Brock Lesnar Was The Wrong Man To End The Undertaker's WrestleMania Streak, Says Carlito

Brock Lesnar's historic WrestleMania victory still doesn't convince Carlito.© NDTV Library

Carlito believes WWE got the booking wrong when Brock Lesnar ended The Undertaker's legendary WrestleMania winning streak. Speaking on the Hitting the Turnbuckle podcast, the former Intercontinental Champion argued that Roman Reigns would have been a better choice to hand Undertaker his first WrestleMania defeat. Carlito had no issue with the streak eventually ending, but questioned why WWE gave that achievement to Lesnar, who was already an established star. In his view, the victory did little for Lesnar, while Undertaker lost something WWE could never recreate.

Carlito questions what Brock Lesnar actually gained from ending The Undertaker's WrestleMania streak

Most of Carlito's criticism is about what Lesnar got out of the deal. He pointed out that the former UFC Heavyweight Champion was already a major name and didn't need another achievement to establish his position in WWE.

“Winning and losing didn't really do much for Brock,” Carlito said during the podcast. He also asked what WWE itself got from the result, since Lesnar stayed the same dominant performer after the match.

And he made it clear he wasn't against WWE ending the streak altogether. The company, he felt, should have used the chance to give someone else a career-defining win.

“I mean I think you got to pass it on to somebody you know what I mean? And I didn't mind it being broken. You got to pass it on to somebody.”

So for Carlito the bigger problem was simple, Undertaker could only lose the streak once. WWE had one shot at using that result to build another major name, and he believes Lesnar wasn't the right choice for it.

The Undertaker also believed Roman Reigns would have benefited more from ending the historic streak

Carlito isn't the only one in WWE circles who questioned the decision. Undertaker himself said before that Reigns would have gained more from being the first person to beat him at WrestleMania.

On his Six Feet Under podcast in February 2025, Undertaker agreed Reigns would have been a better business choice.

“I thought it would have been much better for Roman, and where Roman was at the time, than it would be for Brock,” he explained.

Reigns did beat Undertaker at WrestleMania 33 in 2017, three years after Lesnar ended the streak at WrestleMania 30. But the chance to be the first to pull that off was already gone by then.

Lesnar also talked about his historic win in March 2026 during an appearance on Spittin' Chiclets. He explained that ending the streak wasn't his decision and credited Vince McMahon with making the call.

Lesnar said WWE needed someone with a legitimate background, somebody the audience could believe was capable of beating Undertaker.

That gives another side to WWE's original decision, though Carlito still believes Reigns would have gotten more from the win.