ON THE FLOOR".

This was awesome man. As a LONG TIME listener of several years, this is my favorite video you've probably ever done dare I say.

My all time favorite Taker and pretty much my favorite WWE match was the "End of an ERA Hell in a Cell" match. All three legends were on their A game and told an awesome story before and during the match all the way until Taker, Trips, and Shawn all walked out of the match together

Love the WWF Betrayal music at the end!

Man after having a rough morning I needed this to distract myself. Thank you Brian for all the hard work you do.

Also that boss man cell match was left off the hell in a cell home dvd 😂😂😂😂😂

Dude you are right to give Giant Gonzales more respect. Think of the good parts. 9 was the first out door mania, Even though it was daytime The Undertaker's entrance was awesome (this and the summerslam 92 entrances are my favs), There was a story told as you said and There were 2 managers that got involved, Giant Gonzales was HUUUUUUUGE- The square up spot is iconic, and finally- This is a hot take but the Muscle suit wasnt great but it was better than what wcw did with GG. What did wcw do with Giant Gonzalez's ring attire? well he was Ermac from mortal kombat of course! you read this right- wcw had an 8 foot giant..... and made him Ermac. at least he had his own identity in wwf.

I love the Tribal Chief, but I feel like turning him heel after that Taker match would've been perfect, the "it's my yard now," line Garnered so much heat it him turning heel would've been perfect.

Top 10 1.HBK 25 2.HBK 26 3.Batista 23(favorite feud of all time) 4.HHH 28 5.CM Punk 29 6.Edge 24 7. HHH 17 8.Orton 21 9.Ric Flair 18 10.Styles 36

Solid list. I do think the Cena match deserves a higher placement. It's not 5 stars by any means, but it's a fun moment, way more fun to watch than Giant Gonzalez or A-Train/Big Show to be honest. It's the perfect payoff to the whole storyline of Cena calling out Taker for weeks on end, and then regretting what he wished for. I think people think because it's short it must be bad, and I don't see it that way.

Hearing Brian say Jacob The Snakob never gets old 😆

Shawn refusing to stay down, then slapping Taker to get him into delivering that final tombstone will never not give me chills

Smiley Face Bossman is unnerving

I’m my honest opinion Number 4 was my favorite match in the streak for several reasons: 1: Back in High School I followed this feud from beginning to end. From Survivor Series ‘07 - SummerSlam’08 2: This in a way in my honest opinion was Undertaker’s biggest match in the Streak at the time considering all the variables like La Famila, “Streak Vs. Streak & Title”, Edge’s first Mania Main Event, and a make good for Taker for Last Year as good as Batista Vs. Taker was…it should have gone last. Back in 2008…this was the match I wanted to know the results for the most…NOTHING ELSE MATTERED! And if you can give me that feeling…you are up there as one of my greatest Wrestling Matches of all time!

Actually surprised the one Mania Taker match I saw in person ranked so high. Nothing worked on this one. Bray was hurt, the day was too bright to get the proper vibe (admittedly, a rarity for the Bay Area), and it came a year after Brock ended The Streak. An honor to see it -- it just wasn't very much.

For me the WM 25 tops the WM 26 one, because to me at the time the result of "The Streak vs The Carrer" was pretty obvious. Still one of the best matches of WM history, great storytelling no doubt. But the buildup for 25 was to make sure you really wouldn't be able to predict the outcome. Taker undefeated at mania vs HBK undefeated vs Taker in singles competition. In Shawn's kayfabe comments, he made one mistake, ONE mistake that costed him the chance to end the streak.

You surprised me right off I thought for sure 30th would be Giant Gonzalez.

Perfect call ranking Taker/Bossman last. I scoff every time someone clings to that Giant Gonzalez crutch. That match was interesting to watch due to the size disparity and the story it told was something at least. The dramatic ending of Taker getting carted out on a stretcher and walking back out to drop the Giant had the crowd into it. The Bossman match on the other hand was a total bomb. I remember cringing hard when Vince announced it on Raw for WM15, knowing what we were in store for. Undertaker had a badass entrance with a coat that always reminded me of Shredder. But, he slipped on his way into the ring and it was all down hill from there. From the handcuff botch to the obvious harness Bossman is wearing when he's "hanged"... the whole thing was a carny sh*t show. And then he was back on TV a couple weeks later and the commentators actually said something to the effect of "Bossman looks recovered from the hanging at WM." Final sidenote; it's never been confirmed, but I believe the bodyslam on Bundy at WM11 was actually an audible as result of a Tombstone botch. If you look at the way Undertaker goes to scoop him up and the hesitancy we see before the slam, it looks like Bundy feeds up like sh*t and sandbags Undertaker who was going for the Tombstone, but quickly realized he didn't have him in position to secure and turn him, so he opted for the slam. After this he finishes Bundy with a jumping clothesline of all things. Whole sequence looked improvised.

This makes him look more like Cal Ripken. Never been an Orioles fan, but every time I saw him play his batting average was around .260, but he played every day. Taker’s longevity and cool character are what made him what he is

For me 25 ranks above 26 for the same reason you pointed out...there were no stakes involved other than the streak. Neither man really had anything to lose and everything to gain and thus brought the house down halfway into the show! The story about Taker lacing his boots and hearing theyre on the midcard and saying to Shawn, "let's just raise this to a new level." It personified everything that Taker was about! Giving the audience something to talk about! This is what makes him one of the greatest of all time!

he never damaged his rep with me, still my fav wrester ever.

In my opinion Undertaker Vs Giant Gonzales is Undertaker’s best WrestleMania match! It was a technical masterpiece and the way Giant Gonzales sold the Undertaker’s moves was excellent, the expression on Giant Gonzales’s face really made me think that he was in pain, the way he stumbled back and his hand and arm movements during his selling is something I’ve never seen in anyone else. The way Giant Gonzales sold puts other wrestlers like Curt Hennig and Shawn Michaels to shame and makes them look like amateurs!

Another excellent list, Brian. It’s not an easy debate between him and HBK for 25/26, but at least you know both are great enough to be numbers 1 & 2. I have a big soft spot for his Triple H match at WM28 because I got to be there in-person at my only Mania. Such an iconic match and the SCM into the Pedigree moment live will live with me forever.

It's amazing how much I still like the Wrestlemania 20 match considering it's really just an okay match with Taker getting beat down more than you remember, only to rise back in the end and get the victory. But man...that entrance with the Druids and the torches, and the goosebumps of hearing Paul Bearer's "OOOOOOOOOHHH YEEEES!", and Jerry freaking out and going, "JR! It's...It's HIM!" and Paul sneering into the ring and saying, "You're no son of mine!" Goosebumps. Every. Single. Time.

My personal favorite Undertaker WrestleMania match is the one with Kane at XIV. The best build-up and storyline of Undertaker's career, in my opinion, and a badass match that capped it off. I watch that match every year around the WrestleMania season.

Wrestlemania 26’s promo for Taker vs HBK 2 is chilling to this day…

So glad you rated the Punk match as high as you did. Seems like it’s a criminally underrated match, given how barely anyone talks about it!

Thanks for all the great content my dude 🙌 🔥

Always felt Punk or Bray Wyatt should have ended the streak.

I still think it's a crime we never got "Undertaker vs The Fiend" as his retirement match. Would've been great for him and Bray to get one more cinematic match where he puts over the new king of creepy.

That Punk match was incredible. Underrated as far as mania matches go. It also helps provide an ongoing theme of Heyman always wanting to stop the undertaker in one way or another. Low key feud.

#ThankYouUndertaker

Excellent list been a fan of the undertaker since I was 7 years old it's been good to watch his run thank you for doing the list I cannot have done it better thanks again

The problem with Taker vs Cena in my eyes is that Taker was training harder than he ever had in past years, He didn't realize it would be a 5 minute squash until he got there he was expecting a 30 minute match

Honestly looking back Undertaker really should have been booked in a Tag Team with someone Younger in his later years. Demon Fin Balor and Undertaker would have been interesting. It would have really helped take the load off him yet allowed him to continue doing what he loved.

Love the list, don't have many arguments! It does occur to me at the end of this though just how many Mania match-ups we could have had. In particular, a Mania match between Taker and Kurt Angle. As rarely as I know those two fought, I have a hard time imagining a Mania match between them not ranking highly on a list like this.

It's funny, this is almost exactly how I would have ranked it, but I would have switched the Snuka match and the Sid match

WM26 was the first time I legitimately believed that the streak could end. I couldn't fathom Shawn Michaels retiring when he was still putting on stellar matches, but there's something to be said for going out on top.

Paul Bearer’s OH YES at Wrestlemania 20 still gives me goosebumps

The build to Taker vs Diesel was great. Nash in the casket..... Dope

That "tombstone" against Jake is easily in the 5 worst misses in wrestling. Robert's head is at least a foot from hitting the floor. I remember being so excited over that match and just how bad it was.

Gian Gonzales vs Omos first to Bump wins WHO YOU GOT!?🤣🤔😁🙃

Arn coming in nailing his move on taker during the flair match is the greatest spine buster of all time

I love AJ But I also loved seeing AJ beg for mercy when The Undertaker was whooping his behind in their match and going “you asked for this” and “I’m a old man huh”

Taker has always been my favorite thank you for this list.