Gimmick Some Lovin': The Buried Alive match

Final Thoughts

Real or not, that's definitely not where his arm would be, based on where he was "buried"

My Rating

For the match itself? I'm way in. The grave was used well and the action was very different from anything else we were seeing in 1996, even from these two. In fact, I think this might be (at least in terms of bell-to-bell action) my favourite Undertaker vs. Mankind match (and you can call it heresy, but I'm not a big fan of their Hell in a Cell match).

But then there's the ending. It takes so long to close this one out, and I think some foresight as to how long it would take to actually fill a grave would have been useful.

The match? 8/10

The post-match? 3/10

Meltzer?

Some people invest a lot in Meltzer ratings. I don't; I respect his standing in the business and I respect his opinion, but I don't want to base my own opinions on what he thinks. I will, however, look up his rating after writing up my own thoughts in case anyone's curious.

Dave gives this one ***3/4 stars, which is pretty close to my 8/10.