[1997-03-31-WWF-Raw] The Undertaker and Paul Bearer

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

They were teasing Undertaker and Paul Bearer reuniting all night, but Undertaker flatly turned him down. Mankind comes behind and burns Undertaker with a fireball and hugs Paul Bearer. Would have been the highlight of the night if it wasn't followed by the Hart segment.

[soup23]

Love fireballs in WWF wrestling. We start with Taker kicking Paul's ass and end with a Mankind beatdown setting him up as the challenger on the next PPV.

[Kevin Ridge]

Undertaker and Paul Bearer getting back together? Mankind hits Undertaker with a fireball. Sid actually makes the save to run off Mankind/Bearer.

[Robert S]

Mankind being the number 1 contender coming out of Wrestlemania is really strange considering he hardly did anything of note since Survivor Series.

[PeteF3]

Mankind finally has something to do again after being lost in the wilderness since November.

[Exposer]

Really good angle. Bearer begs The Undertaker to take him back as his manager. It all seems like bullshit since Taker won the title & Bearer wants to be associated with the champion. I loved Taker locking the casket because he knows he can't fully trust Bearer anymore. Taker is a smart face & senses that Bearer maybe full of shit like I do & tricks him into thinking he's accepted his forgiveness. Taker punches him in the face & stalks him before Mankind crawls out from under the ring throws a fireball in Taker's eyes. That looked great. Great heel set up by Bearer & Mankind. They hug it out & are chased off by Sid. I loved Taker's selling of it as he starts swinging at refs & falls into the crowd blindly. Awesome segment.