5 of the weirdest WWE SummerSlam moments ever

The Legion of Doom with their special friend
The Legion of Doom with their special friend

#1 The Undertaker vs The Undertaker - 1994

Undertaker vs Underfaker
Undertaker vs Underfaker

First of all, I don't care what anybody says. This whole story - and the eventual match - was awesome. My opinion on the matter may have something to do with the fact that I was at this particular event, six rows from ringside and right by the entrance ramp, I suppose. It was still awesome.

So, a bit of a quick backstory. At the Royal Rumble event, held in January of that year, Undertaker took on Yokozuna in a casket match. For some reason, nearly every heel in the company - like Bam Bam Bigelow and Crush - came to the ring to help the then-WWF Champion get the Deadman into the casket, saving Yokozuna's Championship.

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What I do remember is the Undertaker's casket exploding, and the ghostly visage of the Phenom rising up over the Titantron like... well, a ghost, I guess. Sorry, I left my thesaurus at home.

Months later, after 'Taker' had been out of action, the WWF started to run these person-on-the-street segments of people claiming to have seen the former WWF Champion in various locations.

Eventually, Undertaker did return. Except, this time he was being managed by 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase, instead of Paul Bearer. He was also slightly shorter, for some reason. Meanwhile, Bearer had insisted that this Undertaker was a fake, and he would bring the real Undertaker to SummerSlam that year. The match was set.

The WWF, however, still wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, so they hired a legendary detective to investigate - Leslie Nielsen, the guy from the Naked Gun films.

Finally, the time had come, and the two Undertakers finally met face to face in the ring.

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The false Undertaker - dubbed "Underfaker" by fans - was portrayed by "Prime Time" Brian Lee, who previously worked in Jim Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling and would go on to be Chainz in the biker faction Disciples of Apocalypse in WWE around the mid-90s.

WWE never really followed up on this story - probably because it was the definition of "not well received" - so we never found out where DiBiase got his "Underfaker" or any other explanation for the stories' many mysteries.

Whether you liked it or hated it, one thing is certain - this is the weirdest match in SummerSlam (and possibly all of) history.

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