It was really awesome to have him at No Way Out and the reason Vince booked it is because we wanted the match at WrestleMania so Vince said no but we’ll make it at No Way Out. I think Vince McMahon felt I was going to hold the World title after WrestleMania, which I didn’t.

“He didn’t tell me why I would have to end his undefeated streak, but the reason was because I was going to win the World title and go to WrestleMania and wrestle somebody holding the world title. The Olympic gold medallist expressed confusion at the assumption that he would be the one to end the streak. We went to Vince and Vince said ‘No, I’m not ending Taker’s undefeated streak.’”Īt the time The Undertaker’s famed WrestleMania undefeated streak sat at 13-0. Randy Orton World Heavyweight Championship. The show was headlined by the match between Triple H and John Cena for the WWE Championship. It took place on Apat the Allstate Arena in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Rosemont.The event was the third WrestleMania to take place in the Chicago metropolitan area (following WrestleMania 2, and WrestleMania 13). I said that’d be fantastic, he said we’re going to have to go to Vince and ask him. Wrestlemania 22 took place on April 2nd, 2006, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago. WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

Taker actually wanted to face me at WrestleMania, he told me this back in December before I had the match at Royal Rumble. “Having ‘Taker come in at No Way Out and you wrestle him in the main event, usually it’s a downer pay-per-view, but it was an upper. “It was a big deal to us, both Undertaker and myself,” Angle said.

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