10. The Undertaker Stands Up To Evil Jake Roberts In 1992
The Undertaker debuted in WWE at Survivor Series 1990 as a heel that didn't say much, didn't change his expression much and didn't play to the fans ever. Jake "The Snake" Roberts was a fantastic heel in the early 1990s. He had a feud with Randy Savage in late 1991 and into early 1992. Following a loss to Savage, Roberts was shown backstage looking like he was going to attack Savage and his wife Elizabeth with a steel chair. Instead, somebody grabbed the chair from him. It was The Undertaker, who decided to show some human compassion for the first time. Roberts was later a guest on Paul Bearer's Funeral Parlor talk show segment. When he confronted Undertaker about what happened, he asked him whose side he was on. Undertaker replied with two words: "Not yours." Roberts didn't like that reply, so he placed the urn in a casket and then he slammed the casket onto the left hand of Undertaker, which trapped Taker there. http://youtu.be/ZjIFYyCWS3g It was the babyface turn of The Undertaker. What it made it so great was that Roberts attacked him with a steel chair while Undertaker's hand was caught and Undertaker kept on coming back. Roberts kept hitting him with a chair, Undertaker kept standing up and the crowd kept cheering it. Maybe it was dubbed in noise. We don't know. All we know is that it was a great wrestling angle with a strong heel like Roberts destroying Undertaker with about a dozen chair shots and he really wasn't able to slow him down. The Undertaker's face turn led to a match at WrestleMania 8 with Undertaker beating Roberts. He would remain in the babyface role for about seven years.
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