Putting aside the abomination that was the entire Brothers of Destruction/Wyatt Family angle, you have to give WWE credit for treating Undertakers 25th anniversary as something truly special, from the video packages to the announcers to the entrance itself. You really felt like you were watching something unique. JBL nailed it when he talked about how athletes in other sports were at the top of their games for shorter periods of time than Undertaker had been in WWF/E, which was a good way to quantify just how long the Deadman has been on top in the industry. The pillars of flames and burning Undertaker symbols added a unique touch to his entrance as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlRzOpbHaqw But the coolest part had to be the open coffin on the video screen that revealed photos of Taker throughout his career, tracing his evolution during the past 25 years. It was almost jarring at times to see him morph from the Old West mortician to the Ministry of Darkness to the American Badass back to the Deadman.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
