10 Most Insane Things That Ever Happened At WWE's Gorilla Position

8. The Undertaker Tapes Up His Fists

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The backstage barney is usually incited in the red-misted heat of the moment.

You don't wait around, in a state of calm readiness, with a pair of scissors in hand just waiting for the most opportune time to strike. You drink far too much, get upset when a birdbrained lummox calls your legendary best mate a past-it old prick who needs to f*ck off, and puncture a man's gut to an almost permanent end. You don't, as a non-wrestler, plan to attack an actual wrestler who towers over you and wait around for a prearranged scrap; you reach the end of your tether very quickly, suddenly, and end JBL's hard-man aura with swift crack right on the nose.

The Undertaker didn't suddenly erupt into a fit of temper on the day of WrestleMania XIV. Unconvinced that the erratic, especially withdrawn Shawn Michaels would do business for Steve Austin, he slowly taped up his fists in the vicinity of the outgoing WWF Champion with a silent, unmistakable message:

"Don't you go f*ckin' on Steve Austin, boy. Otherwise you will rest. In. Peace..."

Mad to think that this actually happened. Nowadays, nobody enjoys the same power Michaels did. Well, Brock Lesnar does, but there's only one guy who'd step up to him.

And he's the man least qualified to do it...

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