The Undertaker: Every Reinvention Ranked Worst To Best

10. Purple Glove Undertaker

For over three years following his debut, the Undertaker did little to change his gimmick or in-ring style but remained one of the most popular stars in the WWF. Overcome by injuries and needing a break, he disappeared after Royal Rumble 1994. In his absence, another person whom manager Ted DiBiase claimed to be the Undertaker began appearing on television in the original grey gloves and boots of the Phenom. Paul Bearer would soon announce that his Undertaker would return to face the imposter at SummerSlam.

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If anyone was in doubt as to how fans would distinguish between the two, they found their answer when Paul Bearer introduced an Undertaker who had swapped grey for purple. He shortly destroyed the fake Undertaker and would continue to sport the purple and black colour scheme for the next two years.

Only a minor change in colour design, Purple Glove Undertaker saw no changes in 'Taker's in-ring style which stayed slow and pondering until his 1996 feud with Mankind. Other than distinguishing the Undertaker from his imposter, this changed little in the character.

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