8 Secrets Behind WWE Posters You Never Noticed

8. The Undertaker Is In The MCU!

The fascinating thing about Royal Rumble '91's enduringly popular illustration is less about what's on it, but who drew it. Look closely at the bevvy of bruisers making a beeline to prove their Battle Royal bestness, and you'll notice that quite a few of the company's then top-stars look just a little bit off.

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Texas Tornado is dressed like Zeus, Earthquake is providing the template for buddy Fred Ottman's fall as The Shockmaster (albeit sans mask), and Mr. Perfect is right out. Even Hulk Hogan looks markedly wrong.

Big Boss Man is fine, though it's tough to get a copper too far off. There's a reason for this inaccurate albeit awesome art; it wasn't inked by a resident WWE doodler, but future Marvel Comics artist Jim Jusko, who the company commissioned for a few novel projects beginning in '91. Jusko would eventually go on to paint the iconic WrestleMania VII poster, featuring a much more on-model Hulk Hogan waving an enormous American flag, but his first job was to come up with some concepts for a brand new character the company was preparing to debut - a certain Undertaker.

So there you go: Undertaker in the MCU confirmed.

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