[1991-04-06-WWF-Superstars] Funeral Parlor: The Undertaker

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Always interesting to see where Undertaker's gimmick started. He is pushing the feud with Warrior, and this is cartoonish, but it's also a little chilly.

[shoe]

This was too cartoony for me.

[PeteF3]

Undertaker's first extended promo under the gimmick. Not too bad. Even though this qualifies as sort of a dream match from a kid/mark perspective this program--not a feud yet--could still use a shot in the arm. I think we'll get one.

[Kevin Ridge]

Lots of hand movements from Paul Bearer. Undertaker is guest on Funeral Parlor. He’s been working on a special casket for Ultimate Warrior. Both guys sound slightly different from when they finally get their characters down.

[soup23]

Taker is the first guest on the parlor and lays out the issue to the Warrior. I thought this was ok as the first long term promo the taker delivered.

[RCS1988]

He also told the Warrior to not Rest in Peace but to Rest in Peaces. Great promo from Taker.

[garretta]

Even this early on, you knew Taker was going to be something different, something special. Percy's a lot more menacing here than he was when he became a soprano version of Gomez Adams later on, and Taker doesn't quite seem like a zombie yet, just a slightly less-than-normal man with a death obsession, which is creepy enough.

 

I forgot to say this in the Warrior/Savage thread, but I'm glad Taker wasn't a part of the match. His presence would have damaged, in not outright ruined the intensity, and Savage wouldn't have come across as quite so noble if he'd had to rely on outside help to try to win. (Sherri doesn't count for purposes of this discussion.)