DM Undertaker review/retrospective...was '99 UT REALLY good?

That was the last time i gave a damn about the undertaker

At the time, I thought it was great. Really different, interesting stuff. But now, realizing that it basically had NO direction, and was totally de-railed once the "Higher Power" was revealed, it just comes off as a total letdown. Despite how cool the elements, symbolism, and overtones could be at times.



American Badass was ridiculous. People liked it then, but then again, people also thought Limp Bizkit was cool at the time as well. I will say I liked his "Big Evil" stuff though, and when he first came back for WM20.

Thanks man. People want to complain that "PG" is the problem - even though you can still write great TV and have it be PG. They just haven't found the way to make the product such a huge hit like it was in the boom period of the Attitude Era.

i think he was awesome when he was ministry Undertaker

I liked the video. A little more comparison wont do you harm, between figures. But excellent work. The music, your back-fact checking - all spot on.

In that same accord im 30 and i loved the attitude era. Not only did i love that era but the ministry of darkness was one of my favorite storys from that time. Undertaker was always the human incarnate of darkness. And for him to abduct and include members of the wwe roster that were fading away breathed new life into characters.

He had great feuds with main eventers, and mid carders just the same. His characters had more life than many, and really coming down to the last of kayfabe, was a phenomenal persona. I remember being a teenager and rooting for mideon only because he was a art of that faction. Now part of my love of this is because we had so many great factions wars during this time, but the "evil" ultimate heel persona was the super heel version of anyone.

I mean, if they can attempt to hang big boss man (and we've seen him beat the hell out of peope on stretchers with his nightstick) your really worried at the time, "who can stop them? How big will they get?!"

The undertaker stabbing austin with a pen so vince can sign a contract in austins own blood was brilliant at my age wathing the show. These small things made me so much more intreagued to watch the next RAW. Its something i didnt see coming but also was like "oh my god could this have ended any better?!"

Theres a reason that they did so well during the attitude era, they not only pushed the boundries on television but also your imagination. And lets be frank, imagination is what drove wrestling since the get go.

I loved the attitude era. But i started watching in the new gen era and loved it then too. And i watch here and there now (mostly because with a wife, i dont have the time between all the rich real housewives of whatever shows). I dont think undertaker EVER really fell off (though was not a big fan of the AB taker) but consider him one of the all time greats and will allways buy his figures.

P. S. My wife watches his dogs in port arthur texas when he's away, and ive met him many atime. A "phrnomenal" person. So i may be biased. Also exclude any typos cause ive had alot of shiner beers this evening.

I was a big fan of ABA taker even tho a lot of people didnt like it

The angles and stuff were cool but his ring work was subpar due to nagging injuries IMO

Totally agree with the review video that people have this tinted view that this was classic/awesome undertaker...when in actuality it was the type of stuff people would bitch about on forums to no end in today's environment.

So I started watching WWF right when Undertaker started this stuff, so to me (8 year old kid) he was the absolute worst bad guy there could be (which slowly but surely changed to HHH). In retrospect, as I have gotten to learn more and more about the Undertaker, this was a natural career progression for him (being kind of goth and what not) character-wise but was totally campy and represents the lowest point he was really ever at on the card before the Corporate Ministry stuff took over. When he returned as the American Bad Ass in 2000 was absolutely awesome, one of my favorite wrestlers of all time from any era (proof that the right look and theme music makes a difference).

Something I have always hated about this figure (and the Jakks incarnation as well)...is that he wore this attire like once or twice. Additionally the cape and shoulder-pad get-up was not his primary look, his look was the hooded robe. But for some reason companies are obsessed with it because it looks iconic/cool.

I thought the Ministry Taker theme was his best theme song. Its on WWE the music vol 4 I think