To me watching wrestling while growing up, Undertaker was the man. He has been in some incredible stuff, but is brought down with a ton of crap along the way. I bought this dvd to watch the old matches again. People have told me that I would suffer while watching this set. Let's see if they are right.
Body Bag Match (7/11/91)
Undertaker vs Ultimate Warrior
Time: 9:30
This certainly isn't a bad match and has a decent amount of action in it. I have to admit though there is tons of no selling by both of them. Other then that it takes Warrior forever to try and get Undertaker in the body bag.
**3/4
Casket Match (Survivor Series 11/24/92)
Undertaker vs Kamala
Time: 7:05
This may of been the first ever casket match. At first you have to pin the guy and then put them in the casket. Anyways typical casket match with Kamala scared of the Undertaker like everyone else. Pass.
**
Casket Match (Summerslam 8/27/95)
Undertaker vs Kama
Time: 16:22
Ugh this wasn't that great at all. It was slow and not much going on. This may of been the 20,000th time someone stole the urn from the Undertaker.
*1/2
Casket Match (In Your House 12/17/95)
Undertaker vs King Mabel
Time: 6:12
Ugh this is becoming a chore man. Now I know how Austen felt when he watched disc 2 of the Kane dvd. Anyways, crap match, NEXT.
1/2 *
King Of The Ring 6/23/96
Undertaker vs Mankind
Time:18:19
Ah the Taker Mankind feud has had some great moments. This must of been one of the first encounters that they had. It started off slow, but got a little bit better as it went on. I love how Mick is practically psychotic as Mankind.
***
Boiler Room Brawl (Summerslam 8/18/96)
Undertaker vs Mankind
Time: 26:27
As we all know Mick is the king of hardcore and this is no exception. I actually dug this match. They use their surroundings well and there were decent spots. It was kinda weird that in order to win the match they had to go back to the ring and get the urn from Paul Bearer. Hey at least Bearer turned on Taker.
***1/2
Buried Alive Match (Rock Bottom 12/13/98)
Undertaker vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
Time: 21:29
This match was decent at best and wasn't as great I thought of it when I saw it when it first aired. The build up was great with the shovel shots, but the match was a bit of underwhelming. The brawling is mediocre, and the ending was so stupid I won't even mention it.
**1/2
Inferno Match (Raw 2/22/99)
Undertaker vs Kane
Time: 6:50
Here is the second inferno match between the two. It's shorter then the last one and just isn't that great. On paper this seems like a cool gimmick, but really it's underwhelming. It's obvious Kane is wearing protection and you have some stupid teddy bear thing that I don't even want to get into. Enough said.
**1/4
Overall: 5/10
The casket matches where great to see again as it reminded me of watching wrestling back in the 90's. Other then that this disc was pretty bad, other then the Mankind matches. I guess so far I am suffering...
I wonder why the first Buried Alive match isn't on there. I'd like to see 240 people try and stuff him into the ground, or at least throw the dirt on top. Plus, we get The Executioner! Also known as Terry Gordy, of the Freebirds. Which also had PS Hayes, and back in PS Hayes' day, they didn't use backhoes to shovel dirt, they used shovels. And it wasn't regular shovels, it was rocks tied to sticks. And it wasn't sticks. It was your arm.
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That Body Bag Match has to be the original form of the casket match, and man, those both are the Kings of The No Sell in their early days. Well, Warrior was always like that.
I think the Yoko casket from the Survivor Series on Tombstone not sure though. Yeah PS Hayes is pretty bad. Warrior is the king of no selling, but hey Taker still does it to this day.
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