Line #11 YMMV/PaulBearer

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1	* CrossesTheLineTwice: Not him directly, the WWE and CM Punk using his "ashes" as a way to bait The Undertaker. While some fans were up in arms about it and criticized the company for it, Wrestling/JimCornette, of all people (a personal friend of Bearer's and NOT afraid to criticize the WWE), defended the angle saying that he would've loved every minute of it.[[note]]Bearer's family also gave their approval for the storyline.[[/note]]
2	* HarsherInHindsight: Given his gimmick it was inevitable that with him having died in 2013, certain moments in his career are a bit uncomfortable to watch (coming out of a casket in 2010 for example).
3	** The infamous "burial in cement" segment looks really bad now.
4	** Or the fact that his last appearance on WWE TV saw him rolled into a freezer by Wrestling/{{Kane}} ...and he was never seen again after that.
5	** Frankly, both his career as that character and its inspiration, his real life career as an undertaker, could both count as collective moments.
6	** During the Kane vs Undertaker match at Wrestling/WrestleMania XIV, he is seen clutching his chest. Wrestling/JimRoss comments that it can't be a heart attack because he doesn't have a heart. His official cause of death was a heart attack.
7	* {{Narm}}: It's a wonder Wrestling/TheUndertaker was able to keep a straight face around him most of the time.
8	** NarmCharm: Fans still look back fondly at his over the top antics on-screen. The fact that he had such a ludicrous gimmick yet made it work has practically immortalized the guy when fans talk about managers and valets. The fact that he loved every minute of it probably helped.
9	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It took the man's death before Paul Bearer was ever portrayed as a uniting force for the Brothers of Destruction, as in his lifetime he only ever appeeared on ''either'' Wrestling/TheUndertaker ''or'' Wrestling/{{Kane}}'s behalf (and against the other if they were feuding at the time).
10	** ONCE, after a match where the Brothers of Destruction wrestled against [[Wrestling/KenAnderson Mr Kennedy]] and [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter MVP]], he appeared to congratulate them.

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