The Undertaker appeared on the latest episode of the After The Bell podcast with host Corey Graves to discuss the recent “Greatest Match Ever” between Randy Orton and Hall of Famer Edge. Highlights of what the Deadman thought are below.
Being so moved by the match that he reached out to Edge:
It almost brought a tear to my eye. I haven’t seen that kind of wrestling match in so long. I understand the parameters and everything else, that they had a lot of time, but my God, what a story they told. An unbelievable story. I sent Edge a text today saying, ‘The next time I go to the [Performance Center] to work with guys, I’m going to pull that tape up and show these guys and dissect it — not that it won’t be dissected 100 times by then — just the little nuances of what they did. It restored so much faith in where I think the business should be and could be. That tape should be studied by our main roster guys.
How the storytelling is everything pro-wrestling is supposed to be:
That is what professional wrestling is supposed to be. It’s great being as athletic as all these guys are, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t mean anything. When you rely solely on athleticism, you push the envelope to our audience and they are gonna get desensitized to the double backflip off the top and to the floor. It’s self-preservation. You have to work smart to make it last. The guys now are relying too much on athleticism and not enough on storytelling.
Check out the full interview here. (H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
