Jim Corbett, the killer shrew hunter, the man-eater of Champawat, the demon of Champawat.

Jim Ross, "Mean" Gene Okerlund and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat awarded Match of the Year to Triple H and The Undertaker



It’s tough to imagine anything announcing the most prestigious Slammy of the night other than the dulcet tones of “Mean” Gene Okerlund. The WWE Universe got two extra bangs for its buck, though, when Jim Ross and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat took to the stage in an effort to present the Match of the Year Slammy. And what else could it have been besides the epic confrontation between The Undertaker and Triple H at WrestleMania XXVIII — the “End of an Era” Match that took The Phenom to 20-0 on The Grandest Stage of Them All. The King of Kings accepted the award on behalf of both men, thanking the WWE Universe and issuing a jaw-dropping promise: “You have not seen the last of The Undertaker.”
“You have not seen the last of The Undertaker.”

Nine simple words from Triple H at the 2012 Slammy Awards that threw the WWE Universe into a frenzied, paranoid flux. Suddenly, all the assumptions, all the predictions and all the near certainties that The Deadman had walked his last mile at WrestleMania XXVIII didn’t nearly sound so ironclad.

“You have not seen the last of The Undertaker.”

Triple H called it the “million-dollar question” as he accepted the duo’s Slammy Award for Match of the Year, given in recognition of their timeless “End of an Era” Match at WrestleMania XXVIII. That win took The Deadman to heights many thought impossible: a 20-0 record on The Grandest Stage of Them All, a record that may stand forever. It seemed as fitting an end as any to The Phenom’s run, punctuated by the poetic image of The Undertaker, Triple H and Shawn Michaels, who served as the bout’s guest ref, embracing atop the WrestleMania stage. The destinies of those three men had intertwined so tightly the past few years — The Deadman ended Michaels’ career at WrestleMania XXVI — that it appeared only logical one would follow the other. HBK would retire; Triple H would take up the mantle of COO; The Phenom would return from whence he came, and life would go on. Until now. Now, it doesn’t seem so logical, and now it doesn’t seem so sure. Now it seems like it’s a matter of when, not if, The Deadman will rise again.

“You have not seen the last of The Undertaker.”