Taker was later in his career. His WHC run including closing mania he was definitely biggest on the cards
Triple H and Undertaker have never been "The guy" True or False?
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When exactly was this though and for how long?
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Prince Paul Kill 'Em All is the MAN as we speak.. nothing you can do about it neither
Lewis Black
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They've only been two guys the last decade breh. The rock in the early 2000 and cena for the rest of it.
...brock was the man until he left...rock ACTIVELY passed the torch to him. And taker was until cena.
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Brock is like the ultimate warrior. The torch was passed but it was meh and short.
Taker has never been the face of the company man lol.
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i would put brock, taker, angle and eddie over hhh in those years.
Yep I always made this argument back then he was never the ringmaster he always got screwed out of winning titles clean until i think mania 13, the whole yoko burying him in a casket due to every heel coming out to make him lose and him dissapearing for months was evidence of this.
Its almost like they didn't want to over expose him because they knew his persona would over power Michaels and Bret ultimately but then he just had the bad luck of playing second fiddle to Shawn Bret and then Rock and Austin and never got his own era
I was kind of mad when Austin beat Taker clean at Highway to Hell 98 which signified attitude era wouldn't be his era
Lewis Black
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03-05 era is very weird, you had a number of top guys but you can't really say it was one dudes era.
We really have to clarify what makes them the guy and back it up
Taker was on and off, stepped in at certain points but never really had a super long run as the guy, he was always more of a special attraction
Triple H had a run on top as a face but it failed and he turned back heel
Taker was on and off, stepped in at certain points but never really had a super long run as the guy, he was always more of a special attraction
Triple H had a run on top as a face but it failed and he turned back heel
When the Yoko match happened and it took 20 people to take him down, that was his peak to me
Absolutely agree.
Taker was never the face...
Bret, Shawn, Austin, Rock, Cena, Lesnar [point guards]
Undertaker was always the shooting guard
Now there was times when the face played 2nd fiddle to Undertaker. The only time you could say Undertaker was aligned at the top was during the Invasion because he was the leader of the locker room. It was him hyping the WWF up and giving the speeches. But the spotlight was always on Austin and the Rock
HHH is a weird one, because during the Ruthless Aggression they were going through a transition period of trying to figure out who was gonna be the top guy, and it kinda messed up the idea once they brought in the World Heavyweight title because then it was HHH as the face of Raw and Lesnar as the face of Smackdown
Bret, Shawn, Austin, Rock, Cena, Lesnar [point guards]
Undertaker was always the shooting guard
Now there was times when the face played 2nd fiddle to Undertaker. The only time you could say Undertaker was aligned at the top was during the Invasion because he was the leader of the locker room. It was him hyping the WWF up and giving the speeches. But the spotlight was always on Austin and the Rock
HHH is a weird one, because during the Ruthless Aggression they were going through a transition period of trying to figure out who was gonna be the top guy, and it kinda messed up the idea once they brought in the World Heavyweight title because then it was HHH as the face of Raw and Lesnar as the face of Smackdown
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The thing with Taker is I agree with some of the comments stating during the New Generation Era he was the Face for a period of time.
Besides that, he played an imporant role as being the backbone/ second fiddle/go to guy for the WWE through all of their transitions.
Im pretty sure he never even cared, he is someone that truly knows whats right for business. There have even been times where he was more over than the "face of the company", as well as some other guys throughout history.
Besides that, he played an imporant role as being the backbone/ second fiddle/go to guy for the WWE through all of their transitions.
Im pretty sure he never even cared, he is someone that truly knows whats right for business. There have even been times where he was more over than the "face of the company", as well as some other guys throughout history.
like the past 10+years
i can name about maybe 2 people that would get a big a response as taker
1 would be hulk and thats when he returns and the other might be rock