When was undertakers last match on raw

While doubtful Undertaker will ever return as a full-time competitor, news of his post-match health is a great sign of things to come.

If Undertaker has found a way to deliver high-quality matches without destroying his body in the process, then he may make a few more appearances during the year. A program with the dominant trio from NXT would create exciting matches and possibly help turn Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns into big stars.

Undertaker has reached the point in his career where nothing will ruin his legacy. He could put The Shield over in a way no one else on the roster could.

Three-on-one matches with The Shield, facing one of the three men or even another six-man match are all possibilities. It all started with Rollins sacrificing himself to Sheamus for paternity leave, and it went downhill from there. For the Greater Good Owens handed out a bunch of stunners until Styles hit him with the Phenomenal Forearm and eliminated him.

Riddle then got rid of Corbin and Strowman powerslammed Otis straight to hell. It left Uso all by himself, and for a moment it seemed as if there might be a new wrinkle in the Uso-Reigns storyline.

Lee caught Uso out of the air and clobbered him with a Spirit Bomb to complete the sweep. Despite all of the friction, Team Raw did its thing. But this match made very little sense playing out the way it did. It's amazing to think that The New Day are now the O. Trouble in Paradise TO TrueKofi?! There were so many incredible moments in this match as the teams showed each other respect and worked their tails off.

Seeing Montez Ford and Kofi Kingston standing across from each other was a goose bump-inducing moment of the present meeting the future. Everything was crisp; both sides got their offense in and nobody looked weak. Ford kicked out of a Midnight Hour that sent this match into another gear. Some more back-and-forth led to Ford nailing Kofi with a From the Heavens splash, but his injured ribs prevented him from pinning Kofi.

My point was it was tough back then. I remember when Triple H first came in, and he was shocked that I had black electrical tape on my boots. If you had torn gear, you either wore it torn or you tried to fix it yourself.

The industry has come so far. Calaway also expressed gratitude to his fan base. He noted that he greatly appreciates his newer fans and remains overwhelmed by the support people have shown him for more than 30 years, transforming an ex-basketball player seeking a new career into one of the most recognizable names in the history of pro wrestling. They deserve credit; they were vital to building and sustaining the Undertaker character.

I never took that for granted. Look, tickets are expensive, pay-per-views are expensive. You need to work hard for your money, and people used their spending money on WWE and The Undertaker as their form of entertainment. Their support means the world to me. Justin Barrasso can be reached at JBarrasso gmail. Undertaker did not win the match, but did perform a move where he threw Rikishi off the roof of the cell.

The Brothers of Destruction dominated almost the entire match but were not the winners. The Brothers of Destruction were granted an opportunity to face Triple H and Austin for their titles. Angle pinned the Undertaker due to interference by Austin. This was the beginning of a new persona for the Undertaker, as he cut his long hair short and called himself "Big Evil". Undertaker's next angle began at the Royal Rumble in when Maven eliminated him by dropkicking him from behind.

Subsequently, The Undertaker eliminated Maven in return and brutally assaulted him backstage. This began a storyline with Flair, who declined a challenge to wrestle Undertaker at WrestleMania X8 , and, as a result, Undertaker assaulted his son David Flair. Flair eventually accepted the match after The Undertaker threatened to inflict the same punishment on Flair's daughter.

A no disqualification stipulation was added to the match, and The Undertaker defeated Flair. Later that night, his storyline called for him to help Hulk Hogan win his title match against the Undisputed Champion Triple H. The Undertaker was then booked to defeat Hogan for his fourth world championship at Judgment Day.

Undertaker soon turned face after a ladder match with Jeff Hardy , whose hand he raised after the match as a sign of respect. The Undertaker was then switched from Raw to SmackDown! Undertaker was booked to challenge Lesnar in a title match at Unforgiven that inevitably ended in a double-DQ. Their feud carried over to No Mercy in a Hell in a Cell match. Undertaker performed in the match with a legitimate broken hand and eventually lost to the champion. Undertaker took a leave from wrestling after the Big Show threw him off the stage in Memphis, sparking a feud in reality, he and his wife, Sara, were expecting their first child together.

The Undertaker returned at the Royal Rumble in He immediately continued his feud with Big Show and defeated him via submission at No Way Out with a triangle choke. A-Train entered the angle by attempting to attack Undertaker after the match, but Nathan Jones came to his aid. Jones, however, was removed prior to the match, making it a handicap match, which Undertaker won with the help of Jones. Over the remainder of the year, he was booked to have two WWE Championship opportunities.

The first, on the September 4 SmackDown! The Undertaker disappeared for some time following the match, with Kane claiming that he was "dead and buried forever. The first was during the Royal Rumble when Undertaker's bells tolled, distracting Kane and allowing Booker T to eliminate him. Three months later, Bearer was kidnapped by the Dudley Boyz at the direction of Paul Heyman , who then took "control" of Undertaker. The angle added a new twist at The Great American Bash where Undertaker was forced to fight a handicap match against the Dudleys, and if he lost, Heyman would bury Bearer in cement.

The Undertaker won but buried Bearer anyway, explaining that Bearer was merely a liability now and that he had no use for him anymore. Fans were later told that Bearer was "seriously injured," but in reality, he was simply removed from WWE programming due to health reasons. The Undertaker also remained a face. This led to a Casket match between Undertaker and Heidenreich at the Royal Rumble , where Undertaker sealed Heidenreich in a casket for the victory to end the storyline.

Following WrestleMania, Undertaker took a two-month hiatus from wrestling after the birth of his second daughter in late May He returned for the June 16 episode of SmackDown! As part of the feud, on the following SmackDown! With this, Undertaker resumed his feud with Orton.

The storyline intensified as the two taunted each other with caskets, leading to a casket match at No Mercy , in which Undertaker lost to Randy and his father "Cowboy" Bob Orton. After the match, the Ortons poured gasoline on the casket and set it afire. When the charred casket was opened, however, Undertaker had once again vanished.

He returned at the Survivor Series , emerging from a burning casket. Undertaker returned to SmackDown! After winning the match, Calaway took a short hiatus from wrestling, presumably due to controversy associated with the match, as Bob Orton was diagnosed with hepatitis but was allowed to bleed during the match without Calaway knowing of his condition.

In early at the Royal Rumble , Undertaker returned during Kurt Angle 's celebration of his world title defense against Mark Henry on a horse-drawn cart, signaling for a title shot.

As part of their storyline feud, Undertaker lost his match with Angle at No Way Out after a thirty-minute bout. Undertaker cornered Angle after the match, and after a stare down, told Angle that he had his number and that he was not finished with him yet.

This began an angle between the duo, as Undertaker then challenged Henry to a Casket match at WrestleMania 22 , and Henry, like Orton a year before him, vowed to end Undertaker's WrestleMania winning streak. Undertaker defeated Henry to become at WrestleMania, keeping his storyline undefeated streak alive. During a rematch on the next edition of SmackDown! The Undertaker was not heard from until the May 5 edition of SmackDown!

Undertaker was booked to cleanly lose to Khali, and he did not appear again until the July 4 edition of SmackDown! In the storyline, Teddy Long replaced Khali with Big Show as punishment for an attack on Undertaker shortly before the match.

Khali refused the challenge for SummerSlam, though Long made the match official for the August 18 episode of SmackDown! Undertaker won the match by striking Khali with the steel stairs, delivering several chair shots, and finishing him with a chokeslam.

Kennedy at No Mercy but was disqualified in the match after he hit Kennedy with the championship belt. On the November 3 edition of SmackDown! Kennedy and Montel Vontavious Porter , with whom Kane was feuding with at the time.

As part of the angle, Kennedy defeated Undertaker in a First Blood match at Survivor Series after interference from MVP, but finally defeated Kennedy in a Last Ride match at Armageddon by delivering a chokeslam and Tombstone on the roof of the hearse, sticking him in the back, and driving the hearse out of the arena. The two continued to feud into as Kennedy cost Undertaker two World Heavyweight Championship opportunities for a championship match at the Royal Rumble.

Undertaker won his first Royal Rumble match after Shawn Michaels attempted Sweet Chin Music, and Undertaker ducked and lifted Michaels over the top rope for the victory. He became the first man to enter the Rumble at number 30 and win the match. He then began an angle with Batista , whom he defeated at WrestleMania 23 to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. On the next SmackDown!

The rematch ended in a draw when neither man was able to answer the ten-count after Batista speared Undertaker off the entrance stage, causing the steel pillars to fall on top of the two men, resulting in the Undertaker retaining the Championship.

On the May 11 SmackDown! After the match, Mark Henry returned and assaulted the defenseless Undertaker. As Undertaker laid in the ring, druids appeared and carried him to the backstage area.

In reality, Calaway had suffered an arm injury that required surgery, but WWE did not want to break the Undertaker's character by having him forfeit the title. During Calaway's rehabilitation, Henry squashed local jobbers and bragged about his assault on Undertaker, until vignettes began playing promoting Undertaker's return.

Batista and Undertaker re-ignited their storyline feud at Cyber Sunday where the fans chose guest referee Steve Austin , but Batista retained the world title after two Batista Bombs.

They battled again inside Hell in a Cell at Survivor Series where Edge returned and interfered by giving Undertaker a con-chair-to and pulling an unconscious Batista on top of Undertaker for the pinfall to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

Edge won the match by pinning Batista, who had been given a Tombstone piledriver which was followed by Undertaker being hit with a chair while he attempted the pinfall. He defeated Edge at WrestleMania with his gogoplata submission hold, to win his second World Heavyweight title and elevate his undefeated streak at WrestleMania to The Undertaker battled Edge for the title at Judgment Day, which he won but could not keep the title because of the count out victory.

As a result of the storyline stipulation, Undertaker was banished from WWE.