10 Reasons WWE's Ministry Of Darkness Failed

For as many mistakes as WWE made with their handling of The Ministry, fundamentally the group was created solely for The Undertaker. While the eventual outcome of the storyline feels like a makeshift conclusion to events, there is a sound argument to be made that The Ministry of Darkness was never allotted the amount of attention it may have deserved because it was never meant to be a long term faction.

Calaway has since stated that he moved on to The American Badass character in 2000 because he felt shackled by the identity of the mostly muted, doom-laden dead man, and wasn’t sure the original rendition would be able to survive the vibrant and aggressive reality of the Attitude era. Before he came to such a conclusion, it is entirely plausible that the Ministry character, complete with more risqué angles and promo time, may have been the initial attempt to shake things up. With the Ministry being totally centred around The Undertaker’s presence, it makes perfect sense that they would slowly disperse following their leader’s retrieval of the WWF Championship at Over The Edge 1999.

Unlike the disciples of messiah characters portrayed in wrestling over recent years, the Ministry crew were never fleshed out as individual personalities, which hurt the group exponentially. However, as a storyline to get The Undertaker from point A to point B, they didn’t need to be. One year later, Undertaker was rollin’ his motorcycle down the ramp to Limp Bizkit, while Mideon was dancing in the ring wearing only a fanny pack.