9 Wrestlers Who Came Back From The Dead

It's a small wonder The Undertaker and his immediate family have never forced a permanently haunched Jeremy Kyle onto his step some weekday morning, such is their ludicrous history.

For all the years fans spent cheering 'Taker as he sent a plethora of monstrous foes to their makers, they didn't realise he was harbouring a heinous secret - more heinous than zipping up opponents in bodybags and sending them to the morgue, anyway.

By the spring of 1997, The Phenom's partnership with long-term handler Paul Bearer had decomposed, the latter having got into the dirty bed of Mankind. For his troubles, Bearer got a face full of fire. When he made his burned return, the maligned manager began blackmailing his former pal, who had won the WWE Championship solo. The ultimatum was simple :"re-align with me, or I'll reveal the dark side of your past."

No, not that hideous match with Giant González, but rather, that a young Undie had torched his family home, killing his parents and brother in the process. Except it turned out Abel's sibling wasn't dead after all - and he was coming for revenge.

And revenge he did, as come Undertaker's momentous Hell in a Cell contest opposite Shawn Michaels at Badd Blood, the lights dimmed and a big red intruder tore the door down. Yup, that had to be Kane.