“It Almost Brought a Tear to My Eye”-The Undertaker Talks About The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever

“The Greatest Match Ever” recently took place at Backlash between Randy Orton and Edge. Promoted as such, the match was overhyped and frankly, it was blown out of proportion.

However, it was a great encounter and if not the greatest, it certainly makes the list of best matches. The Undertaker himself gave his opinion on the match.

“It almost brought a tear to my eye,” he said, “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.”

“The Deadman” certainly enjoyed the match. We can agree with him when he says that we haven’t seen a match like that in a long time. Edge and Randy Orton reminded us of the good old days in which the Superstars really sold the stories.

“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,” says Taker.

The Undertaker is known for making regular trips to the Performance Center. There, he educates young wrestlers about the tricks of the trade. He prepares them for the career that they are about to enter.

The Undertaker feels that WWE today is all about athleticism

He mentions that he sent a text to Edge saying that he would dissect their match in front of the young wrestlers to give them an idea of what good wrestlers must do.

“It restored so much faith in where I think the business should be and could be,” says Taker, “That tape should be studied by our main roster guys. 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.”

The Undertaker feels that the match was so good that it needs to be watched by main roster wrestlers as well. He thinks that they could learn a lot from the performance put forth by Orton and Edge.

“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,” explains Taker, “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.”

The Undertaker stresses on the fact that wrestlers these days focus too much on dazzling moves and their athleticism. He says that all that is just a small part of the entire show.

Compare matches like that of Mick Foley, The Rock, Edge, and Jeff Hardy to other Superstars these days and you’ll find a vast difference. These superstars knew how to add depth to their performances.

Whenever they put their bodies on the line, the crowd would feel it. The Undertaker makes this very point in his argument, and he’s absolutely right.

The actions matter but the emotions behind those actions are what define them.