A Paul Bearer Tribute

Willim Alvin Moody (April 10, 1954 - March 5, 2013)

William Moody was quite possibly one of the best managers in the WWE ever since its inception. Better known as Paul Bearer (pun off pallbearer off of his mortuary gig he undertook as a degree in mortuary science and as a funeral director), and Percy Pringle III, Moody took under his wing multiple superstars in his twenty year-plus tenure,  some of which that have gone on and main-evented in the WWE, such as Rick Rude, Stone Cold Steve Austin (as Stunning Steve), Kane, and of course, The Undertaker. With all this said, Moody leaves behind a legacy that no one else can fulfill. Ohhh yeahhhh!!

Moody became famous after he took his Percy Pringle character and ran with his funeral parlor gimmick, inspired by his own interests for mortuary sciences, ultimately becoming Paul Bearer. Bearer was seen always carrying an urn, which developed an eerie gimmick of Bearer carrying the Undertaker's ashes, or soul, and even led to many storylines of Bearer having his urn taken away for some reason or another.

Some of Paul Bearer's best alliances were the back-and-forth between the Undertaker and Kane. Introducing Kane as Taker's half-brother as a hidden secret between himself and the Undertaker was the beginning of the Brothers of Destruction, and both Undertaker and Kane have demolished the foundation of the WWE many times over the past twenty years.

The Undertaker walks into Wrestlemania against CM Punk in a month's time. One can only wonder that Bearer be in the Dead Man's corner in sprit.

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The Wrestling Specator sends their deepest condolences to the Moody Family. You will be missed.