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WWE’s Greatest Moments Season 2, Episode 17
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00:00I don't make mistakes. I bury them.
00:07Ominous. Mysterious. Timeless.
00:12From Death Valley, I give you The Undertaker!
00:17For over three decades, The Undertaker didn't just define an era.
00:21The Venom! The Prince of Darkness!
00:23He is truly superhuman!
00:26He became the very soul of sports entertainment.
00:30He is the epitome of Wrestlemania!
00:33Today we look back at the legendary career of The Undertaker.
00:37This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
00:41Rest in peace.
00:47Acknowledge me.
00:49Oh, God! No call to the bear bear!
00:52This is surreal!
00:55This is insane!
01:02Welcome, everyone, to WWE's Greatest Moments.
01:05I'm Michael Cole.
01:06And on this edition, we're looking back at the iconic career of the one and only phenom, The Undertaker.
01:11For when you look into the eyes of the Reaper, your soul lies in his hands.
01:18With a Hall of Fame career spanning over three decades, there's no questioning the impact The Deadman had on this industry.
01:25And is still continuing to shape the future of professional wrestling.
01:29He's one of the coaches on LFG.
01:31It's a feel. Feel it.
01:33And speaking from personal experience, the most bone-chilling entrance of all time.
01:38Over the years, The Undertaker's entrance left audiences breathless.
01:42But our very first moment takes us back to his very first entrance.
01:46The debut of The Deadman at Survivor Series 1990.
01:51So, without further ado, I will introduce to you now my mystery partner.
02:00I give you The Undertaker.
02:03Holy cow! Look at the size of that ham hock!
02:08It was nerve-wracking walking out because it was quiet.
02:13You could hear people talking like, holy crap, what is this?
02:17The fact that you saw this guy walk out, this monster of a man, felt like it was new.
02:23It felt like something we hadn't seen before, because it was.
02:26These towers over everyone.
02:28And then you have to take into consideration, all these top guys at the time are in the ring,
02:33and I'm about to go lay waste to all of them.
02:36Oh! Oh, Jacob!
02:39Wow! He just got nailed with a toot stone!
02:43When he made his debut, those slow, methodical movements, the way he carried himself, the composure.
02:50It was a pretty remarkable debut.
02:52This Undertaker seems to be impervious to pain.
02:57The character was so unbelievably unique.
03:00He hits like a ton of bricks, this guy!
03:03What a special thing.
03:04Nobody had any idea just how big The Undertaker would get.
03:09The Undertaker sent shivers throughout the entire professional wrestling landscape.
03:16The sheer mystique of The Undertaker was one that no one had ever seen before.
03:20And his opponents never quite knew how to overcome this supernatural sensation.
03:25Fear not, Yokozuna.
03:28You shouldn't be afraid.
03:31You should be terrified.
03:34The 1994 Royal Rumble saw the 500 pound WWE Champion, Yokozuna, attempt to literally bury The Undertaker once and for all,
03:43when they faced off in a casket match.
03:46The loser would be the man who got locked inside a coffin.
03:49What would happen next is something I am still in shock over.
03:53What would happen if that character was put into a casket?
04:05What would happen if that character was put into a casket?
04:14What would happen if that character was put into a casket?
04:18That's it!
04:19I was extremely scary and almost invincible.
04:24And then this happens.
04:27I will not rest in peace.
04:36The Undertaker.
04:37That character takes on so much of a life of its own.
04:41The myth of it.
04:42What is that?
04:46Oh, wait a minute.
04:48What is the limit?
04:51So this is really when the mystique of The Undertaker starts to take form.
04:56The Undertaker is for the team!
04:59That whole thing laid the groundwork for everything else that we would do moving forward.
05:07As the 1990s judo closed, The Undertaker evolved the dead man into one of the most feared and respected characters in WWE history.
05:16He is the personification of Neville.
05:19An injury would sideline the Phenom for a few months.
05:22But when he returned, it would be a side of The Undertaker we never thought we would see.
05:26And it was badass.
05:31We are just moments away from our main events.
05:34So we had this huge WWE Championship match between Triple H and The Rock going on at this time.
05:40There's a rock bottom.
05:41What is this?
05:42What the hell?
05:43What is this music?
05:44Never step outside this bed.
05:45Never.
05:46Get you all the evil.
05:47Now back from the dead.
05:49Keep going.
05:50Keep going.
05:51My God, it's The Undertaker!
05:52Being in the ring with my friends and the new version of The Undertaker coming down the ramp at you is a special moment.
06:08As great as The Undertaker character is and was, I was constantly trying to keep that character fresh.
06:15Oh my God, it's carnage!
06:17The Undertaker is flipping ass!
06:20Part of the challenge when you're a WWE superstar is to stay a step ahead of the curve and change things before the fans realize they need changing.
06:29And I think that's where Undertaker was.
06:32He's no longer a female, he is now a bona fide American badass!
06:37I don't know if the character would have continued to grow if I hadn't have moved away from the traditional Undertaker.
06:47Still the concept.
06:49He's alive!
06:52One of the most storied rivals of The Undertaker's career with his very own brother, Kane.
06:58These two went through the depths of hell in some of the most fallacious battles we'd ever seen.
07:03A heated rivalry between two brothers with a fiery past.
07:08The siblings would walk through the fiery depths of hell under the grandest stage of them all.
07:13WrestleMania 20 in front of a sold out Madison Square Garden to go to war one more time.
07:24Oh, yeah!
07:28I think The Undertaker vs Kane rivalry transcends WWE.
07:32It was these themes that all of us could relate to.
07:35And these larger than life characters that at the same time were also able to incorporate very human elements into the story.
07:43It appears that The Undertaker would love to bury his brother Kane when this match is over.
07:48We were in the midst of a great, great match and, you know, kind of finalizing our story.
07:54It's the best story that WWE's ever told.
07:56That stayed well out of the way with both of these individuals.
07:59When I wrestled Undertaker at WrestleMania 20, we had the creativity to just go out there and the story would write itself.
08:05And now Kane!
08:06Look, look!
08:07That's so sad!
08:08Undertaker just shut up!
08:09Oh, no!
08:10Lord knows Kane deserves what he got at WrestleMania 20.
08:11Oh, no!
08:12And it's a no!
08:13One, two, three, three, two!
08:14One, two, three, two!
08:19Kane can now rest in peace.
08:24Big brother had to put little brother back in this place.
08:25The Undertaker has tomb-stone found, driven his division, brother Kane all the way to the outskirts of Hell.
08:38One year later, at WrestleMania 21, The Undertaker ran his impressive undefeated streak to 13-0,
08:46defeating the self-proclaimed legend killer, Randy Orton.
08:49But Orton didn't walk away quietly.
08:51Tonight, the legacy of The Undertaker will die.
08:56Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, it's The Undertaker!
08:59How the hell is this? I don't get this!
09:01His obsession with destroying the legacy of the Fidom led to one of the most shocking moments in SmackDown history.
09:08Father, if you would, please, open the casket.
09:15That was such a huge moment because The Undertaker, that was his way of getting in my head.
09:21That's a very lifelike mannequin of limited.
09:24This is why I never throw fake funerals with mannequins.
09:27You never know if it's actually going to be a mannequin inside the coffin.
09:32Undertaker, I beat you mentally.
09:35I know Randy has a lot of bravado, but when it comes to mind games,
09:39I'm not sure there's anyone in our industry who's ever done them better than The Undertaker.
09:44What? What?
09:45Hey! Hey!
09:48Come on!
09:49When the crowd erupted with just the peak there, it's like, oh man, they're investing.
09:54Randy's the only one that doesn't know.
09:56It was always the mystique of how Undertaker was going to strike and what he was going to do.
10:14Randy Orton, blow the casket!
10:17Welcome to Mind Games 101, Mr. Orton!
10:20Let's talk about Mind Games called The Deadman.
10:23The Undertaker is the master of the Mind Games.
10:28Still to come.
10:32Tailstone!
10:33Tailstone!
10:33Throughout the years, we've seen The Undertaker take on challenges from superstars of all walks of life.
10:42Giants.
10:43Mastodons.
10:44Even snakes.
10:46But no one got into the core of the Phenom quite like Mankind.
10:50Look out, Timbaloo!
10:51Look out!
10:52Oh my gosh!
10:53From his very first night in WWE, Mankind seemed to have The Undertaker's number.
10:58And it led to some of the wildest brawls in WWE history.
11:01I didn't destroy just an ordinary man.
11:04I've destroyed The Undertaker!
11:07In October 1996, these two would meet in a WWE first.
11:12Mankind, I am going to bury you alive!
11:18The loser would be the man who was quite literally buried alive.
11:26Ladies and gentlemen, we're just minutes away from someone being buried alive.
11:31For me, it was an incredible opportunity to have a first-of-his-kind type of match.
11:35Down here comes!
11:37There's a legitimate chance that, you know, you're going to see the end of The Undertaker.
11:42In turn!
11:43As soon as Mankind is buried alive, The Undertaker, his hand will be ready.
11:50Oh, no!
11:52A bunch of the old bad guys come running down, and they end up burying Taker.
11:56They're all burying The Undertaker alive!
12:00Never seen anything like this before.
12:11He's alive!
12:12When that purple glove come out of the dirt, man, it's really one of those moments that
12:17stands out as an iconic moment of wrestling history.
12:23Get out the picture with us!
12:26The paranormal powers of The Undertaker were truly something you had to see to believe.
12:32He's floating!
12:33What?
12:33But you never knew when or who The Deadman was going to strike next.
12:39The 2006 Royal Rumble, as Kurt Angle defeated Mark Henry in a World Heavyweight Championship match,
12:45the floodgates of hell opened up once again.
12:48Still champion, Kurt Angle!
12:53Kurt Angle retains the World Heavyweight Championship match!
12:57What?
12:58Oh, my!
12:59Wait a minute!
13:03What the hell is this?
13:04The whole presentation is powerful, and the music dropping the lights down,
13:09people watching in the crowd, and they smoke up the entrance.
13:13It was a whole mistake, and it was so awe-inspiring and just dramatic.
13:18What the hell is going on here?
13:20The Phenom is here!
13:23They didn't even need to see me in the ring.
13:26They loved it.
13:27They couldn't get enough of it.
13:29I didn't know if I was going to crap my pants.
13:32It's the greatest entrance of all time.
13:36You know, most people just come out and ask for a title shot.
13:41The Undertaker shoots lightning.
13:44Oh, I don't like that look!
13:48Holy s**t!
13:51What the hell's going on?
13:52And moves the ring.
13:55How cool is that, man?
13:56You throw lightning bolts.
13:58I would have never lost a match by just throwing lightning bolts all the time.
14:03Undertaker wants the World Heavyweight Championship!
14:08When you talk about The Undertaker,
14:10you cannot understate the once-in-a-lifetime record he has at the Showcase of the Immortals.
14:1514!
14:1616!
14:1621!
14:17And go!
14:18The greatest performer in the history of WrestleMania.
14:21Heading into WrestleMania 36, the legendary career of the Phenom was winding down.
14:26But not without one more clash on the grand stage.
14:30In true Undertaker fashion, this one was filled with theatrics and a WrestleMania first.
14:36A cinematic Boneyard match against the phenomenal AJ Styles.
14:40Come on, old man.
14:41Come on, old man.
14:44Yeah.
14:45Come on, let's see.
14:45Let's see what you got.
14:47I got enough for you.
14:48Yeah.
14:51Get up, boy.
14:53You wanted this.
14:54Come on.
14:54Although it was in a different format.
14:57Take some minutes.
14:58What's up, guy?
14:59Take...
14:59You know when things are that good.
15:04That Boneyard match.
15:06The 25-minute fight scene, and they beat the crab out of each other.
15:10This is the biggest match of my career.
15:19No doubt about it.
15:20Oh!
15:23That's your stash.
15:25Dust.
15:26Dust.
15:29Yeah!
15:30That match was insane.
15:38They had every theatrical fireworks spectacle.
15:41Nowhere to run.
15:42Run!
15:43The coolest cinematic match in the history of cinematic matches.
15:51You look back at that build-up, the payoff with the match.
15:56I mean, that's storytelling at its best.
16:00Up next is our final two moments on the countdown.
16:16What will take the number one spot?
16:19Zeta stopped at his tracks!
16:22As we saw earlier, The Undertaker made his ominous debut at the 1990 Survivor Series.
16:27And with each tombstone, The Undertaker came closer to being the number one contender
16:31to the WWE Championship, held by the immortal Hulk Hogan.
16:35What you gonna do when Hulk Hogan, my Hulkamaniacs, and the largest arms in the world bury you, Undertaker?
16:44But at the 1991 Survivor Series, a dark storm approached.
16:47All your Hulkamaniacs can suffer for the rest of eternity.
17:00I feel it, my son.
17:01Hulkamaniac's gonna be put to rest.
17:04Undertaker was undefeated.
17:05Nobody really got to him.
17:07But Hogan was the guy that was always gonna have to find a way.
17:09I got the tickets, gonna have some face for Hogan!
17:12Undertaker came in, and he gets to wrestle with the great Hulk Hogan.
17:16This was a huge deal.
17:17Hogan was the guy.
17:19I don't think you can hurt The Undertaker!
17:21You know, he was this newfound monster that was rolling over everybody.
17:26Tension in the air, you can cut it with a knife!
17:29Here I am, the biggest match of my career, and Ric Flair comes in.
17:33Ric Flair wanted to make sure that I didn't win.
17:41Look at this!
17:43Flair with a chair!
17:45A steel hole!
17:47Get out!
17:48We're the other world champion!
17:50We're the triple-wimper!
17:51The finalist, you champion!
17:53100% the moment of The Taker in the next level.
17:55If you win the world title and you beat Hulk Hogan, you're on top of the world.
17:59Walking out of here, there's the new champion, The Undertaker!
18:06It's now time for our number one moment.
18:08And it's one that will be talked about for centuries.
18:10On one side, the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels, who was appropriately nicknamed Mr. Wrestlemania!
18:18Due to the awe-inspiring performances he put on at the show of shows.
18:22Why?
18:23Because I can.
18:24On the opposite side stands The Undertaker, who at this point have been undefeated at 16 WrestleManias.
18:32The greatest streak alive!
18:35In front of over 72,000 fans, heaven and hell were about to clash at Wrestlemania 25.
18:42Can Michaels hang the first loss ever on The Undertaker?
18:49That's been the question on everyone's mind.
18:55Everyone's kicked out!
18:57It was magic.
18:58I mean, the stars aligned.
19:00You just know when you're out there, like, we are killing this.
19:02Oh, and it's kick out again!
19:05Impossible!
19:07Oh, my God!
19:09Oh, my God!
19:11Storytelling is what we do.
19:13The storytelling at its finest.
19:15And it's a take-in.
19:15The streak's alive!
19:18The end-all, be-all of doing this job is just creating a glimmer of doubt.
19:24Two stone!
19:26Two stone!
19:28And a kick out!
19:29I am not believing this!
19:31I just had an out-of-body experience!
19:36Can Shawn Michaels tune up the band one more time?
19:41That's it!
19:42Pissed the streak alive!
19:45And again!
19:46I was working with Randy at that WrestleMania,
19:49and I remember watching as I was getting ready
19:51and thinking, like, we are f***ed.
19:55It was the greatest thing I'd ever seen.
19:57Michaels caught in midair!
19:59It was still!
20:00It's in the air!
20:01It's in the air!
20:01It's in the air!
20:01No!
20:04What an absolutely unbelievable match.
20:09In my opinion, the single greatest one-on-one match
20:14in WWE history.
20:15And another enduring moment from The Undertaker,
20:18whose legacy will echo throughout eternity.
20:21Well, that'll do it for this edition of WWE's Greatest Moments.
20:25I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the incredible career
20:27of the one true phenom in professional wrestling history,
20:31the legendary Undertaker.
20:34play in Love.
20:34The next edition is Jeffpay management,
20:35the final superstar!
20:35I loved the boyfriend.
20:36I enjoyed it!
20:36It's here to see the show!
20:36Please Saw your commencement move on the side!
20:39It's in the air!
20:39Welcome to Win меня so far!
20:41This man's ули Hogwarts theorists.
20:42This man's BEING Dione montre!
20:43The third man can really see
20:44is fear.
20:45The second woman is a weapon,
20:46and the other girl can coz she is an attorney.
20:46Check out her favorite head in his career,
20:48and probably the third man,
20:49the first looking at the post.
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