After months of speculation about Undertaker and his Wrestlemania appearance, we have finally got the official news of his return. The Phenome will be returning on the 900th episode of Smackdown Live. The second longest running weekly episodic television show in history wants to make the occasion even more spectacular and they will be making an appearance with none other than the Deadman.
The episode dated November 15th is scheduled to take place at the Mohegan Sun arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The episode is also going to be the final one before the dual-brand PPV, Survivor Series which will take place on November 20th in Toronto, Canada.
The official twitter handle of the arena confirmed the news posting the following tweet. WWE has not addressed the news officially, yet.
BREAKING NEWS! The Undertaker returns to Wilkes-Barre on 11.15 for the 900th episode of @WWESmackDownLiv at @MoheganSunArena #WWEWILKESBARRE pic.twitter.com/okWlFNw1AH
— Mohegan Sun Arena PA (@MoheganSunArena) November 2, 2016
There were plenty of rumors spread once the Wrestlemania 32 event was over, regarding Undertaker’s retirement. All of them suggested that the Phenome was willing to hang up his boots permanently since he thought that he has not left with much wrestling. As an indication, he left his wrestling gloves inside the ring after competing his match against Shane McMahon. He was also not happy with the fact that Vince McMahon told him to digest a loss against Shane McMahon.
But, his recent appearance at the Cleveland cavaliers’ celebration hinted that he might return to WWE sooner than expected. The rumor mill also suggests that he might also make an appearance at the 30th annual Survivor Series PPV. Raw is bringing big names Goldberg & Brock Lesnar from their side in the main event of Survivor Series and it is quite likely that Smackdown will try to even things with the Undertaker.
Undertaker has a rich history with the event. He made his debut at the same event 26 years ago. Last year, WWE celebrated his 25th anniversary in the company where he defeated the Wyatt family with his brother Kane. As of now, we don’t know that if it is going to be one-off appearance or he will kick-start his Wrestlemania program earlier.