10 Stupidest Things WWE Attitude Era Stars Had To Do

2. The Big Show - Sell The Undertaker's Stupid Story

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This whole thing felt like a punchline at The Big Show's expense.

By 1999, The Undertaker was such a company legend that he could go out there and say whatever the f*ck he liked and probably get away with it. Meanwhile - and based on all the politics afterwards, this probably wasn't by design - 'The Deadman's legendarily awful promo on the August 16th Raw was so mind-numbingly thick that supposed saviour Chris Jericho was perfectly placed to interrupt it.

Even Paul Bearer's character had been sadistic enough in storylines to think this cartoonish drivel was perfectly within the realms of sanity. But recent WCW signee Paul Wight? The guy who'd been World Champion within his first year? The guy who'd shaken off a son-of-Andre persona? The guy who once earned guaranteed money to smoke tabs on TV?

Paul Wight, even as The Big Show and new bestie of The Undertaker couldn't credibly stand there as The American Dead *ss spoke of making coats with each other's skin in the desert and eating snakes for tea.

Treat yourself to the good stuff on Peacock. Even the thumbnail tells the inconvenient truth - never has a guy with such evident range struggled more to find the right face, other than whichever one doesn't result in him absolutely p*ssing himself and the nonsense being spewed by the guy tasked with dragging him up to company standard.

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