The Undertaker has immensely popular which is beyond WWE. Post-retirement we saw The Phenom appear outside WWE at various shows and events. The most surprising appearance of it was when he collaborated with the famous video game streamer Dr. Disrespect.

Recently, a former VP in WWE revealed why Taker was ready for this collaboration. Moreover, prior to meeting The Doc, Taker had made a controversial statement about not liking video games.

Recently, in an exclusive interview with Essentially Rasslin Podcast Rob Klingman shared what made The Undertaker do a collaboration with Dr. Disrespect even though The Deadman doesn’t like video games. Klingman is currently the VP of Marketing Operations at G Fuel and a former VP of All Sponsorship Sale at WWE.

Klingman said, “So you are probably right. I had sat with him the night before for dinner and he is as old school as he can get. He doesn’t like social media, he doesn’t likes people. He likes to be himself and he knew 15-20 years ago (that) he couldn’t do what he did then in today’s world. Because people are snapping the photos, posting it on snapchat wherever they are doing it. So he is definitely old school soul and rightfully, so that’s his exact mentality.”

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He added, “He felt that same way but for this opportunity, he thought this opportunity of him to grow a younger audience who could then relate to him a little bit differently. That is where he saw the idea because as much he is retired his IP, his image is still gonna live on. So his hope was with this younger crowd that Dr. Disrespect had and a great crowd, could they start to follow him a little further after this type of activation.”

Clearly, this was a surprise appearance of Taker. The main reason behind this collaboration was to culminate their kayfabe feud. In October 2019, Dr.Disrespect without any prior notice crashed the SmackDown FOX premiere at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

However, later Taker crashed Dr.Disrespect’s Overwatch stream, calling out The Two-time. As a result, this collaboration was possible but never culminated due to a certain turn of events.

The Undertaker once stated not liking WWE stars playing video games

After announcing his retirement, The Undertaker appeared on The Joe Rogan Podcast. There he made a shocking statement that made a few WWE stars upset. Taker revealed he was not a fan of WWE stars playing video games backstage.

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Taker said, “Now you walk in, there’s guys playing video games and f***ing making sure they look pretty. It’s evolution, I guess. I don’t know what it is, but I just like those eras, man. I liked when men were men.”

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Now, this doesn’t mean The Deadman totally has an unliking towards video games. He recalled during his younger days, wrestlers had guns and knives in their bags. Nevertheless, Taker stated this as the evolution on WWE stars over the years.