10 Confusing Wrestling Moments That Nobody Understands

8. The Higher Power

In 1999, The Undertaker was knee-deep in his heel role as a satanic cult leader and had begun performing sacrificial rituals on people like Stephanie McMahon and 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin. That was the catalyst, weirdly enough to turn Steph's dear old daddy Vince babyface, despite his heinous actions for the last eighteen months while feuding with Austin. He would be ousted from his evil stable The Corporation by his son Shane, and even develop a grudging alliance with the Rattlesnake.

For months, The Undertaker had been muttering darkly about the mysterious 'higher power' that he took orders from. Given the Dead Man's gimmick at that time, the implication was that this 'higher power' was tantamount to being the Devil himself. Everyone had their own theory as to who it would end up being.

Of course, wrestling history shows us that the man behind the curtain was Vince himself. He'd orchestrated attacks on his own family (and upon himself) with the sole purpose of screwing with his former nemesis 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.

No one could ever fully understand how or why the Ministry Of Darkness was motivated by this goal, or why McMahon believed that having his own daughter assaulted by a giant undead wizard would persuade Austin to come out to save her. The reveal didn't culminate in some kind of dastardly trap, either. Austin wasn't really affected by it one way or another.

No, it made no sense: possibly because it wasn't the original plan. Scuttlebutt (like gossip after a pointless heel turn) says that someone else was originally intended to be the 'higher power', but that the person became unavailable. Regardless, the whole thing ended up as a confusing, nonsensical mess, and the inspiration for GIF-based memes in years to come.