Phenom-American Badass-Deadman

Now since Survivor Series 1991 Mark Calaway or The Undertaker as he is known in The WWE/WWF has been amazing fans, terrifying his foes, and leaving a “Decade of Destruction” in his wake and all this has come down to his perfect 13-0 record at Wrestlemania. Since his debut Taker has been a 4 Time WWE/WWF Champion, 6 Time Tag Team Champion, Hardcore Champion, and WCW Tag Team Champion. This is a short summary of the Undertaker’s legendary Career and My Review of The Three Disc Tombstone DVD will touch on twenty one of Taker’s greatest matches, interviews, promos, behind the scenes, and more.

Disc One begins with The WWE/WWF Championship match at Survivor Series 1991 vs. Hulk Hogan and Ends With The WWE Championship Match at Summerslam 1997 vs. Bret Hart with Shawn Michaels as the Guest Referee. The extras include Taker attacking Hulk Hogan at the Funeral Parlor, Building a casket for Yokozuna, Graveyard Promos on Mankind and Diesel, and a Bonus Match vs. Bret Hart at One Night Only 1997. The matches most notable on Disc One are The WWE/WWF Championship Match vs. Hulk Hogan at Survivor Series 1991 where Taker won his 1st WWE/WWF Championship with a little help from Ric Flair and a Tombstone Piledriver on a steel chair, The Casket Match vs. Yokozuna at Royal Rumble 1994 where it took and army of superstars and Yokozuna himself to put Taker in the casket this match marked the “Rebirth of The Undertaker”, Buried Alive Match vs. Mankind at In Your House 1996 where Taker won the match but was buried alive anyway which took another army of superstars, Mankind himself and even Paul Bearer to do the job and Taker still refused to Rest in Peace, and The WWE/WWF Championship Match vs. Bret Hart with Shawn Michaels as the Guest Referee at Summerslam 1997 where Taker may has lost the title but the match itself as great overall and marked the beginning of Taker’s rivalry with HBK and would lead to the Birth of the Hell in the Cell. Overall Disc One had many classic Undertaker matches and Promos but it was missing Taker’s debut match at Survivor Series 1990 as a member of Ted Dibiase’s “Million Dollar Dream Team” and his WWE/WWF Title Match at Wrestlemania 13 vs. Sid. I was surprised that it did not include his debut match and the only time he headlined Wrestlemania and he didn’t even win the Royal Rumble to earn that right.

Disc Two begins with The One on One Match with HBK at In Your House 1997 and Ends with the WWE/WWF Championship Match with The Rock at King of the Ring 1999. The extras include an Interview about HBK, Taker talking to his parent’s tombstone in the graveyard, An Interview about Kane which Kane crashes by burning his parent’s tombstone, and when Taker broke into Paul Bearer’s house and destroys him. The matches most notable on Disc Two are The First Hell in a Cell Match vs. HBK at Bad Blood 1997, this match was great with Shawn and Taker doing what they do best, Taker lost in the end thanks to a Tombstone Piledriver from Kane but this match started one of the greatest and most memorable rivalries in my mind Kane vs. The Undertaker, vs. Kane at Wrestlemania XIV, Undertaker came to the ring with the druids and torches and this match was great with Kane and Taker going back and forth with the momentum, Taker kicked out of a Tombstone from Kane and it took three Tombstones from Taker to put Kane down, and the Hell in the Cell Match vs. Mankind at King of the Ring 1998 too bad the whole match isn’t included it ends after Taker throws mankind off the top of the cell through the announce table. Overall Disc Two was pretty accurate in chronicling Taker’s career from 97-99, the extras where Taker talks to his parent’s Tombstone about his match with Kane was very convincing and you should really watch that footage it really added that personal feel to the Kane vs. Undertaker match at Wrestlemania XIV.

Disc Three begins with The WWE/WWF Championship First Blood Match at Fully Loaded 1999 and ends with Undertaker’s Return from the Dead vs. Kane vs. Wrestlemania XX. The extras on this disc include and interview about HHH, Promos on Hulk Hogan, and Comments on the Hell in the Cell, A Return to the Graveyard Promo on Vince McMahon, and a Bonus Match from Smackdown! vs. Kurt Angle for The WWE Championship. Every Match on this disc is worth watching but you should check out, vs. HHH at WMX7 which is one of my favorite matches in Taker’s Wrestlemania streak, WWE Championship Hell in a Cell match vs. Brock Lesnar at No Mercy 2002, Taker may have lost but this match was a great effort by both men and Taker competed with a broken hand, Buried Alive Match vs. Vince McMahon at Survivor Series 2003 where Vince got the beating of a lifetime and set up the final confrontation of the Kane vs. Taker Rivalry, Return from the Dead vs. Kane at Wrestlemania XX where Taker revived the Deadman Character and reenacted his Wrestlemania XIV entrance and put Kane away with a Tombstone Piledriver. The Return to the Graveyard Promo on Vince McMahon before the Buried Alive Match at Survivor Series 2003 was a trip down memory lane with Taker adding some of his old school style to his American Badass character. This Disc was missing The Legend Killer Match vs. Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 21, Taker’s Hardcore Matches with RVD, The Brothers of Destruction, and The Ladder match vs. Jeff Hardy on Raw for The WWE Championship.

Overall This was a great DVD filled with a lot of memories and goodies for Undertaker fans of past, present, and future. This DVD would be perfect if it included more on Taker’s Hardcore and Tag Team Titles and I think a separate disc should have been included especially for Taker’s 13-0 Winning Streak at Wrestlemania.

Final Score- 9.0/10