10 Worst Booking Decisions In SummerSlam History
1. Undertaker Vs Undertaker
Poor Undertaker; he’s featured an awful lot today. Still,
that’s not necessarily a reflection on him—he’s just been booked into some
rather odd scenarios. And perhaps the oddest of the lot was the SummerSlam 1994
main event, which pitted the Undertaker against...himself.
Of course, the doppelgänger was an imposter, portrayed by Brian Lee—a mystery that even Leslie Nielsen had trouble solving.
But other than the wackiness of having two Undertakers face off against each other, this was a strange booking choice for the sheer fact that it involved the Phenom in the first place. During his early days, Undertaker's style was very slow, methodical, and a lot of it based on no-selling. And while that worked against many opponents, it wasn’t necessarily the kind of moveset you’d want to see mirrored move-for-move by his opponent.
On top of that, the entire angle started after ‘Taker was buried in a casket and bizarrely “ascended to the heavens” during the 1994 Royal Rumble.
Still, watching it all back, between Leslie Nielsen’s cameo and all the supernatural nonsense, I’m wondering if it’s all so bad that it’s actually pretty good.
I’ll let you guys be the judge of that—comment below with your thoughts on this one, and let me know what you personally deem to be the worst booking decisions in SummerSlam history.