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What is Plots-n-Tombstones?
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You mean to tell me that Plots-n-Tombstones is more than just a awkward domain name? Yes it certain was at one time and it would be almost impossible to go browsing around through Vicious Visions’ latest galleries, ‘The Art of Plots-n-Tombstones’ without first uncovering some facts about what PNT was in the first place.
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1. What is Plots-n-Tombstones?
Founded November 18th 1991, ‘Plots-n-Tombstones’ was the title of the first and original international fanclub created on behalf of the popular WWE/F veteren wrestler, ‘The Undertaker’. While the organization did in fact make it to the internet in early 1999, PNT served strictly as a postal mail only venue for 7 of it’s 11 years --a traditional service that would continue despite these modern upgrades until the group officially retired in 2002.
2. How far did the fanclub travel?
Global. At its peak, 'Plots-n-Tombstones' was available in 14 countries and in three languages: English, Spanish, and German.
2. How did member’s join the club?
Pen, paper, and a good old fashion stamp. With the separation of only a little over a decade it’s even hard for me to believe just how very much the internet has changed the public’s conception of what are penpals and friendbooks (FB’s)
In the years just before the world wide web would explode on the surface, penpals, fans, organizations, and groups of every sort and variety met and found each other on a strict postal-only basis with the traditional FB serving as your ad, your voice, and bulletin board to the public in much the same way blogs and MySpace accounts do today.
Until the late 90's, these list were also featured in numerous independent and/or other sports wrestling magazines.
3. What services did ‘Plots-n-Tombstones’ provide?
PNT’s goal when it was formed was the same as when it finally said ‘So long’, and that was to provide a visual outlet in which fellow fans could associate with one another, meet, make new friends, and discuss current situations & angles involving the Undertaker at that time. PNT held and arranged annual ‘presentation’ ceremonies throughout it’s decade long service in order to delivery any fan mail, gifts (*), and any latest additions of the newsletter that may have been released at the time to the Undertaker and his manager, Paul Bearer themselves. These official presentations were often the highlight of the year.
Other services provided an extensive video library, photographs, club exclusives, PNT’s quarterly (published) newsletter, and of course ...the fanclub’s numerous trademark original and unique arts & illustrations!
(*) – As a general rule, PNT was prohibited from delivering any food items and or other edibles to the wrestlers.
4. Is this a comeback? Can I join PNT?!
I still enjoy hearing from wrestling fans and former members alike to this day. You’re most certainly always welcome to write me anytime, but Plots-n-Toimbstones is officially retired. All good things must eventually come to an end. I have many lasting memories — wonderful, powerful memories of my time spent managing the fanclub. There’s really no way at all that I could have imagined the impact it would make, nor the lasting friendships I would forge as a result that would go on to stretch long passed it’s retirement. These galleries exist here for nostalgic purposes only so that fans can submerge in their own remembrance
... or to discover it for the first time.
5. Who is the Undertaker Fox?
The ‘Fox’ was as synonymous to the fanclub as the tag-line, “Rest in Peace” is to the Undertaker. Along w/ his feline manager, Paul Bearer, the Undertaker Fox served as PNT’s official mascot throughout all of the club’s active history. His image was featured on flyers, ads, letterheads, and address labels for years evolving as his real-life TV wrestler personality did on screen. When Plots-n-Tombstones closed it’s doors, it was the Fox who was left to say, ‘So long ....’
Little known facts about the Undertaker Fox ....
6. What is the Windowknocker?
What’s inside the urn? It was the most popular question (Most often asked by Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan) of 1991-1992. Ever since it’s initial release, the Windowknocker begged that one single inquiry while asking another of it’s own:
‘What if what you thought was only Kayfabe was actually real?’
The very idea both appealed and ultimately conquered it’s readers.
Windowknocker debut in late 1993 as one of several short stories created and offered exclusively through ‘Plots-n-Tombstones’. Unlike it’s failed (and even often too embarrassing) novel predecessors, the Windowknocker was the only one that would find worldwide fame on a global scale in the darkside community it served with a character that grew to become as much a trademark to the fanclub as it’s own mascot --The immortal phoenix, Kandle (Kane the Undertaker).
Kane, the unpredictable, damned, and yet mournful essence of the Undertaker's past conjured countless fan & occult-like followers the globe over with it's endless realms of mystique, gothic themes. He still remains the fanclub’s most popular novel series and character release of all time.
Little known facts about the Windowknocker ....
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