Undertaker Was ‘Pissed’ About 13 Colony Flag At Survivor Series ’93, ‘Vince McMahon Had That Bright Idea’

An old school flag didn’t fit the gimmick. 

At Survivor Series 1993, The Undertaker teamed with The Steiners (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) & Lex Luger to team with The Foreign Fanatics (Crush, Quebecer Jacques, Ludvig Borga and Yokozuna). The name for Team Undertaker ended up being The All-Americans given the athletic background of the Steiners, the gimmick of Luger, and the Undertaker…being from Parts Unknown, America?

To go with the theme, Undertaker had the original American flag as part of his coat jacket. 

“When I wrestled with the Steiners and Lex Luger. They brought me out as their mystery partner, it was before Survivor Series, it was the build up to it. I love the flag and I love my country. Vince [Vince McMahon] had the bright idea of, on the inside of my coat, the Steiners [Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner] and Lex, Lex was the Lex Express and all Red, White, & Blue. We were wrestling The Mountie and a bunch of people from Canada and other places. I come out, they introduce me, ‘our partner is The Undertaker.’ I come out, I cut this promo that you can tell I’m grinding my teeth through. At the end of it, I open up my coat, and it’s the original Betsy Ross 13 colony flag, it’s got the circle. I was not feeling it. It was nowhere close to my character. I was choking every word out and was so mad. Who knows, it may have been the precursor to the American Badass. It meant a lot more carrying the flag out at the American Badass than the Undertaker in Betsy Ross’ original 13 Colony flag. I was so pissed off about that,” recalled Undertaker on his Six Feet Under podcast. 

The All-Americans were victorious in the bout with Lex Luger being the sole survivor. Undertaker was eliminated via count out alongside Yokozuna. 

Elsewhere during the podcast, Undertaker recalled another Survivor Series memory; his python pants. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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