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The first wrestler who introduced him in the WWF was Ted DiBiase and his very first
manager was Brother Love. The Undertaker was sort of a bodyguard for Brother Love
since he was always beaten up by the likes of the Big Boss Man (Ray Traylor),
(Hollywood) Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, ect. on his television show.
The Undertaker started great in his first match of the WWF. He teamed with DiBiase, and
Rhythm and Blues (Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine) to form the Survivor Series
team of the "Million Dollar Dream Team". They faced the Dream Team consisting of
Dusty Rhodes, Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, and Koko B. Ware.
The Undertaker quickly demolished Ware after a Tombstone piledriver in 1:39 into the
match, he then pinned Dusty Rhodes after an axehandle off the top rope at the 8:26
minute mark and was counted out at the 9:17 mark when he continued to pummel Rhodes
all the way to the locker room.
Following the Survivor Series, the Undertaker was
featured on the WWF Superstars and
WWF Wrestling Challenge syndicated programs;
he defeated jobber after jobber, and
either poured dirt on his defeated opponent's chest,
or put their bodies in a bodybag and carried them out of
the ring, after he gave them the Tombstone piledriver.
In the beginning of 1991, Brother Love gave the
Undertaker to Paul Bearer (real name
William Moody, formerly known as Percival Pringle III in
World Class in the 1980's when
he used to manage Rick Rude there).
The Undertaker began a new reign of terror in the WWF in 1991,
when he thrashed Jimmy
"Superfly" Snuka at WrestleMania 7 and later on
he was in a most memorable feud with
the Ultimate Warrior in the late Spring of 1991.
It all started when the Warrior, fresh off the
feud with Savage, was invited on Paul
Bearer's show "The Funeral Parlor," the
Ultimate Warrior was angry at Paul and the
Undertaker suddenly appeared from a casket and
attacked the Warrior viciously and
placed him in an air-tight casket.
This fued went so well that it was voted "Feud of the Year"
by the readers of
Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1991
Throughout the country the WWF main evented the Warrior/Undertaker match in a series
of "Body Bag Matches." First one to zip their opponent in a body bag wins. They had a
match like that at the HersheyPark Arena. Undertaker pummeled the Warrior during the match and Tombstoned the Warrior
on the steel chair after the match, the Warrior won most of the matches.
After the Warrior left the WWF after SummerSlam in 1991, the Undertaker went on to
bigger and better things.
On November 27, 1991 at the Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. The Undertaker defeated
Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight title, thanks to the outside help of the
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair
Several days later on December 3, 1991 at the Freeman Colosseum in San Antonio, Texas
at another special WWF PPV, "This Tuesday Night in Texas," Hogan regained the WWF
World Title.
Several days after that, Jack Tunney ordered the the title to be vacated after seeing the
match first hand, and to be held up until the Royal Rumble in 1992, where Flair won the
match and the title.
In the beginning of 1992 at a "Saturday Night Main Event" TV taping which aired on Fox,
the Undertaker became a mega-face after saving Elizabeth from Jake Roberts. As you
probably know, the Undertaker grabbed the chair right before Roberts nailed Elizabeth,
who was coming down the aisle. This was right after the Savage/Roberts match.
On April 5, 1992, at WrestleMania 8, the Undertaker destroyed Roberts after a
Tombstone piledriver on the concrete floor.
In the following years in 1993-1994, the Undertaker feuded with numerous of opponents
including Kamala (at SummerSlam and Survivor Series in 1992. The Undertaker placed
Kamala in the coffin at Survivor Series), Bezerker, and Giant Gonzales.
At the Royal Rumble in 1994, Yokozuna and many other wrestlers put the Undertaker in
the casket. The Undertaker was missing for months in order to heal some nagging injuries.
He came back on August 29, 1994 at the United Center in Chicago for SummerSlam (this
was the first event to be televised in the United Center when it first opened up).
He wrestled against a fake Undertaker (Brian Lee, now DOA's Chainz), who was managed
by Ted DiBiase. This fake Undertaker debuted in the middle of the Summer when DiBiase
claimed that he has brought the Undertaker back to the WWF. Everyone knew that this
Undertaker was fake when he came upon the scene.
Back to SummerSlam, the real Undertaker battled the fake Undertaker for over 9:12 until
the real McCoy (or rather, the real Calloway) won.
After SummerSlam in 1994, the Undertaker battled Yokozuna in a Casket match and this
time the Undertaker finally won.
In 1995, the Undertaker feuded with the likes of King Kong Bundy at WrestleMania 11,
and King Mabel at the King of the Ring. Mabel was the wrestler that put the Undertaker
out for awhile and Undertaker finally came back wearing a face guard to protect his face
from Mable's fierce legdrops.
Also in 1995, in part of the WWF/USWA/Smoky Mountain talent exchange, the
Undertaker wrestled a couple of matches in Smoky Mountain and in the USWA during
that time.
In the summer of 1995, Kama stole the urn of Paul Bearer and "liquified" it to turn it into
a big gold chain necklace for him. The Undertaker got his revenge by defeating the
"Supreme Fighting Machine" Kama in a casket match at SummerSlam in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania on August 27, 1995. Before the match, there were two fans of the
Undertaker who always placed a black wreath in front of them during Kama's matches. Of
course, they were planted by the WWF, but I thought it was pretty unusal to go along with
the feud between the Undertaker and Kama.
At the end of 1995 in December at the HersheyPark Arena, the Undertaker defeated his
old nemesis from the beginning of the year, King Mabel, who had stolen the chain
moments after the Undertaker reclaimed it from Kama, in another casket match.
1996 rolled around and the Undertaker started a feud with "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel
(Kevin Nash). It all started back at the Royal Rumble in 1996 where Undertaker
challenged Bret Hart for the WWF World title. Diesel interfered causing Bret Hart to lose
by disqualification when Diesel interfered and attacked the Undertaker.
After the match, Diesel flipped off the Undertaker as he was walking back to the locker
room. The Undertaker got his revenge at WrestleMania 12 by defeating Diesel in 16
minutes after a Tombstone piledriver. After WrestleMania 12, Diesel wrestled his last
WWF shows and then headed to the WCW and appeared in May of 1996 along with Scott
Hall (you all know that part).
In the summer of 1996, the Undertaker faced a very powerful opponent, Mankind (Mick
Foley). He was hell bent on taking out the Undertaker. They wrestled at the King of the
Ring in 1996 where Mankind won that match when the referee stopped the match when the
Undertaker was unconscious.
They wrestled again at SummerSlam in 1996 and that match was best known because it
was a "boiler room" match. According to the rules, the match started in the basement of
the Gund Arena, and the first wrestler that made it into the ring and got the urn from Paul
Bearer wons. Mankind won the match when Bearer refused to give the Undertaker the urn
and instead nailed his former protege with it and gave the urn to Mankind. Paul Bearer
left the Undertaker's side and became Mankind's new manager.
The Undertaker didn't stop there. In 1997, the Undertaker finally won the WWF World
Heavyweight title at WrestleMania 13 on March 23, 1997, when he defeated Psycho Sid
after Bret Hart interfered.
Several months later, the Undertaker lost the WWF World title to Bret Hart at
SummerSlam on August 3, 1997 when Shawn Michaels, the guest referee, nailed the
Undertaker by accident and caused Undertaker to lose the title.
Now the Undertaker was hell bent on Shawn Michaels, and on September 7, 1997 at In
Your House's "Ground Zero." Michaels and the Undertaker wrestled to a No-Contest in a
"Hell in a Cell" match when Undertaker's "brother" Kane interfered.
As you all know, Kane, whose real name is Glen Jacobs, was formerly known as the fake
Diesel, Doomsday from the USWA, Unabomb from Smoky Mountain, and Issac Yankem
D.D.S. in 1995 in the WWF.
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