5 possible reasons why The Undertaker squashed John Cena at WrestleMania 34

With no scheduled match for WrestleMania 34, John Cena began the show as a 'fan' at ringside, with WWE cameras pointing to him multiple times in the first two hours of the event to gauge his reaction to the opening matches.

We all knew the 16-time world champion wouldn’t stay in his seat for long, though, and it was always only going to be a matter of time before he came face-to-face with the man he has repeatedly called out in recent weeks, The Undertaker.

However, few people would have predicted that the long-awaited match would be over so soon, with “The Deadman” convincingly defeating his opponent in just 2 minutes, 45 seconds.

In this article, we take a look at five possible reasons why the decision was made for 'Taker to squash Cena on "The Grandest Stage of Them All".

#5 The Undertaker wasn’t ready to compete in a longer match

It was clear right from the moment that The Undertaker hit a running lariat on John Cena that the WrestleMania legend was unable to perform at the extremely high level we have come to expect from him.

“The Phenom” has produced some iconic matches throughout his career, with his last truly great match coming against Brock Lesnar at Hell In A Cell 2015, but it was obvious during the short encounter with Cena that he cannot compete in the same way that he used to.

Perhaps WWE decided to book such a short match to reduce the risk of mistakes being made and avoid the possibility of injury.