The Ministry of Darkness: where are they now?

#1 The Undertaker and Paul Bearer

Paul Bearer was usually the puppet master, controlling the actions of either his on-screen son Kane or The Undertaker, depending on what mood he was in. Unfortunately, William Moody, who played Paul Bearer, died in 2013 having been an integral part of the Ministry of Darkness.

Now for The Lord of Darkness himself. Accompanied by Paul Bearer, The Undertaker looked to wreak havoc on the WWF with his new group and his new obsession with being the Lord of Darkness. He wanted to oust power from Vince McMahon and own the WWF.

The great thing about the Ministry of Darkness is that they seemed a viable threat for the control the Vince had over the WWF as his Mr McMahon heel character. With him also building a faction known as The Corporation, the WWF was seeing a true civil war.

Even though several members of the Ministry found success after the group disbanded, none of them came close to matching The Deadman. After coming back from injury shortly after the group broke up, he returned as The American Badass. The gimmick divided fans of the product in hindsight, but he managed to keep himself relevant through the end of the Attitude Era as the product evolved.

His crowning glory is his WrestleMania streak which he lost at WrestleMania XXX to Brock Lesnar. 21 times in a row, The Undertaker beat his opponent at WrestleMania, whether that was in a handicap match, Casket match or in Hell in a Cell.

He suffered his second loss to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 33 and left his hat and gloves in the ring, potentially signifying his retirement.

Regardless of whether the Deadman is retired or not, he has given 25 years of his life to this business and this industry. And I for one thank him for that and for bringing us the Ministry of Darkness.

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