Taker's Mania streak isn't the only thing on fire...

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

The Undertaker suffered burns to his chest during a pyrotechnic malfunction during his entrance when flames reached and burned his jacket as he came out for the Elimination Chamber main event. Taker immediately ripped off his jacket and quickly moved away from the pyro. When he got to the ring, he doused himself with water before working as scheduled.

WWE sources indicated that when Taker returned to the locker room, he was extremely upset and yelling about the situation while management tried hard to calm the matter, which was an obvious accident.

Also from PWInsider:

I am just returning from the PPV tonight. I wanted to send word along. During Taker's entrance, he stopped on the the ramp and his fire shot up. He caught on fire, completely from head to toe. He threw his coat and hat off and ran to the ring. Luckily, the fire extinguished itself. Once he went into his pod, Referee Jack Doan handed Taker several bottles of water to cool himself. I can't believe he competed in the match. It was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. He was completely engulfed for one to two seconds. It was unbelievable.

[Indifferent Clox]

he's......... real?

[El Fangel]

On Fire!

Nail in the coffin!

[Xero]

he's......... real?

I will never doubt his powers ever again.

[Fignuts]

BOOMSHAKALAKA

[Fignuts]

Gotta see video of this though. That is so awesome.

[Xero]

Yeah, gonna be up on YouTube by tomorrow I'm sure. Hope someone on the aisle got it.

[Executioner]

Damn it, I missed it. I was refreshing my stream when Taker was making his entrance and all I remember is the stream popping back up after like 15 seconds and Taker was already in the chamber pod. I was like "WTF!?! His entrance is always 3 minutes minimum!!!!"

[James Steele]

I was wondering what the hell happened, because it looked like he just got randomly pissed off and ran to the ring and stuff. Is his hat ok? I heard it holds all his powers now...like the urn used to.

[Nark Order]

They should play it off like HBK is secretly an engineer on his spare time and rigged Taker's pyro to blow him up.

[Xero]

They should play it off like HBK is secretly an engineer on his spare time and rigged Taker's pyro to blow him up.

Just start billing Taker from Hell.

[Executioner]

They should play it off like HBK is secretly an engineer on his spare time and rigged Taker's pyro to blow him up.

:rofl:

[Fignuts]

They should play it off like HBK is secretly an engineer on his spare time and rigged Taker's pyro to blow him up.

Killing him would be a great way to face him at WM.

[Nark Order]

WYLE E. COYOTE STYLE!

[Xero]

Imagine the Mania promo package of this if they got a closeup.

*Show Michaels from last year*

Voice Over: A man, descended from the heavens...

*Cue Taker being set on fire in slow motion*

Voice over: A man, bathed in flames.

[Fignuts]

I'd bet Taker would give out some pretty STIFF offense then.

ROFL

[The Franchise]

Hey saw you were on fire so here's a couple Dasanis

[Xero]

Original PWInsider posting:

The Undertaker suffered burns to his chest during a pyrotechnic malfunction during his entrance when flames reached and burned his jacket as he came out for the Elimination Chamber main event. Taker immediately ripped off his jacket and quickly moved away from the pyro. When he got to the ring, he doused himself with water before working as scheduled.

WWE sources indicated that when Taker returned to the locker room, he was extremely upset and yelling about the situation while management tried hard to calm the matter, which was an obvious accident.

[The Franchise]

I wonder if this will change their plans for the WM 26 set, which is supposed to have ridiculous amounts of pyro and fire

[Nark Order]

Taker should've known something was up when saw that the pyrotechnics were made and manufactured by ACME.

[Xero]

Random Management: Now Taker, we're sorry and everything, but..... You owe us $3 for the water...

[Jeritron]

They should run with it and show the footage, having Shawn take responsibility. Sabotage didn't get the job done so he did a run in

[Xero]

Maybe Matt did it.

[The Franchise]

Now that would get Shawn some crazy heel heat

:shifty:

[Skippord]

whoa, awesome

[Nark Order]

I hear Matt Hardy and HBK got their engineering degrees from the same school.

[Fignuts]

lol again, that would be pretty dumb, as he can't face taker if he's DEAD.

[Fignuts]

Stop posting so fast, you shitdicks.

[Nark Order]

Taker was dead last year and they faced off at Wrestlemania. Your theory is debunked!

[Xero]

lol again, that would be pretty dumb, as he can't face taker if he's DEAD.

Shawn: I figured if I can't face him, NO ONE CAN!

That one line remedies this.

[Jeritron]

lol again, that would be pretty dumb, as he can't face taker if he's DEAD.

I was DEAD serious too

[Xero]

This WOULD set up a Taker vs Michaels Inferno Match.

[Nark Order]

Or a Soaked Alive with Bottled Water Match at least.

[Jeritron]

I'd love to see Taker get his mask back, instead of Kane, just to light a fire under the ass of the IWC (no pun intended)

[Xero]

Or a Soaked Alive with Bottled Water Match at least.

Dasani on a Pole Match.

[Nark Order]

That pun was definitely intended, you bastard.

[Jeritron]

Or a Soaked Alive with Bottled Water Match at least.

Match? Lets make it a whole PPV!

[Jeritron]

Dasani on a Pole Match.

November: Dasani On A Pole ppv

[Xero]

I'd love to see Taker get his mask back, instead of Kane, just to light a fire under the ass of the IWC (no pun intended)

lol was thinking about that.

I know it wouldn't fit the character, but imagine the hilarious promos where Kane tries to help Taker live a normal life despite being burned. He could give him advice like going to the ice cream shop and smearing ice cream on his face for relief.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Hmm, now I know why I was noticing those two pink spots on his chest. I'd be fucking pissed too if I was him. Entire group I was with at the bar tonight were like "WTF? 'Taker never runs down to the ring..."

Just glad for his sake that it wasn't more serious.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, someone is fired.

[Poit]

Yeah, someone is fired.

I see what you did there.

[SupaNovaHBK]

Yeah, someone is fired.

Austin: [the guard has just fallen in molten lava] What a... burn?
[laughs]
Austin: That sort of thing could get a man... fired?
[laughs]
Austin: I think he was... hot... for... you?
[laughs]

[Shadow]

Oh that must've hurt. Glad to know he's ok though.

[Xero]

Video's up:

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[Xero]

Holy shit.

[Mr. Pierre]

I just watched the PPV back..you can see which flame hit him, but you never saw him on fire..he played it off the best he could have, as he just quickly moved outta the spot, threw his jacket off and stormed to the ring.

During the match I thought Taker was sick or something, because he was constantly pouring water on himself, and during Punk's promo and his entire time in the pod, it looked like he was gonna hurl or something. You can see a burn on his chest too at the end of the match. Damn, those knife-edged chops from HBK are gonna hurt like a bitch at Mania now.

Glad to hear he's ok. What a fuckin beast!!

[Xero]

From that video you can see that specific flame never comes up until Taker's there.

[Mr. Pierre]

Wow! Holy shit, he's lucky..

[KYR]

http://butlersheetmetal.com/tinbasherblog/images/wilecoyoteroadrunner.jpg

[Xero]

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[Xero]

More footage:

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God damn.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

What's even worse is this isn't the first time Taker's almost been seriously burned by a pyro accident.

[Fignuts]

holy shit.

[Xero]

Who else has been victim of botched promo?

The Mania 24 incident, this and the other Taker incident are all I can remember.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I'm sure there had to be at least one back when they did in ring pyro. HBK, Razor Ramon, Sid, and fuck even Aldo Montoya had that shit. Had to happen once you'd think

[CWK]

He is extremely lucky, all I keep thinking of is James Hetfield from Metallica who went through the exact same thing and he was burned down to the bone on his arms and hands, Undertaker's long trench coat saved his ass, big time. Damn, there is nothing like the pain of a burn.

[CWK]

Now if WWE is smart, they will work this into the HBK storyline. HBK has been acting really weird lately so maybe they could write in that he did that with the pyro and set Undertaker off really bad and thus agree to the Wrestlemania rematch. Golden.

[DaBrasko]

it did
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[Xero]

Footage keeps getting better and better...

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You can actually see him on fire in this one.

As said, Taker's VERY lucky.

[Fignuts]

I thought taker looked a little hot under the collar.

[CSL]

Good work from Taker and whoever was feeding Michael Cole his lines

[CWK]

Holy Shit was Undertaker mad!! the one Xero just posted, you can see Taker just ripping his costume off and throwing the shit down, I bet he threw his belt at least half way back up the aisle behind him, it certainly looked that way. Damn.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Kudos to the composure of The Undertaker. He showed some serious grace under fire.

[Nervous Ferret]

Undertaker is sick

[Juan]

Undertaker is sick

He'll be fine.

[GoneFishing]

Hmm, I thought it was just planned for him to run and seem excited, I never noticed any fire.

Dasani on a Pole Match.

Rofl.

[DaVe]

Damn.

Fair enough if he was pissed as hell after the match, but hes a freaking champ for no selling it as much as he did. Never noticed it while I watched the match.

[Droford]

It would have been something if he had really been injured and couldnt wrestle the EC or even at WM.

Very lucky.

[Skippord]

it was DDP

[Fignuts]

Did anyone chop him during the match, not knowing what happened?

[Impeccable]

Gotta commend him on his professionalism (i.e. show must go on attitude). Orton get's pissed when someone is late on a button press, etc.

But yeah...very lucky (dead)man.

[Sixx]

Prince of Darkness bitching about a little burn and having to pour water on his tits so it doesn't hurt?

PFFFF!

[LewisTheTruest]

Looked like he was standing right on the flames, watching it I thought he was gonna get toasted earlier. Man did he move when it happened tho. It'd be funny if that was his entrance from now on (without actually being burned of course).

[Swiss Ultimate]

...I think it's more important to note that Chris Jericho won. I am content now.

Way to go WWE!

[Cool King]

I had a feeling something went wrong during his entrance when I saw him running.

But I actually bought what Cole was saying and thought it was all Kayfabe and that The Undertaker was actually "eager" to get into the match and so on. Then later, when The Undertaker pulled down his straps and I saw a big burn mark on his chest, I was curious as to where that came from.

But yeah, the footage of it is quite amazing and The Undertaker is an extremely lucky man. His trench coat basically saved his life.

[Savio]

He was just chillin during the first flame "puff"

[Sixx]

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[The Gold Standard]

When I saw it live, I thought he just tripped because I wasn't watching closely.

But Damn. Taker is very lucky, and he did a good job at playing it off.

[Jeritron]

I wonder if Taker ever gets sick of all this shit

[addy2hotty]

Looks bad, but I'm sure backstage Michelle McCooled him off.

[James Steele]

Damn it, WWE already pulled all those videos down.

[KIRA]

Damnit that company works fast anyone got a fresh link

[CSL]

Somebody on the fan forum capped one of the vids so if there's no links knocking around, be about the best you'll get atm

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[Londoner]

I was thinking he looked abit weird during the whole match,and i guess this incident was why. :lol: They really could play it out as mind games from HBK, but i doubt that will happen.

[McLegend]

Holy shit. Unreal.

Really cool screen cap on another note.

[Cool King]

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[The Franchise]

That is fucking scary
glad he's OK

[Londoner]

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Wow thanks for that, that was tough to watch actually.

[Lock Jaw]

Why did the pyro guys think it was a bright idea to put one column in the middle of the ramp? Usually they are of to the side and stuff.

[jerichoholicninja]

...and the legend grows. He no sold being set on fire.

[Londoner]

Why did the pyro guys think it was a bright idea to put one column in the middle of the ramp? Usually they are of to the side and stuff.

HBK DID IT.

[Lock Jaw]

Did he do it for The Rock?

[Xero]

He did it for the Jesus.

[Lock Jaw]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/VideoGameMasterJackov/JesusAguilera.jpg

?

[The Franchise]

That dude stabbed Cena and tried to blow up Taker

now thats one hell of a heel

[KIRA]

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Sad thing is he maneges to make being set on fire look cool

[Jeritron]

What's up with TMZ covering wrestling?

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

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How do you like your Undertaker?!

[The Gold Standard]

I wonder if Taker ever gets sick of all this shit

Like Joy was?

[CWK]

Not only would the burn itself and the pain of it totally suck, and Taker had a nasty burn on his chest, but it was a million times worse because he then worked the match with no medicated gel or anything and his body sweat just ran all over that burn, damn that must have sucked.

[Xero]

(Later this year, in South America)

Triple H: Hot enough for ya?

Taker: .....:|

[Londoner]

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How do you like your Undertaker?!

:rofl:

[Rammsteinmad]

With all the expectations of HBK getting involved in this match, when me and my mates watched it live and saw 'Taker running out of the flames we thought it was HBK in 'Taker attire. Was really weird because obviously we didn't find out the burns until later on, but at the time it was just like "wtf was up with that entrance?".

[Gerard]

Wonder how taker getting toasted fits in with Vinces "i meant to do that" mentality.

Yeah Vince, i meant to set myself on fire. :wtf:

[Perry Saturn]

Dasani on a Pole Match.

GOD DAMN IT who brought russo into the creative team :p

[Xero]

If you watch Taker's entrance from RAW, the flames completely stop until he's way, WAY down the ramp.