The Undertaker is without a doubt one of the most legendary characters in the world of professional wrestling, and the man behind the character recently shared his thoughts on what wrestling is about with Pastor Ed Young as part of his Wrastlin series.
During the episode, Taker shared his thoughts on what it takes to get fans invested on an emotional level, and he noted that wrestling is all about characters, not moves.
“Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn’t. It’s about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another. You either have to make people love you or you have to make them hate you, it doesn’t really matter either way. If you can’t bring that emotion out of your audience then you’re not going to have them for long.”
The Undertaker then went on to say when wrestlers try too had to do crazy stuff in the ring, they increase their chances of getting injured.
“What happens with these young guys is they’re so athletic and so gifted, they’ll do some crazy double backflip off the top rope and land on somebody on the floor and then that’s what the audience takes away from it, that this guy does crazy stuff. But you can only see that so many times before you need something new, and then the person has to up that. They have to keep upping the ante and by doing that you increase your potential for injuries.”
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