3 Ideas The Undertaker pitched and 3 he initially rejected

#2 The Undertaker initially rejected the return of The Deadman

The Undertaker did not compete in any WWE matches between his Survivor Series loss to Vince McMahon (November 2003) and his WrestleMania 20 victory over Kane (March 2004).

When The Undertaker made his return in that match against Kane, he ditched his American Badass gimmick and came back as the original Deadman character that he portrayed during his first decade in WWE.

Speaking on his Something to Wrestle With podcast, Bruce Prichard revealed that The Undertaker did not like the idea of ending his four-year run as The American Badass.

“It was a battle. It was a multi-month battle to really convince him that this would work and he didn’t think that people wanted The Deadman back, he really didn’t. He just wanted to continue on with The American Badass and felt it was a step back to go to the old Undertaker.” [H/T Michael McClead, Wrestle Zone]

Prichard added that it took constant dialogue and “a lot of begging” to finally convince The Undertaker that he should revert back to his original character.