What Culture has put out an article that provides some behind-the-scenes details from the ‘Boneyard match’ between AJ Styles and The Undertaker. Below are some of the interesting tidbits:
— Triple H and Michael Hayes were lead producers for the match. Jeremy Borash was spotted in photos and appears to have played a role in putting together the match.
— The match was shot on March 26th and it took 5 days to build the set.
— WWE hired a local production company in Orlando to help with the match.
— The Undertaker, AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson helped mentor the extras who were playing the druids. The extras were said to be nervous but the WWE stars worked with them and “were as friendly as they could be”.
— The trash talk between The Undertaker and AJ Styles was not in the script and all improvised by them.
— ‘Taker legitimately cut his arm during the match.
— It was Undertaker who pitched the final shot of the match with AJ’s hand poking up from the dirt. This was a prop hand that they came across during production and The Undertaker thought that it would be a nice way to end the match. He also thought that it was a nice callback to In Your House: Buried Alive in October 1996.
What did you think of the match? Let me know in the comment section below.
On a related note, check out the advice that Kurt Angle gave to Undertaker about AJ Styles.