10 Times The Undertaker's Ego Ran Wild In WWE

10. Shovel Mode: Fully Loaded

Throughout the Attitude Era, The Undertaker devolved from legendary elder statesman to ego-driven, counterproductive gravedigger. He lived the gimmick in the worst way imaginable - a mentality that manifested in birdbrained fashion at Fully Loaded 2000.

The premise of the card - Triple Main Event - deftly highlighted the future without ushering it in outright. Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit took Triple H and The Rock, respectively, to the limit in lengthy, stature-enhancing defeats. Both men emerged as somebodies in the aftermath. A would-be trilogy did not materialise: Undertaker treated Kurt Angle as a goofy nobody in a dire seven minute affair.

Angle was great value as he made his entrance, spooked by his own pyro. 'Taker then stripped Angle of that value by beating the p*ss out of the Olympian in an early brawl sequence, before dragging Angle's corpse back into the ring and driving an elbow into his heart. He made the cover - but he wasn't done. "No no no no no," he said, lifting Angle's shoulders from the mat - the implication being that a deeply basic manoeuvre would have been enough. The criticism 'treated like a jobber' is thrown around indiscriminately, but a posturing 'Taker legitimately buried Angle as if he was an enhancement talent here.

Happily, Angle was too talented to remain buried. Only The Undertaker's reputation plummeted.