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Very simply:
"HULKAMANIA IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE UNDERTAKER!"
So it kind of spans a year for me. I wasn't seeing PPVS live much back then, especially not around Thanksgiving, which we spent in a cabin with a non-PPV compatible TV Arial antenna. I wasn't that excited about DiBiase's mystery partner, who I was convinced was Randy Savage given his heel history with DiBiase and not too old feud with Dusty. So when I saw the next Superstars show and saw the recap of (*coughKANEcough*) the Undertaker's debut I was shocked that it was a brand new wrestler and instantly enamored of this zombie-esque, slow-walking giant that planted Koko B Ware on his head. A year later I was bored of Hogan and really mad that he was going to steamroll the guy I had been cheering for a year. So tuning in to see the Undertaker holding the precious WWF belt was absolutely thrilling for me. His reign may have been short but I was equally delighted when "On the Take" Tunney (best president since Noriega!) vacated the belt to set up the best Rumble in history. Hell even Hogan's beating him with a handful of CREMATED HUMAN REMAINS TO THE FACE was wholly entertaining to me (yeah there's your American hero - whining, cheating, desecrator of the dead!)
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