Possible plans for The Undertaker at SummerSlam (updated)

When news broke that The Undertaker was spotted en route to NYC recently a lot of people wondered if he was on his way to SummerSlam. The rumor mill is a crazy place and sometimes it doesnโ€™t even need this much information to get it going. Needless to say, people are very curious why Taker was on his way to New York.

Dave Meltzer recently breached this fascinating subject on an episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. After all the last guy who faced The Dead Man is Roman Reigns and heโ€™s in a pretty big match against Braun Strowman, Brock Lesnar, and Samoa Joe for The Beast Incarnateโ€™s Universal title.

โ€œAs far as I know [The Undertaker] is in town, yeah. So one would think if heโ€™s in town given the way the interviews have gone and everything that he screws Roman Reigns out of winning the championshipโ€ Meltzer said. โ€œAnd maybe thatโ€™s how Brock wins and if itโ€™s not Brock thatโ€™s how Strowman or Joe wins I mean everyone expects it to be Brock. Itโ€™s not the right time for Roman to win.โ€

โ€œ[The Undertaker] did that [retirement tease] the year before too. I never take serious The Undertakerโ€™s retirement because Iโ€™ve been hearing it since 1997. So itโ€™s interesting though because if he does come back and does this they gotta go with Roman Reigns and Undertaker at Survivor Series I think. I donโ€™t know if I really wanna see that again I guess they could do a program where Undertaker beats him and Roman Reigns wins the third one or they could just have Roman win again but I donโ€™t know. Itโ€™s like โ€” I think Undertaker clearly in the last two years, maybe the last three at WrestleMania I donโ€™t know, itโ€™s hard. Heโ€™s beat up and I donโ€™t know, I guess he was okay in all that but itโ€™s not โ€” Iโ€™m not for whatever reason when he did that [retirement angle at WrestleMania 33] it felt like the right time to finish.โ€

Although itโ€™s not clear if Undertaker is actually coming back one would assume if he had something to do with the finish of SummerSlamโ€™s main event, โ€œhe has to come, doesnโ€™t he?โ€ Meltzer wondered.  It was mentioned how if Taker was at The Biggest Party Of The Summer it would make the most sense to rekindle his feud with Roman Reigns since screwing Brock Lesnar wouldnโ€™t make as much sense.

Then again, just because The Dead Man happens to be in NYC at the same time as SummerSlam doesnโ€™t mean he has to be on the show at all. Only time will tell on this one.

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If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit Wrestling Observer Radio with a H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

 

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