10 Times WWE Tried To Repeat History With The Undertaker
Been there, done that, did it again.
The Undertaker has been around for a long time. He's been taking souls and digging holes for three decades now, putting together one of the greatest careers in professional wrestling history. And he really has done it all, winning countless championships, defeating all-comers and making more history than just about any other WWE superstar.
However, when you've been around that long, you're probably going to find yourself revisiting familiar territory from time-to-time. In fact, when you're part of WWE, you're 100% guaranteed to find yourself revisiting familiar territory. And revisit he did as 'The Demon of Death Valley' has been forced to repeat history on a number of occasions throughout his legendary career.
In all fairness, some of these retreads worked out incredibly well and offered 'The Phenom' a moment even more legendary than his first go-around, but more often than not, it usually produced a lacklustre remake of a moment that may not even have been that good in the first place.
On that note, let's take a look at some of the times WWE went to the well again with The Undertaker.
10. Kane The Undertaker
In mid-1998, Kane shocked the world when he successfully defeated Mankind to become the No. 1 contender for Stone Cold Steve Austin's championship only to unmask and reveal himself to be The Undertaker.
A unique bait-and-switch that worked incredibly well (at least for those fans who weren't familiar with all of Kane's movements), it gave us our SummerSlam '98 main event. However, 'The Phenom' would pull this trick again two months later on an episode of Sunday Night Heat when he disguised himself as his brother to attack Mankind and Paul Bearer.
Furthermore, he did it again less than a year later as he attempted to fool Vince McMahon by taking on Triple H in a singles match meant for his brother - reminding the boss that his Ministry could get to him any time he so desired.
Of all the retreads on this list, this is actually the easiest to overlook given that all three of them were standalone ploys on the part of 'The Deadman'. However, as they took place so close together, it did feel a little been there, done that by the time the third one came around.