The Undertaker is featured in a new documentary series from Onnit called ‘True Wrestling’. The Deadman sat down with Ricky Starks and Aaron Solow to discuss a wide variety of topics.
One of the most interesting parts was when the Undertaker spoke about a big problem with pro-wrestling today.
Here is what he said (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“Sometimes you have to set the angle within the match, but you gotta give a reason for one guy to be loved and one guy to be hated. At the end of the day, whatever you’re doing in the ring, you want it to look real, and genuine, and authentic. And I think that’s a huge problem, everybody acts the same way, everybody overplays to the audience, and it’s just like, ‘OK, what do you do next?’
Everybody’s calling, they want to backflip off this and into that. Once you do that a couple of times, it’s like, ‘OK, what do you
got now?’ Well, now I gotta do two flips into that, then two and a half. When they get used to that, what do you do? Instead of learning the finer nuances of what we do, andthat’s tell stories. Granted, physical, painful stories, but stories nonetheless.”
Do you agree or disagree with the Deadman? Let us know in the comment section below.
On a related note, check out Bubba Ray’s comments about if it is difficult to be a heel in wrestling today.
AGREED! 110%
1000% agree. I don’t tune in to wrestling soley for the matches. I want compelling and interesting stories. If I want to watch two people fight, I’ll just watch UFC.