All Of The Undertaker’s WWE Gimmicks Ranked From Worst To Best
How does the Unholy Trinity stack up to the Undertaker of old?
Chris Jericho once claimed that The Undertaker was WWE's answer to Madonna. Those were bold words indeed from Y2J, but he didn't mean that 'The Deadman' was fond of turning up the radio and cranking out a full on Vogue routine; no, what he meant by that was that the legend had found a way to evolve with the times, remaining as relevant to WWE as Madonna has to the music scene.
'Adaptation' and 'evolution' are two words commonly associated with 'Taker as 'The Man From The Dark Side' spent most of his career reinventing himself so that he could remain at the forefront of an ever-evolving company, ensuring that a relic from the 'eat-your-vitamins-and-say-your-prayers-brother' era stayed fresh and relevant as time rolled on.
'The Phenom' has enjoyed one hell of a successful career, taking souls, digging holes and dominating the competition for 30 bloody years, but none of that would have been possible if he didn't learn to switch it up every once in a while. And there were a lot of gimmick refreshers in those three decades.
With all of that in mind, let's revisit what is probably the greatest career in wrestling history and rank all of The Undertaker's gimmicks and personas from worst to best.
9. Unholy Alliance (1999)
Your writer had to take a moment to question whether or not 'Unholy Alliance Undertaker' was actually a thing because, in all honesty, it's hard to tell.
An extension (if you could call it that) of his excellent Ministry of Darkness persona, 'Taker wore his Ministry attire on the relatively rare occasions he competed and entered to his Ministry theme whenever he wasn't with the Big Show. And yet, it never once felt like the Ministry of Darkness 'Taker.
Oh the sinisterness was there, but both he and Show lacked purpose because it felt like WWE never got the chance to do what they wanted to do with these two when they were together. As a result, this just felt like a whole lot of buildup without much payoff. There was also that strange desert promo he delivered that was nothing like the Latin-quoting demon from only months before.
That said, the pair's matches against Kane & X-Pac were ridiculously fun and the short-lived spin-off gimmick does deserve credit for serving as a prototype American Badass as he often wore street clothes identical to his future biker persona.