1. Undertaker has been with the WWE for 20 years. He started in Nov 1990 at SS and we are now in 2011. That equates to 20 yrs. Not 8.
I was referring Undertaker's working with Kane in 1998. At that point, he'd been with WWE for about 8 years. I know when 'Taker debuted with WWE. I saw it live on PPV and taped it (the 1990 Survivor Series).
2. Bishoff was giving Raw results away for only 4 weeks before it was the result that Mankind was winning the title unexpectedly off the Rock on Raw which drew peoples interest as they wanted to see Foley win his first title. That is what brought the ratings back the WWE along with the boom of the attitude era.
Not quite. In '96, Bischoff started doing that (and he may have started earlier than that). In particular, I recall when he gave away the results of a match between Vader and Fatu.
3. Undertaker NEVER put Kane over. To put someone over means you lose to them in a clean pinfall. This never happened. Undertaker defeated Kane at their WM match and again a month later at the next PPV in an inferno match. In their series of house matches Kane was disqualified.
Putting someone over means you establish them as being legitimate, at (or near) the same level as yourself. Plus, Kane beat Undertaker on Raw to become the #1 Contender for the WWE title (hence, the "First Blood" match he has with Austin at the '98 King of the Ring. Kane won the title, only to lose it back to Austin the next night on RAW).
Further proof that putting someone over doesn't necessitate that someone beating you is AUSTIN, himself. How did Austin get established as a star? It was with his feud with Bret Hart. In case you forgot, Austin LOST most of his matches to Bret Hart, starting at the '96 Survivor Series. The match that really put Austin over was the "Submission Match" at WrestleMania 13, which we all know Austin also LOST.
Now here's a repost to help you understand the art of Kayfabe (staged product).
Ok...i'll repost for you "wrestling expert"
Here....maybe this will help understand the art of "Kayfabe" (staged):
In 1982, Lawler began a notorious feud with comedian Andy Kaufman.[2] At the time, Kaufman wrestled women as part of his skits and had declared himself the Intergender Heavyweight Champion.[2] On April 5, Lawler, who had taken exception to the skits, wrestled Kaufman in Memphis.[2] During the course of the match, Lawler delivered two piledrivers to his opponent, sending him to the hospital.[2] On July 29, Lawler slapped Kaufman in the face on an episode of Late Night with David Letterman.[2][4] Kaufman responded by throwing his coffee on Lawler.[2] Everyone including the high ups in the wrestling world believed that this was a real legitamate shoot when in face its was NOT.Years later, Lawler appeared as himself in the Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon; the movie revealed that Lawler's feud with Kaufman had been kayfabe (staged). Lawler later revealed that not only was his entire feud with Kaufman staged, but the two were actually very good friends
The same water holds for the screwjob, the same water holds for the Mr.McMahon charactor. Its an act! Not real! Vince capitalized on his "heat" reaction from the crowd from the "screwjob" and turned it into a money making saga. Just like the heat between Hart & Michaels backstage when they got into a fight(s) and disagreements Vince turned it into a money making fued. Same deal with Edge & Matt Hardy over Lita's affections. Vince turned it into a money making fued and it was one of the better fueds and one of Matt Hardy's better performances in their series of matches. It draws more viewers. Vince is a genius for that.
One, Lawler's feud with Kauffman has zilch to do with the Survivor Series Screwjob. This incident almost ripped the company apart. And this is coming from the wrestlers. Remember that many of them DID NOT SHOW UP on Raw the next night or the week after that, based on what happened. There was legitimate dissent among the ranks. What, in my estimation, saved the company was Vince's actually telling the truth of what he did and why.
His job was to take care of his wrestlers, first and foremost. Bret Hart didn't want to job to Michaels in Canada, simple as that. Vince wasn't going to risk having Eric Bischoff brag about buying the WWF champion on Nitro. As I said some time ago, come hell or high water, Bret Hart was NOT leaving Survivor Series as champion, period.
Even with the "heat" from SS '97, it was still six months, at least, before RAW finally surpassed Nitro. And much of that was built off the heat of the "Mr. McMahon" character (based on the SS Screwjob) who would stoop to screwing Austin out of the WWF title (as he actually did with Bret Hart).
