Michael Cole Opens Up About His Call After Brock Lesnar Broke The Undertaker’s WrestleMania Streak

Veteran WWE commentator Michael Cole recently commented on his memorable “The streak is over” call in the immediate aftermath of Brock Lesnar defeating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 30.

The Deadman’s legendary WrestleMania streak came to an end at the hands of Brock Lesnar in 2014, leaving fans in the arena and worldwide shocked.

In a recent appearance on The Sal Licata Show, Cole was asked if he had planned something to say after Lesnar ended The Undertaker’s streak. The veteran commentator revealed that, just like fans in the audience and those watching on television, he had no idea that The Phenom’s streak would end at the hands of The Beast. Cole said that he legitimately froze when The Undertaker didn’t kick out, and he said the first words that came to his mind.

On reflection, Cole believes that it was an ideal call, as it sold the shock value perfectly.

Michael Cole on his call after Brock Lesnar broke The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak

“I know about 80 percent of what’s going to happen. I have to know a lot of things in order to help the audience with the story. At WrestleMania, I don’t like to know anything if I don’t have to. Like when Seth Rollins cashed in the Money in the Bank in 2015, I had no idea that was going to happen. The whole Heist of the Century thing just came to me. Daniel Bryan winning “Miracle on Bourbon Street” came to me in the moment.

“But The Undertaker thing, there wasn’t one person in the Superdome that thought Undertaker was gonna lose. Every single person believed that he was either going to retire undefeated or, if he was going to lose, he was going to lose to an up-and-coming person that he could help give the ‘rub to.’ None of us knew Brock was going to win. In fact, I think the legend goes that the actual ending of the match was changed mid-match.

“Anyhow, when Brock hit Taker with the F5, I believed that Taker was going to kick out. It was almost a nonchalant one, two, and I was about to say ‘kick out’ when I froze. The first thing that came to mind was, ‘The Streak is over!’ In retrospect, I don’t think I could have done any better. I don’t think there was a call that could have been better than that. If I was screaming over the top or whatnot, it just does not have the effect because you could tell in the moment. I don’t watch much of my stuff, but I do go back every once in a while, and it’s hard to ignore this because it’s in every single WrestleMania package we’ve ever built. When I do listen back to that, I get chills because it was the perfect call because of the shock value. You had a guy in myself who was legitimately shocked that this happened, and it was a historical moment in our business.”

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Meanwhile, Lesnar recently commented on his monumental win over The Undertaker at ‘Mania 30. You can check his comments HERE.

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