5 signs which indicate that The Undertaker will return as The American Badass
One of the hottest topics in WWE today is, "will The Undertaker appear at WrestleMania 34 to fight John Cena?" Well...obviously. At this point, nobody could possibly believe that The Undertaker will no-show the Show of Shows, especially considering how much they've been building this up over the past several weeks.
It would be an error of judgement to build up such an epic WrestleMania encounter and then not deliver, especially considering the company's penchant for creating "WrestleMania moments" every five seconds.
While a lot of John Cena's badgering has been somewhat uninteresting, it has provoked quite a bit of chatter among fans. Many theories surrounding Undertaker's return suggest that he will come back as his early-2000's "American Badass" persona instead of as the Deadman.
Is it an entirely absurd hypothesis? Perhaps. Still, there are a few clues that suggest that this may be true. Feel free to disagree or to offer your thoughts/alternatives in the comments section.
#5 Kid Rock
Because this topic has already been covered here, let's get this one out of the way first.
Admittedly, compared to some of WWE's other inductees into their Hall of Fame's celebrity wing, Kid Rock is not such a bad choice. He has done plenty of live performances for the company and contributed both entrance themes for wrestlers and theme songs for pay-per-view events. Granted, Cyndi Lauper would've been a better choice, but anyway -
Seeing as there is always a WrestleMania segment that involves all of the year's Hall of Fame inductees standing on the entrance ramp and waving awkwardly, Kid Rock will definitely be appearing at WrestleMania 34. Now, before Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'" and before Jim Johnston's "You're Gonna Pay," The Undertaker would ride his bike down to the ring to the tune of Kid Rock's "American Bad Ass".
So, if he's already there... why not have him perform The Undertaker's old entrance music?
WWE loves live music and grandiose entrances at WrestleMania. They especially love when they can combine the two and have someone sing a wrestler down the aisle, even if it's Motörhead struggling their way through Triple H's theme (see WrestleMania 17). So, perhaps Kid Rock's Hall of Fame induction is a harbinger of things to come.