The Undertaker has been gearing up towards the end of his career over the last few years although up until now no-one really knew when 'The Deadman' was planning to finally call it a day.
This has been a thing since Undertaker's loss to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 33, with 'The Phenom' placing his hat and coat inside the ring as a symbolic gesture of what appeared to be the end.
However, 'Taker has made several appearances since then, wrestling the likes of John Cena at WrestleMania 34, joining Kane against DX at Crown Jewel and facing Goldberg at Super Show Down. He even made several appearances on RAW and SmackDown up until his last match, the iconic Boneyard Match against AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36.
Since then Undertaker has starred in an intimate and revealing documentary 'The Last Ride' that has shown us Mark Calaway as we've never seen him before opening up about the last few years of his career and each episode seemed like it was counting down 'Taker's last days as an in-ring star.
It seems that day has now come as Undertaker revealed in the final episode of 'The Last Ride' that he considered the Boneyard match against AJ Styles, during which he emerged victorious and rode off into the sunset, as a perfect ending,
"I believe I’m at a place now, post-Boneyard – which was a hellacious battle against one of the best in the business. Here you are, climbing on your motorcycle and taking off. There was a lot of thought and a lot of emotion, one of those being, 'Are you happy enough with that?' It was a powerful moment. You don’t necessarily always get those. If there was ever a perfect ending to a career, that right there was it."
'Taker would then go on to reveal that even though he would consider returning to the ring in emergencies, but he's now at the point of his career where he no longer needs to actively wrestle.
"If Vince was in a pinch, would I come back? I guess time would only tell there. In case of emergency, break glass, you pull out The Undertaker. ‘I would consider it. At this point in my career, I have no desire to get back in the ring ‘I’m at a point, it’s time this cowboy really rides away. There’s nothing left for me to conquer or accomplish. The game has changed."
I know it's hard to believe given that the Undertaker has had many moments to retire and hasn't done so yet, but it's hard not to argue with him that the Boneyard match and the Last Ride documentary were as perfect an ending for a career as you can get. It might be for real this time folks.