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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 19:21:49 No.17432601 View View Reply Original Report

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Coming from the era of overly gimmicky wrestlers, why was it the funeral director who lasted and became a legend?

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 19:22:33 No.17432606 Report

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>>17432601
It was a different time

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 19:23:05 No.17432609 Report

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A lot of those dayjob guys were actually over they just never got pushed

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 19:23:40 No.17432612 Report

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it was because take had a very good look and was loyal. the gimmick should have died like 3 times though, take during the new gen and attitude era was brutal stuff

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 19:23:50 No.17432613 Report

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the supernatural permeates through out America. it was a way for the people to see their every day lives and fears reflected back upon them.

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 19:25:03 No.17432619 Report

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not being addicted to oxycotin pills helped probably

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 19:35:31 No.17432666 Report

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He lived the gimmick

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 20:42:35 No.17433017 Report

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There are lots of legends in wrestling. Gimmicky ones and non-gimmicky ones. Taker had the fortune to have his legend status marketed aggressively while he was still a massively popular full-time WWE star and he never fucked it up for himself (showed up to work sober). Another important part was that he was consistently present in the WWE system for 30 years and had a level of control over the narrative of his act's legacy that most other HOF level WWE/WCW/etc stars don't.
I would say his legacy as we now know it was shaped by a smart marketing push WWE started in the 2000s to keep their most iconic remaining post-Austin/Rock wrestler from getting too stale and possibly to refresh him when he returned as the Deadman after years of being a biker chud. Keep in mind the Streak was first acknowledged in 2002. Taker was absolutely invaluable to WWE by 2004 when they started leaning more into the Streak. Also DVD documentaries.

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 20:45:40 No.17433029 Report

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wrestling is for children and when it went mainstream we were children now that we're grown ups we consider him a legend, if we were our current age during Taker's first few years we would be shitting both on his gimmick and his in ring ability

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 20:46:01 No.17433030 Report

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>he had size
>he would do whatever Vince told him and was reliable
>he was capable of switching up his gimmick to keep it fresh
>he had nothing else going for him so he was really committed to making it work for him in WWF

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 23:39:32 No.17434147 Report

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imagine sucking him off

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 23:45:15 No.17434183 Report

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who did he ever really take under

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Anonymous Fri 04 Apr 2025 23:59:21 No.17434290 Report

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He was a huge fucking stooge most of his career and worked through a lot of injuries. Rarely not over too so he drew consistently even through the steroid trial (which Vince needed giants to distract from).

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Anonymous Sat 05 Apr 2025 00:15:17 No.17434531 Report

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The gimmick was able to evolve
The fuck was Duke Droese gonna do in the late 90s?
Undertaker changed into a cult leader and it worked with the dark aspects of his character

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Anonymous Sat 05 Apr 2025 00:25:23 No.17434708 Report

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People underestimate how much Taker needed Mankind and Kane help extend and evolve. Undertaker would have definitely died in the New Generation era if not for Mankind bringing a new edge to the Undertaker character.

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