One Iconic Moment For Every Year Of The Undertaker's WWE Career
21. 2000 - The American Badass
Since his debut, The Undertaker has only missed three WrestleManias. One of them was in the year 2000, when he was recovering from a torn pectoral.
However, one month later, 'Taker made his return in a big way.
Judgment Day 2000 was headlined by an Iron Man match pitting WWF Champion, The Rock, against Triple H. After nearly an hour of gruelling combat, the two men were tied up at five falls apiece.
Then some creepy children appeared on the screen, because of course.
After the spooky kids vanished and after nearly eight months away, The Undertaker made his way down to the ring... on a motorcycle.
The American Badass had arrived.
Debuting his first entirely new gimmick in wrestling for almost a decade, 'Taker began hauling ass, taking out members of The McMahon-Helmsley Regime and planting Triple H with a Chokeslam.
Granted this did cost The Rock the title 'cause he got disqualified, but swings and roundabouts.
The American Bad Ass sparked a radical shift in The Undertaker's character. Some people look back on it fondly, other wish it had never happened, but one thing is for certain - this return was awesome.