10 Unforgettable Wrestling Moments That Gave You Goosebumps

1. The Abduction Of Stephanie McMahon

2002 royal rumble final four
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In 1998, shortly after re-aligning himself with former manager Paul Bearer, The Undertaker created The Ministry of Darkness, recruiting The Acolytes, Viscera, and Mideon. 'Taker would later absorb The Brood as well, as his evil intentions would require a fleet replete with disciples. The Undertaker's mind games on the McMahon family had only just begun.

"Where to, Stephanie?!" uttered a demonic voice from the driver's compartment, as the privacy screen rolled down to reveal the Lord of Darkness himself. 'Taker had pulled off the ultimate psychological manipulation tactic, and managed to abduct the Chairman's daughter. With Vince still supposedly unaware to the whereabouts of his daughter, The Undertaker returned to RAW with a keepsake: her childhood teddy bear.

Undertaker then proceeded to hold this symbol of Stephanie's childhood innocence into the flames used in effigy to burn the teddy bear to ash as Vince McMahon found himself unable to anything but cry on his knees, as Stephanie's whereabouts remained unknown, and control over his company slipping further and further from his grasp.

The visual of Vince on his knees, crying as his daughter's favorite childhood toy is prophetically turned to ash was an evocative metaphor to display who truly had the "power" in WWE.

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