15 Wrestling Nightmares Somehow WORSE Than Imagined

Get this: The Undertaker vs. "The Undertaker" in doppelgänger warfare was supposed to last even longer than it did. Bret and Owen Hart went longer than planned in the co-main event slot at SummerSlam 1994 - the battling brothers ran 32 minutes, which shaved time from 'Taker vs. 'Faker. 'The Deadman' wasn't too thrilled by that, but Bret and Owen actually did him a favour.

The headliner went less than 10 mins. Had it been double that (at least), then who knows how quiet the live crowd on hand for the show would've been? Even Vince McMahon said on commentary that fans were silent for much of the match because they were "in awe" of what they were seeing. Nope, bored out of their skulls would be more accurate, but Vince was hardly going to admit that live on air.

His bold bid to put Undertaker up against a cosplay version of himself had flopped, and some puzzling build up that included Naked Gun star Leslie Nielsen hunting for the real 'Phenom' didn't help matters. On the whole, the WWF's fanbase just wasn't all that intrigued to see what a match between one slow-moving zombie gimmick and another would look like. Unsurprisingly, it was tedious and dull, especially compared to the blistering work of the Hart siblings that had happened literally moments beforehand.

Brian Lee, who was playing Ted DiBiase's 'Underfaker', tried his best, but copying Mark Calaway's mannerisms and movements hardly made for a watchable affair. The actual 'Taker needed movement to make his matches worthwhile, which is something McMahon didn't seem to understand for years.

Fan silence reflected audience apathy in the entire story.