https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mul8JoAxys The Undertaker and Diesel were engaged in a heated feud leading up to WrestleMania XII, precipitated when each man cost the other a chance to win the WWE Title from Bret Hart. As things got worse and worse, "Big Daddy Cool" even assaulted Paul Bearer. The Deadman and his trusted manager had a plan, though. During a Raw match pitting Diesel against Barry Horowitz, Bearer came to the ring, leading a closed casket. Despite the distraction, Diesel scored the victory (as you might expect), then exited the ring. As the announcers predicted that Undertaker was waiting to emerge and ambush his foe, Diesel grabbed a large, metal wrench from ringside. He approached the coffin, looking to have flipped Undertaker's plan on its head. When Diesel swung the casket door open, however, he only found a figure wrapped in plastic. Moving the plastic, he saw a surprising face his own! A facsimile of Diesel was placed in the casket, resting in peace! The real Diesel was unnerved and slunk toward the back. Truth be told, though, what was the big deal? Diesel had to be relatively certain that he wasn't dead, and an examination of the body in the casket would have proven to "Big Daddy Cool" that it was, in fact, a separate entity. Apparently, mind games are easy to play with pro wrestlers.
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