And, no, this has nothing to do with kayfabe, a work, or any kind of angle...
33 days before Wrestlemania, the pro wrestling universe lost one of its talents of this generation...
J. Percival Pringle/Paul Bearer/William Moody died at the age of 58...
The HQ watched as his 20 year angle with the Undertaker evolved from the Percy Pringle character that we knew in the first place. Moody actually had a degree in mortuary science and was a licensed funeral director and embalmer. As the story goes, Vince McMahon called him into his office to discuss the Paul Bearer character without knowing Moody's life story. \
"It was one those had-to-be-there moments when Vince realized I was the real thing, the real deal," Moody told PWTorch.com in an interview. "I was the real Undertaker."
Here was the character's debut on the Brother Love Show...
((HT: WWE/youtube))
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