What did you think of Undertaker's WrestleMania XX feud though not in WWE until WM?

[Midgetmania619]

Really have a think. This feud actually went on for some time, with large "gaps" in between areas from Survivor Series - WrestleMania XX.

1) Kane attacks The Undertaker (ABA) at Survivor Series.
2) Kane holds a eulogy for his brother and talks about how he wasn't a monster, he was a weak mortal (true).
3) After a couple of months Undertaker hints and signals for his reappearance, such as Royal Rumble 2004 when the lights went out and, in turn, caused Kane to be eliminated (to make sure he wouldn't be in the world title match and Undertaker could have him).
4) Kane wanted to have self peace and knowledge that The Deadman was gone so he issued the match.
5) He returned, with Bearer, and they both had great ovations. Undertaker had new music, new attire and a new gimmick (The Phenom, a hybrid of all his other gimmicks).

 

[D-Will316]

Am I the only one that doesn't understand the title at all?

Anyways I think the angle was fine, but it should have went passed Wrestlemania. I don't see a problem with it. That's basically what he's doing now isn't it? It may not have been a feud as far as matches are concerned but the psychological (did i spell that right? I'm kind of tired) aspect of it was all that was needed.

I'm glad they re-debuted his gimmick at 'Mania, it shouldn't have been wasted on a Monday Night Raw or a then Thursday Night Smackdown.
But that's just the opinion of one kid.

 

[Tech N9ne]

No matter how I look at this, I just don't understand it. You vaguely described about 5 months of a 20 plus year career, with no punchline, question and seemingly no point. I'd like to know what we are supposed to comment on.

All I have to say about the OP is, yeah that stuff happened.

 

[Decarow]

What's your question bro? I don't see what the topic is... You are just talking about events. What do you want us to discuss? How we felt about it? How we feel it could be different? Please elaborate...

 

[#1HEEL]

It doesn't make sense, but what he is saying is:

What did you think of Undertakers Wrestlemania XX fued, given he wasn't on WWE programming between Survivor Series and Wrestlemania.

I though it was one of the better fueds, had a nice build and intrigue to it.

But I'd have rather seen him, but given he was returning as the deadman, that wasn't possible.

I'd really like to see undertaker return this time as a mix of Undertaker/Deadman.

 

[Midgetmania619]

Am I the only one that doesn't understand the title at all?

I'm glad they re-debuted his gimmick at 'Mania, it shouldn't have been wasted on a Monday Night Raw or a then Thursday Night Smackdown.
But that's just the opinion of one kid.

Sorry the title ran out of space.

I agree, depending on what they do now it could be much different if it were done at WrestleMania. Say HHH were the returner then he could openly challenge Taker who would return at Mania.

Of course I think they're doing this to get more viewers/ratings, thus a statistically better build up to Mania.

 

[Y2JChrisJericho]

So you're basically asking what we think of Taker's feud despite the fact he wasn't apart of Raw/Smackdown or any other PPV until Wrestlemania?

This feud wasn't bad at all, but after Taker-Kane had their feud in the late 90s, and at times in the early 2000s it ran its course. It was good to see Undertaker return, but I thought Kane looked weak through out the whole feud.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

This really puzzled me, but I think I get what you mean.

I thought the feud was pretty good, but the return itself was epic. It was interesting to see Kane portraying a truly evil character, and then getting scared and panicking every time the lights went off or the "gong" sounded.

Undertaker returning as his original "phenom" character (which eventually turned out to be a hybrid) created a huge buzz in the run-up to WM, and the roof came off the arena when Paul Bearer's voice was heard and the original Undertaker music started to play. Taker's entrance was epic as ever, and the match was pretty good without being a classic.

I think the feud was a success, I would like to have seen it go on a bit longer, as Undertaker was completely fresh again as a character as he had been the biker for a few years beforehand. Everyone was loving seeing him back as The Deadman

 

[user2011]

seems like a very confusing post title

 

[The Rob]

Okay, I think I understand what your asking.

I remember being truly excited for his return because his off-screen feud with Kane lasted nearly 3 whole months leading into WrestleMania. It was a fantastically built match, because every week you knew Undertaker was going to have some sort of input into whatever Kane was doing on that show, so therefore it made me tune in every week. I also really liked the fact you didn't actually see Undertaker once until WrestleMania itself. Not even on the tron or whatever, all you saw was the same style promo every week. I remember infact when they were running down the card before the PPV on say Raw or Smackdown, they didn't even have a picture of The Undertaker, just his symbol. It made his very first appearance on TV on the stage at WrestleMania even more brilliant.

 

[The Crock]

It was basically the easiest way for them to get rid of "American Badass" Undertaker and bring back the "Deadman" gimmick. The feud itself made sense. Even though it was a large span of time, they made sure that 'Taker was always around in our thoughts by doing the subtle little things and the not so subtle things, like the lights going out at the Royal Rumble. I don't think that they could have brought back the "Deadman" gimmick any easier or any different. At the time, 'Taker was... boring. His gimmick was dumb, we all wanted the Phenom back, the "Deadman."