Guest mst3krules Report post Posted June 12, 2003 From wrestlingdotcom.com (who got it from boxinginsider.com): The following is a transcript a quick interview Boxinginsider.com conducted with WWE's The Undertaker backstage immediately following UFC 43: Meltdown. BoxingInsider.com: Do you get any pointers from watching the UFC or incorporate any of the styles into your training and arsenal of pro wrestling moves? The Undertaker: Oh definitely! I come out here. I study this. I am a big fan of UFC and Mixed Martial Arts. I try and incorporate some of this stuff into what we do. I think it makes my style of wrestling more unique when I can incorporate some of this stuff. BoxingInsider.com: How do you compare the conditioning of the athletes in the UFC compared to the conditioning of the in the WWE? The Undertaker: I am sure it is pretty similar... These guys... (Interrupted by fans)... BoxingInsider.com: Do you see the WWE working with the UFC in the future? The Undertaker: Who's to say? Our sport is becoming more and more physical and its becoming more athletically enhanced so who's to know. I think UFC is the wave of the future, probably the WWE in the future will progress into a whole less entertainment and a lot more hard fought battles ... not that their not.. Just not as big an emphasis put on the entertainment aspect. BoxingInsider.com: If you were a few years younger would you like to compete in the UFC? The Undertaker: Oh, I'd love to! I'd like to have given it a shot in the old UFC, even now I'd give it a shot ... even now ... these guys are so well. These guys are so well versed in grappling, striking, kicking, submissions; it really has progressed into a science. I am a huge fan of this. For that reason alone these guys are some of the baddest dudes in the world because you don't know where it is going to come from. You don't know if you are going to get punched or taken down or submitted ... you don't know ... when they call it ultimate fighting, this is it cause it incorporates every style, every facet of hand to hand combat and mixed martial arts. This is awesome. I am a huge fan of UFC. BoxingInsider.com: A few wrestling questions. What is your opinion of the Internet and how it has changed the wrestling business? The Undertaker: I don't know that it really changed the business. I don't really have too many positive things to say about the Internet a lot of people are self professed experts that have never been in the ring, never booked a territory and never been responsible for their writing actions. But a lot of people can sit back and criticize what we do. I try not to pass judgments till I walked in someone’s shoes. If it was up to the Internet and we did what they suggested there would probably be a lot whole lot less people watching. They are a very small group. I am not talking about the all of the Internet, there are a lot of fan based sites that are really good and they remember that they are fans. But these guys that think they are wrestling experts, I think they are a joke, they are people who forgot they are only fans. They take themselves way too seriously. They need to remember that we do this for their entertainment and should stop critiquing and enjoy it for what it is. BoxingInsider.com: Triple H has been getting a lot of criticism for to having "too much stroke" in the company because he is with Stephanie McMahon. Do you have any comments on that? The Undertaker: You know, that is going to come with the territory. When you are involved with someone from the McMahon family that is going to come with the territory regardless if it is true or not. I know Triple H loves this business, puts his heart and soul into it. I am sure some of the criticism he gets is unwarranted and it's perceived that he has 'all this stroke.' He does a lot of thinking for the rest of the company not even for just his own angles and his own personal benefit. He is a student of the game. He is going to have to learn, as is Stephanie that they are going to have to roll with the punches and this thing, it was their choice to be together and now they have to face the consequences which is idle rumors and chit chat about his stroke and what he does. BoxingInsider.com: How is your elbow? (Undertaker recently had elbow surgery) The Undertaker: The Undertaker: Elbow is coming along, I’d say it’s about 80 percent the surgery was a real success, I got to go on the road now. I get on the red eye out of here. Have to be in Austin tomorrow night to wrestle tagging with Brock Lesnar with the FBI going around the loop right now. Its coming I'm in good shape and hopefully I’ll be able to get this thing back to 100 percent and pick it up a notch. BoxingInsider.com: How many more years do you think you have left in wrestling? The Undertaker: As long as I can compete with these kids and stay at their level. I have a huge advantage in that I understand this business and I know what I am doing. It's always going to be a physical thing for me. But as long as I can go out there and compete which I feel I can do then I am going to hang around. I definitely don't want to be there when people are out there in the audience saying you know you should have seen him when he could do this and he could do that. I have rededicated myself into being in the best possible shape and being the best I can be. That is all I can do. BoxingInsider.com: Thank you very much. The Undertaker: No problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Well, good to see that Mean Mark first says that he thinks WWE will evolve into more of a wrestling-based product... and then essentially says that if they did that, a whole lot less people would be watching (AKA those damn internet geeks don't know anything because they want wrestling and not twenty-minute Mr. America skits!). Is that what he said or am I missing something here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rob Edwards Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Who's this UFC guy with the badly exceucted Triangle choke Taker is being inspired by then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RavishingRickRudo Report post Posted June 12, 2003 He had me... then he lost me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Austin3164life Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Eh, Undertaker is an idiot to me. Yeah, his comments mean well but he says that the WWE will lead to more wrestling-oriented programming, yet he thinks that the internet fans *who want more WRESTLING*, are idiots because they've never been involved in the business. I don't get that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Hey, he can say the same thing we say but it will be completely different because he's a locker-room leader and we're brats who know nothing about anything pertaining to wrestling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ManKinnd Report post Posted June 12, 2003 What a friggin moron. He has to know he sucks in the ring, and that, if fans can't critique the show, who will? Anyway, I see what you're saying Gosunkugi, how he wants hard fought battles and good wrestling, but wants us to shut up about what we want, which is, yea, the exact same friggin thing. Go to hell Taker. You bury everyone in sight and suck terribly in the ring. You don't have the aura your old character did. I HATE you. *sigh* See, he went and got me all worked up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson Platypus 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 I love it when the arguement against wrestling "experts" (I'm not saying who is and who isn't) is that they have never wrestled, booked, blah blah... Seriously that is just plain stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RavishingRickRudo Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Ok, what he says about the UFC is true. What he says about the internet isn't. Dammit, why couldn't you just left out the internet part!!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rob Edwards Report post Posted June 12, 2003 because it's the new WWE corporate policy to bash the net at every opportunity because thats the best way to win fans via the internet (the only people reading it) bash them WWE logic still amazes me at times Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rob Edwards Report post Posted June 12, 2003 I'm waiting for the follow up campaign once they're happy they've put the net in it's place come to think of it "Everyone watching TV is a lazy 12 year old who should be getting outside more" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goodear Report post Posted June 12, 2003 If it was up to the Internet and we did what they suggested there would probably be a lot whole lot less people watching. They are a very small group. I am not talking about the all of the Internet, there are a lot of fan based sites that are really good and they remember that they are fans. This is us right? Seriously I don't think anyone on TSM's staff runs around claiming that we're the foremost experts on all of wrestling know how. I mean, its not like anyone is going to mistake Dames' brand of review for Scott Keith (who really does think he knows more about wrestling than anyone else). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Spaceman Spiff Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Damn, even a guy w/ the stature of Marky-Mark feels the need to kiss HHH's ass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cynicalprofit Report post Posted June 12, 2003 (edited) "They need to remember that we do this for their entertainment and should stop critiquing and enjoy it for what it is. " Problem is, YOUR NOT ENTERTAINING, YOU'RE FUCKING BORING AND I DONT WANT TO WATCH A 50 YEAR OLD MAN FIGHT ANOTHER 50 YEAR OLD MAN, thats NOT entertaining, its an insult to my intellegence. I want people who know what the term WORKRATE is. Not punch kick punch kick. Truthfully, I think the vast majority of us on this board ARE experts. We watch more wrestling then most of the WWE people due. Fuck, the WWE has openly stated, they didnt watch WCW. We see the product, we LOVE the product, we study the product, WE GIVE A FUCK about the product, while guys like Kevin Nash, only care about the perks and the pay checks.(Hell, he said he did on the A&E behind closed doors special) We respect beyond belief all the workers who DO watch tapes, but something tells me, guys like Albert dont even watch their own matches. And while I may have never steped into a ring, I hopefully will one day, I bet, after watching wrestling for nearly 20 years, I can put a match together. I mean its not rocket science, and its not a teachable trade, its something you LEARN, and you learn it from WATCHING, which a lot of us on the board have done. I doubt Mr. Taker even knows there is wrestling in other countries. Im sick and tired of the WWE thinking we dont know shit about wrestling, HELLO, most of us have been watching it since BIRTH. I have been watching since i was 3, that means Ive seen 18 years of pro wrestling. Sure I may not have gone into a ring, but its not hard to figure out Steamboat Flair kicks way more ass and looks better and more believeable then Taker Kane vs Kronic. Thats what bothers me so much about the WWE, its pretty obvious most of the talent, and staff, are NOT pro wrestling fans, they only see it as a job with a check. Fuck them. Edited June 12, 2003 by cynicalprofit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dames 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 If it was up to the Internet and we did what they suggested there would probably be a lot whole lot less people watching. They are a very small group. I am not talking about the all of the Internet, there are a lot of fan based sites that are really good and they remember that they are fans. This is us right? Seriously I don't think anyone on TSM's staff runs around claiming that we're the foremost experts on all of wrestling know how. I mean, its not like anyone is going to mistake Dames' brand of review for Scott Keith (who really does think he knows more about wrestling than anyone else). Just so we're on the clear....you're not saying that I don't know what I'm talking about, right? Dames Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Steviekick Report post Posted June 12, 2003 If it was up to the Internet and we did what they suggested there would probably be a lot whole lot less people watching. They are a very small group. I am not talking about the all of the Internet, there are a lot of fan based sites that are really good and they remember that they are fans. This is us right? Seriously I don't think anyone on TSM's staff runs around claiming that we're the foremost experts on all of wrestling know how. I mean, its not like anyone is going to mistake Dames' brand of review for Scott Keith (who really does think he knows more about wrestling than anyone else). Just so we're on the clear....you're not saying that I don't know what I'm talking about, right? Dames I think he's just saying that the TSM staff doesn't come across as being wrestling know-it-alls. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cynicalprofit Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Go read my rant above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Not jumping on the Taker hater by the youngins... Taker man, you did have a UFC stint in the WWF in 1998 Ken Shamrock, Blackman, Hart, and Dan Severns fighting in UFC inspired Matches and the Lions Den...who remembers the Lions Den people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goodear Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Just so we're on the clear....you're not saying that I don't know what I'm talking about, right? Dames I think he's just saying that the TSM staff doesn't come across as being wrestling know-it-alls. What he said. Please Dames, do you honestly think I would hold Scott Keith up as the pinnacle of wrestling knowledge? The guys at TSM simply seem to have more of a grasp on the reality of a situation and less of a chip on their shoulder regarding our opinions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goodear Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Not jumping on the Taker hater by the youngins... Taker man, you did have a UFC stint in the WWF in 1998 Ken Shamrock, Blackman, Hart, and Dan Severns fighting in UFC inspired Matches and the Lions Den...who remembers the Lions Den people I personally loved the lion's den. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 HHH, Bradshaw and Undertaker all hate us... ...why is it always the talented ones? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChick Report post Posted June 12, 2003 HHH, Bradshaw and Undertaker all hate us... ...why is it always the talented ones? Good thing that no-talented bum Chris Jericho doesn't like us though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 He likes US...he doesn't like internet reviewers. We liked his KOTR match with RVD...as it was the only good thing on the show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChick Report post Posted June 12, 2003 But some of us can be considered reviewers, thus we are lumped in the same catergory ::doesn't want to admit she's wrong:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dames 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Just so we're on the clear....you're not saying that I don't know what I'm talking about, right? Dames I think he's just saying that the TSM staff doesn't come across as being wrestling know-it-alls. What he said. Please Dames, do you honestly think I would hold Scott Keith up as the pinnacle of wrestling knowledge? The guys at TSM simply seem to have more of a grasp on the reality of a situation and less of a chip on their shoulder regarding our opinions. No, I wasn't saying that you think Keith is god's gift to wrestling knowledge. I know better than that. I was just clarifying to myself because the way it was written, it almost came across as our inexperience and/or possibly lack of knowledge shows. Dames Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 By US I meant You and I. I know I liked that match...and since you are one of the few RVD fans around here...I assume you did too. That puts us in his good graces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Dames is sensitive today. What he was saying is that, unlike Keith, you don't review the show for the sole purpose of explaining what they should have done instead. You actually review the show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChick Report post Posted June 12, 2003 By US I meant You and I. I know I liked that match...and since you are one of the few RVD fans around here...I assume you did too. That puts us in his good graces. Even if the match had sucked ass (which it didn't at all, itwas quite good), I would still probably say it was good because I like Jericho and RVD *way* too much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dames 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Dames is sensitive today. A little. It's that time of the month. <---Look at the Title. Thanks to El Dandy and his SPOILERIFFIC IM about last nights Main Event and the fact that I wasn't able to see the shit. Dames Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nevermortal Report post Posted June 12, 2003 Hahahaha....Taker wants to be in the UFC. He'd get killed in 3.4 seconds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
