10 Wrestlers That Knew They Were Saying Something Stupid As They Said It
9. Paul Bearer During Stone Cold Steve Austin's Embalming
It's during a rare blooper reel that WWE released for Network content that Paul Bearer can be seen popping Stone Cold Steve Austin during the utterly ridiculous segment that called for The Undertaker to embalm 'The Rattlesnake'.
'The Deadman' did well to get into whatever the f*ck character he was trying to portray as he held a blood great blade above Austin's chest, but his speaking in tongues was made all the more comical by Bearer's unintentionally hilarious asides during the scene.
"This has got to be the best idea you've ever had. Right up my alley!", Bearer offered, trying to reframe his stifled laughter as enthusiasm for the evil scheme. The "Let's get these nasty beer-smelling clothes off him...that's what it's all about...that's what it's all ABOUT" is made better by the aforementioned boy-popping outtake where he goes for Austin's shorts.
Fair play the former mortician - he looked and acted the part long enough thanks to his prior experience in the game, and had stuff just as silly to work through during his many years seconding not just The Undertaker, but Kane, Mankind, and even Terry Gordy's ropey Executioner effort.
It's no wonder he seemed okay with getting his own last rites read in 2004...