Despite being an undead American bad-ass, the Undertaker is the perfect example of a right gimmick at exactly the right time. He's been in WWF Video Games shortly after his debut and like his Wrestlemania streak, he delivers year after year. Like his character, he's managed to adopt to the changing times and technology and somehow still be relevant. He's even in the odd 2001 Game Boy Color Beat-Em-Up "WWF Betrayal" where players can portray Austin, the Rock, Hunter or The Undertaker in their quest to rescue a kidnapped Stephanie McMahon and win a shot at the WWF Championship. It's a storyline that also sounds like something we would have seen in the Russo-era. Selected Appearances 1992: WWF Wrestlemania Steel Cage Challenge 1992: WWF Super WrestleMania (SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis) 1992: WWF Superstars 2 1993: WWF Royal Rumble (Genesis, SNES) 1993: WWF King of the Ring 1994: WWF Rage in the Cage (SegaCD) 1995: WWF Raw (SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega 32X) 1995: WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade Game 1996: Super Fire Pro Wrestling Premium X (as "The Undead Taylor") 1996: WWF in Your House (Sega Saturn, PS, DOS) 1998: WWF War Zone 1999: WWF Wrestlemania 2000 1999: WWF Attitude 2000: WWF No Mercy 2000: WWF Smackdown 2000: WWF Smackdown: Know Your Role 2000: WWF Royal Rumble (Arcade, Dreamcast) 2001: WWF Betrayal (Game Boy Color) 2001: WWF Road to WrestleMania (Game Boy Advance) 2001: WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It (PlayStation 2) 2002: WWE Raw 2002: WWE Road to WrestleMania X8 2002: WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth (PlayStation 2) 2002: WWE WrestleMania X8 2003: WWE Crush Hour 2003: WWE Mobile Madness 2003: WWE RAW 2 2003: WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain (PlayStation 2) 2003: WWE WrestleMania XIX (Gamecube) 2004: WWE Day of Reckoning 2004: WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2004: WWE Survivor Series (Game Boy Advance) 2005: WWE Aftershock 2005: WWE Day of Reckoning 2 2005: WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 2005: WWE WrestleMania 21 (Xbox) 2006: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 2007: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 2008: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 2009: WWE Legends of WrestleMania 2009: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 2010: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 2011: WWE '12 2011: WWE All Stars 2012: WWE '13 (includes Undertaker '97-98) 2012: WWE Wrestlefest (iPad) 2013: WWE 2K14 What do you think? Any wrestlers you expected to see on the list but didn't?
I'm a professional wrestling analyst, an improviser and an avid NES gamer. I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota and I'm working on my first book (#wrestlenomics). You can contact me at chris.harrington@gmail.com or on twitter (@mookieghana)
