Lesnar entered into a feud with WWE mainstay John Cena and The Undertaker went on his traditional post-Wrestlemania hiatus (over the past few years he had only performed at Wrestlemania). Lesnar and The Undertaker did not cross paths right away. Lesnar made that long-awaited return to the world of pro wrestling the night after Wrestlemania 28, where The Undertaker had just defeated Triple H for the second straight year. That really kicked open the door for a return by Lesnar to the WWE. After a returning loss to Alistair Overeem, Lesnar announced he was retiring from MMA competition. A second battle with diverticulitis, a recurring medical issue for Lesnar, forced the big man to pull out of his fight with dos Santos. He coached a season of The Ultimate Fighter opposite of future heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos. But everything came full circle when Lesnar stepped into the ring with The Undertaker this past Sunday at Wrestlemania 30 in New Orleans.Īfter that night in October 2010, Lesnar ended up staying with the UFC. It didn’t work out, though, and both men went down different paths. Had it happened then, Lesnar and The Undertaker likely would have headlined Wrestlemania 27 in Atlanta.

As the story goes, The Undertaker and the WWE wanted Lesnar to return to the promotion to face Taker at the biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania. Lesnar did not respond, but the rumors began to run rampant on pro wrestling and mixed martial arts websites alike.

He was gesturing towards a battered Lesnar as Lesnar was leaving the cage just moments after losing the UFC heavyweight title to Cain Velasquez. Taker wasn’t directing those words at Helwani. The quote came from WWE superstar The Undertaker in an interview with Ariel Helwani at UFC 121 in 2010. “You wanna do it?” Those four words set into motion a nearly four-year-long saga that ended with a former MMA fighter receiving the greatest honor possible in professional wrestling.

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