10 Wrestlers Who Eventually Rewarded Fans For Sticking With Them
8. The Undertaker
Sure, the Undertaker was instantly positioned as a top tier player upon debuting in the then-WWF back in 1990 - going on to defeat Hulk Hogan to become WWF Champion just a year after arriving in Vince McMahon's company - but it wasn't always plain sailing for fans of the Phenom.
Few wrestlers in history were fed as tough a task as the Undertaker at one point in time, with the Deadman forever made to square off with the biggest, most lumbering grapplers and gimmicks of the day. Be it Giant Gonzalez, King Kong Bundy, Mabel, Sid, Kama the Supreme Fighter Machine, and even a fake Undertaker, the Death Valley native was handed so many uphill battles over the years.
Elsewhere, the aforementioned first WWF Championship reign of the Undertaker lasted for just six days before 'Taker dropped the gold back to Hogan - and then it would take the Phenom a ludicrous six years to have another run with the promotion's biggest prize.
1997 would finally allow the Deadman to showcase his actual wrestling ability as he tangled with the likes of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, and fans would later be rewarded by the iconic undead performer putting on further classics with names like Mick Foley, Steve Austin, The Rock, Kurt Angle, Batista, Edge, Brock Lesnar, and then again with Michaels in two of the greatest WrestleMania matches in history.