Ranking EVERY WWE Champion From Worst To Best
22. The Undertaker
Rarely given the very top title during his decades of destruction in WWE, The Undertaker's best time with the title intersected with his most consistent in-ring period too.
1997 'Deadman' kind of ruled hard in a way he'd never done before and only would again when he was able to assume a lighter schedule in the latter half of his WrestleMania streak years. A second go-around with career-best rival Mankind made the best of their wonderfully violent chemistry, while matches against Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret Hart were exactly as magnificent as you'd imagine them to be. The WrestleMania-to-SummerSlam run was the real run, when compared to his other times with the title.
He took it from Hulk Hogan for a few days in 1991, had a miserable match with 'The Hulkster' when he took it from him again eleven years later, and his Over The Edge 1999 victory over Stone Cold Steve Austin may well have not even existed for obvious reasons related to events earlier in the show. What is of note is his loss to 'The Rattlesnake' when trading the belt back on Raw weeks later. The closing moments of their match on June 28th drew a 9.5 rating - the highest individual segment in the show's 30+ year history.