About this episode
The episode explores the origins of The Undertaker's WrestleMania Streak through key matches from 1991.
We're going back to 1991...and we're going STREAKING! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their encyclopedic exploration digging up The Dead Man as we take our time-traveling hearse back 35 years to celebrate the origin of The Undertaker's greatest accomplishment - The WrestleMania Streak! We're revisiting 3 matches that tell the tale of the birth of this epic achievement. Up first it's a rare house show encounter between The Undertaker and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka that's not just a test run for their Mania 7 match-up - it's also Taker's first ever appearance at MSG! Then we take a look at Taker's tune up for the PPV on the Superstars and Stripes Forever show taking on Tugboat. These two titans tussled on many of Undertaker's first live event appearances and were even briefly slated to have a match at Mania before the plans changed, so it's interesting to see what might have been. Finally we close things out with a look back at the match that started it all for WrestleMania 7, a passing of the torch between two phenoms of pro wrestling. It's a unique look back at the origins of the most legendary run in all of sports entertainment history as we celebrate it's…
People in this episode
Hosts: Alex Doriot, Travis White
Topics covered
- The Undertaker
- WrestleMania
- pro wrestling
- sports entertainment
Keywords
- 1991
- WrestleMania Streak
- house show
- MSG
- Tugboat
- Jimmy Snuka
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Dead Man, Superstars and Stripes Forever, Six Feet Under, Reconstruction, Royal Rumbles
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