6. Kane Buries The Undertaker In A Casket, Then Sets The Casket Ablaze - Royal Rumble 1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km6PAwXz1Fw Wow, The Undertaker sure had a rough time with that whole "living" thing in Royal Rumbles in the 90s, huh? After his debut at In Your House: Badd Blood in October 1997, Kane (managed by Paul Bearer) and The Undertaker were embroiled in quite the toasty feud that had the heat turned up at 1998's Royal Rumble. As a build to their eventual Wrestlemania match, Kane interfered in Taker's WWF World Title match with Shawn Michaels and after placing him in a casket, the show went off the air with the casket being set ablaze (to mirror what Paul Bearer had stated happened to Kane as a child). While The Undertaker was later revealed to have escaped the casket before it burned, it was still one of the scariest moments in the company (or pro wrestling's) history to that point. Working out the logistics so that Jerry Lawler didn't burn Andy Kaufman is one thing. Working out the logistics so that a seven foot tall man can escape a casket that is about to the burned to pieces is something completely different.
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