A good character can go a long way in the world of professional wrestling and nobody knows that better than The Undertaker. For decades The Undertaker portrayed The Deadman character and he protected the gimmick by showing very little of his true personality to the fans.
After he defeated AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36, The Undertaker announced his retirement from wrestling and since then he’s been much more open when it comes to doing out of character interviews. The Hall of Famer recently spoke to Ariel Helwani of BT Sport about the concept of protecting a character and he noted that he doesn’t think it’s a concept that is understood by a lot of talent.
“I do think a lot of our talent, not just our talent, in general they don’t understand any concept of protecting a character or even developing a character enough to protect it. They go and do something on TV and then you go to their social media and it’s completely different. I’m a dinosaur, I am, my mentality is still 20 years ago, but I guess there is a reason why I lasted as long as I did.”
“I was like, ‘gosh live it a little bit. You don’t have to go to the extremes that I did, but man protect it.’ Kinda be like in real life just a little bit. If you’re going to post something, have it match kinda what you’re trying because that’s what you’re trying to convince people. You’re this or you’re that.”
H/T SEScoops.com
