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You're in my yard, and I'm the big dog that runs that yard.

I'm the dead man, and if you try me, I'll make you famous.

Dead man walking.

I left school, and I only needed, what, maybe 12 hours for my degree.

I left a full-ride scholarship to pursue this dream of wrestling.

From Kent Valley, winning 358 pounds, the Undertaker!

Started back in late 86.

I was working out at a health club in Dallas.

I was actually getting ready to go overseas and play pro basketball in Europe.

There was a guy that worked at the health club there that was trying to get somebody to go through a wrestling camp with him.

Every day, he was on me.

You know, man, come on, let's do this thing.

And I said, look, man, I'm getting ready to go play pro ball.

You know, I got it made.

You know, so I thought, one day, it just didn't sound like such a bad idea anymore.

619 pounds, Mr. Theodore R. Long presents from Metropolis, Dangerous Dan Spivey and Mean Markellis, the new Skyscraper!

First time I saw him, I was working in Atlanta for Turner in the early days of WCW in the late 80s.

And here he had a guy that was young, 6'9", 6'10", around 300 pounds, that was extremely athletic.

I thought, man, this guy is a phenomenon.

He's young, he's just huge, and he doesn't move around like a Clydesdale.

He moves around like a real athlete.

WCW, I got a call.

I was down in Memphis, in the Tennessee area.

Big Sid Vicious was tag team partner with Dan Spivey.

They were the skyscrapers down there.

I guess Sid had got hurt in the ring, broke a rib, punctured a lung, whatever.

And someone told him, hey, there's this kid down in Tennessee.

He's about 6'8", 6'9".

He'd be a good partner for Spivey.

So I got the call, and, you know, everything was looking real good.

Danny and I, we really hit it off well together.

We complimented each other's styles at the time.

Things were looking really good for us.

We were working with the road warriors.

We were gearing up for a Chicago street fight at the pay-per-view for them.

I don't know, Danny felt like everybody was trying to be really,

they were making bad business decisions for us.

Danny just one day up and left.

I'd already realized what kind of organization it was.

Our first meeting was in Indianapolis.

And he walked into the room, and this guy was just a monster.

And just, he had such a presence to him.

And the fact that he wasn't already on top of WCW scared me.

It just come to the point one day where I said, look, this ain't working out.

You know, they told me that I would never make, I would never amount to anything in this business.

That I was a good athlete, but I would never be able, no one would ever buy a ticket to see me wrestle.

By this time, I was trying to get an appointment with Vince.

And, you know, trying to get into him was like trying to get in to see the Pope, I guess.

So I actually left the WCW without a job.

Fortunately, I met with Vince and his staff.

And after the meeting, Vince told me at the time, he says, well, he says,

right now, we don't have anything for you.

And I was like, whoa.

So I was contemplating what I was going to do.

And I was sitting at home one day and the phone rang.

So I pick up the phone, you know, hello.

Is this The Undertaker?

I was like, what the hell is this?

I will introduce to you now my mystery partner, led to the ring by his manager,

Brother Love, weighing in at 320 pounds from Death Valley.

I give you The Undertaker.

The Undertaker, the mystery partner is now revealed.

I never heard of him.

Oh, take a look.

Holy cow.

Look at the size of that ham hock.

Check out them drumsticks, baby.

320 pounds looks to be 6'9", 6'10", some of that neighborhood, Rod.

6'10"?

I don't know.

It's hard to tell from here.

Holy cow.

Look at the look on the face.

I don't know.

Do you think it's his cocky?

It doesn't look like he's having a good time.

Do you think he'd steal the gold out of your team?

It was overwhelming.

There was such a huge buildup to who the mystery partner was for Ted Diabiasi's Survivor Series

team.

Nobody ever seen me.

No one ever heard the name Undertaker.

When Undertaker first started, his presence and his look was really magic.

We've never had anything like this in the WWF before.

The Undertaker came in as a rookie and debuted at the Survivor Series in 1990.

And there was something about him, the spark that he generated.

The music came out, which was that old organ, like a funeral dirge song.

And it was like, it really captured everybody's imagination and attention.

The whole presentation of the character was very unique and very extraordinary.

The music treatment was very moving and gripping.

The lighting treatments in the early going were very novel, very revolutionary in the business.

Vince had a vision.

He always liked the old Western Undertaker with the long coat and the hat.

He thought I fit the bill.

Vince McMahon takes a guy like that, gives him a character, gives him something to go behind.

And all of a sudden, it turns into a mind-boggling success.

I learned a lot from mistakes.

Actually, I learned quite a bit from Jake Roberts, good and bad.

Jake was probably, in my opinion, had one of the best wrestling minds as far as psychology

and how to present his character to the audience.

From the time Jake hit that arena until the time he left, man, he was Jake the Snake.

I also watched his brilliance in the ring and applied it to what The Undertaker was going to be about.

So, here I am, you know, just about a year into my career with the World Wrestling Federation

and I find myself going up against Hulk Hogan.

The slam by the Hulkster.

What business does he have down there?

Well, you better talk to Mr. Perfect about that or talk to Ric Flair.

I don't know.

I mean it, I really don't know.

Hulkster finally says, what are you doing down here?

It unloads on Ric Flair.

Why would he go touch Flair?

Flair never touched the ring, he never got involved in the match.

What business does Flair have down there?

I don't know, but he doesn't deserve to be struck.

And a big boot by the Hulkster.

From the outside, it's Paul Bear grabbing the leg of the Hulkster.

Referee's lost control on this one.

Look at this, Flair with a chair, a steel chair.

He got pile dripped right into the steel chair.

Wait a minute.

One.

Come on.

Two.

Get out.

We got a new world champion.

Wrestling Federation champion.

Woo!

I told you so.

If I was a fan of the new world champion.

And new World Wrestling Federation champion,

The Undertaker.

Hulkamania is dead!

It is dead!

Long live The Undertaker!

At that time, Hulk Hogan was everything in wrestling.

And to his credit, he'll go down in history as one of the biggest icons in wrestling.

And I beat him.

I think in the Hogan era, here in the WWF, anyone that defeated Hogan was denoted as a player.

The strangest thing about that was that night, it was in Joe Lewis in Detroit.

When we went out, although I was being portrayed as the antagonist, the heel, when I came out that night,

I think it was probably about 60-40 as far as the fans were, they were cheering for me.

And The Undertaker, Hogan saw a man larger than him, extremely athletic, very believable,

and a potential great opponent over the course of time.

And it was a good call because it gave him great notoriety in the early part of his career.

That was the beginning of, you know, people who were already getting with that character.

And I think it was kind of a start of a change in the times of that lollipop, goody-two-shoe, whole persona.

Actually, I thought it would come sooner than a year.

I thought it would be about six months.

And you had no choice but to put him against the champion, Hulk Hogan.

And from there, he just took off.

I remember the Inferno match he had with Kane and flying over the top rope with the flames just below him.

It just looked so insane.

And for his proportions, I have a tough time doing that.

He shouldn't be able to.

The thing that impressed me most about the Inferno match probably wasn't the heat.

It was the sight of seeing The Undertaker at 6'10 or 11 and 330 pounds waltzing over the top rope onto me.

And despite what happened in that match, that was still the most impressive thing to me.

You can't even begin to describe how hot that was.

And I was approached with, all right, what we're going to do is we're going to engulf all the ropes in flame,

and you two guys are going to wrestle in it until one of you catches the other one on fire.

I was like, wow, that sounds like a real good idea.

Yeah, anyway.

Fire is a very non-discriminating weapon.

It burns whomever it touches, whether the good guy or the bad guy.

I think to say that they were a little uncomfortable would be an understatement.

There was like no air.

The fire was burning the air up.

You get two, three feet from the ropes, even on the inside, you could feel the heat.

Kane back up now with that steel chair.

Undertaker catches it on his hand.

Kane back in the fire.

Kane's on fire.

Kane is on fire.

Kane is on fire.

He's burning.

Put him out.

Put him out.

He's burning an undertaker.

Woo!

Once it was all said and done and I wasn't the one on fire, it was a pretty cool match.

I think it was challenging for him.

Probably as challenging as anything, maybe even more challenging than Hell in a Cell.

Michael's going up now.

And...

Oh!

On the top of the steps.

He's running!

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

I don't believe that!

Oh!

Michael!

Probably one of the matches that I'm most proud of, and one that I actually lost, was the

Hell in a Cell with Shawn Michaels.

The best Hell in a Cell match was versus Shawn Michaels.

The very first one.

One of my top five favorite matches I've ever seen.

The first time that guys had ever stood on the cage, and he ran Shawn into the cage from

the outside, climbed up to the top, threw him off the side.

And that match was awesome.

I remember sitting at home, and Jeff and I, you know, we were big and we were big and

fans of, you know, different matches and things that were high impact and were a risk we're

taking or whatever, and people really turn up the voltage a little bit in a match.

You know, don't just do the status quo.

And I remember just watching the match between Taker and Shawn.

It was one of those times where you just go, wow!

That was unbelievable.

That was the psychology of a good cage match.

He showed that he had the mind, he had the physical ability, he worked his ass off.

Man, what a match that was.

That to me is the epitome of the Undertaker career, was that match right there.

Once again, Undertaker against Shawn Michaels in a casket match.

And that was where I, I ripped the casket on fire, trying to go and pay back for it after

me when I was 10 years old.

The casket is on fire!

The Undertaker is in the casket!

I have a lot of memories of The Undertaker.

One stands out in my mind especially is when they actually had Undertaker rise to the top

of the ceiling like going to heaven.

Oh my, what?

What?

We've never seen anything.

What?

Anything quite like this.

What is this?

What is this?

Oh, wait a minute.

Wait just a minute.

What is going on?

What is going on?

What is going on?

I don't believe what I'm seeing.

What is going on?

What is going on?

What is going on?

What is going on?

I don't believe what I'm seeing.

When he wrestled The Mock Undertaker at SummerSlam in 1994, that was intriguing to me.

The old entrance with the flames over top and he came out with that huge Batman-like cape.

Just really eerie stuff with the purple lighting and the fog and the mist and everything.

It was such a build up when he came out with the Blackbird.

Spectacular.

Minneapolis, my hometown.

We had SummerSlam there two years ago.

It was Kane and I against Taker and Big Show.

It was one of the biggest matches of my career probably if not the biggest.

Just being in there with Taker is a big deal.

We got the team with him and Kane.

It was myself, Jeff, him and Kane against Stone Cold, Triple H, Edge and Christian.

I remember it was great.

We came halfway down the ramp and Jeff and I got a great reaction.

The Taker and Kane came out and they got a great reaction.

It was really cool being with someone, you know, that is such a legend in the business.

You know, and someone that I'd watched growing up to actually be out there and get to team with.

That is a, puts goosebumps on my back there.

That makes the hair on my neck stand up.

I like it.

They're fighting on a steel roof of this cell.

That's a steel chair that Mankind is using.

My gosh, look at this, it broke through.

It broke through.

It broke through.

That's a lot of weight.

There's over two, three hundred pounders up there.

They're destroying the hell in the cell.

And my God, don't get them over here where we are.

What's gonna happen here?

Undertaker fighting back.

He's fighting back that round above us, folks.

And I don't like it a damn bit.

My God.

Look at that.

Look at that.

Oh man!

The God Almighty!

The God Almighty!

They killed him!

The God Almighty!

The God Almighty!

They killed him!

Oh my God!

The God Almighty!

The God Almighty!

They killed him!

Oh my God!

As God as my witness, he is broken in half!

The Hell in a Cell match, a lot of people have said, well, that was the greatest cage match

of all time.

I don't know about that, but it was a display of one man's body being taken to the limit.

It's a really strange thing.

That building, the fans of Pittsburgh call it the igloo because the Penguins play hockey

there.

But it's probably one of the, it's kind of like going to Soldier Field in Chicago.

It's just got a lot of character.

It has a lot of history.

But it's kind of dark and kind of eerie in places.

Walking around that day getting ready for the show, I had some of a strange feeling

that this was going to be kind of a memorable night.

Good God!

You know, I just, I couldn't believe it.

If they didn't play it back 20 times, we'd have played it back, which we did.

The things that him and Mick did were just unbelievable.

To me, it was nuts.

Did he just throw him off the cage?

I think he did just throw him off the cage.

When I actually watched that Hell in a Cell match, I was with everybody watching the monitor

in the back and then I walked out and I watched it alone.

You could feel an aura in the building.

History is going to be made right now.

I mean, because when Mick Foley gets on top of the cage with Undertaker, you know something's

going to happen.

Something's going to happen serious.

Undertaker was standing up on the cage in his presence.

I remember the people were up.

And I remember I was sitting in a living room watching the pay-per-view with like nine

or ten friends.

And I remember the feeling in the living room was just giving us all chills.

You know, so I couldn't imagine how it would have been to be at the arena.

It's okay.

Now they're on the top of the cage.

Hopefully it's been reinforced.

Hopefully it's solid.

But there's no mat.

There's nothing to break your fall.

I mean, you're going to fall on steel.

You're going to fall on either the crossbar that holds it or you're going to fall on

the mesh.

Those wrestlers know how to fall.

How in the hell do you learn how to fall on steel without hurting?

You don't.

But for God forbid, I had no idea that Mick was going to be tossed off the cage, which

really shocked me.

I mean, legitimately shocked me, scared me the whole nine yards.

I can't believe either one of them are still walking, to be honest with you.

It was the one and only time that I can remember in my 15-year career that I felt like

I had an outer body experience.

I just let go of him, and I'm sitting there, and I'm watching him fall, which seemed like

it took forever for him, you know, before he hit the table.

And it was almost as if I could see him falling, and I could see myself standing there watching

him fall.

And it just seemed like that moment, which was only a moment, you know, it seemed like

it just took forever.

You look down and Mick's there, and you see he's still breathing, which is a good sign.

And he's moving around a little bit, and then you look up at The Undertaker, and it was

one of the most dominating presence I've ever seen.

He looked like he'd been through hell and back, and there he stood, on top.

On top of the world.

On top of the cage.

On top of the king of the ring.

And symbolically, on top of the WWF.

You can see it on video.

You can watch it back.

You just can't comprehend the magnitude of what that was.

Unless you're actually standing up there on top of that cage, cell, and seeing how high

it is, and then the impact for which he hit.

It just, you know, the tape doesn't do it justice.

It was off the chart, man.

In time, your World Wrestling Federation will belong to me.

What?

One by one, they will all fall before my ministry.

That was kind of like the last facet of the whole darker side that I brought out.

You know, Vince had this vision of that Undertaker character.

Fortunately, he allowed me to make the essence of it.

You know, this guy came out there, and he commenced to beating on people.

Whoa, this guy is, you know, he doesn't scream and holler, and he doesn't talk about taking

his vitamins and saying his prayers.

He doesn't talk about beating somebody.

He talks about beating them and taking their soul.

People got caught up in the fantasy of it all.

It just kind of became cool to be dark.

In its grandest vision, in its grandest dream, and in my ministry's destiny,

I will own the World Wrestling Federation.

I think one of the reasons why it was so successful is it's very genuine.

I've always been one that was kind of fascinated with the darkness and

came out so genuine because it was.

People try and go out there and portray this character, and it looks contrived,

and it looks like they're trying to be something, you know, that they're not.

And you didn't get that with The Undertaker because what I was doing was coming natural to me.

I took away some of these other wrestlers' names and give them their own ministry names,

and I think a lot of people that were involved in it benefited from the spotlight that they hadn't had before.

I was happy that a lot of guys were brought up through the ministry.

The Edge and Christian were part of it, the Acolytes.

It was interesting. It was very visual.

Hanging Austin on my symbol with me down below with the eyes rolled back and looking very demonic.

Oh, those were the good old days.

The ministry was good, but it was also one of my low points, too,

because I allowed the ministry to join the corporation,

and it allowed The Undertaker to be part of something else that wasn't derived from The Undertaker.

Naturally, with the McMahons involved, the issue is going to revolve around them.

I hate everyone, but Austin, your name is on top of the list.

Who in the hell do you think you are?

I take these ideas and then, I mean, I try to provoke some emotion from them,

whether it be good or bad.

You know, at the time, I felt like being the antagonist, the heel of the whole situation.

So, I mean, I turned what was cool into something that was kind of weird, you know?

Now, you will know why you are afraid of the dark, and you will learn why.

Oh!

When you start talking about sacrificing people and brainwashing people,

and, you know, it disturbed some people.

And the fact that I had the robes that looked like the very ceremonial robes,

and my whole set that I had built up to look like a, you know, a demonic altar, you know?

It was, it kind of got under people's skin a little bit,

and especially when, you know, I went after the likes of Austin and The Rock and, you know,

which when those guys are fan favorites, you just don't cross them.

You will provoke the fans aggression, which is what I wanted, you know?

Yeah.

Although, at this point in my career, we've kind of evolved from that,

you know, it's still all there, you know?

And it's just, you're just getting to see another version of The Undertaker now.

About a year or so ago, I went through two really serious injuries,

serious enough to where I contemplated retirement.

Anyway, I took this ride, and I was just like,

everything that's happened over the past 10, 11 years has,

for some reason, brought me to this point.

I didn't want to go out in the midst of self-doubt

and whether my body was going to hold up anymore.

The thought came over me, you know, and it was like,

you know what, you're going to make a comeback.

You know what, you're going to go back to the top of the pile.

You're going to be the big dog in the yard.

And, you know, there's just no two ways about it.

As I lay me down to sleep, I pray my soul is mine to keep my soul.

And never step outside this bed, never into all the evil.

Now back from the dead.

What the hell?

My God.

I got it.

It's The Undertaker.

What?

It's The Undertaker.

He's coming from McMahon.

You've got to believe.

Or is he?

Yes!

The Undertaker.

It's with an ass.

The feet on him.

Touch slam to hell.

Look out, Vince.

Get away.

Oh!

Right hand by The Undertaker.

Knocking McMahon out.

Oh, my God.

It's carnage.

The Undertaker could have stayed in his original persona to this very day and still be doing

extremely well.

But he had the confidence.

He had the belief that he needed to change.

He really is, in today's American Badass presentation, about as close to who he is as he could be.

The Undertaker is truly an American Badass, not just as his character, but in real life.

It was just a little strange because I was going to be giving the people something that they had never seen from me.

That was a little odd at first.

But I think that the character had to evolve that way to continue on.

The key to longevity in wrestling is being able to change.

Change with the times.

It's more believable to have him come out as this badass who comes out on a motorcycle, which is more him, and then kicks ass.

The Undertaker is kicking ass, but he's not taking no names.

I think Dead Man Inc. is open for business tonight!

What really is cool about Taker is that over the years, if you've taken a picture, each month you took a picture of him,

and there's a period of time where you'd see him change and change and change and re-adapt and re-mold.

He's like the Madonna of wrestling, and what I mean by that is he's not like a blonde, big-breasted girl.

He's always stayed ahead of the curve, and just when things start to get a little bit stale, he changes his look, his costume,

his character.

He was like the biker Undertaker, but that leather trench coat was the link to the old Undertaker,

so people didn't see a completely new character right off the bat.

They saw kind of the slow transformation from the guy that they knew to the guy that they were going to know.

I don't know.

I mean, if we change his name back to his real name, and you ask him to do a promo or an interview,

he would sound like he sounds right now.

That's his natural self.

The Undertaker is part of who I am as a person.

For all these years that I was that dark and mysterious Undertaker, people were like,

well, I wonder what he's like.

You know, I wonder what he's like when he's not in an arena or when he's not on television.

Well, I brought that, I combined the two now.

I mean, what you see on TV is probably what you'd see out on the street.

Leonard Baker, I would like to apologize for ruining your tag team title match.

The king of the ring, Kurt Angle, on that sector right to the knee of the Undertaker.

And for soiling your motorbike with milk.

Milk doesn't find you good, but I don't think it applies to motorcycles.

As they would say on the streets, my bad.

Now, I realize you won't accept my apology, but I do believe I have something that you will,

accept.

I want you to look at your brand new sleek scooter.

I'm gonna kick your teeth so far down your throat, you'll be able to chew your own ass out for me off.

What are you gonna do, Kurt?

What is he doing?

Wait, Kurt's gonna hit Triple H.

Kurt Angle clocked The Undertaker.

That sledgehammer was meant for Triple H.

Write this down.

Kurt Angle is on The Undertaker's most wanted list.

As far as hitting you in the head with the sledgehammer, Undertaker,

I am really sorry about that.

Nobody wanted to see that happen, especially me.

Almost as much as nobody wants to see you and me fight at Fully Loaded.

The Undertaker coming right after Kurt Angle.

The Olympian, our hero, is running from The Undertaker.

You know, over the past few weeks, I've been a nervous wreck.

But this morning, I had a revelation.

I've been literally scared, afraid, of a man who rides a bicycle.

Undertaker, I am no longer scared of you.

Kurt Angle!

My God!

What is he doing?

What is he?

He just poured something over The Undertaker's motorcycle.

You'd think if Kurt Angle was scared of The Undertaker, he would have done that?

Kurt Angle, he better turn around and run.

Look at that!

Kurt Angle from behind!

He got a wrist!

Going for the knees in The Undertaker!

He may be breaking The Undertaker's knees!

How badly is The Undertaker hurt?

The American Badass against The Great American Hero!

Undertaker giving Angle a beating.

Same time, Angle has focused on The Undertaker's knees.

I don't even understand how The Undertaker's standing right now.

Because he's The Undertaker.

He is truly an American Badass.

Look out, look out here!

Don't do it!

A one-off!

Toe Slam!

Toe Slam!

By The Undertaker!

That should be enough right there!

Look at The Undertaker!

He doesn't want to just win this match.

He wants to hurt Kurt!

It's true, it's true!

The Undertaker, pure evil intentions directed toward Kurt Angle.

He is the American Badass.

My gosh.

Not the last ride.

The last ride, indeed.

How aptly named is this maneuver?

Listen to the impact of this.

You're not gonna like this, Robbo!

No!

No!

He's standing like a car crash!

He's standing like a car crash!

One, two, three!

It was my first main event match, and The Undertaker went out there and threw me around like a rag doll.

I do remember being out there and just feeling the strength of the guy.

You know, what he could do to me.

When he gave me the last ride, he hoisted me up and threw me up in the air.

I thought I was gonna keep going.

And before I knew it, I was flat on my back.

And he's the badass with the last ride.

And anybody he faces, he's gonna get the last ride.

And that's the last you're gonna see of him.

I've retained a lot of the characteristics that people are, that know The Undertaker and expect.

But I've brought it into 2000 and 2001.

I've updated it so more people can identify with the person that The Undertaker is.

The similarities I see between the character and him is that what you see is what you get.

For all those years, when I was struggling and people were telling me that I'd never amount to anything in this industry or this business, you know,

there was always one thing I always had, and that was my motorcycle.

This bike here was actually the first brand new motorcycle that I ever bought.

I bought this for myself after I beat Hulk Hogan for the world title in 91.

It was kind of like, I think I've made it.

Anybody who knows anything about me knows that I love skulls.

On my own artifacts, my motorcycles, I just think they look cool.

This was actually given to me by a close personal friend of mine.

It is my basic setup for a motorcycle.

Black, fast, usually it'll start right up.

You're gonna put me on the spot here.

You know, although you have moments out on the road where, you know, you really get in the throttle and hit it,

it's a complete different feeling when you're in an arena.

And here comes the American badass!

Here comes this cat on this badass motorcycle, and, you know, he's riding around the ring like he's just out on the road, you know?

At WrestleMania 17 in Houston, you know, Houston being where I grew up.

I'm sitting on one of my own bikes on that stage in front of 60-some-odd thousand people.

It was one of those times where, you know, the hair on your arm stands up and you just have an adrenaline rush that's just peaked off the chart.

This bike here actually isn't mine. This is Sarah's bike. She enjoys riding behind me, but now she's ready to start out on her own.

It was a gift. I give it to her for our first anniversary. She's taken to it pretty well.

There's the undertaker and his wife, Sarah.

At first, I was really hesitant to even bring her on and to make her a public figure like that.

Also, on the other hand, I really enjoy her company. We get along so well, and the fact that I could actually spend more than two days a week with her was the deciding factor.

He always tells me to just relax and have fun, and that's, you know, the best advice he ever gave me.

I go out there and I don't think of it as working. I think of it as having fun.

DDP with a side set up, Sarah! Get away from her!

DDP is making his move! Get away from her!

DDP is making his move!

I love being physical. You know, you have so much adrenaline when you're doing it.

Sarah climbing a cage! What the hell, Sarah?

I think Sarah rounds out the Undertaker's character very well. We understand now that the Undertaker cares about certain people too, as opposed to just whipping people's asses.

As far as Sarah goes, she's the toughest chick that I know.

The Undertaker's wife and The Undertaker are very much alike.

We're both avid boxing fans.

My wife is not an ordinary woman.

We're both really big sports freaks.

You know, she's all woman, but she's also very much a tomboy, so it kind of gives me a bud to run around with.

She likes to get in there and get her hands dirty. She likes to throw punches. She likes submission wrestling.

One day I made the mistake of teaching Sarah the arm bar, and it's come back to haunt me.

And then she takes her body weight and rolls back. I have no choice other than to fall back with her.

If she thinks this is funny, it hyperextends my elbow. And although it doesn't look like much, there's no way to get out of this, and it hurts like hell.

I'm pretty much right now at her mercy. I just did that for your sake. I would never tap out.

This guy here is an original dead man. First major, major tattoo was an eight-hour session.

Probably my favorite tattoo is this guy here. It's kind of the demon and the thinker kind of all combined together.

Probably one of the best pieces that I have. That and, of course, my Sarah tattoo, which happens to be the most painful.

It's a good thing there's no H on Sarah.

What makes me bad is the fact that I don't have to act bad. In the ring or out of the ring, I don't have to let you know how bad I am.

If you feel like you want to try me, hey, so be it. You know what I mean? I don't know what being bad is.

I mean, I know what bad behavior is, because I've been there, too. But as far as being bad, I say, I'm not bad, but the bad don't mess with me. How about that?

Not too many people in this world being that size can do the things he does.

You know, we're talking about the Undertaker matching every bit of athleticism as an Olympic champion myself.

I can compare him to myself when you talk about athletic ability. He's a true great world-class athlete.

This man would think nothing of hitting the ropes, diving over the top rope and jumping on an opponent outside the ring.

But Undertaker isn't known as a high flyer. He's known as a giant, but yet he uses some of the same tactics as a high flyer.

That makes him unique as a professional wrestler here in the World Wrestling Federation.

As the years go on, he's gotten better and better, whereas you see some performers and their ability of their performance deteriorates over time.

His never has, because he's smart enough to adjust and adapt.

That's gotta be, that's gotta be Kane! That's gotta be Kane!

I first appeared in the WWF at the original helmet cell match, October 5th, 1997, in St. Louis.

Oh my God, he just ripped the door off its hinges!

Of course, for some time, the WWF fans had been hearing that Undertaker's brother Kane was still alive.

Look at the size of this human being! Or is that a human being?

I knew the type of wrestler and the type of person that Undertaker was.

I didn't know if anybody could live up to that standard as far as being his brother, but actually I was wrong.

Kane hasn't even got close to peaking yet. He has so much raw talent. Physically, he is probably one of the strongest guys ever to work in this business.

He really strives to work hard and do the best that's within him.

One of my more favorite matches was the first time that we actually wrestled at WrestleMania in Boston.

Of just all out physical war.

I think as big as the star that Kane is now, I still think that he will achieve even greater heights.

Kane is something really extraordinary.

He always brings out the best in Kane. He always brings out the best in everybody.

One thing I've learned from him is that every time you go out, you give it everything you have.

Whether you're hurt, whether you don't feel like it that night, whatever.

You always give everything you have.

And I think that's probably the greatest lesson that I've learned from my brother.

This would be the third tombstone.

Yes, he got it.

And will this be enough?

My God, what will it take if it's not?

Yes.

The Undertaker has won this match.

Here is your winner, The Undertaker.

Well, the first time I met The Undertaker,

it was probably the first day I was in the company,

but the second day I ever appeared on the WWE TV

was in a promo segment where I interrupted The Undertaker.

Personification of evil?

I say personification of boredom.

Whoa!

The only thing scary about you two is the amount of TV time you get,

which causes the people to pick up the remote and change the channel,

looking for a hero.

I don't think I would have said a lot of things that I said then today,

after knowing Taker and knowing the respect that he has and that he commands

and that I have for him.

Hey boy, I don't know who you are or who you think you are, but judging from

that peach fuzz you're trying to grow on your chin, I can tell I got more shower

time than you've got ring time.

And if you ever, and I mean ever, decide to interrupt me again, it will be your last time.

And that is a promise.

It was pretty funny because I realized afterwards that I thought,

maybe I better be a little bit more careful with things that I say about some of the guys, you know?

When you look at him, you just know that he is a badass and he is a leader.

A guy that doesn't take from anybody.

A guy that's very blunt.

He's very honest.

But he'll tell you like it is, and too bad if you don't like it.

I think the one thing that has made him so successful,

I mean you can talk about how tough he is.

You can talk about how big and bad he is.

But the guy's got wits.

He's smart.

He's one of the smartest guys I know.

And you talk about being dangerous with, you know, your physical ability.

But this guy is even more dangerous because he has it up here.

And he has it better than anybody else I know.

He's the kind of guy that when he goes out there,

every single time he wrestles he tells a story.

He gets it.

He gets the business.

He knows how to entertain these fans.

He knows how to grab these people's attention and keep it.

The Undertaker is the man.

Angle's Olympic and amateur skills have yet to be utilized thus far in this match.

He just utilized one of his three eyes, intelligence.

I've never actually seen anybody come along so fast as Kurt Angle.

Not a very bright move there.

He's almost prodigy like as far as his transformation from amateur athlete into sports entertainment.

He has picked up not only on the physical aspects of what it is we do, but just the personality side of it.

I'm real high on Kurt Angle and what he's done and what he's accomplished in such a short amount of time.

Please, I'm begging you, put it down.

That would be a nasty fall, wouldn't it?

What do you want?

I want a match with Triple H at WrestleMania, one on one.

I can't do that.

What?

Put it down, please.

Hey, sit down here.

No.

No, please.

No.

You got what you want.

You got your match.

Triple H, in my opinion, is the best of the best.

I think as I move on and as I leave this industry, he'll probably be the one that kind of ends up with my role.

He has such a sharp mind for our business.

He's an in-ring technician, top shelf performer, and he studies the game.

He is what he says he is.

He is the game.

Start to play the game.

If I was going to start my own promotion, I would start with Triple H.

The one Taker moment that comes to mind that is awesome was at WrestleMania 17 this year.

Usually when Taker comes out on his bike, he's got, I don't know, 30, 40, 50 feet.

At the dome, he opened that sucker up because he had probably, I don't know, 300, 400 feet to get to the ring.

And it was really cool to see him be able to just open that bad boy up and just rip it up to the ring.

And it was like, man, that is a cool entrance.

The Undertaker has never lost at this sports entertainment spectacular.

It's not that win-loss records are really that important in our business.

The confidence in The Undertaker and the perpetuation of his legacy is one of the contributing factors to the fact that he's never lost at WrestleMania.

I guess I'm pretty proud of the fact because that's our, I mean, that's our Super Bowl.

That's our World Series.

Maybe the day when it comes when I retire, I'll be undefeated at WrestleMania.

That'll be my legacy.

The legacy of The Undertaker.

Don't get William at WrestleMania.

Monday night, some sorry ass called the Cincinnati PD and told them that my wife was in a car wreck.

I heard her face is all mangled and twisted cuff.

Come to find out everybody's just fine.

My wife's fine.

There was no wreck.

Hey Undertaker, it was me all along.

It was Stone Cold Steve Austin.

What a no good, heinous human being.

Austin mastermind the conspiracy.

Rest with my family and I will hurt you.

So tonight, let's let the pain and suffering begin.

Wait a minute, Undertaker, Undertaker with a chain.

Undertaker attacking Austin.

My name is Stone Cold Steve Austin.

I'm the WWF champion, I do not deserve this.

Come on, let's go.

Driver, go.

Help, boys.

It was The Undertaker test.

My name is Stone Cold Steve Austin.

I'm the WWF champion, I do not deserve this.

Stone Cold may pay with his heart and his soul when Austin meets The Undertaker for

the World Wrestling Federation Championship.

At Judgment Day, I know The Undertaker ain't got a chance in hell against Stone Cold Steve Austin.

I don't like you, I don't respect you.

I sure as hell don't fear you.

My name is Stone Cold Steve Austin.

I am The World Wrestling Federation champ.

You better give your soul to the Lord, because your ass belongs to me.

It's gonna be an explosion.

I'm in different horses.

Here comes The Undertaker, a three time WWF champion.

A man who has defeated Stone Cold for the WWF title.

Undertaker going after Austin.

Austin made the hideous phone calls with The Undertaker's wife.

That stupid, ridiculous hoax.

And now Stone Cold's gonna pay for it.

With body and soul, it may be the WWF title.

Early advantage going to The Undertaker.

6'10", well over 300 pounds, and he's taking the fight to the WWF champion.

This is about retribution, and payback, and beating the hell out of the rattlesnake.

I always get a little extra boost when I'm gonna wrestle against Steve.

The challenger for the WWF title.

Ruthless and relentless.

But he has to be ruthless and relentless, because he's not in there with just anybody.

He's in there with the rattlesnake.

He brings a lot of intensity into whatever he does.

When somebody has the same type passion for what they're doing as I do,

it always makes for a pretty interesting time out there in the ring.

There it is!

The suplex!

As Austin reaches for that steel chair.

Oh, my God Almighty!

Did you hear the sickening thud?

A steel on skull!

And that's what The Undertaker thinks of Austin.

Stunner!

Austin got the stunner!

It's over!

Austin get the stunner!

It's gotta be!

It is!

No, it's not!

No way!

The Undertaker kicked down the stunner!

And now Austin's armed again with that steel chair.

Lunacy!

Chaos!

Sick and perverted.

What has happened to this human being?

Retribution!

And there's a low blow back at Austin!

Taker has Austin by the throat!

Look out!

Austin went for the ride!

Maybe his last ride!

And The Undertaker has the chair!

And now The Undertaker is wearing out!

Mr. McMahon's corporate WWF by God champion!

And here comes Triple A!

What's that son of a bitch doing here?

And now Mr. McMahon's son-in-law is getting the hell beat out of him!

Austin got nailed!

There's the cover!

And Mr. McMahon broke it up!

My God, that's not fair!

Mr. McMahon getting the hell beat out of him!

Austin nailed McMahon!

That man is getting The Undertaker!

Off to the last ride!

And the sledgehammer to the hip of the game!

There's a cover!

And it's over!

The story of Austin and The Undertaker I think is far from over.

I don't know, I guess you can't keep his rednecks down.

My gut instinct tells me somewhere, someday, we're gonna hook up one more time.

Who's to know what we'll bring out of this character before it's all said and done?

I'd like to be remembered as somebody who was pretty much a stand-up guy.

I'd like to be known as somebody that took pride in the company that they worked for.

And somebody that give his all for the fans and for this industry.

Do you know where you're standing?

You're trespassing on private property.

When you walk through here, you're in my yard.

The yard is obviously symbolic of the ring, and you come in the ring,

I'm the biggest dog in the yard, and so beware.

You don't wanna be here.

And his T-shirt says it all.

Bad things happen in my yard.

An explosive chokeslam by The Undertaker!

Bad things have been happening here for a very long time.

The Undertaker looks like he's in some mood tonight.

I think they call it a decade of destruction.

This is Vintage Undertaker!

You're right!

This is not your yard.

This is my ring, dammit!

When Daddy wakes up, tell him The Undertaker took back his yard.

In a reality-based way, the yard is the hallowed grounds that the WWF Superstars perform in.

And if you're gonna walk in that yard, which is dominated by the guy that's been here the longest uninterrupted, then you're gonna do it with pride, you're gonna do it with character, or you're gonna answer to those that are waiting for you in the back, like The Undertaker.

It is his yard, and nobody lays down in the yard.

When he says this is his yard and he's the big dog, well, it really is.

I mean, back here you know that he's the man, and there's a reason for it.

Taker has been the one that has been here through everything.

He knows exactly how to carry himself.

He's got wisdom to give to people that want to receive it.

When you're talking to him, he makes you feel like your time right then is his.

He's listening to you, and you know, for that time, however long it is, he's going to be genuine and listen to what you have to say and be real.

The advice that he gives is advice that you need to go by.

Taker's got a lot of stroke.

If I could sum Taker up in one word, it would be respect.

He's got that rare attribute for a sports entertainer, which is the legendary status.

And a lot of guys, when they achieve that legendary status, they can float along and rest on their laurels.

But Taker doesn't do that.

Undertaker! Float through the air! Taken out the coalition!

And he hit the ropes, and he jumped straight over the top rope.

Big swan dive over the top rope on the crowd of guys.

I mean, he didn't have to do that, but he did.

Why? Because he works his ass off every night.

And when he grabs that hand and he's about ready to climb the top rope and yells out,

Old school! That's what he is, old school.

And that's not bad, because he has the respect for the business, he understands the business,

and he's passed the torch time and time again, but he's still got many more torches to pass on,

and he has no problem doing that if the time is right and if the guys are right.

I think the legacy that The Undertaker will leave will be untouchable.

The Undertaker! No one quite like him!

Twenty years from now, the wildest thing about him is that as much as the fans are going to remember him,

the locker room's going to remember him even more.

The more we can keep him in our locker room, the more he's going to accomplish with building the future of this company.

The more that we can expose him to our television audience, the more our fans are going to grow to respect him,

and grow even closer to the character.

There's no shame in going out and fighting and getting your ass kicked.

I couldn't imagine the success that I've been blessed with.

There's no honor in not fighting at all.

You have dreams and you have goals.

Fortunately, I've far exceeded both of those.

I'm tremendously proud of what I've been able to accomplish here.

There's just no way that I could have ever imagined being a headliner in main event status for over a decade with the World Wrestling Federation.

I don't know how anybody could ever dream that.

It's been a great feeling to know that I've had this kind of long-lasting staying power and still, you know, got a few fights left in me.