https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH7Xts_fctg The Undertaker was gone for a long time following the Royal Rumble. Finally, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase claimed to have retrieved the Deadman, bringing him to WWE as he had initially done in 1990. The man DiBiase paraded around, however, was nothing but an imposter (actually Brian "Chainz" Lee). Paul Bearer took exception to this, and promised to bring his charge back to confront the phony Phenom at SummerSlam. When the match came, DiBiase and his Undertaker made their way to the ring without fanfare. Bearer, however, preceded the real Undertaker's entrance. Druids brought out a casket, which seemed to hold the Deadman, but when Paul Bearer opened it, nothing but 'Taker's fabled urn lay inside. Bearer took it out, cradled it, and brought it into the ring. Suddenly, a pillar of light shot out from the urn! Bearer pointed the light around the arena as the fans were dazzled, and without warning, The Undertaker appeared in the dark shadows of the entrance stage! He made his way to the ring for the first time in over half a year, the fans rabid. Sure, it was a corny trick, and the match that followed wasn't any good, but it like all of these mind games proved there was only one real Undertaker.
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