Undertaker - another blast at the deadman? (Wrestling in General)

Member Name: nytemare

Product:	Wrestling in General
Date:	15/11/01 (83 review reads)
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Advantages: great wrestler, best matches, great Gimmick

Disadvantages: ?, ?, ?

I have been told i am writing my op's in the wrong place so i hope this time i have the right place - any way on with this op

If you asked me about 5 or ten years ago who was my favorite wrestler of all time - i would have looked you straight in the eye and screamed at you like a demented moron "UNDERTAKER!!" ( I was a weird kid - still am to a certain extent) because he was to me like RVD or Hardy's are to most of the girls that watch WWF (only I did not fancy taker - just to clear that up) he was my god i would watch WWF and when his music hit it would send tingles down my spine he was great i loved everything about him he was to me THE MAN he could take on anyone and win oh yes undertaker rocked and i sadly do mean ROCKED - you see undertaker is about done he has become one of the best known wrestlers ever "to lace up the boots" but he now has to retire to preserve that image in mine and other peoples head's.

In my bedroom i have the 4 walls covered in wrestling posters and also my ceiling and any other space that there is(no i am not joking) and most of them are of the undertaker with his deadman look strangely i have none of his new stuff with the bike or doing the last ride - why? - simple because i think his new persona does not suit him i may be wrong but i loved his deadman persona ok it was getting stale but there must have been something else he could have done instead of this biker dude persona?.

Now i could sit here and tell you about his best matches but i would be here all year he has had that many - instead i will name my top 5 matches he has had and hope you people that read this will tell me yours

Undertaker vs Mankind(hell in a cell)
Undertaker vs HBK(hell in a cell)
Undertaker vs Mankind(boiler room brawl match)
Undertaker vs Kane(first one)
Undertaker vs Kane(last one)
(there are more and i am expecting people to tell me that there are better ones but hey tha
t is my opinion after all but i would like to here them)

Now I have noticed in about 2 years that undertaker has stopped selling like he used to and is sort of turning in to a wall which is not a good thing(it's a bad thing) he should be using his popularity to put some of the younger talent we have at the WWF over - there are some great wrestler like Kanyon and other who have faced taker and he has made them look stupid by being some sort of god damn super human(sorry for the swear word)I saw the match(and i use that term loosely) he and Kane had against Kronic and at the end of the no sell match by both teams Kronic were asked to go to a feeder fed and i believe they bulked at it but that's not the issue.

The issue is that Undertaker should have sold some moves so they would look good on national TV but he and also Kane made them look stupid and to top it off Kronic did not sell any of their moves either and i have heard that some of the wrestlers are not happy with Taker because of his no selling policy but Vince is standing by him because he did the same to Vince when the WWF was going through the lean period in the 90's - well i am sorry Mr Vince but undertakers time is up he is keeping a lot of good talent down which i might add you should not be letting him do it is time to tell Taker to leave before he turns in to Hulk Hogan and I of all people do not want that as we all know Hogan hanged around way too long so when he did leave no one cared i hope Taker does not make the same mistake.

One more thing - i think it is about time that Undertaker lets Kane go, Kane is a great wrestler and he is being held back by Taker - he needs to go back to singles and start going for that title again and i also think that Kane is better as a heel than a face.

Before I stop with my rant I would just like to point out something - I read a OP by someone who was going on about how great Undertaker was this person was saying he was
the man and he was king and stuff and I just had to reply and I am afraid I went a bit too far and I think people might have got the wrong impression - I do not hate Undertaker as I said I was Undertakers biggest fan BUT his time has come and I hope he takes my advice and retires before he loses the respect he has so rightly earned.

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