Undertaker Interview

[Guest oldschoolwrestling]

Interview with Undertaker

by Phil Speer

 

Less than 48 hours after his Hell in a Cell battle against Brock Lesnar at No Mercy, Undertaker discussed his condition, his thoughts on the match and more in this interview with WWE.com.

 

WWE.com: How are you doing?

 

Undertaker: I feel like I got in a train wreck. But you know what they say: that which does not kill you makes you stronger. I’m feeling all right all things considered, I guess.

 

WWE.com: Nothing broken as far as you know?

 

Undertaker: I don’t know that yet. I’ve got some stuff going on in my lower back - some unusual swelling and pain. I mean, my right hip is in bad shape all the time, but this is more on the left side, which is new. But I haven’t had an MRI or anything done yet. I’m hoping it will subside in a few days.

 

WWE.com: So at this point you’re going to wait and see? You don’t have a doctor appointment or anything like that?

 

Undertaker: I’m just going to wait and see. It’s only been a couple of days. Usually with something like that, I’ll wait for a few days to see if it starts healing, and then if it doesn’t, then I’ll get a doctor’s appointment. But no plans for a doctor yet.

 

WWE.com: Have you ever lost that much blood in a match?

 

Undertaker: I’m sure I have. I think I lost quite a bit of blood when I got hit in the head with a sledgehammer by Triple H a couple of years back, right before WrestleMania. But that time, I wasn’t out there as long, and continuing to compete, as I was Sunday at Hell in a Cell. I don’t remember losing that much blood recently.

 

WWE.com: How were you able to continue the match while losing so much blood?

 

Undertaker: You know what? When things like that happen, it tends to make you more aggressive. With some people, that much blood will worry them and confuse them and make them apprehensive and nervous. Or you can use it the way I did, to fuel my aggression and to kind of feed off it. You know you’re in a bad way. You just don’t lose that much blood and don’t realize you’re in some bit of harm. But that’s the way I use it - it kind of perked me up and made me want to fight even harder.

 

WWE.com: What’s it like mentally, going into the match, knowing that you’re going to end up in a lot of pain?

 

Undertaker: That’s just part of it. You have to gear yourself up for what you have to put your body through. You just have to realize that you’re going to have to deal with the pain and the consequences of what you put your body through, after the fact. You really can’t worry about what you’re going to feel like. You just have to focus on what you have to do, and deal with the pain and the injuries afterwards.

 

WWE.com: But when you have a Hell in a Cell, your mentality the day of the show must be different than if you were having a standard match.

 

Undertaker: I think so. I think Hell in a Cell - if you don’t focus at 100 percent, you can really come out a lot of worse off than how you’re going to anyway. You really have to focus at Hell in a Cell. Not only do you have to figure out how to be entertaining, but you have to be at your most violent (and) your most aggressive. With the standards that are set for Hell in a Cell, you have a lot of pressure to deliver in that match -- especially me, because I’ve been in so many, and there are so many memorable moments that involve the Undertaker in Hell in a Cell. So all of those things. Not only personally, but professionally, you have a lot of pressure on you when you go in Hell in a Cell.

 

WWE.com: Did you have stitches?

 

Undertaker: Yeah, they had to put in 18 stitches to close the wound.

 

WWE.com: Overall, what did you think of the match?

 

Undertaker: I thought it was probably the most brutal of all of the Hell in a Cells. I know some people were saying, “Well, nobody came off the top. No one took a huge bump.” The Cell itself was originally intended to enclose two men - two men enter, one man leaves. With all the different ways in which the Cell had been broken - and people have gotten out and got to the top and created those huge bumps - it was really my focus and my goal to not be able to get out of that cage. To make the Hell in a Cell be what it was meant to be - two men enter, one man leaves. Hopefully, we redefined what it means, and that you can have that kind of match without having to have someone fly off the top. Because that match is all about the brutality of what one man does to another, inside that Cell. And hopefully that’s where we took the match.

[Guest mach7]

Translation: blah-blah-fucking-blah

 

Undertaker isn't getting over with THIS smark just because he bladed excessively.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

sorry, but i'm giving taker huge respect over hell in a cell. i really hope he decides to call it quits though. it's unlikely, especially after what happened on smackdown, but i thought it was the best effort he's entered in years. if a wrestler dreams of going out on top, this would be the ideal scenario for taker. they never seem able to stay away, though.

[Guest FeArHaVoC]

Am I the only one who believes he didn't Blade? Seem legit lookin' to me.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

I only half-agree with you.

 

I agree that this match was the ideal way to go out.

 

HOWEVER...I've always felt if Taker decided to have "One Last Match", it should be as the Classic Taker. Grey gloves and such.

 

Also, people keep calling Undertaker an old man, yet he only turned 40 this year. Making him only 2 years older than Austin.

[Guest bob_barron]

I think he gigged but just cut too deep like he did last year on Smackdown

[Guest Boseephus Jones]

I felt HITC was a great match. Definitely deserving of four stars no matter what Keith says. I know it wasn't a technical masterpiece, and the national past time around this place seems to be bitching about the Taker, but the emotion and intensity of the match easily makes it a four star affair.

It is a great way for Taker to wind down his career.

 

Wrestlemania would be a great time for him to end his career, fittingly with a loss at Wrestlemania. I know this would break his streak, but the importance of the loss would go a far way to establish a young star. And the fitting way to go out in wrestling is on bottom anyways.

 

But, as he is taking a couple of months off, I can't see a retirement coming any time soon, it just doesn't seem logical.

[Guest oldschoolwrestling]

I agree it was a good match, but they should have saved HITC for UT's last match. When he retires, he owes it to make it look like someone retired him. And isn't his WM win streak still going? If so, that would be the perfect time to end his career, jobbing to someone who could benefit from the rub.

[Guest Brian]

It was a good match, sans the horrible selling.

[Guest bob_barron]

I agree it was a good match, but they should have saved HITC for UT's last match. When he retires, he owes it to make it look like someone retired him. And isn't his WM win streak still going? If so, that would be the perfect time to end his career, jobbing to someone who could benefit from the rub.

I dont know- I kinda feel Taker should retire with an undefeated WM record. It kinda adds to his aura.

 

I thought his last match should be at the Survivor Series but another year of the Deadman- ugh

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

Umm.....4-stars? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Guest AndrewTS]

It's pretty much guaranteed he'll be at WM, so probably then, or not long after should be his last match, IMO.

[Guest DJ Jeff]

I just watched this match on the Internet yesterday, and I thought it was deserving of at least a ***3/4 rating. It was just a tad better than the HHH vs. Jericho Hell in the Cell match from Judgment Day. As for when I think the Undertaker should retire, it should be at Wrestlemania, where he jobs to someone who's deserving to receive a push. I mean, whoever the Undertaker jobs to, will more than likely receive a push, which would be fitting, considering he's been in the WWE for 12 years.

[Guest Ram]

Like I've said before, it's all about old school Undertaker vs. Hogan, double retirement match.

 

That's a draw in itself.

[Guest DJ Jeff]

Like I've said before, it's all about old school Undertaker vs. Hogan, double retirement match.

 

That's a draw in itself.

Meh, I don't think I'd like to see another Hogan vs. Undertaker match, even if both men retire after. I just finished watching their match from Judgment Day, and it was pretty damn boring, not to mention slow.