Anyone else think Ministry of Darkness Undertaker was the best incarnation?
- Thread starter Dusty Bake Activate
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Gimmick wise "Lucifer Undertaker" was the most underrated of his incarnations 
plus the Corporate Ministry themes was lowkey piff
plus the Corporate Ministry themes was lowkey piff
Gimmick wise? It was him at his peak. My favorite will always be early Undead Mortician/Damn near unstoppable Undertaker, but this Taker legit had people SHOOK.
Wrestling wise? Somewhere between 06-08/09 was him at his best.
Wrestling wise? Somewhere between 06-08/09 was him at his best.
NYChase718
Veteran
His look and his theme song wit that heavy guitar was my favorite
I always wanted him to bring that back
I always wanted him to bring that back
NYChase718
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Taker had the McMahon’s under pressure before “IT WAS ME AUSTIN!” He was gonna crucify and rape Stephanie on live TV so his seed would inherit the WWF.
Unfortunately it was all part of mcmahons plan. Taker was always in cahoots
Which lead to stephanie joining up with HHH
Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
And that was dumb. The whole Vince McMahon being the higher power thing made no sense and was totally anticlimactic. They should’ve never made it the corporate ministry either.Unfortunately it was all part of mcmahons plan. Taker was always in cahoots
Which lead to stephanie joining up with HHH
NYChase718
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Russos shytty booking. It looks good at first until you think about it.
Like vince and shane were together all along yet the corporation and ministry were having fights and beating the shyt out of eachother just to make sure Austin wouldnt win the belt? Bossman got hung on a noose. Now they all laugh and hug together at the end
Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
Taker had such longevity at a high level cause he was always able to make tweaks to his character without ever losing his core identity. You can debate which Taker was the best, but it’s the same guy with the same name and same continuity. He talked about this on Stone Cold’s podcast I was listening to recently...how he always tried to keep the character fresh with updates.
TheBigBopper
Banned
This was definitely the best version of taker—just a straight up demonic ass kicker, but still had some realism to him with his Attitude era update to his gimmick. Ministry Undertaker, while entertaining at times, was mostly hokey as fukk, especially when they tried to do some smark shyt and explain that Mark Calloway the man believed he was really the Undertaker
Vic Damone. Jr
Don't support the phonies, support the real
Showed up every week with the 
look daring someone to do something. Find ya ass up on his symbol by the end of the show 
Few did get the drop on him and the rest of The Ministry, but it wasn’t long lasting
till the Corporate Ministry
look daring someone to do something. Find ya ass up on his symbol by the end of the show Few did get the drop on him and the rest of The Ministry, but it wasn’t long lasting till the Corporate Ministry
I always found it funny when the rock would take it to the undertaker back then, he'd talk about his 30 pound head and his Mickey mouse tattoos. Like when Rock would get the drop on him, taker would sit up like jason mid peoples elbow only to get kicked back down and catch one to the chest 
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Playaz Eyez
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Character wise, I always felt like this was the consensus. Wrestling wise, this may have been his worst iteration. The Ministry Taker character combined with 06-10 Taker in-ring wise is more of a GOAT than he already is.
AKM-95
All Star
For me it's the Big Evil incarnation of his character I've always felt he was intune with that character the most and it's probably who he really is as a person. I think the incarnation around 96-98 is underatted as well dude was running around doing dives in matches and he finally got a chance to show what he could do.
TheAlbionist
All Star
Weirdly I was gonna start this thread last week after watching a bunch of 1999 stuff running up to WM15.
Lord of Darkness Undertaker is so underrated - sure I've read somewhere that 'taker himself didn't particularly like it and thought it was going too far at times, but turning him into a genuine Horror/Gothic Movie monster was the only way to keep the supernatural side of him into the Attitude era... and like most other things that worked in the AE, it was the absolute best of itself then.
Burning symbols, dragging coffins, hanging corrupt cops. Yes Takes.
Lord of Darkness Undertaker is so underrated - sure I've read somewhere that 'taker himself didn't particularly like it and thought it was going too far at times, but turning him into a genuine Horror/Gothic Movie monster was the only way to keep the supernatural side of him into the Attitude era... and like most other things that worked in the AE, it was the absolute best of itself then.
Burning symbols, dragging coffins, hanging corrupt cops. Yes Takes.
