The Undertaker Points Out What Current WWE Stars Lack

The Undertaker has again decided to sound the alarm on modern-day wrestlers.

In mid-2025, during one of his Six Feet Under podcasts, he revealed how disheartened he felt looking at the current crop of talent, especially when it came to their backstage mannerisms.

He pointed out that the wrestlers would rather film TikToks and keep busy doing other things than watch one of their peers wrestling in the ring.

Fellow WWE Hall of Famer Booker T, too, had agreed with The Undertaker’s opinion.

The Undertaker Cites Lack Of Struggle Among Current Wrestlers

On the latest Six Feet Under podcast, The Undertaker again went off on the modern pro wrestlers, claiming the lack of struggles they face prevents them from giving more to the business.

I think with Bill DeMott and Al Snow, that was how it was done for generations. Whether it was right or wrong, they were trying to weed out the weak. Because you can’t come up here and be weak. The grind is too hard physically and mentally—that’s where that came from.

The Deadman acknowledged the plethora of amenities available at the performers’ disposal, crediting the WWE Performance Center and active athlete recruitment for being on their toes.

However, he also believes that they do not know the real mental toughness that comes out of hardships.

They need a little something that gives them an edge. That’s the fine line. Does it need to be the extreme that I went through? No. But there is that sense of true struggle.

The Undertaker cited his own example from back in the day, recounting how difficult it was for him to break into the business.

Once I decided I was leaving school to be a professional wrestler, everyone told me, ‘You’re stupid, you’re making a mistake.’ I refused any help. I had a huge chip on my shoulder. There were times I was sleeping in my car, bouncing through clubs just to scrape up enough money to go to wrestling school, going to shows where you lose money.

He concluded by saying that once the new wrestlers understand real struggle, they will develop qualities that help shape characters into icons.

Obviously, we don’t see that kind of struggle now, but there is something missing at times—the edge, the grit. I don’t know how you create that. But a lot of times, you can see it in the product. The little bit of struggle you go through translates into what you do.

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