[1995-06-25 WWF-King of the Ring] Undertaker vs Mabel

[Superstar Sleeze]

Undertaker vs Mabel - WWF King of the Ring 1995

Mabel has four chances to show me he is any good as a pro wrestler. He already blew this one. Look a name change and getting him out of the purple pajamas should have been step one of his push. Even separate from the aesthetics, he seems to suck. He seems really worried about hurting himself or his opponent. Everything is very cautious and slow. It really is business exposing. There are more moments like his second belly to belly and piledriver where you are like oh he is pretty good but then there’s charging into the boot or the terrible knees while Taker was hung up in the ropes. Mabel really makes me appreciate Yokozuna and what he can do. Yoko is a million time better athlete that Mabel was.
 

Mabel is also a black hole of charisma in the ring. Taker’s shine was the normal weeble wooble selling and gets him down on the 3rd clothesline and Old School Rope Walk. Mabel just bumps and sells in the most nonchalant fashion. There’s no tension. His transition to heat was weak as was when Taker got tied up in the ropes. The belly 2 belly was good but it was into a chin lock. Really lame ass splash more lame outside the ring work with Mo. The piledriver was neat. They knock heads. Ref bump. Undertaker CHOKESLAMS MABEL! That gets a pop! Kama interferes hits a weak shot on Taker. Mabel leg drop for the win.
 

One of the worst matches I have seen in quite  some time.  Poor Undertaker when he gets a chance has shown himself to be pretty good in the mid-90s but he was just served shit. Oh Vince proved me right why Taker was bumping for those Jarrett dropkicks they were pushing that Taker was weakened because Kama had melted down the Urn into a chain! I knew I was right! Taker has too much pride in his character to be bumping for Jarrett dropkicks. It feels like they were trying to recapture the magic of Yokozuna and boy Mabel was not that guy. I agree they needed heels big time with a loaded roster of babyfaces: Diesel, Taker, Bret, Shawn and Razor but Mabel is not the answer. Three more matches to prove me wrong.