9: Vince McMahon is revealed to be the higher power
In the middle of 1999, The Undertaker began terrorizing Mr. McMahon and his family in a bid to take over the World Wrestling Federation. Before the beginning of this classic storyline, Mr. McMahon had been the biggest heel in the world of professional wrestling during his various feuds with Steve Austin. However, the storyline with the Undertaker and his Ministry of Darkness showed Vince in a completely different light as the sympathetic father and family man trying to protect his family and young daughter from evil.
During the Ministry of Darkness’ reign of terror, Undertaker had repeatedly pledged loyalty to a ‘higher power’. On the June 7, 1999 episode of Raw, Undertaker announced that the ‘higher power’ would finally reveal himself. To everyone’s surprise, in one of the most nonsensical storyline twists in WWE history, the ‘higher power’ was revealed as Mr. McMahon himself.
Even though Mr. McMahon being the ‘higher power’ ruined one of the best storylines in the Attitude Era, the moment where Mr. McMahon took off his hood and revealed himself with the iconic line “It was me, Austin, it was me all along” is one of the most memorable Raw moments.