10 Worst Feuds Of The Undertaker's WWE Career

Not all of The Deadman’s rivalries were legendary...

Undertaker Mark Henry
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The Undertaker carved out an incredible career for himself during his three decades of destruction in WWE. Throughout his years of taking souls and digging holes, he won gold, broke records, made history and willingly took on everyone who dared to throw a challenge his way.

The Man From The Dark Side has been involved in some of the most legendary rivalries in the company's history, feuding with the likes of Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kane and ultimately adding weight to that now iconic quote that he had seen, fought and beaten the best.

However, among all those bests, he also found himself stuck in some worsts as 'The Demon of Death Valley' wasn't immune to producing a dud feud here and there. Of course, when you have a track record like The Undertaker's, there's more pressure on you to succeed - something that 'Taker was used to doing - but not even the almighty Deadman was able to resurrect some of these D.O.A programs.

With that in mind, let's reflect on some of The Phenom's darker days in the feuds department...

10. Vs. Shane McMahon (2016)

Undertaker Mark Henry
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It took them a while, but The Undertaker and Shane McMahon eventually managed to make lemons out of lemonade in the week before WrestleMania 32 when a fantastic promo and a killer table spot finally made their rivalry mean something. That - and their half-decent Hell In A Cell match - is enough to warrant a low placement on this list, but it unfortunately couldn't excuse the poor creative choices surrounding this nonsensical storyline to begin with.

Shane once again earned his stripes as a wrestler (to an extent) in the years that followed, but the fact that WWE expected us to believe that a mid-'40s businessman who hadn't wrestled in nearly a decade was supposed to pose a threat to The Undertaker in his yard was hilarious.

But that doesn't even begin to explain why the two men were feuding. Shane, an automatically over babyface because he opposed Vince and Stephanie, was thrown into a showdown with 'Taker that he knew he couldn't win as punishment (and thus would never get control of Raw). That part was believable, sure, but why on earth would 'The Deadman' agree to it?

Given that 'Taker has helped the future of WWE so much, it was a ridiculous move for the company to book him in a role that had him standing in the way of progress. And it was made that much worse by the fact that, following Shane's loss to 'Taker, he got what we wanted anyway... rendering the whole feud meaningless.

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Michael Patterson is an experienced writer with an affinity for all things film and TV. He may or may not have spent his childhood obsessing over WWE.