10 Things We Learned From WWE’s Undertaker: The Last Ride (Chapter Four)

9. Footage Of The Early Days Is Priceless

The Undertaker Bruce Prichard
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There's a humble joy derived from watching classic Undertaker relax in between macabre promo takes in 'Last Ride's' archive footage - watching him mingle with other talents out of character and set up some of his memorable segments with Paul Bearer is unbelievable for any lifelong fan.

You didn't see anything like this this at the time, and that was deliberate.

There's a chance these clips would've surfaced eventually (they are money, after all), but WWE might've sat on them for a while longer had 'Taker not been going through so much inner turmoil. That, as far as silver linings go, is practically golden. Fans in the 90s would've paid through the nose to see this stuff back then.

Imagine how much a tape trader could've charged for footage of The Undertaker asking to cut promos again because "that was a short 30 seconds", or how much fun it would've been to see 'Taker rib Bearer during their cemetery skits back in the day.

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