10 Best Feuds Of The Undertaker's WWE Career
The Phenom has had some stellar rivalries over the years, but which were his best?
The Undertaker became part of the furniture for WWE a very long time ago, so to even say such a thing now still feels like it wouldn't be able to do his unprecedented legacy the justice it deserves. But that's exactly what he was (and, in many ways, always will be) - a comfortable and regular part of WWE programming that both the fans and the company itself could rely on for entertainment.
Over the course of his legendary career, he took part in unforgettable matches, innovated some of his very own and built upon what is undoubtedly the greatest character in professional wrestling history while he did so.
One of the other elements that added to that legacy of his were the feuds he took part in. Throughout his three decades of destruction, 'The Demon of Death Valley' found himself embroiled in some of the most memorable rivalries in the history of WWE. Though a great deal of their success had to do with his character, a lot were just built around the chemistry that he shared with his chosen rivals.
From cataclysmic wars over coveted championships to blood feuds so deep that only caging them could bring them to an end , let's reflect on the very best of 'Taker's WWE feuds.
10. Vs. Randy Orton
'Taker and Orton's feud kicked off on the Road to WrestleMania as the brash youngster attempted to do the unthinkable and break The Deadman's Streak - the first time The Phenom's 'Mania program was actually centred around it. But the brilliantly billed 'Legend vs. Legend Killer' story would climb to greater heights after the Showcase of Immortals.
In what unexpectedly ended up being a nine-month program, Orton made the jump from Raw to SmackDown so that he could torture The Deadman some more, costing him WWE Championship opportunities, scoring two sneaky victories over him and even attempting to bloody kill him twice. But as the legend reminded him multiple times throughout the narrative, you cannot kill that which does not die and he ultimately took him to Hell (In A Cell) to prove that.
The feud was undoubtedly the best The Undertaker was involved in since returning to his Deadman roots. However, it was also the best program that Randy Orton had been involved in at this point in his career because it really got him over as one of the faces of the future. At the start of the feud, he was a talented and cocky youngster, but by the end of it, he was a force-to-be-reckoned with.