One Iconic Moment For Every Year Of The Undertaker's WWE Career
An incredible career full of incredible moments.
22/11/20 isn't just the date of WWE Survivor Series this year. It's also thirty years to the day that wrestling fans first caught a glimpse of The Undertaker.
Well, this isn't strictly speaking true, because 'Taker had actually appeared in front of live crowds for WWF TV tapings. And there were all the matches that Mark Calaway had in WCW.
But this is way more poetic.
Since that day three decades ago, The Deadman has been a fixture of WWE programming and has truly earned his spot as one of the industry's greatest legends.
Making it to thirty years in a business as grueling as pro wrestling is impressive, but to spend that time playing the same character at a main event level in the biggest wrestling promotion of all time is simply unheard of.
Whilst it hasn't all been great for The Deadman, few professional wrestlers have given fans the sheer quantity of iconic moments that he has and even fewer have done that so consistently across the decades.
Such a mammoth career deserves an equally mammoth list, so we've gone over 'Taker's time in the WWE with a fine-tooth comb and picked out one iconic moment from every single year of The Phenom's run.
Three decades. Dozens of championships. Endless legendary moments.
Let's do this.
31. 1990 - A Debut For The Ages
It seems like the best place to start our gargantuan quest is, well, at the start.
22 November 1990.
Two teams squared off at the annual Survivor Series; one captained by Dusty Rhodes and the other by Ted DiBiase.
The Million Dollar Man was one man short heading into the show, but promised that a "Mystery Partner" would fill that spot on the night.
When the time came to reveal his final teammate, DiBiase took to the microphone and made the now legendary debut introduction for... The Undertaker.
As soon as those words had left DiBiase's diamond-plated lips, Mark Calaway's imposing figure emerged from behind the curtain dressed all in black and with Bruce "Brother Love" Prichard by his side.
The Phenom had arrived.
Despite scoring two eliminations, 'Taker's first match ended rather flatly when he failed to beat the ten count and was counted out after less than ten minutes.
On paper, this was hardly an earth-shattering first appearance, but with the context of what was to follow, this has to go down as one of the most important WWE debuts of all time.