2. Umaga
The Undertaker has a history of battling superheavyweights, having memorable clashes with the likes of The Big Show, Yokozuna and Kane. Although these matches could often be slow and plodding, 'Taker could have phenomenal matches with big men who could actually work. One talented big man was 'The Samoan Bulldozer' Umaga. The man who was known as 'Eki' to his close friends had some excellent matches with John Cena, Bobby Lashley and Jeff Hardy but never got to step into the ring with The Undertaker. Well, not on TV, anyway. Umaga and The Undertaker did clash in a singles match in Chile on February 22nd, 2009. The two had a very good near-20 minute match (it is available in fan cam form on YouTube). They also clashed in tag matches (Undertaker/Jeff Hardy vs Edge/Umaga) in Peru and Mexico. Their interaction with each other was top-drawer in them, too. WWE had planned on running an Umaga/Undertaker programme for a while before Umaga's release on June 8th, 2009 but it was scrapped for various reasons (mainly injury-related).
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