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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    About Jarrett, that's what the gimmick turned into since he was directionless when he came in, but it wasn't that at this point (wait about 3 weeks). The NWA deal was also a bone for Cornette as he was losing all kinds of booking power to Russo backstage and that was to placate him.
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Attitude Era – The Birth of Kane (Late 1997-Early 1998) The Undertaker was no longer the WWF Champion and that was at least partly because of Shawn Michaels’ errant chairshot. While New WWF Champion Bret Hart would move onto the Patriot, HBK’s interview on the RAW after Summerslam made it...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Deadman Years – WWF Champion (Mid 1997) On the night after Wrestlemania XIII, we’re told that Mankind is the #1 contender for the WWF Title. Mankind can’t find Paul Bearer though, and he’s distraught about that. We don’t get anything else about Undertaker until the end of the show (Bret...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    Ha, but that's actually not the case. The shitting himself match was a prior house show match.
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    I think Shotgun Saturday Night as a monthly or maybe once every 8 weeks kinda deal would have been more effective. Like a modern day Saturday Night's Main Event from cool locations not just in NYC but around the country. Doing it weekly was never gonna be sustainable. I get the Wrestlemania...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Deadman Years – Road to the WWF Championship (Early 1997) Coming into 1997 it seemed like the WWF were finally keeping Undertaker and Mankind apart, trying to do different things with both guys. Undertaker had a couple of matches on Superstars (even one in 1996), and I decided to include...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    I was aware of the Shawn and Goldust side of things. That peaked on Championship RAW. I also went to a couple of house shows, one had HBK vs Goldust, the other had the Undertaker and HBK vs Mankind and Goldust main. The main event scene was really thin at that point, as the office wasn't...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Deadman Years – The Birth of Mankind (1996) Match 48: The Undertaker vs. Justin “Hawk” Bradshaw Monday Night RAW (4/1/96) Obviously, we’re going to be talking about Mankind a bit in this section. Before this RAW, all we saw from Mankind were some creepy vignettes. Mankind made his debut...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    Most likely. I'm not sure what hype they got being a part of Fuji's Forces beforehand. Tenryu being a part of the '93 Rumble may have helped a little at least.
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Deadman Years – The Phantom (1995-1996) With Kama dispatched, the feud with the Million Dollar Corporation was over. With more pressure on the WWF now than maybe ever with WCW Nitro debuting, the WWF needed some strong main events on RAW. With RAW already in taped for 9/11 and 9/18, it...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Deadman Years – Death and Taxes (1994-1995) After the incident at the 1994 Royal Rumble, the Undertaker wasn’t seen until the summer. Allegedly, Ted Dibiase had brought the Undertaker back into the fold. Dibiase’s Undertaker started appearing on shows, but Paul Bearer said this was a fake...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Early Years – A Tisket, A Tasket, I Ain’t Going In No Casket (1992-1994) With Hogan and Sid gone, the top level faces in the WWF went Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, and Bret Hart. The heel side wasn’t as strong though outside of Ric Flair (Shawn Michaels wasn’t there yet). To...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Early Years – From Darkness to Light (1990-1992) Before we get started, let’s go into how we got to The Undertaker character. According to Bruce Pritchard, he was aware of Mark Calaway from his days in the Texas territory. Calaway was working in WCW as “Mean” Mark in 1990, when Paul Heyman...
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    The Shotgun Saturday Night match IS on the list! There are also some random others sprinkled throughout. I can only do Heat if I can find it or if it's on the Network. I do have the 1998 and 1999 matches on the list currently.
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    Match by Match - A Review of The Undertaker's WWE Career

    Here's the goal for this. The plan is to review every television match of The Undertaker in WWF/WWE history. Now while I say every, I don't necessarily mean every. I will likely skip most Superstars/Wrestling Challenge matches. The goal is to hit at least every Pay-Per-View, RAW, Smackdown and...
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