What if there was no Undertaker?

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interesting, but consider this. If Barry Windham had not upped and left 12 months before hand during his run as The Widowmaker, would Undertaker have come along as a character at all? Vince brought Windham back and pushed him hard as Widowmaker and was eyeing a Hoganvs Windham feud. History shows Windham left due to the issues his father and brother were having and were about to be sentenced to jail. But if Widowmaker doesnt go, could you see a Undertaker and Widowmaker on WWE programming at the same time. Tall, dark charcaters with similar names, back when gimmicks were very individual? Think about it, if Barry Windham is the Widowmaker in November 1990, Mark Calloway debuts with a completely different gimmick, in m,y opinion

Man I love this point. This makes so much sense. Good call here.

Still, the thing with Undertaker is... the WWE would definitely still be around. You can't say that that one character is responsible for keeping the company afloat or anything like that. BUT I think we can all agree that everything would be so different. The longevity of the Undertakers character means he's had an interaction or a connection either directly or indirectly with almost every single other character, wrestler, etc that has ever spent more than a brief cup of coffee with the company. So basically everything would have changed. Nothing would be the same.

You can even tie in something like the Cena v Bryan SummerSlam main event this year. It wouldn't have happened the same because if Taker hadn't happened there'd be no Kane, thus no Team Hell No to make Bryan the character he is today.

Would Daniel Bryan probably still been in WWE? Sure, but everything would have changed. Bottom line, the ripple effect of Undertaker's character has shaped the WWE to what it is today.