Paul Bearer is Born


Paul Bearer met all the requirements of what it took to be a manger in WWE (then WWF) during the company's "campy" era of wrestling. Have a iconic voice? Check: Bearer's unusual high way of speaking is unmatched by anyone else in wrestling. Have a ludicrous gimmick? Check: Nothing beats a wrestling mortician. Manage a dominant wrestler? Check: No one in wrestling history is more fearsome than The Undertaker. Paul Bearer is perhaps the greatest manager of all time, and we here recognize and respect the contributions he made to sports entertainment as a whole. "Rest. In. Peace."


Credit for photo to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

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