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WWE’s “Attitude Era” was known for it’s crazy storylines where wrestlers often faced ‘death,’ like when Rikishi ran Stone Cold Steve Austin over “for The Rock,” the Big Boss Man being hanged, or anything supernatural featuring either Kane or The Undertaker. During an interview on the “Club 520 Podcast,” Undertaker looked back at some of the ‘rockstar’ stories he and his friends got up to offscreen during the “Attitude Era.”
“During the Attitude Era…I think that’ll be probably the closest thing that I would ever know of just being like a… Like a… I don’t know, like a huge rockstar!” the Deadman claimed. “It was so crazy back then! Just how many people watched the, you know, RAW and TV back then?” Undertaker noted that business was so good back then that even if a ‘house’ was sold out, the locker room would be disappointed if they ever saw a few empty seats. “Everybody would be like: ‘Damn, man!’ Like, dude, it’s like 10 seats out there? ‘No, man, we got to pour it. We got to step it up!'”
“I can’t even get into some of the stories!” ‘Taker said when specifically recalling some of the things he and The Godfather used to get up to. “I always just knew like, if I ever had to look on my sheets and Vegas was running, I was just like ‘Alright, that’s – I’m going to need two days off work after we work Vegas’ because I’mma be trashed,” he added after noting that shows in Las Vegas were bad because of the city being Godfather’s hometown and that they’d often do their craziest stunts. “He’s still one of my best friends and we keep in touch,” ‘Taker added, however.
The Undertaker admits that he struggled to find the balance between wrestling and his real life
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It took years before Mark Calaway stepped out of his persona as “The Undertaker,” but eventually, he became just a normal man. But even during the “Attitude Era,” Calaway was still a normal person outside of the wrestling industry, and explained that he struggled to find a balance between his pro wrestling life and his real life. “There was my wrestling schedule and then there was everything else! You know, but again, that’s just… That’s another thing that these guys do far better is manage their personal lives and business.” Undertaker explained that the wrestling industry ended up becoming his first, second, and third priority and admitted that getting injured was a risk he sometimes had to ignore.
“We all had this mindset and you know that you just got to go and whatever it takes to, you know, you gotta do it…” he explained, but admitted that while the mentality was good, it wasn’t good for their bodies over time. “I don’t have many regrets as far as all that. But I am happy that because of those days, the athletes today are so well taken care of.”
If you use any quotes from this article, please credit “Club 520 Podcast” and provide a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
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