The Undertaker is a character that almost never breaks character to comment on his true feelings about his professional wrestling career, but he did exactly that in WWE's latest WWE 24 documentary on WrestleMania 33.
At last year's WrestleMania "The Deadman" main evented the night opposite Roman Reigns. The pair had a rivalry brewing that went all the way back to that year's Royal Rumble match. Reigns eliminated Taker before declaring the ring was his yard.
Undertaker previously suffered the first WrestleMania loss of his career at WrestleMania 30 to Brock Lesnar. That ended a winning streak of 21 at "The Show Of Shows."
Reigns became the second-ever man to defeat Taker at Mania when he delivered a huge spear that ended the night. After the match Taker left his signature gloves, coat, and hat in the center of the ring - signaling the end of his career.
WWE recently released a new documentary on the WWE Network, WWE 24: WrestleMania 33. Shockingly, that special featured an interview with The Undertaker out of character.
Prior to the event he expressed a bit of a somber attitude, saying he doesn't want to overstay his welcome inside the ring and look like a shell of his former self in front of fans (quotes via Wrestling Inc.):
"Running things through my mind," The Undertaker said. "They say fighters can grow old in one fight, so hopefully this isn't that fight.
"Dealing with the numerous injuries that I work around, I'm not prepared physically as well as I could. That's kind of the big issue, just making sure there's always enough gas in the tank.
"One of my biggest fears is kind of becoming a parody of myself. They happen to buy a ticket to see Undertaker wrestle, they should get the best Undertaker I can give them.
"You always wonder when you walk into the dressing room, 'oh, here comes the old guy again.' Yeah, just an old guy who's not afraid to put a size 15 [shoe] up your ass if you get out of line."
After the match concluded, Taker's comments sounded very much like he had just wrestled the last match of his career:
"It's kind of surreal, I guess, right now. 30-plus years of my life, but right now I'm pretty content riding off into the sunset. We'll see what tomorrow brings."
What are your thoughts on The Undertaker breaking character on WWE cameras to give his real thoughts on his WrestleMania 33 experience? Does it bother you that kayfabe is essentially dead in the professional wrestling world? Or would you like to see more of this from The Undertaker, who has maintained his Deadman persona for decades? Have YOUR say in the comments section below, and the fourth episode of GiveMeSport’s WWE podcast is here!
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