10 Reasons Why You Need To Respect The Great Khali
4. The Deadman
In possibly his most selfless display ever, The Undertaker allowed himself to be utterly decimated by The Great Khali in his first match since Khali's debut attack put him out of action earlier that year.
Debuting in April, Khali was forced to wait until May's Judgment Day to get his actual match, but had little trouble putting 'The Phenom' away. Relentlessly pounding down on Undertaker with a force unlike anything he'd ever experienced, Khali took just over eight minutes to subdue one of the industry's all time greats.
Concluding the violent assault with a chop to the head and boot to the face, Khali pinned his iconic opponent with just one foot. It was a remarkable feat, and legitimised 'The Punjabi Nightmare' almost immediately as a devastating force in WWE.
Though their Punjabi Prison return match would never occur due to elevated liver enzymes keeping Khali off the card, their No Holds Barred match on Smackdown remains something of a lost television classic, especially considering how one-sided their first match had been. Sharing wins in a mutually beneficial way instead of WWE's current prevailing trend, the programme served both monsters well.