Line #14 NightmareFuel/TheUndertaker


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2	[[caption-width-right:275: ''Rest. in. Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeace........'']]
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5	Considering that he's "The Deadman" and all, along with having a complete 30-year career in WWE, The Undertaker is all about the Nightmare Fuel, and has racked up quite a fair share of it over the years.
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7	* The Undertaker's debut back in 1990, which signaled a major paradigm shift in the way sports- entertainment would be presented in the years to come. As cheesy as the gimmick may seem nowadays, in the candy-colored circus that was WWE during the Reagan/Bush era the 'Taker gimmick was unique - and frightening. His theme, "Dark Side", was in the beginning much less elegiac and a lot more minimalist and creepy - literally like the music played in a funeral home chapel. 'Taker also [[SilentAntagonist never spoke]] and literally tried to kill his opponents, usually by choking them. Add to that Paul Bearer's [[ButNotTooWhite pasty white skin]] and unnaturally high voice, and it was undeniable that the Undertaker's appearances truly were something to fear.
8	** Scott Keith even admitted that the crowd reaction at Survivor Series '90 was something very unprecedented... and if you look at the faces of ''adult'' fans in the crowd, legitimate fear is very visible. ''No one'' knew what to make of this.
9	* Anything that involves his "return" after being "buried alive".
10	* The Undertaker's theme is considered NightmareFuel due to it beginning with the loud eerie ringing of a church bell like the beginning of AC/DC's Hells Bells but scarier, then crescendoing into the creepiest rendition of Chopin's Funeral March ever, and the rest of the music sounds like something out of a Franchise/ResidentEvil game. Scary enough for ya?
11	** Though whenever Taker is working as a face, that church bell veers away from this trope into SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound.
12	** The sound of the gongs itself, even though it is part of the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Music Of Awesome]] yet when placed in the right time, it sends chills.
13	* Undertaker locking Wrestling/UltimateWarrior into a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNg95xuwuCs casket]] on the set of ''Funeral Parlor''. Even worse, it went on and on, with various officials trying (and failing) to get Warrior out of the casket. When they finally did, it was revealed that Warrior had torn up the coffin in a desperate attempt to get out before passing out, and had to be resuscitated. Creepy stuff for a show aired on Saturday afternoons.
14	** This was somewhat mitigated in [[https://podbay.fm/p/ring-the-bell-radio/e/1274151600 a 2010 interview]] with Wrestling/PaulBearer, who revealed that in preparation for the segment, he and his team had to remove the airtight rubber seal or gasket from around the coffin lid and drill air holes in said lid to allow for breathable space, so that Warrior would not suffocate when they locked him in, because "he had enough brain damage as it was, and we wouldn't want to give him any more", implying that Warrior was actually {{Faking the\|Dead}} OnlyMostlyDead the whole time, giving his rescuers (and everyone else) quite a scare!
15	** [[HarsherInHindsight Made even worse]], however, with the Ultimate Warrior's sudden passing at the age of 54. And the Warrior once said that he would die once he saw Undertaker's streak ended...which it did two days before his death.
16	* The Undertaker and Paul Bearer nearly embalm an unconscious Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin alive after kidnapping him from a "local medical facility". Fortunately, Wrestling/{{Kane}} shows up to intervene, allowing Austin to regain consciousness and escape, but it's still disturbing.
17	* Anytime he pulls people down below the ring. He once did it to Kane, his half-brother, and the look on the Big Red Machine's face was of pure agony.
18	* The ''Tombstoned'' magazine special with the cover of him looking like a corpse in a coffin. Some sellers were given the heebie jeebies about it and expressed concern over its sale.
19	* Three words: [[NotMyDriver "Where to]], Wrestling/{{Stephanie\|McMahon}}?"
20	** Three more words: "Buckle up, Wrestling/{{Teddy\|Long}}."
21	* His mind games with Randy Orton leading up to Hell in a Cell at [[Wrestling/ArmageddonWWE Armageddon '05]]. Ranging from appearing in a mirror than vanishing, pretending he was a wax figure in an open coffin before choking Orton, ''possessing'' Josh Matthews....the list goes on and on.
22	* His feud with Ken Kennedy in 2006. The lead-up to their First Blood Match in Survivor Series has Undertaker state their match...and then blood starts ''raining down on Mr. Kennedy'' not unlike Gangrel's blood baths. Then, lead-up to their Armageddon Last Ride Match has Undertaker--who was about to be run over by a hearse--somehow teleporting to ''the passenger's seat'' of said hearse.
23	** And speaking of Armageddon, after Undertaker takes a huge fall from the entrance, Kennedy drags the Phenom's body to the hearse and is about to drive it out...cut to a camera in the hearse showing Undertaker ''sitting right back up behind Kennedy!''
24	* During his [[FanNickname Bikertaker]] days, Taker had no problem giving out [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatdowns]] to people. Some examples include:
25	** Getting Wrestling/RicFlair's attention by pulling his oldest son, David, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWKBnqn87yM into a locker room]] and proceeding to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the tar out of him]]. One line in particular toward the end of the segment really sticks out:
26	---> '''Taker:''' (to David) Hey, [[KickTheDog don't you have a little brother]]? No no no...[[WouldHitAGirl you have a]] ''[[Wrestling/CharlotteFlair sister]]'', [[WouldHitAGirl don't you]]? (EvilLaugh)
27	** Attacking Wrestling/JeffHardy after he's been [[KickTheDog handcuffed to the ropes]], while {{Wrestling/Raven}} forces a horrified Wrestling/MattHardy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrok_b2CklQ to watch]].
28	* Anyone watching Elimination Chamber '10 on WWE Network would be fooled by the commentary about how he's clearly ready to go, not wasting any time getting into the match. What you didn't see during the split second cutaway was Undertaker effectively was stood right on top of some lit pyrotechnics. Anyone looking at unedited footage is able to see him stagger for a moment, his jacket briefly on fire, before he quickly takes it off and walks to the ring to get into his pod. He IS not wasting any time, but it's nothing to do with how ready for the match he is, he's suffering some potentially bad burns!
29	* This one has been covered in the [=CMoA=] territory, but Undertaker's alleged threat to Wrestling/ShawnMichaels that he had better lose the championship to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin at Wrestlemania 14…or else. Considering Taker was sitting backstage watching the match with his fists taped, one gets chills thinking of what he would do to Michaels. Consider that Undertaker is seven feet tall, and over three hundred pounds of angry muscle...
30	* His RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Vickie Guerrero in 2008. [[SarcasmMode Highlights]] included (1) locking her in her office for a whole ''[=SmackDown=]'' before invoking LightsOffSomebodyDies at the end, (2) nearly subjecting her to BuriedAlive [[note]]Were it not for Big Show's FaceHeelTurn.[[/note]], and (3) using his LightFlickerTeleportation to bypass her HopeSpot protection that was Chavo Guerrero and Big Show - all reminders of why getting on the bad side of a giant KungFuWizard as much as she had is just TooDumbToLive. Oh, and the cherry on top? His genuine-looking DeathGlare right before [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHf9bBo3mdg Tombstoning her.]]
31	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV9eotIF-rY The Streak Promo]], originally introduced during the lead-up to Wrestlemania 21, showcasing everyone foolish enough to try and challenge the Dead Man, only to end up as another number on his list. Wrestling/JimmySnuka? Wrestling/JakeRoberts? Wrestling/TripleH? Wrestling/RicFlair? None of them even came close. Even Wrestling/{{Batista}}, World Heavyweight Champion, was unable to stop him.
32	** The original version of the video had a clip of Wrestling/BigBossMan being ''hanged'', because that's how their Hell In A Cell Match at Wrestlemania 15 ended. (Of course, this was mitigated as an illusion, because Big Boss Man had worn a safety bungee harness underneath his suit when he was attatched to a long harness cord disguised as a noose; and he had to be taken down off-camera so that he could get to a hospital on a stretcher, but still...)
33	** The shot of Ric Flair screaming as Undertaker chokes him, his face soaked in blood, and the final shot of their Wrestlemania 18 match, with Flair passed out in a pool of his own blood.
34	* The Netflix interactive film ''Escape the Undertaker'', in which Wrestling/TheNewDay wants to obtain the power of his urn and he's ready to test them by any means necessary. It says something that the positive trio are going through some ''very'' nightmarish scenarios.
35	** There's a scene where Big E's tied up and his head is encased in a glass cube ''filled with tarantulas''. He can either stay positive or give in.
36	** Undertaker places Xavier in a coffin and dumps dirt on him while Xavier pleads for help.

Context NightmareFuel / TheUndertaker