Ranking The Undertaker's 10 Best WWE Returns
8. SummerSlam 2009
Undertaker's return at SummerSlam 2009 was, quite simply, awesome - and not just because it set up his feud with CM Punk, one of the best of his latter-year part-time run, and a significant stepping stone on Punk's long path to the status of franchise player.
It was also because of the manner in which they did it. Punk had just retained his World Heavyweight Championship after a grueling Tables, Ladders and Chairs match with Jeff Hardy - thereby cementing his position at the top of the SmackDown food chain.
'The Charismatic Enigma' was strewn underneath his body, motionless - and then the arena went pitch black. When the lights came back on, Jeff's body had been replaced by 'Taker's, with Punk - somehow - none the wiser. WWE at its campest, stupidest best.