20 Pro Wrestling Firsts You Need To Know
2. Undertaker WWF Loss
The Undertaker has had arguably the greatest in-ring career in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment. No man is as universally respected in the business as the Deadman, and it is quite incredible that he has managed to make an entire career out of a wrestling mortician gimmick. As such, his career comes with some incredible stats, not least of all his WrestleMania Streak.
We all know how that ended of course, with Brock Lesnar and three F5's at WrestleMania XXX, but who was the first man to pin The Undertaker in the World Wrestling Federation? Hulk Hogan? The Ultimate Warrior? 'Macho Man' Randy Savage?
If you guessed any of those men, you are wrong. The answer, and yes this is entirely true, is none other than the #2 entrant in the very first Royal Rumble, Tito Santana. The match was the main event of televised WWF special in Spain, and the bout had everything you'd expect from a Taker match at the time,
The ref went down, Tito was tombstoned and put into a bodybag. Before he could be zipped in however, Santana would fight back. and eventually hit Taker with three piledrivers of his own. This wasn't enough to keep the Deadman down however, as he would slowly rise after each one thanks to Paul Bearer and the urn.
Eventually, Santana would deck Bearer and claim the urn, smoshing Taker with it and becoming the first man to pin The Undertaker in the World Wrestling Federation.