It’s Official: The Supernatural Has No Place In WWE

Yes.

Much of what the Undertaker did in the 1990s - the urn, the resurrections etc. - was schlocky, vicariously embarrassing sh*t that coincided with the worst business years in North American pro wrestling history.

This had changed by 1999, not that he'd have drawn those record ratings with Kama in the opposite corner, but the Corporate Ministry didn't survive actual murders or send Steve Austin to hell. As Michael Cole made explicitly clear with his whining tone, the hangings and sacrifices were all "symbolic".

Upon his return to the Dead Man persona in 2004, 'Taker controlled the lighting and dragged Edge to hell and what have you, but, at least compared to this Conjuring plagiarism, some of this was - or could get away with claiming to be - metaphorical in some way. Kane was merely a psychopath most of the time. This sh*t became very much re-emphasised upon the full introduction of the Bray Wyatt character in 2013, and the 2019 Fiend reboot. And even if 'Taker's spooky b*llocks has been downplayed here (he was frequently buried alive to excuse him for a few months in fairness), he at least conveyed a sense of grandeur and fear. The entrance was as awe-inspiring as every wrestler who confronted it in the ring said it was, even to those who didn't really like the act.

You might also say in response something along the lines of "It's just wrestling," "WWE is a crazy soap opera," and "Touch grass," tweets that are of course sent from an enchanted meadow.

Wrestling can be great, meaningful, artful. It can be as worthy as the "accepted" mediums Vince McMahon aspires to in shame of what he actually does.

He's just not the man to allow this acceptance, and Lilly the doll is the key reason why.