"In the end, the streak will still be alive... and so will I!"

[Nach Wochen der abwechselnden Monologe zwischen Triple H und dem Undertaker über ihr Match bei WrestleMania XXVII stehen sich beide erstmals wieder gegenüber und begegnen sich in einem klassischen Staredown. Es ertönt die Musik Shawn Michaels', der unter lautem Jubel zum Ring schreitet.]

Shawn Michaels: "I am really sorry about interrupting, but boys, I gotta tell ya, there was absolutely no way I was gonna miss this! This sunday, WrestleMania XXVII, the biggest match of your careers. On one side, you've got the Untertaker. The Phenom, the Deadman, the Last Outlaw, and as much as it pains me to say it, the greatest streak of all time. The 18-0 undefeated WrestleMania streak. But on the other side you've got the Game, Triple H. The Cerebral Assassin, the King Of Kings, the thirteen time world champion and, perhaps his greatest asset, he is my best friend. But you know something? After this sunday, I guarantee neither one of you will ever be the same again. WrestleMania XXVII, no holds barred. And with that I just got one question." [Michaels sieht dem Undertaker in die Augen...] "What in the world makes you think..." [...und dreht sich zu Triple H.] "...that you can do what I couldn't?" [Ein Raunen geht durch das Publikum.]

Triple H: "Do you wanna know the truth? Truth is, you've got soft. The truth is, somewhere along the way you deceided it was more important to be the Showstopper and Mr. Wrestlemania - which you are - but you realized a long time ago Shawn, you don't have to win every night to be those things. I'm not Shawn Michaels, not even close. I have to win." [Hunter geht auf den Undertaker zu.] "And I will win.

Sixteen years ago I walked into that locker room for the first time. It was filled with legends, future icons of this business. You know what I saw? I saw one guy who stood head and shoulders above everybody else. One guy that I could clearly see was the glue that held this all together. I watched that guy do things that no human being should be able to do. I watched him ducktape a flak jacket to himself because he'd broken every rib, and will still gonna go to the ring that night. I watched him wrestle with broken bones, torn ligaments, I watched him crush one entire side of his face and wrestle the next night. I learned real quick that that's what's this business was about. He did it not because he was told to, or because he had to, because that's who he was. I learned, that if I should pattern myself after anybody in this business, it should be that guy, that he represented everything that the WWE was and should be. That guy was you, Deadman.

I learned to respect you more and more every single day. And there is only one guy in this entire business that I respect more, as much, as you. And that's him." [Triple H zeigt auf Shawn Michaels.] "Five or six years ago, Shawn and I were driving down the road and we made a pact with each other, that if one of us ever got to the point that we could no longer perform at the standard that we had set for ourselves, than the other guy would look that guy in the eye and tell him 'It's time', and if the guy couldn't accept it, we'd end it for him. That's how much we respect each other. I came back after a year off for one thing. I came back and stood in this ring for one reason only. And that is to stand here out of respect, to look you dead in your eyes and tell you: It's time. Now that might not be a popular decision, a lot of people probably can't see that, YOU probably can't see that, but I can see that. Here's a thing: You will always be a legend. You will always be an icon. You will always be the Phenom, you will always be the Deadman. And I will always respect you ore than any other. But in six days you will no longer be undefeated at WrestleMania. Because whether I want it to be or not, I am the one, as in '18 and one'. At WrestleMania XXVII, Deadman, you and your streak, with all due respect and well deservedly, will rest in peace."

Undertaker: "If I ever got to the time, where I felt someone should put me down, I'd want that person to be you. That's the respect that I have for you. But it ain't that time. And I know that you're gonna kill yourself trying. But in the end, the streak will still be alive... and so will I! And if you don't wanna take my word for it, ask him!" [Der Undertaker deutet ebenfalls auf Michaels.] "You see, Shawn walks around every day of his life as the man who gave me the two greatest WrestleMania matches of my career. And he came that close. Yet he still didn't get it done. And now when I look in the eyes of Shawn Michaels, I don't see the same confidence. I don't see the same arrogance. What I see is a man, that I humbled. What I see is a man, who will soon go into the Hall of fame full of regrets. What I see is a man, whose career I ended."

[Der Taker drückt Michaels das Mikrofon in die Hand und schubst ihn dabei. Dieser legt das Mikro beiseite und setzt zur Sweet Chin Music an, doch Undertaker fängt sein Bein ab und packt ihn an der Kehle. Triple H geht dazwischen.]

Triple H: "Shawn, tell him why I'm gonna beat him at WrestleMania!" [Nichts.] "Shawn!"

[Michaels reagiert nicht, und Triple H sieht ihn fragend an. Daraufhin verlässt HBK den Ring. Triple H blickt zurück zum Undertaker, doch dieser tippt sich nur an den Hut und lässt Hunter allein zurück.]