Darts legend Steve Beaton, 60, out of PDC World Championship as streak longer than The Undertaker’s comes to an end

THERE WILL beryllium nary affectional Ally Pally send-off for Steve Beaton arsenic his grounds World Championship series was yet ended.

Between 1992 and 2024, the Bronzed Adonis was portion of the tract for the sport’s biggest tournament, archetypal connected the BDO circuit and past the PDC erstwhile helium moved implicit successful 2002.

But helium mislaid astatine the archetypal hurdle of Tour Card Holder qualifying successful Wigan connected Monday afternoon, going down 6-5 to Scotsman Darren Beveridge.

Beaton, 60, is retiring astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth and sadly helium volition not get the accidental to accidental a due goodbye to each his fans.

The darts ace’s streak lasted longer than the celebrated 1 held by WWE wrestler The Undertaker.

He won 21 matches successful a enactment astatine Wrestlemania, the biggest lawsuit connected the WWE calendar, betwixt 1991 and 2013 – with fans hailing the accomplishment arsenic ‘The Feat’.

And The Undertaker lone missed 2 years, archetypal successful 1994 and past successful 2000, owed to injury.

Back successful the darts, different big-name casualties successful the last-chance saloon qualifying signifier see Jelle Klaasen, Mervyn King, Jose de Sousa and Simon Whitlock.

The 4 qualifiers were Welshman Rhys Griffin, Dutchman Jeffrey De Zwaan, Irishman Dylan Slevin and Canadian Matt Campbell.

The World Champ gully took spot successful Central London and reigning satellite champion Luke Humphries volition unfastened up connected time 1 against either Frenchman Thibault Tricole oregon Australian Joe Comito.

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Michael Smith, victor of the 2023 Sid Waddell Trophy, could driblet retired of the world’s apical 16 if helium bombs astatine the flagship event.

Bully Boy – who lifted the £500,000 rubric acknowledgment to a cleanable limb – has a second-round clash against either Kevin Doets oregon Noa-Lynn van Leuven, the sport’s archetypal transgender player.

Michael van Gerwen is up against either Canadian qualifier Jim Long oregon Englishman James Hurrell.

The docket of play earlier Christmas volition beryllium announced successful the adjacent fewer days.