The Undertaker has spoken plenty down the years about having his streak broken at WrestleMania, but Brock Lesnar has not.
During an interview with Spittin Chiclets, Lesnar revealed that he was honoured to be picked to break Undertaker’s iconic streak, but he also felt bad.
“It obviously wasn’t my call to make. I mean, at the time, Vince McMahon, you know [thought] if there was a person that could beat ‘Take and the Streak away with a legitimate background people could believe, I guess it was me,” Lesnar said.
“There’s a lot of people that are pi**ed that it’s me, but it’s not my call. My hats off to Undertaker, Mark, he’s a great guy and this, is at the end, guys, it’s just a business and it’s a give-and-take, and it was time for ‘Taker to give and it was a time for Brock Lesnar to take.”
The Undertaker, a 30-year legend with WWE, was 21-0 at their marquee event before Lesnar defeated him at WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans.
The Deadman would finish his career 25-2 at WWE’s showpiece event with Roman Reigns the only other superstar to get a victory over him at WrestleMania three years later.
During his battle with Lesnar, ‘Taker suffered a nasty concussion that would have him collapse backstage and rushed to hospital causing Vince McMahon himself to leave mid-show.
Lesnar isn’t sure what happened but says the pair did the best they could under the circumstances.
“I don’t know what happened during the match, but he was a mentor of mine. I worked with ‘Taker for many years and so now we’re out in this match and ‘Taker got hit left field day of, you know, he’s coming to his 20th WrestleMania thinking that he’s gonna win and then two hours before we go on, the rug gets pulled on him and so a lot of different emotions there,” said Lesnar.
“I was excited but I also felt bad too, like, I’m the guy and I get to be the guy and so we’re out in this match and next thing you know Taker’s not being Taker, and I’m like so I had to … you know it’s a dance out there and you just gotta do your best to get through it and we did.”
Lesnar is now set to face recent NXT call-up Oba Femi at WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas.
