10 Wrestling Props You Totally Don't Remember
7. The Undertaker's Soil
The Undertaker is a walking gimmick, and as such is synonymous with several props that built his character over the years.
There was the urn, which nobody thought to grab from Paul Bearer and volley into the back row, which is strange, since 'Taker is held aloft as a bastion of old school "credibility".
There was the body bag, which was a legitimately scary angle facilitator of a prop that effectively portrayed 'Taker as a disturbing force in the otherwise safe glow of Coliseum Video.
There was the casket, which led to 'Taker's worst ever matches. Other than the ones featuring Kane, naturally.
There was the motorcycle, which 'Taker rode to the ring to get over the fact that he was a...big tough guy? The awful Disciples of Apocalypse did the same thing, but at least they didn't bury Kurt Angle at Fully Loaded 2000.
What you may have forgotten was an experimental post-match prop, soil, that 'Taker used for a brief spell in the early '90s to visualise the ostensible death of his opponents. This ritual didn't last long; it was presumably thought to have not been "read" by the camera particularly well. You could barely see it, in fairness, and though it was a half-decent bit of symbolism, the body bag was a far better, bigger and more unsettling prop.
The mere thought of being locked inside of it was almost traumatic.