The Undertaker had a consistent presence on WWE programming for decades, but he finally decided to retire for good after he defeated AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36. Since then fans have been seeing a different side of The Undertaker as he’s dropped The Deadman gimmick and now talks about his life and career pretty openly in interviews.
The Hall of Famer had a reputation for never breaking character and he held on for a long time before letting his true personality shine. Some fans have found it refreshing to see this new side of The Undertaker, but he recently explained to Manchester Evening News that he’s received a lot of hate for breaking character.
“It’s so funny the amount of hate that I’ve got, from people now, you know, they hear my normal voice, and me talk about normal things. The hate that I get because people feel like I destroyed their childhood and I’m like “me!?, me!? I was the last one. I was the last one, I’m the guy you’re gonna take you’re heat out on?”
Even though The Undertaker is no longer active in the ring he’s still a part of the wrestling world as he’s been engaging with fans at his one man shows. The former WWE Champion opened up about his reasons for doing the one man shows while explaining that he wasn’t ready to be done with wrestling when he retired.
“Once I gave the speech at Hall of Fame. That’s when we figured that we might have something as far as a show or the ability to connect with the audience a different way. Because I had two options, if I want to stay involved in the industry, I’ve got to evolve, what does that Undertaker character bring if you don’t get into the ring?
“Either I completely remove myself and let the legacy of the character move on. Or, I have 30 plus years of life experience, stories, funny stories, sad stories, insight on things that had happened to me through the years, and I wasn’t really ready to be done with the business.”
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