The Undertaker Reflects On Troubled Relationship With WWE Legend
The Undertaker has a chequered past with one of his most famous rivals.
By 1998, The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels stood as two of the biggest stars in the entire wrestling industry as the WWF took control of the ‘Monday Night War.’
Both men held significant influence backstage, but their respective camps in the locker room often left them at odds. In his self-appointed role as locker room enforcer and the head of the BSK, The Undertaker was regularly left frustrated by Michaels and The Kliq.
However, when the pair met in the ring, magic happened.
Their performance in the first-ever Hell In A Cell match is still praised to this day, and they enjoyed a special chemistry that brought the best out of one another.
The Undertaker Never Liked Shawn Michaels
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, The Deadman looked back on his time working with Michaels in the 1990s, bluntly explaining that he wasn’t a fan of the person behind the performer. The veteran said that while Michaels was an incredible performer in the ring, if he was on fire he wouldn’t have “p*ssed on him to put him out”
“It’s the craziest thing and that’s another example of this business. I tell this story quite a bit. In those early years, up until the time when Shawn took off because he had hurt his back. So WrestleMania was it 13 when he put Steve over? Then he left. He leaves for five years.
From that point all the way back to 1990 when I came in. I tell people this all the time. If I was to go backstage and see Shawn Michaels on fire, I wouldn’t p*ss on him to put him out. I didn’t care for him as a human being. But there’s nobody, that I had rather be in the ring with. Now that right there is a huge statement.
I’ve been in the ring with greats. I’ve been in there with the Mount Rushmore greats. Shawn had the ability; he could have a five-star match with a broomstick. We just had this magic chemistry that I knew anytime that I was in a match with Shawn, all I had to do was be Undertaker and he was going to be Shawn Michaels and it was just going to go.”
By the time Michaels returned to WWE on a full-time basis in 2002, the pair began to repair their relationship and eventually became good friends. ‘Taker and Michaels recently teamed up to surprise Triple H by announcing him as the headliner of the Hall of Fame class of 2025.
During a different interview, The Undertaker admitted he enjoyed getting his own back on another WWE legend at WrestleMania 40.
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