The Streak is so mythic now that it's actually counterproductive. The audience will never actually expect Taker to be in danger at a false finish, so the dramatic potential is neutered. Furthermore, if anyone were actually to end the streak, they'd probably face more fan resentment and backlash than actual rub.
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"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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