Rating The Champ: The Undertaker

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWF/E & World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker.

1990

W/ The Million Dollar Team vs. The Dream Team (Survivor Series) ***1/2

1991

Vs. Jimmy Snuka (WrestleMania VII) *
Vs. Hulk Hogan – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) 1/2*
Vs. Hulk Hogan – WWF Championship (This Tuesday in Texas) 3/4*

1992

Vs. Jake Roberts (WrestleMania VIII) 1/2*
Vs. Kamala (SummerSlam) DUD
Casket: Vs. Kamala (Survivor Series) DUD

1993

Vs. Giant Gonzalez (WrestleMania IX) DUD
RIP: Vs. Giant Gonzalez (SummerSlam) DUD
W/ The All-Americans vs. The Foreign Fanatics (Survivor Series) **1/2

1994

Casket: Vs. Yokozuna – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) 1/2*
Vs. ‘The UnderFaker’ (SummerSlam) DUD
Casket: Vs. Yokozuna (Survivor Series) **3/4

1995

Vs. IRS (Royal Rumble) *
Vs. King Kong Bundy (WrestleMania XI) *
Vs. Mabel (King of the Ring) DUD
Casket: Vs. Kama (SummerSlam) **
W/ The Darkside vs. The Royals (Survivor Series) *1/4
Casket: Vs. King Mabel (IYH 5: Season’s Beatings) *

1996

Vs. Bret Hart – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
Vs. Diesel (WrestleMania XII) ***1/2
Casket: Vs. Goldust – WWF Intercontinental Championship (IYH 8: Beware of Dog) **1/2
Vs. Mankind (King of the Ring) ***1/4
Vs. Goldust (IYH 9: International Incident) **1/4
Boiler Room Brawl: Vs. Mankind (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Curtain Call: Vs. Goldust (IYH 10: Mind Games) *1/4
Buried Alive: Vs. Mankind (IYH 11: Buried Alive) ***3/4
Vs. Mankind (Survivor Series) **1/2
Armageddon Rules: Vs. The Executioner (IYH 12: It’s Time) **1/4

1997

Vs. Vader (Royal Rumble) *1/2
Final Four: Vs. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin vs. Vader – WWF Championship (IYH 13: Final Four) ****1/4
Vs. Sycho Sid – WWF Championship (WrestleMania 13) *1/2
Vs. Mankind – WWF Championship (IYH 14: Revenge of the ‘Taker) ***3/4
Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (IYH 15: A Cold Day in Hell) ***1/4
Vs. Faarooq – WWF Championship (King of the Ring) **
Vs. Vader – WWF Championship (IYH 16: Canadian Stampede) ***1/4
Vs. Bret Hart – WWF Championship (SummerSlam) ****
Vs. Shawn Michaels (Ground Zero) ***1/2
Vs. Bret Hart – WWF Championship (One Night Only) ****3/4
HIAC: Vs. Shawn Michaels (Badd Blood) *****
Vs. Jeff Jarrett (D-Generation X) 1/2*

1998

Casket: Vs. Shawn Michaels – WWF Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
Vs. Kane (WrestleMania XIV) ***1/2
Inferno: Vs. Kane (Unforgiven) **1/2
HIAC: Vs. Mankind (King of the Ring) ****1/4
W/ Steve Austin vs. Kane & Mankind – WWF Tag Team Championship (Fully Loaded) **1/2
Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (SummerSlam) **1/4
Vs. Steve Austin vs. Kane – WWF Championship (Breakdown) **
Vs. Kane – WWF Championship (Judgment Day) 1/4*
Vs. Kane (Survivor Series) DUD
Vs. The Rock (Survivor Series) *
Buried Alive: Vs. Steve Austin (Rock Bottom) 1/2*

1999

HIAC: Vs. Big Boss Man (WrestleMania XV) DUD
Vs. Ken Shamrock (Backlash) *1/2
Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (Over the Edge) **3/4
Vs. The Rock – WWF Championship (King of the Ring) *1/2
First Blood: Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (Fully Loaded) ****1/4
W/ Big Show vs. Kane & X-Pac – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2

2000

W/ Rock & Kane vs. Triple H, Vince & Shane – WWF Championship (King of the Ring) **
Vs. Kurt Angle (Fully Loaded) 1/2*
Vs. Kane (SummerSlam) 1/2*
Vs. Rock vs. Kane vs. Benoit – WWF Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/2
Vs. Kurt Angle – WWF Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4
HIAC: Vs. Angle vs. Austin vs. Triple H vs. Rock vs. Rikishi – WWF Championship (Armageddon) ****1/4

2001

Tables: W/ Kane vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Way Out) **
Vs. Triple H (WrestleMania X-Seven) ***1/2
W/ Kane vs. Steve Austin & Triple H – WWF Tag Team, IC & World Championships (Backlash) **3/4
No Holds Barred: Vs. Steve Austin – WWF Championship (Judgment Day) ***
Inaugural Brawl: W/ Team WWF vs. Team WCW & ECW (InVasion) ***1/2
Steel Cage: W/ Kane vs. DDP & Kanyon – WCW & WWF Tag Team Championships (SummerSlam) 1/2*
W/ Kane vs. KroniK – WCW Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) DUD
Vs. Booker T (No Mercy) ***1/4
W/ Team WWF vs. The Alliance (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Hardcore: Vs. Rob Van Dam – WWF Hardcore Championship (Vengeance) ***

2002

Vs. The Rock (No Way Out) **1/2
Street Fight: Vs. Ric Flair (WrestleMania X8) ***
Vs. Steve Austin (Backlash) **
Vs. ‘Hollywood’ Hulk Hogan – WWE Undisputed Championship (Judgment Day) 1/2*
Vs. Triple H – WWE Undisputed Championship (King of the Ring) 3/4*
Vs. The Rock vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Undisputed Championship (Vengeance) ****1/2
Vs. Test (SummerSlam) **
Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Championship (Unforgiven) ***
HIAC: Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Championship (No Mercy) ***3/4

2003

Vs. Big Show (No Way Out) **
Handicap: Vs. Big Show & A-Train (WrestleMania XIX) *1/2
Vs. John Cena (Vengeance) ***1/2
Vs. A-Train (SummerSlam) *1/2
Biker Chain: Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Championship (No Mercy) **
Buried Alive: Vs. Vince McMahon (Survivor Series) *

2004

Vs. Kane (WrestleMania XX) **
Vs. Booker T (Judgment Day) *3/4
Handicap: Vs. The Dudley Boyz (The Great American Bash) *1/4
Vs. JBL – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) *1/4
Last Ride: Vs. JBL – WWE Championship (No Mercy) *1/2
Vs. Heidenreich (Survivor Series) *
Vs. JBL vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Booker T – WWE Championship (Armageddon) ***1/2

2005

Casket: Vs. Heidenreich (Royal Rumble) 1/2*
Vs. Luther Reigns (No Way Out) *
Vs. Randy Orton (WrestleMania 21) ****
Vs. Muhammad Hassan (The Great American Bash) *
Vs. Randy Orton (SummerSlam) ***
Handicap Casket: Vs. Randy Orton & Bob Orton Jr. (No Mercy) **3/4
HIAC: Vs. Randy Orton (Armageddon) ****1/4

2006

Vs. Kurt Angle – World Heavyweight Championship (No Way Out) ****3/4
Casket: Vs. Mark Henry (WrestleMania 22) *1/4
Vs. The Great Khali (Judgment Day) DUD
Punjabi Prison: Vs. Big Show (The Great American Bash) DUD
Vs. Mr. Kennedy (No Mercy) **
First Blood: Vs. Mr. Kennedy (Survivor Series) ***
Last Ride: Vs. Mr. Kennedy (Armageddon) **1/2

2007

W/ Batista vs. John Cena & Shawn Michaels (No Way Out) ***1/2
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ****
Vs. Mark Henry (Unforgiven) DUD
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***3/4
HIAC: Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Vs. Batista vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Armageddon) ***

2008

SmackDown’s Elimination Chamber (No Way Out) ***
Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXIV) ****1/2
Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ***1/2
Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Judgment Day) ***
TLC: Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (One Night Stand) ****
HIAC: Vs. Edge (SummerSlam) ****1/2
Vs. Big Show (No Mercy) ***3/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. Big Show (Cyber Sunday) ***1/4
Casket: Vs. Big Show (Survivor Series) *

2009

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (No Way Out) ****1/4
Vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XXV) *****
Submission: Vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (Breaking Point) **
HIAC: Vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (Bragging Rights) ***1/4
Vs. Chris Jericho vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) ***
Chairs: Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) **3/4

2010

Vs. Rey Mysterio – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) ***3/4
Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4
Vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XXVI) *****
No Holds Barred: Vs. Kane – World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) **
HIAC: Vs. Kane – World Heavyweight Championship (Hell in a Cell) *
Buried Alive: Vs. Kane – World Heavyweight Championship (Bragging Rights) *1/4