Why do you think The Undertaker worked where other similar gimmicks failed?

[Emperor Smeat]

His look also was similar to what an "undertaker" looked like on films, tv shows, or descriptions from stories and accounts. Tall dark hats, black clothes with or without a long jacket/tail coat, gloves or dark hands due to the dirt from digging. Originally Undertaker had makeup on his face to show off bags under his eyes like someone working non-stop in a cemetery at night.

Unlike Adam Bomb's appearance that had almost nothing to do with nuclear power plants or Shango's weird voodoo priest (most of the famous ones were actually women), the Undertaker looked the more realistic of the three.

[Rollermacka]

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=93928

Yea, thats one of the reasons I went back to the old Undertaker matches

Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball Unlike Adam Bomb's appearance that had almost nothing to do with nuclear power plants or Shango's weird voodoo priest (most of the famous ones were actually women), the Undertaker looked the more realistic of the three.

The Papa Shango character was based off of the character Baron Samedi in the James Bond movie "Live and let Die". It's one of those things that most people dont know alot about so it could haved worked. It a funny story about the "Adam Bomb" gimmick because Bryan Clark was offered the role as "The Ringmaster" but he turned it down for the Adam Bomb gimmick (imagine "Stone Cold" Bryan Clark, dosent have the same ring to it )

[Theo Dious]

Originally Posted by Rollermacka It a funny story about the "Adam Bomb" gimmick because Bryan Clark was offered the role as "The Ringmaster" but he turned it down for the Adam Bomb gimmick (imagine "Stone Cold" Bryan Clark, dosent have the same ring to it )

Was Adam Bomb going to have Austin's Ringmaster gimmick though, or was he going to be given a top hat and tailcoat and portayed as a guy who ran the circus that Doink came from?