20. The Undertaker Gets Revenge On Yokozuna - Survivor Series 1994
Perhaps the most debilitating defeat of The Undertaker's career (at least until WrestleMania XXX) came at the 1994 Royal Rumble when Yokozuna, with help from a host of heel superstars, stuffed Undertaker into a casket, winning in the Phenom's signature bout and retaining the WWE Championship. After the match, Undertaker (well, a look-alike) rose up to the top of the arena, and he wasn't seen again for months. The Undertaker's absence - during which he rehabbed a back injury - lasted until SummerSlam, marking the first of only two WrestleManias the Phenom has missed in his WWE career. When he finally did return, his first target was a fake Undertaker parading around the company and claiming to be the real deal, but fooling nobody. After The Undertaker dispatched of him, Yokozuna would be his next victim. Yokozuna was no longer WWE Champion, but that didn't matter to The Undertaker, who took him on in another casket match at the Survivor Series. This time, despite interference, The Undertaker would not be denied. With a DDT and a big boot, he put Yokozuna down, then rolled him into the casket and closed the lid, putting the exclamation point on his return to WWE.
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