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WWE gambled on their audience's adoration of The Undertaker to turn a possible catastrophe into a clandestine clunker after 'The Deadman's partner Nathan Jones was deemed unfit to join him against The Big Show and A-Train.
Long before his undefeated streak ever felt under threat, 2003's 'Show Of Shows' was a bit of a night off for 'Booger Red' despite his partner's absence.
A Limp Bizkit entrance a full year after he'd binned the theme was yet more echoing of a long-distant past, whist Jones' run-in at the very end justified his absence throughout the body of the match - the Aussie whiffed a spin-kick in the aisle before posing with his partner for the closing beauty shots. And that's all they were. Jones had an awesome look, and Seattle was the only city to see it spotlighted on the 'Grandest Stage' before he disappeared from view.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years.
As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say.
With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling.
Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.
