As Bray Wyatt continues to cut the most money promos of his brief WWE life, the time appears to be drawing near for The Undertaker to make his now yearly WWE appearance at Wrestlemania. Now one of the hallmark moments of the WWE year, it's mix of pomp, circumstance and drama truly highlights the most perfect nexus of what makes pro wrestling great. Key as always to The Undertaker is that his character is unlike any other in pro wrestling history. He's a seven foot tall walking zombie undertaker, sometimes managed by a similarly ghastly appearing funeral director. In an era of WWE where child-like characterizations of pro wrestling were the rule, he provided an exception. In an era where reality was the push, he became surreal, then out-sized and now, just merely iconic. As Mark Calaway becomes increasingly slowed by the twin terrors that are being ravaged by injury and chased by Father Time, so much of the best of what's left in his career is tied into actually how he enters the ring at Wrestlemania. It's now an epic thing, and truly a reason to purchase a ticket to the event itself. What will he wear? What will happen? What will he look like? Wrestlemania 31 is only but a few weeks away. Here, ranked from "best" to "most amazing" are Undertaker's 22 Wrestlemania entrances-to-date.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
