3. The Deadman Cometh
Before you ask, SummerSlam will be the first non-WrestleMania PPV that Undertaker has wrestled at since Bragging Rights 2010, nearly five years ago. The fact that Taker is back when it isnt WrestleMania season is both cool and troubling business must really be down if hes here now. Still, Undertaker is a legendary figure who comes in, wrestling rarely and generating a huge buzz all the while. Could that duplicate itself this summer? We shall see. It is sad that WWE has to resort to tactics like this, but seeing the Undertaker back in the ring about seven months ahead of his normal schedule was a legit shock, one that certainly got fans buzzing. And he looked pretty good, which is a good sign. Takers return provided WWE with a must-see, cant-miss moment on the Network, something the company needed almost as bad as improved Raw ratings. We shall see in the coming weeks what happens with Undertaker, but its hard to totally rate his return as a bad thing.
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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.
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