20 Biggest Myths WWE Tells About Its History

10. Undertaker Was Always Great

The Myth: The Undertaker was a special performer from the very beginning, leaving behind an entire career of wonderful matches.

The Truth: ‘Taker always had presence, yes. You couldn't have sent, like, Dan Spivey out there in purple kitchen gloves and expected it to last 30 years. But the first third of his career wasn't much more than presence.

He wasn't bringing great promos to the table, and he surely wasn't having great matches. For years (years!) all we saw from the guy was no-selling and slow-motion mummy strangling.

Take a look through any list of great Undertaker matches. Not the ones put out by WWE; those are made to perpetuate the myth we're currently busting, so they'll tell you the Deadman trying to shove Ultimate Warrior into a body bag was thrilling athleticism.

Any non-kayfabed list basically begins at Badd Blood 1997, with performances continuing to improve throughout the American Badass period. Just don't go back to the Undertaker's 1992 matches with Ric Flair and expect it to be anywhere near as good as their crazy old man fight at WrestleMania X-8, you know?