A/N: All right, I know what you're all thinking. 'Why in the world is White writing another new fic when he hasn't touched his old ones in months?' The answer is simple. This fic is the most difficult challenge I've ever attempted to write. This will be a rewrite of the main event of Wrestlemania 26, The Streak VS Career match between Undertaker and HBK, Shawn Michaels. What makes it difficult to do is I will be attempting to describe the moves used while literally playing out the match through WWE Smackdown VS RAW 2010 on my Xbox 360. This is my first time writing a WWE match so please be gentle with reviews! Thanks in advance! Also when Taker is introduced, the misspelling of The and Undertaker are intentional in order to build up his entrance.
March 28, 2010
The electricity and excitement in the sold-out record-breaking crowd of 72,219 WWE fans was understandably explosive, enough to figuratively blow the roof off of the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
They all knew what match was up next, the match they had dreamed of seeing one more time since last year's Wrestlemania on April 5, 2009: The Undertaker VS The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.
But unlike last year, their was so much more on the line.
For when the match was agreed to on the February 23 episode of 'Monday Night RAW', The Undertaker put his undefeated 17-0 streak on the line on one condition – if Shawn won, he'd end The Streak, but if Taker were to win, Shawn's legendary career of over 25 years would come to an end.
The crowd roared with anticipation as ring announcer Justin Roberts stood in the ring with a microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, THIS IS THE STREAK VS CAREER MATCH!" Roberts boomed, getting a huge cheer from the crowd which only got louder as Shawn's entrance music of 'Sexy Boy' started up.
'I think I'm cute.
I know I'm sexy.
I've got the looks that drives the girls wild.
I've got the moves that really move 'em, I send chills up and down their spine.
I'm just a sexy boy…'
"Introducing first, from San Antonio, Texas, weighing 225 pounds, The HeartBreak Kid, Shawn Michaels!" Roberts bellowed as Shawn got in the ring.
Then the lights around the ring darkened, the huge Wrestlemania star logo turning pitch-black as the familiar entrance theme of Graveyard Symphony started…
"And his opponent, from Death Valley, weighing 299 pounds, Theeeeeeeeeeeeeee Underrrrrrrrrrtaker!" Roberts announced as Taker then got in the ring.
Before the bell rang to start the match, Shawn looked Taker in the eyes, mouthing a good luck to his opponent.
Taker nodded, returning the gesture as the bell rang.
Shawn quickly started things off by charging towards The Phenom and connecting with a shoulder tackle, sending The Demon Of Death Valley crashing to the mat.
Taker slowly got back to a vertical base and slowly walked toward Shawn, with the latter backpedaling in the opposite direction for the moment.
Shawn then stopped and quickly hit a second shoulder tackle, now pausing near the far-right lower turnbuckle.
Shawn then slowly attempted to climb the turnbuckle and managed to get up on it, but before he could attempt to make a move, Taker picked him up and viciously tossed him to the mat.
Shawn staggered to his feet and quickly hit a running bulldog, slamming Taker's face into the mat.
Shawn then picked up his downed opponent, locking him in a grapple before hitting a one-armed face-first DDT.
He then again ascended the top rope, this time connecting with a missile dropkick to Taker's face.
HBK then attempted a kick to Taker's midsection only for Taker to catch Shawn's leg and reverse the move into a ferocious clothesline that slammed Shawn to the floor.
Before the Showstopper could move, The Phenom nailed a stomp to his face, before stepping between his downed opponent and beginning a series of a headbutt, followed up with alternating punches to the head from both hands, 3 with the left and 2 with the right before hitting consecutive headbutts and throwing one more punch with each hand to end the volley of strikes.
Shawn then slowly got back up, fighting back with 3 right-hand punches to the chest.
He then followed up with a quick shoulder tackle, before ascending the top-right turnbuckle and flawlessly executing his signature moonsault sending his opponent crashing to the mat.
Then after Taker got up, Shawn hit yet another shoulder tackle, followed by a stomp to the chest and a diving axhandle.
Taker barely had time to react for as soon as he got up; Shawn quickly locked him in a successful Russian Legsweep.
Taker quickly got back to a vertical base, fighting back with a kick to HBK's midsection, only for Shawn to rebound with a thumb to the eye.
Taker then missed wildly with a big boot, Shawn having instinctively dove out of the way just before it could connect.
Shawn then attempted to lock Taker in a grapple move, but Taker keenly sidestepped it before Shawn hit a quick shot to the chest, only to be Irish Whipped into the lower-left turnbuckle.
Taker then charged at Shawn, hitting him with a hard running elbow as Shawn then painfully slid down and slammed into the mat on his back.
Taker then did a backflip of sorts as he exited the ring, and started to rifle under the ring for a weapon that in this match was perfectly legal as it was a no countout, no disqualification match.
Taker proceeded to reenter the ring wielding a sledgehammer only for Shawn to steal it and deliver a crippling shot to his midsection with it, as he then fell to his knees then face-first to the mat.
Sensing an opportunity, Shawn quickly dropped the object and rolled Taker over, hooking his right leg with his shoulders pinned, but Taker kicked out before the count of 1.
Shawn then picked up the sledgehammer hoping for another shot, but Taker met him with a punch to the back, forcing him to drop the object before Shawn hit a perfect neckbreaker.
Shawn again tried for a sledgehammer attack, but this time Taker managed to grab it before it struck him, only to be forced to let go of it as HBK nailed a second neckbreaker.
Thinking he had the edge, Shawn taunted Taker with his trademark pose, only for Taker to deliver a heavy punch to the chest, a kick to the mid-section and a knee to the face.
Taker then continued his onslaught with a huge flying forearm as both men crashed to the floor though The Phenom got up with ease.
Shawn staggered to his feet, only to be hit with a second flying forearm. Groaning slightly, HBK willed himself back up before hitting his own signature flying forearm followed afterwards by his trademark Kip-Up to get back to a vertical standing base.
Taker then used his own Kip-up only to walk right into a missile drop-kick from the top rope.
Sensing Taker may be on his last legs, Shawn hooked the leg but Taker powered out just before a 2-count.
Shawn then charged at Taker, going for a DDT, only for The Phenom to reverse it into a drop-toe hold.
Taker then hit the downed Michaels with a diving axhandle before Shawn got back to his feet. He would then try a kick to the midsection only for Taker to catch his leg and toss him aside.
Taker then attempted a hit with the sledgehammer, but Shawn quickly stopped him with a kick to the midsection and his signature flying forearm and Kip-up combo.
Shawn then exited the ring and quickly reentered, now holding a light blue steel chair.
Shawn then connected with a thunderous chair shot to the face, sending Taker to the floor, followed by a shot to the legs.
Then as Taker got up, Shawn connected with a second chair shot to the head, though this one upon connecting opened up a rather bloody gash along Taker's forehead.
Shawn then followed up with a brutal chair shot to the side of The Phenom's head once the latter was standing again, sending him crashing to the floor momentarily, but almost as soon as Taker was back on his feet, Shawn delivered a punishing hit to Taker's midsection dropping him to his knees then face-first to the floor.
Shawn would continue his onslaught with a second hammer blow to the back of his downed opponent's head, before hitting a neckbreaker after Taker had stood back up.
Taker would then start a comeback with a monster punch to the chest followed by a kick and knee to the face, and would follow that with another 2 punches to the chest before Shawn finally grounded him with a fierce shoulder tackle.
Shawn would then pick up his downed opponent and Irish Whip him into the corner before climbing atop Taker and raining down a volley of 8 closed fist left-hand punches to his face, the blood from Taker now on Shawn's knuckles and chest before Taker finally caught Shawn going for a ninth punch and threw him to the mat.
Shawn staggered to his feet and attempted to lock Taker in a grapple but Taker blocked it, shoving the HeartBreak Kid away, but the space then gave Shawn the opening he needed for a diving crossbody, followed up by a series of 7 more left-hand closed fist punches to Taker's skull before Shawn rolled off him.
Shawn continued with a diving axhandle followed by a sharp punch to the back after Taker had stood up.
Next Shawn hit a one-handed DDT, then hooked the leg but Taker again powered out before 2.
Taker would then mount a mini-comeback hitting Shawn with a flying forearm and an elbow drop before Mr. Wrestlemania hit another one-handed DDT.
Seeing he was in the driver's seat, Shawn taunted Taker with his signature pose, followed by the DX crotch chop, though the latter was interrupted by a punch to the chest, followed by a roundhouse kick to the skull, and finally a neckbreaker.
Seeing his chance had arrived, Shawn quickly moved to the lower-left turnbuckle. The crowd screamed in anticipation, knowing exactly what was coming.
"His opponent is out of it! He's tuning up the band!" Michael Cole yelled from ringside as Shawn proceeded to stretch his right arm just a small distance behind his head and then grabbed the ring rope with that hand, his left already holding on to the rope as he then proceeded to 'tune up the band' as Cole called it lifting his right leg high into the air before stamping it down, doing this 3 times as Taker slowly staggered to his feet and to a vertical base.
Taker would then make the grave mistake of stepping toward HBK as the latter swiftly delivered his finisher known as Sweet Chin Music with a sharp, powerful kick to the chin and jaw of The Phenom, sending him crashing face-first to the floor.
Seeing his chance for victory had arrived, Shawn rolled Taker over, hooking the leg.
"This could be it; The Streak could die here folks!" Cole shouted.
"1! 2! 3!" The ref shouted, and then the bell rang, signaling the end of the match.
Shawn Michaels had just accomplished the seemingly impossible. He had just ended the legendary Undertaker's undefeated Wrestlemania streak…
"History has been made! HBK has broken the Streak!" Cole screamed.
"He truly is Mr. Wrestlemania!" WWE Hall of Famer Jerry 'The King' Lawler added jubilantly.
Then as Shawn continued to celebrate in the ring, his best friend Triple H stepped in the ring, decked out in his D-Generation X gear and raised HBK's hand in victory before wrapping him in a victory hug.
"Shawn, you did it man! I knew you could do it! I knew you could do it!" Hunter grinned happily.
Shawn gave a tired but victorious smile. "Thanks Hunter, now you know what's tomorrow?" He asked.
Hunter broke out into a wide grin. "Damn right I do. You and I are gonna throw a celebration like only DX can throw!" He proclaimed.
"Yup. I am Shawn Michaels, The Streak Breaker!" He laughed.
Hunter laughed as well, as the 2 friends and tag-team partners left the arena together to plan their monumentous celebration for the next night's episode of 'Monday Night RAW.'
To be continued… (Maybe. If you guys have any ideas for how to write their celebration, give them in your reviews! Thanks in advance!)