Backstage News on The Rumored Undertaker vs John Cena Match At WM

WrestleMania 34 is just days away and the card is stacked from top to bottom, but one particular match is still in question at the moment. As seen on RAW this past Monday night, The Undertaker was no where to be found and he did not even respond to John Cena’s challenge for a match at WrestleMania in any way, shape or form. The showdown has been expected for several months now, with Undertaker’s wife, Michelle McCool, even posting videos of The Undertaker training.
If the match ends up taking place as expected, it would be the first time that a major WrestleMania match would take place without even being build up prior to WrestleMania and without even being announced on television. Either way, The Undertaker will clearly be at WrestleMania in some form, whether he will be in a match with Cena, or whether he will be in a segment which leads to a physical altercation between the two.
According to Dave Meltzer on a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Vince McMahon believes that the audience knows that The Undertaker will be showing up this Sunday at WrestleMania in order to get his revenge on Cena. A backstage source told the Observer that there is a belief that announcing the match in advance won’t lead to additional network subscriptions, since the fans who would want to see it will already be watching the event on the network anyway. The source also said that the storyline is that McMahon is actually happy with it and that according to Vince McMahon, people are invested in the mere chance that The Undertaker will show up.

While it is not clear at the moment if the segment between The Undertaker and John Cena at WrestleMania will be an actual match or a confrontation to build to a bout next year, Meltzer recently noted that it was scheduled to be a match several months ago.
As previously reported, WWE posted the following statement regarding The Undertaker – John Cena storyline after RAW this past Monday night:
So, what now for Cena? With The Undertaker offering no answer to his challenge, perhaps the showdown between the two iconic Superstars is simply not meant to be. Is Cena destined to experience this year’s Showcase of The Immortals as a spectator? Will he aid another Superstar to victory or perhaps offer his expert knowledge of The Grandest Stage of Them All as a guest commentator? Or, is there still a chance that a match between John Cena and The Undertaker may take place? Find out this Sunday at WrestleMania, streaming live on WWE Network at a special start time of 7 ET/4 PT!