Top 5 Undertaker Returns

#3 Taking on Fake Undertaker

Undertaker vs. Undertaker was a terrible idea

At the 1994 Royal Rumble, The Undertaker was sealed in a casket and put out of action for the majority of the year due to injury. In his absence, Ted DiBiase brought in a man who he claimed to be The Undertaker, even though the fans knew that it wasn’t the real Undertaker.

This went on for many months, and nobody bought into it from the very beginning.

The real deal made his return with Paul Bearer at SummerSlam and easily vanquished his fake foe, ending one of the worst storylines in the history of WWE.

It was a much-needed closure to a poorly-thought-out angle. Brian Lee, who played the fake Undertaker, went on to have a mediocre career in ECW and later in the WWE.

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