The Undertaker is one of the greatest pro wrestlers. Ever since his debut in WWF in 1990, The Deadman has remained a staggering force. Throughout his career, he won various championships and different accolades and maintained a 21-year undefeated streak at WrestleMania. The 57-year-old was also inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022.

The Undertaker is also regarded as a locker-room leader. His presence backstage is extremely respected, and he has rightfully earned the respect of several current and former WWE Superstars. Even after retirement, his legacy is unmatched and unparallel.

However, prior to the 2002 WrestleMania, The Undertaker met with Michael Landsberg of ‘Off the Record’ and discussed different things. The Undertaker arrived at the show out of his character and as Mark Calaway.

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The Undertaker and Landsberg discussed Mick Foley’s injury at the infamous Hell in Cell match, and also how people don’t regard WWE as a sport. When Landsberg asked The Undertaker if he ever thought about stopping his and Mick Foley’s match in between.

The Undertaker answered, “I actually told Mick. I said, ‘Mick just stay down’ You know his tooth had gone through his lip, was lodged in his nostril. He’s bleeding from the mouth. You know, you can look in someone’s eyes and tell they’re not there. And for the next two to three minutes after that fall, Mick wasn’t there.”

The Undertaker then spoke about Foley’s professionalism. He said, “True to his professionalism, and Mick cared about what fans thought, and it was his duty to perform and go out.” The Deadman then continued, “It was violent, you know. Once he got up, and he got his cobwebs shaken loose, I mean, it didn’t stop there. There were the tacks, there the punches. It was a violent night for Mick Foley.” 

The WWE Hall of Famer described how hard it was for Foley that night, and the much violence and pain he had to endure before the match finally finished.

The Undertaker opens up on the difference between pro wrestling and boxing

In the same interview, Landsberg spoke with Mark Calaway about how people consider boxing as a sport but pro wrestling as not. Landsberg also emphasized on how a referee can stop a boxing match in between if needed, but in pro wrestling, it is all about the crowd.

The Undertaker is himself a boxing fan, but when the comparisons rose, he did not stay mum. He said, ” I mean unless something happens where there’s absolutely no way that you can continue. If it was upto the refs. then yeah they would probably stop the match and get the guy out of there. But I that’s what separates wrestlers in the WWF from any other sport. Those guys take so much pride and they feel so honored to be out there in that ring performing.”

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Landsberg then asked that wrestling has the stigma of not being a sport and in other sports, people get time to heal whereas wrestlers perform every other night and if it bothered him. The Phenom responded with, “You know it used to. It really used to eat me up.” 

He continued, “I got over that because I know what I do. I know the people that come and pay their hard-earned money to watch us perform. They appreciate it and so I don’t swipe the light stuff because it really doesn’t matter. But it used to eat me up because no one really understands the physical abuse that we have to put our bodies through. Everybody thinks that when you get hit with a chair at showbiz, it’s you know.”

The Undertaker justified that the stigma of wrestling is not considered a sport used to eat him up, but as time passed by, he understood his role, and it did not bother him anymore.

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