The Undertaker is celebrating 25 years with WWE this month and he’s had one heck of a career. Jim Ross has written a new article for Fox Sports where he reflects on what it was like to work with Taker throughout his storied career. One of the subjects he touches upon is how much he valued The Undertaker’s leadership skills. You can check out the full article here and read an excerpt below.
“There were times when issues were addressed by ‘Taker simply saying, “I’ll handle it.”
Not once did the team leader disappoint. Not once did he allow the problem to get personal, always keeping the issues at hand as strictly business. Make no mistake, though, Mark Calaway was a bigger than Texas bad ass and tougher than a $2 steak when he needed to be.
He used to dress in the Talent Relations office at arenas where WWE events were held, as they were not usually as crowded, plus he had a bird’s-eye view of what was going on with the numerous talents who needed to talk. His maturity and objectivity and wisdom were elements I knew I could always depend on.
The Attitude Era talent roster is as good a group of men and women assembled in the genre. We would have not achieved the success that we did if we did not have talents led by Calaway. He bought into the team concept, which is what a talent roster is at its core. It’s a team, and any team needs leaders.”
