If Orton won at Wrestlemania 21

Orton would've made perfect sense, but he turned out good still i think.

I remember thinking Batista might end the streak. I was excited all week for that match & I was on the edge of my seat for it.

God, can you imagine if Mark Henry had done it? I'd never heard it was a possibility until now... That would have been shocking.

Would've made sense for Orton to break it, but I'm glad he didnt.

I was only 5 at the time of WM12 but I remember my older cousins talking about how Diesel lost to Taker because he announced he was going to WCW a few weeks before. There is a good possibility that Nash would have gone over at WM12 to build him up for HBK a month later had he not jumped ship.

After HHH completly burried him, Orton was in need of a huge win to get over again. I legitimatly thought that that was the best chance of the streak being broken. The "Legend Killer" gimmick was in full effect at the time, and because it was the first time the WWE made a big deal of the steak, I thought they were doing it to make Orton going over an even bigger acomplishment.

W/ Batista being the face of SD for about 2 years at the point, I thought the Animal had a goo shot at doing it. The match, while short, was much more entertaining than the Cena/HBK match that night, and I thought Batista might actually do it after putting Taker through the announce table.

Never thought Henry or Edge would go over. Henry because he's always been an upper mid-carder jobber since his return in 2006. Edge because he's always been a transitional champion, and if Batista, the face of SD a year before couldn't do it, then no way Edge was going to do it.

Never thought HBK would do it either. After refusing to win the world title after 2002, I knew he wouldn't want to be the one to break the streak.

I really thought Batista was the one going to break the streak.

I know people wouldn't agree with me but I really thought it was over with HHH at @ WM27 especially after all those chair shots with HHH saying "stay down", then the pedigree, the cut throat sign then the tombstone. I really thought it was over after that. The match told a great story too that in kayfabe each WM takes a toll on Taker showing his human side.

yeah Im not sure on that either......I thought for sure it was after WM12.......Ill have to investigate

I remember them saying it on their Outsiders shoot and I couldve swore it was shortly after 12(like within the week) but I could be wrong ahvent seen it for ages!!

might watch it later actually.