10 Things We Learned From Something Else To Wrestle With On Biker Undertaker

4. Bruce Had A Meltdown During One Hogan & 'Taker Raw Segment

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In the lead up to Judgment Day, the rebranded WWE thought it'd be cool to have Hulk Hogan play mind games with The Undertaker by chasing him around the arena on his own motorcycle. It was a cool premise, one that might have worked had the bike's engine not randomly flooded.

Prichard recalls he and Vince McMahon blowing a gasket backstage as Hulk struggled to start the vehicle in front of the live crowd. Meanwhile, Raw's director wanted to cut to pre-taped footage (filmed earlier that day) of Hogan driving through the backstage area. Bruce knew this was impossible when Hogan and the bike were still in the arena.

The story he tells of McMahon shouting at a hired-in stunt coordinator named Ellis ("Ellis, fix that f*cking bike!") is hilarious, but it probably wasn't at the time. Eventually, to everyone's relief, Hulk was able to get the bike started long enough to slowly ride it up the ramp and out of the live crowd's sight.

It wasn't until that happened that Prichard gave the director go-ahead on the pre-taped footage.

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