The Complete A-Z Of The Undertaker
18. I - Inferno
Fire existed in professional wrestling before The Undertaker, but the character and his placement within WWE's vast landscape made for some of the more impressive use of the flames.
It became an integral part of his backstory following the introduction of Kane (more on him later), encouraging liberal use of blazing infernos to provide bigger and more dangerous stakes to matches and programmes with his younger brother.
Their first 'Inferno Match' followed Kane setting a casket on fire with Undertaker presumed to be inside, but Undertaker would utilise the fire himself in a Raw rematch the following year, famously burning Stephanie McMahon's childhood teddy bear in flames to get in the head of Vince McMahon.
Similar moments would occur in years to come, as Randy Orton had a pre-Wyatt taste of arson with a casket-burning of his own, but he was nearly burned alive for real when misplacement of his pyrotechnics briefly lit him up before his February 2010 Elimination Chamber World Title defence.