Could Cena/Taker been more?

Based on all the stuff Cena had done & said. It made sense it went the way it did. Few had ever disrespected Taker to the level John had in that feud. He mentioned Deadman's wife & everything. Taker had to kill him.

If this had happened at Wrestlemania XXX, I think it would have been the biggest match of all time whilst Taker’s streak was still intact. The way it ended up, they obviously wanted to stay clear of billing it as a proper Match, as I think they wanted to avoid having a 25-30 minute Match where Cena would lose clean. Hence, they ended up gimmicking the Match instead, where despite it being a very quick squash, didn’t really hurt Cena due to it barely counting as a Match, and afterwards being very much forgotten.

I’ve always had a feeling Taker never wanted Cena at Wrestlemania though, potentially because he knew the Streak would be at stake. It always felt strange that it never went down during the decade or so that Cena was the face of WWE. Ultimately, eventually they couldn’t get away from it since neither really had anybody left to face, but it ended up just being more of a quick bit of fun. They never even had a proper stare down in the middle of the Ring before hand.

I wanted more but I was fine with the squash. It was meant to boost Taker’s confidence and restore some of the mystique to the character.

Anytime Cena gets squashed I’ll be entertained.

I used to hate Cena in his PG prime (loved the Dr of Thuganomics gimmick) but I almost feel like he's cheating his old haters when he gets squashed so easily. When happy go lucky movie star Cena loses in a squash sure it's somewhat surprising, but it's the super Cena 5 moves of doom version who terrorized the main event scene in WWE for a nearly a decade that I want to see take the pin. I get it, he's old and an actor now so he can't go all out but before he retires for good I want to see the real Main Event John in another feud with some serious weight to it. 

It’s was perfect. Undertaker clearly couldn’t go anymore due to time breaking him down. The angle of Cena trash talking him for weeks made it so Cena needed to be ended quickly. It was booked like an early Undertaker match. It all worked so well and I honestly believe it’s how Taker should have ended his career, outside Wrestlemania 30.

It could have been enormous. At the height of the streak it would have created real drama because Cena was a legit threat.

Cena haters would have been foaming at the mouth at the prospect of him ending it.

Smart fans would have known Taker respected John & would have looked at the lights for him.no problem.

Perfect.....buuuuut they never did. Jesus I can imagine the atmosphere 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I actually loved it lol... one of the funniest moments @ WM34 tbh, highly underrated.

I’d say it’s probs the best squash match ever.

It just wouldn’t have worked at any point

The two faced in 2003 in a fairly solid match at the beginning of Cena’s popularity

When he was peak face of the company, there was just no way it would’ve worked for him to face Undertaker

The time it happened, was the perfect time for it to, however, what Vince wanted for the match is something that will never be understood

Was supposed to happen at Mania 32 but then John got hurt. Even if he didn't it probably was best Shane stepped in and people went in expecting a bit less. Cena/Taker at Mania 32 probably would have been slow and awful.

I wish they did a better job building Mania 34. But im guessing the company had little faith in Taker being able to go for too long after the Roman debacle the year prior.