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- Undertaker, take one,
common mark, silent six.

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- What does it mean
to be the undertaker?

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It means that...

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[chuckles]

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You hit me right out
of the get-go with something.

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What the hell?

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<i> - There he is,</i>
<i> the prince of darkness.</i>

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<i> - People have</i>
<i> all these preconceived ideas</i>

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Of who you are, what you are.

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<i> [bluesy music]</i>

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<i> Your life is surrounded</i>
<i> by mystery.</i>

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<i> - ♪ I've got one foot</i>
<i> in the grave ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - The darkness that looms</i>
<i> over the character</i>

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<i> Evokes imagination</i>
<i> and fantasy.</i>

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<i> - ♪ I've got one foot</i>
<i> in the grave ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ two empty pockets</i>
<i> and nothing to crave ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ I got one foot</i>
<i> in the grave ♪</i>

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<i> - Would you look at that?</i>

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<i> - No, you look at that.</i>

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<i> - Ooh, there's the tombstone.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - ♪ I've got two hands</i>
<i> that pave my way ♪</i>

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<i> - What's gonna happen here?</i>

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<i> - ♪ I've got two hands</i>
<i> that pave my way ♪</i>

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<i> - This is hell on earth.</i>

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<i> - ♪ I've got two hands</i>
<i> that pave my way ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ and one lost soul</i>
<i> that's on its way ♪</i>

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<i> ♪ I got two hands</i>
<i> that pave my way ♪</i>

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<i> - It's just one</i>
<i> of those characters</i>

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<i> That people</i>
<i> were really drawn to</i>

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<i> Because it was</i>
<i> just so different.</i>

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Rest in peace.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> [thunder booming]</i>

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<i> 1986, when all this</i>
<i> gets started for me,</i>

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<i> And you're just trying</i>
<i> to get booked somewhere</i>

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And trying to make enough noise

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To grab some promoter's
attention.

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And I would have never
imagined taking a car service

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<i> To a arena where you're</i>
<i> about to be inducted</i>

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<i> Into the hall of fame.</i>

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- Here we are.
- Here we are.

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<i> [soft guitar music]</i>

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Hey, buddy.
- Man, what a day.

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I've been waiting for this
for quite a while.

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- Oh, my goodness.
- God bless you.

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- What's up, buddy?
- How you doing, man?

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- I'm good, brother.
- You look sharp.

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- Thanks.
That's half the battle, right?

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- Yeah.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- [speaking indistinctly]

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- You shouldn't have--
you had to call me.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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Whew.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> It means a lot.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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For 30-plus years, you know,

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All they got
was the undertaker.

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They didn't get what
they're gonna get tonight.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> They get mark calaway tonight.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - I knew that</i>
<i> was gonna be hard for him.</i>

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You know, that's a scary thing.

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Like, who am I
as mark calaway the person,

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Or where do I go from here?

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Wrestling's all he's done
and all he's known

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<i> For 30-plus years.</i>

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- This man is the most revered
superstar in wwe history.

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[cheers and applause]

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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The greatest quality
our inductee brings

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To the hall of fame is love.

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[cheers and applause]

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Because you cannot accomplish
what he has in 30 years

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For any other reason

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Other than the love
for his business.

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[cheers and applause]

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It is now my honor...

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[cheers and applause]

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> To introduce you</i>
<i> to the newest member</i>

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<i> Of the 2022 hall of fame,</i>

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Mark calaway, the undertaker!

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[crowd roaring]

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<i> [bell tolling]</i>

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<i> [dramatic music]</i>

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- I spent quite a lot of time

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On these basketball courts
right here.

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The neighborhood, I mean,
it really--it doesn't--

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It doesn't hardly resemble
what it did

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When I was still living here.

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So we moved in here
in, what, '69?

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Moved in--

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- '69, wow.

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That's amazing.

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If these walls
could talk, right?

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[laughter]

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- Yeah, to say the least.

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<i> [soft guitar music]</i>

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<i> I had a pretty normal</i>
<i> childhood.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> People ask me all the time</i>

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What led me down
this dark path of...

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<i> Digging holes</i>
<i> and taking souls.</i>

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<i> There wasn't anything.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> My parents,</i>
<i> salt-of-the-earth people.</i>

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<i> My mom was</i>
<i> a stay-at-home mom,</i>

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<i> Raised five boys,</i>
<i> bless her heart.</i>

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Here's a shot of all the boys.

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Brother david's the oldest.
Mike, paul, and tim.

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Tim, we lost.

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Lost tim the day before
my last wrestlemania match.

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So what was I like as a kid?

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- That's why
y'all had five, right?

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It took you five times
to get it right?

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- Yeah.
- Yeah.

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<i> - Then you quit</i>
<i> once you got it right.</i>

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<i> My dad, hard worker.</i>

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<i> I think he instilled</i>
<i> that work ethic in me.</i>

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During the day,
he would do plumbing jobs,

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Roofing jobs, whatever

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To put, you know,
food on the table for us.

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And then he would work
all night in the press room

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<i> Of "the houston post"</i>
<i> newspaper.</i>

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From an early age,
it was always

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About respect and hard work
and your name and your word.

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And those things were instilled
in me at a really early age.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Growing up in houston,</i>

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<i> I was a fan</i>
<i> of wrestling early on.</i>

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<i> You remember taking me</i>
<i> and wayne</i>

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To sam houston coliseum
to watch wrestling?

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- [laughs]

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Big mistake? Why's that?

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- Well, it was a somewhat
honest living, I guess.

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<i> [upbeat music]</i>

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We didn't have a lot of money,
but every now and then,

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<i> You know, my parents would</i>
<i> scrape up some money</i>

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<i> To take us</i>
<i> to the sam houston coliseum</i>

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And watch it live.

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<i> The original sheik</i>
<i> was coming into town.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> Man, he was the nastiest</i>
<i> of nasty bad guys,</i>

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<i> And we built ourselves up</i>
<i> all week long</i>

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What we were gonna do
and what we were gonna say

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To him when he came by us.

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<i> And here he comes,</i>
<i> and we were yelling at him,</i>

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And, man, he just
made a quick dart towards us,

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And we about took out
a whole row of people

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Trying to run away from him.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> I mean, I was</i>
<i> just mesmerized by it all</i>

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<i> At a really early age.</i>

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I kind of got away from it
as I got older

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And started
playing team sports.

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Remind me
how to play knockout now.

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I watch y'all play.
I think we called it 21.

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Hey, I need a win here.

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- Knocked out!
Knockout!

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Knockout, knockout!

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- [sighs]

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What is it?
- 2-6.

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- You only have 2?
- I have 6.

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- Kidding me?

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- Oh, no!

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<i> - I've never played</i>
<i> basketball.</i>

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I think was 13,
and a kid I went to school with

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Needed somebody else
to fill out their ymca roster.

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And I guess that was me.

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I was tall.

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<i> So he figured,</i>
<i> "hey, let's get mark to play,"</i>

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<i> And I kind of fell</i>
<i> in love with the game.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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- He was a rail.
[laughs]

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We were constantly eating.

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I mean, mark could
never gain weight.

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- So I think this right here
used to be the pizza hut.

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So we would play
in the morning,

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And then we'd go
hit that buffet.

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Finally, they told us
to stop coming.

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I would just put a huge dent

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In their buffet.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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During the summer
of my junior and senior year,

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That's when I kind of
started lifting weights.

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I was 6'8" and 215 pounds then.

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In that time period,

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That was a big high school
basketball player.

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<i> Started getting a lot</i>
<i> of interest</i>

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At that point
to go play college.

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

197
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<i> Lon kruger, he was</i>
<i> at pan american university</i>

198
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<i> And recruited me really,</i>
<i> really, really heavily.</i>

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<i> I don't know.</i>

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It was a couple of days
before signing,

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And coach kruger called me
and said--

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He goes, "mark."

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He goes, "I need to win
right out of the gate."

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He says,
"I'm gonna go with a couple

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Of junior college players."

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And I'm like, "ugh, okay."

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That's where I--I went to
the university of st. Thomas.

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That was in houston.

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<i> After one year of athletics,</i>
<i> the school went bankrupt.</i>

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<i> [dramatic music]</i>

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<i> And that's where I ended up</i>
<i> at texas wesleyan university.</i>

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<i> ♪ ♪</i>

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<i> - Mark was kind of passive.</i>

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<i> He listened to a lot</i>
<i> of soft rock,</i>

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A lot of easy rock bands,
like, you know,

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Huey lewis and the news
and things like that.

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<i> He kind of kept to himself.</i>

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00:11:01,236 --> 00:11:03,052
<i> In the basketball realm,</i>

219
00:11:03,071 --> 00:11:06,164
<i> His style of play</i>
<i> was a bruiser.</i>

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He liked to push.
He liked to shove.

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- My destiny was
already predetermined.

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I was a very physical player.

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There was a lot of times
I'd have more points scored

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<i> Than minutes played</i>
<i> because of foul trouble.</i>

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00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:20,904
<i> [light music]</i>

226
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<i> - He was big</i>
<i> into lifting weights.</i>

227
00:11:23,091 --> 00:11:26,167
<i> He started to fill out.</i>

228
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So it was 230, 235, you know,
and just solid muscle.

229
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<i> - There was this gym</i>
<i> that I was going to.</i>

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00:11:34,269 --> 00:11:35,935
<i> There was a guy there.</i>

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He was like, "I'm gonna
go to this wrestling camp,

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00:11:37,847 --> 00:11:39,680
And I'm gonna be
a professional wrestler."

233
00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:41,348
"that's cool."

234
00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:42,942
He goes, "man,
you should do this with me."

235
00:11:43,094 --> 00:11:44,202
And I was like, "well,
think I'm gonna go try

236
00:11:44,429 --> 00:11:45,929
To play some pro ball
overseas."

237
00:11:46,022 --> 00:11:48,373
And every day I'd come in,

238
00:11:48,524 --> 00:11:50,450
We'd have
the same conversation.

239
00:11:50,602 --> 00:11:53,286
The more I thought about it,
it was like,

240
00:11:53,438 --> 00:11:55,271
"well, you know, maybe,

241
00:11:55,364 --> 00:11:56,363
You know, this would be
kind of cool."

242
00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:57,698
[crowd booing]

243
00:11:57,792 --> 00:12:00,109
- From st. Petersburg, florida,

244
00:12:00,128 --> 00:12:04,038
Buzz sawyer, the mad dog.

245
00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,874
- [screaming]

246
00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:08,618
- Oh!

247
00:12:08,636 --> 00:12:11,304
[crowd roaring]

248
00:12:11,456 --> 00:12:13,898
<i> - Buzz sawyer</i>
<i> was training guys to wrestle.</i>

249
00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:15,475
- [screams]

250
00:12:15,569 --> 00:12:17,235
- Look at the mad dog.

251
00:12:17,386 --> 00:12:21,889
<i> Back with his own kind,</i>
<i> he feels so at home.</i>

252
00:12:21,983 --> 00:12:25,559
<i> - He says, "okay, $2,500,</i>

253
00:12:25,653 --> 00:12:27,061
I'm gonna teach you to wrestle,

254
00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,488
And then I'll
get you a booking."

255
00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:30,415
And we're like,
"okay, that sounds great."

256
00:12:32,644 --> 00:12:34,235
<i> - Buzz sawyer,</i>
<i> he can be a good guy,</i>

257
00:12:34,329 --> 00:12:35,645
<i> And he can be a bad guy.</i>

258
00:12:35,663 --> 00:12:38,831
- [shouting indistinctly]

259
00:12:38,925 --> 00:12:40,574
- You know, he tried
to take people money.

260
00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:42,409
I said,
"you can't do that, buzz."

261
00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:43,410
I said, "you know, that'll
come back and haunt you."

262
00:12:43,505 --> 00:12:45,430
[indistinct yelling]

263
00:12:45,657 --> 00:12:47,915
<i> - So it was</i>
<i> the first day of training,</i>

264
00:12:48,009 --> 00:12:51,995
And we're gonna meet, you know,
at buzz sawyer's house.

265
00:12:52,088 --> 00:12:55,089
I don't know,
close to 15 guys probably

266
00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:57,183
Standing around
in his driveway.

267
00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,835
And, you know, we're all kind
of asking the question like,

268
00:12:58,928 --> 00:13:00,837
"well, where's
the wrestling ring?"

269
00:13:00,930 --> 00:13:02,263
- We didn't have
no ring or nothing.

270
00:13:02,357 --> 00:13:03,523
We were just always
in the backyard

271
00:13:03,617 --> 00:13:05,358
Or in the front yard.

272
00:13:05,510 --> 00:13:08,344
<i> It's just, like,</i>
<i> grass and dirt.</i>

273
00:13:08,363 --> 00:13:10,363
<i> He had 15 rottweilers</i>
<i> out there,</i>

274
00:13:10,515 --> 00:13:12,348
<i> You know, in the backyard.</i>

275
00:13:12,367 --> 00:13:14,017
- Man, for, like,
the next two hours,

276
00:13:14,035 --> 00:13:15,852
We do nothing but conditioning.

277
00:13:15,945 --> 00:13:17,278
- We had to run
around the block,

278
00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:18,963
And they all tired and stuff.

279
00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:20,799
And I said,
"nah, we ain't through yet."

280
00:13:21,026 --> 00:13:23,968
Just throwing up everywhere,
you know.

281
00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,303
- Everybody's thinking
that we're about to get

282
00:13:25,454 --> 00:13:28,047
In our cars, you know,
and go home.

283
00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:30,533
<i> And out comes buzz.</i>

284
00:13:30,626 --> 00:13:32,535
He said, "all right, you know,

285
00:13:32,554 --> 00:13:35,388
Get down in the down position,"
in, like, amateur wrestling.

286
00:13:35,540 --> 00:13:38,465
<i> - He came and then</i>
<i> start stretching them out,</i>

287
00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:42,061
Twisting them all sideways
and everything, you know.

288
00:13:42,213 --> 00:13:44,656
- Basically, you know, it was
the way it was done back then.

289
00:13:44,883 --> 00:13:47,659
Guys would take your money,
and then they'd try

290
00:13:47,886 --> 00:13:49,902
And run you off
so that you don't come back.

291
00:13:50,055 --> 00:13:52,330
And that was exactly
what he was trying to do.

292
00:13:52,557 --> 00:13:54,666
- [yells]

293
00:13:54,893 --> 00:13:57,669
- The only thing was is,
I was too stupid to know

294
00:13:57,896 --> 00:14:00,171
That I was supposed
to not come back.

295
00:14:00,398 --> 00:14:02,398
I kept coming back
till not only

296
00:14:02,417 --> 00:14:04,008
Was there no one else there
but me,

297
00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,845
But buzz was gone as well.

298
00:14:07,072 --> 00:14:09,405
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

299
00:14:09,424 --> 00:14:13,334
This is the receipt
when I finally paid

300
00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:16,503
My last $1,000 to buzz sawyer.

301
00:14:16,598 --> 00:14:19,524
It says,
"I acknowledge receipt

302
00:14:19,751 --> 00:14:23,936
Of payment of $1,000
from mark calaway."

303
00:14:24,089 --> 00:14:25,771
Boy, that was
a heck of a lesson

304
00:14:25,866 --> 00:14:27,866
That I learned there.

305
00:14:28,017 --> 00:14:31,594
I was left $2,000 in the hole
and not knowing

306
00:14:31,687 --> 00:14:33,354
What the heck I was gonna do.

307
00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:36,207
<i> [soft music]</i>

308
00:14:36,434 --> 00:14:39,168
<i> Basketball is becoming</i>
<i> less and less important.</i>

309
00:14:41,106 --> 00:14:44,549
<i> Do I wanna be the 12th guy</i>
<i> on the bench</i>

310
00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:47,302
<i> In somewhere like lithuania</i>
<i> or something?</i>

311
00:14:48,889 --> 00:14:52,115
And now I'm watching wrestling,
and I'm studying wrestling.

312
00:14:52,133 --> 00:14:54,875
The more I thought about it,
it was like,

313
00:14:54,969 --> 00:14:56,895
"well, you know, maybe,

314
00:14:57,046 --> 00:14:58,379
You know, this would be
kind of cool."

315
00:14:58,473 --> 00:15:00,315
And like I said,
I was a fan as a kid.

316
00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:03,976
<i> "I'm gonna be</i>
<i> a professional wrestler."</i>

317
00:15:04,129 --> 00:15:06,129
<i> Things were rough.</i>

318
00:15:06,147 --> 00:15:07,822
But I knew that this
is what I wanted to do.

319
00:15:11,912 --> 00:15:14,078
<i> [soft music]</i>

320
00:15:14,305 --> 00:15:16,397
<i> - Neither my mother</i>
<i> nor my father were</i>

321
00:15:16,416 --> 00:15:19,992
Very excited about me
leaving college

322
00:15:20,145 --> 00:15:23,737
To pursue this career
in professional wrestling.

323
00:15:23,757 --> 00:15:25,815
I was gonna be the first one
to, you know,

324
00:15:25,833 --> 00:15:28,668
Get a degree in the family,

325
00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:31,429
And, you know, I was right
on the cusp of it.

326
00:15:32,748 --> 00:15:34,157
I don't think
y'all approved too much

327
00:15:34,250 --> 00:15:36,250
Of that decision initially.

328
00:15:36,269 --> 00:15:37,602
- No.

329
00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:43,441
- [laughs]

330
00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:47,594
- Yeah.

331
00:15:48,597 --> 00:15:50,264
<i> I didn't have</i>
<i> any kind of legacy.</i>

332
00:15:50,358 --> 00:15:52,525
<i> I didn't really know anybody.</i>

333
00:15:52,677 --> 00:15:54,694
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

334
00:15:54,788 --> 00:15:57,530
<i> So I was kind of left</i>
<i> to my own creativity</i>

335
00:15:57,682 --> 00:15:59,290
On trying to figure out
how I was gonna

336
00:15:59,442 --> 00:16:01,017
Get someone's attention.

337
00:16:01,035 --> 00:16:03,519
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

338
00:16:03,538 --> 00:16:07,281
<i> So at the sportatorium</i>
<i> in dallas,</i>

339
00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:09,375
<i> That's where a lot of</i>
<i> the wrestlers would come in.</i>

340
00:16:09,527 --> 00:16:11,135
<i> They would pick</i>
<i> their checks up.</i>

341
00:16:11,362 --> 00:16:14,046
So every Wednesday
for nearly eight months,

342
00:16:14,199 --> 00:16:16,549
I would go up there.

343
00:16:16,643 --> 00:16:18,868
<i> And I said, "well,</i>
<i> if someone doesn't speak to me</i>

344
00:16:18,961 --> 00:16:22,296
Or acknowledge me
in some positive sense,"

345
00:16:22,390 --> 00:16:24,056
I said, "I'm gonna--you know,
I'm gonna have to stop coming,"

346
00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:27,134
'cause I couldn't afford
the gas to drive out there,

347
00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:29,228
And lo and behold,
who walks in the office

348
00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:31,397
Is fritz von erich.

349
00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:34,217
<i> - One of the great</i>
<i> all-time names in wrestling,</i>

350
00:16:34,235 --> 00:16:36,143
<i> The famous father</i>
<i> of the von erichs,</i>

351
00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:37,887
Fritz von erich.
Great to see you, fritz.

352
00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:39,330
- It's great to be here, bill.

353
00:16:39,557 --> 00:16:41,165
I just hope
that these folks appreciate

354
00:16:41,392 --> 00:16:43,501
The new world class
championship wrestling

355
00:16:43,652 --> 00:16:46,320
They're about to see.

356
00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:49,490
<i> - And he's kind of standing</i>
<i> right in front of me,</i>

357
00:16:49,509 --> 00:16:51,300
<i> And he's just looking at me.</i>

358
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,513
<i> He goes,</i>
<i> "who's that kid out there?"</i>

359
00:16:55,740 --> 00:16:57,573
Next thing I heard
was probably what

360
00:16:57,592 --> 00:16:59,183
Changed everything for me.

361
00:16:59,410 --> 00:17:02,669
He goes,
"let's book him Friday night.

362
00:17:02,764 --> 00:17:05,081
<i> He looks like david."</i>

363
00:17:05,174 --> 00:17:06,766
<i> - The state flag of texas</i>

364
00:17:06,918 --> 00:17:09,193
<i> Indicates</i>
<i> who david von erich is for.</i>

365
00:17:09,420 --> 00:17:11,345
<i> - David being one</i>
<i> of his sons</i>

366
00:17:11,439 --> 00:17:14,257
<i> That he had just lost in japan</i>

367
00:17:14,350 --> 00:17:17,368
<i> That I happen to resemble,</i>

368
00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,871
And that's what it took.

369
00:17:20,098 --> 00:17:22,098
<i> Next thing you know,</i>
<i> that Friday,</i>

370
00:17:22,116 --> 00:17:23,783
<i> I'm working</i>
<i> in the sportatorium</i>

371
00:17:23,935 --> 00:17:26,210
<i> On their tv show</i>
<i> under the mask</i>

372
00:17:26,437 --> 00:17:28,880
<i> Under the moniker</i>
<i> of texas red.</i>

373
00:17:29,031 --> 00:17:32,942
<i> - Weighing in at 315 pounds,</i>
<i> from the lone star state,</i>

374
00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,536
<i> Percy pringle presents</i>
<i> texas red.</i>

375
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:37,722
[crowd yelling]

376
00:17:37,873 --> 00:17:42,285
<i> - Brody with that big elbow</i>
<i> to take young texas red down,</i>

377
00:17:42,303 --> 00:17:44,620
<i> A talented young man</i>
<i> who probably wonders</i>

378
00:17:44,639 --> 00:17:46,397
<i> How he got this match</i>

379
00:17:46,549 --> 00:17:49,567
<i> With the experienced</i>
<i> superstar bruiser brody.</i>

380
00:17:50,978 --> 00:17:57,149
<i> - I think I got five or six,</i>
<i> seven bookings, green.</i>

381
00:17:57,243 --> 00:17:58,392
I don't know anything
about the wrestling business,

382
00:17:58,411 --> 00:18:00,745
Really, inside
or outside of the ring.

383
00:18:02,231 --> 00:18:05,232
<i> And that's where I met</i>
<i> a south african kid.</i>

384
00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,159
<i> His name was steve simpson.</i>

385
00:18:07,312 --> 00:18:09,570
<i> - Here's steve simpson.</i>
<i> Crisscross, cross again.</i>

386
00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,572
<i> Oh, what a high crossbody</i>
<i> right there.</i>

387
00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:14,483
- He saw me work
and invited me to go

388
00:18:14,577 --> 00:18:16,761
To south africa
for four months.

389
00:18:19,324 --> 00:18:22,266
<i> - So we got</i>
<i> some promo pictures.</i>

390
00:18:22,418 --> 00:18:25,269
All his pictures
were in a graveyard.

391
00:18:25,421 --> 00:18:27,087
I thought to my--
"wow, that's odd,"

392
00:18:27,181 --> 00:18:29,256
You know what I'm saying?

393
00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:31,350
<i> - Anytime</i>
<i> the foreigners came in,</i>

394
00:18:31,502 --> 00:18:33,594
The americans or whoever,
the english came in,

395
00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:35,671
They were always gonna be
the bad guys.

396
00:18:35,690 --> 00:18:37,782
So they give me this chain.

397
00:18:39,435 --> 00:18:42,286
And, you know, they said, "just
take this chain with you."

398
00:18:42,438 --> 00:18:44,513
So my first night out,

399
00:18:44,607 --> 00:18:46,773
I'm working
against tiger singh.

400
00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:49,627
[cheers and applause]

401
00:18:49,854 --> 00:18:51,871
<i> - Tiger singh</i>
<i> had a massive following,</i>

402
00:18:52,023 --> 00:18:53,372
<i> Very successful</i>
<i> wrestler there.</i>

403
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,800
- [grunts]

404
00:18:55,951 --> 00:18:57,193
- And they loved him.

405
00:18:57,286 --> 00:18:58,878
- I hit him with the chain.

406
00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:00,972
I bust him open.

407
00:19:01,123 --> 00:19:04,216
He goes flat, right,
and the crowd,

408
00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:08,554
<i> The fans, they just</i>
<i> completely circle the ring.</i>

409
00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,465
I'm getting hit with bottles,
rocks, chairs.

410
00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:13,818
<i> You name it,</i>
<i> I'm getting hit with it.</i>

411
00:19:14,045 --> 00:19:15,802
<i> They were</i>
<i> still trying to riot.</i>

412
00:19:15,822 --> 00:19:18,381
But I made it out.

413
00:19:18,474 --> 00:19:21,217
<i> It was the wild, wild west.</i>

414
00:19:21,310 --> 00:19:23,569
And I'm, what, 22 years old

415
00:19:23,721 --> 00:19:26,222
And, yeah,
just getting subjected

416
00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,001
To rocks, bottles,
chairs every week.

417
00:19:30,152 --> 00:19:31,502
I grew up a lot
in south africa.

418
00:19:31,654 --> 00:19:33,487
That's for sure.

419
00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,674
- You were basically being paid
to learn the business.

420
00:19:36,825 --> 00:19:39,326
There was
by no means a fortune, no.

421
00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,238
<i> [light music]</i>

422
00:19:42,256 --> 00:19:44,256
<i> - I got this break</i>
<i> as texas red,</i>

423
00:19:44,409 --> 00:19:46,184
<i> And then I got</i>
<i> to go to south africa.</i>

424
00:19:47,670 --> 00:19:49,745
<i> You know, I'm right back</i>
<i> in the same situation.</i>

425
00:19:49,838 --> 00:19:51,430
<i> I don't have any place</i>
<i> to live.</i>

426
00:19:51,582 --> 00:19:53,024
You know, I don't have
anything lined up.

427
00:19:53,175 --> 00:19:54,433
But all of those things...

428
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,027
<i> - Here he comes.</i>

429
00:19:56,254 --> 00:19:58,103
<i> - Made me a stronger,</i>
<i> tougher person.</i>

430
00:19:58,198 --> 00:20:00,256
<i> I've been in the atlanta</i>
<i> state penitentiary,</i>

431
00:20:00,274 --> 00:20:01,590
And I'm not ashamed to know it.

432
00:20:01,609 --> 00:20:03,016
I went up there on a bad...

433
00:20:03,036 --> 00:20:05,185
<i> By the time</i>
<i> I got to memphis,</i>

434
00:20:05,205 --> 00:20:07,263
<i> I was pretty salty.</i>

435
00:20:07,281 --> 00:20:09,022
And now they're
pushing up daisies.

436
00:20:09,042 --> 00:20:11,191
I'm learning now.

437
00:20:11,285 --> 00:20:13,377
<i> I'm learning what the world</i>
<i> of professional wrestling is</i>

438
00:20:13,529 --> 00:20:15,546
<i> And what I have to do</i>
<i> to protect myself...</i>

439
00:20:15,698 --> 00:20:17,864
<i> - The master of pain grabs</i>
<i> and power slams him</i>

440
00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:19,700
<i> Down to the mat.</i>

441
00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:21,552
- And also to continue
to grow as a talent.

442
00:20:25,874 --> 00:20:30,286
- Calls himself
master of pain.

443
00:20:30,379 --> 00:20:33,622
- Yeah, that's right,
master of pain,

444
00:20:33,641 --> 00:20:35,399
Because where I've been
the last five years,

445
00:20:35,551 --> 00:20:37,293
You have to know
how to handle pain.

446
00:20:37,311 --> 00:20:39,237
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

447
00:20:39,464 --> 00:20:41,739
<i> At this point,</i>
<i> I've gone to south africa.</i>

448
00:20:41,966 --> 00:20:44,633
<i> I've come back</i>
<i> and couldn't get booked again.</i>

449
00:20:44,727 --> 00:20:47,136
<i> There's some nights</i>
<i> I'm sleeping in my car.</i>

450
00:20:47,154 --> 00:20:49,580
<i> I'm starved to death.</i>

451
00:20:49,807 --> 00:20:52,250
<i> I get the call to memphis</i>
<i> to work with jerry lawler.</i>

452
00:20:52,401 --> 00:20:54,660
<i> Jerry lawler,</i>
<i> whatever you call yourself,</i>

453
00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:58,071
If you get out alive,
you'll be thankful.

454
00:20:58,091 --> 00:20:59,757
- Hmm.

455
00:20:59,908 --> 00:21:01,908
- And jerry lawler
loved working with big guys

456
00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:03,836
And beating big guys.

457
00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:06,155
<i> - He tagged master of pain.</i>
<i> Look out for this guy.</i>

458
00:21:06,173 --> 00:21:09,008
<i> - My goodness.</i>
<i> He's huge, and he's mean.</i>

459
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,659
<i> - You're always looking</i>
<i> for something</i>

460
00:21:10,678 --> 00:21:12,252
<i> That is eye-catching.</i>

461
00:21:12,272 --> 00:21:15,664
And mark's physique,
his size, his height--

462
00:21:15,758 --> 00:21:17,775
I mean, you couldn't
ignore this guy.

463
00:21:18,002 --> 00:21:19,777
- [shouting]

464
00:21:20,004 --> 00:21:21,612
<i> - With one arm, dave,</i>
<i> he grabs him.</i>

465
00:21:21,839 --> 00:21:24,690
<i> Did you see that?</i>
<i> - And holds him.</i>

466
00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:25,766
<i> - I get a new name.</i>

467
00:21:25,860 --> 00:21:27,510
<i> I'm the master of pain,</i>

468
00:21:27,603 --> 00:21:29,453
Straight out of atlanta
federal penitentiary.

469
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,872
- All right, either one
of you jerks, let's go.

470
00:21:33,518 --> 00:21:35,626
<i> - I mean, he was green.</i>

471
00:21:35,853 --> 00:21:38,445
But the great thing about it
was, he knew he was,

472
00:21:38,539 --> 00:21:42,541
And he was really eager
and anxious to try to learn.

473
00:21:42,693 --> 00:21:46,637
<i> - Master of pain</i>
<i> climbs in there</i>

474
00:21:46,864 --> 00:21:50,699
<i> Against the king,</i>
<i> jerry lawler.</i>

475
00:21:50,793 --> 00:21:54,553
<i> This is a world unified</i>
<i> title match.</i>

476
00:21:54,705 --> 00:21:56,963
<i> The belt is on the line.</i>

477
00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:59,391
- The next thing you know,
I'm beating jerry lawler,

478
00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:02,378
And now I'm the mid-south
world heavyweight champion.

479
00:22:02,396 --> 00:22:04,229
<i> - Master of pain covered.</i>
<i> Lawler is out.</i>

480
00:22:04,382 --> 00:22:05,990
<i> Three.</i>

481
00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:09,952
<i> My goodness, he has just won</i>
<i> the unified world belt.</i>

482
00:22:12,498 --> 00:22:14,740
- Just a sense of being
in the ring with certain guys,

483
00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:16,483
Yeah, I knew immediately

484
00:22:16,577 --> 00:22:19,228
That he had a big future
ahead of him.

485
00:22:19,321 --> 00:22:21,897
<i> - Not only are they big</i>
<i> when we talk</i>

486
00:22:21,916 --> 00:22:23,990
<i> About the poundage, jim.</i>

487
00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:26,902
<i> They're so tall,</i>
<i> 6'8", 6'9",</i>

488
00:22:26,921 --> 00:22:29,347
<i> Skyscrapers indeed</i>
<i> with these two.</i>

489
00:22:29,574 --> 00:22:30,997
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

490
00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:33,333
- At the time in wcw,

491
00:22:33,427 --> 00:22:35,502
<i> Dan spivey and sid vicious</i>
<i> were the skyscrapers.</i>

492
00:22:35,596 --> 00:22:37,521
- One, two, three!
It's over!

493
00:22:37,748 --> 00:22:41,083
<i> - And sid broke a rib,</i>
<i> punctured a lung.</i>

494
00:22:41,176 --> 00:22:43,027
There's not a lot of guys
in the country

495
00:22:43,254 --> 00:22:45,588
That are 6'8", 6'9"

496
00:22:45,606 --> 00:22:47,590
That aren't just--you know,

497
00:22:47,683 --> 00:22:51,118
Just massive blobs
of people, right?

498
00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:55,021
<i> Jim cornette had seen me,</i>
<i> and he let them know</i>

499
00:22:55,116 --> 00:22:57,023
<i> There's a kid</i>
<i> down in tennessee</i>

500
00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:59,025
<i> That could probably</i>
<i> take over for sid.</i>

501
00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,711
<i> That's how I got that break.</i>

502
00:23:00,863 --> 00:23:03,547
I fit the description
of what a skyscraper was.

503
00:23:03,699 --> 00:23:05,791
Get out of here!

504
00:23:05,943 --> 00:23:09,053
<i> That was</i>
<i> my first big company.</i>

505
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:10,370
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

506
00:23:10,464 --> 00:23:12,515
- Get a good shot!
It's over!

507
00:23:14,802 --> 00:23:18,287
- He was green, but, you know,
he knew all the fundamentals.

508
00:23:18,380 --> 00:23:20,046
I could tell
he was a good athlete.

509
00:23:20,141 --> 00:23:22,883
- Never before
have you seen such size,

510
00:23:22,977 --> 00:23:24,643
Strength, and pure tenacity!

511
00:23:24,795 --> 00:23:26,237
- Yeah!

512
00:23:26,464 --> 00:23:27,813
- And when we come down
on your head, man,

513
00:23:27,965 --> 00:23:29,723
<i> You're not gonna know</i>
<i> what hit you!</i>

514
00:23:29,817 --> 00:23:33,318
- The skyscrapers are working
against the road warriors.

515
00:23:33,471 --> 00:23:36,472
- Hey, skyscrapers!

516
00:23:36,490 --> 00:23:41,477
It's time to get ready
to walk the plank.

517
00:23:41,570 --> 00:23:44,830
<i> - Wcw was in turmoil</i>
<i> the whole time.</i>

518
00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:46,649
It was terrible.

519
00:23:46,667 --> 00:23:49,242
It was absolutely terrible.

520
00:23:49,262 --> 00:23:51,153
You know, they're making
all these promises,

521
00:23:51,172 --> 00:23:52,821
And, you know, here you got

522
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,324
<i> Two great big guys</i>
<i> that were athletic</i>

523
00:23:55,342 --> 00:23:58,585
<i> And can move and do</i>
<i> the things that we could do.</i>

524
00:23:58,679 --> 00:24:01,087
<i> And, you know, they never did</i>
<i> anything with us.</i>

525
00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:04,833
<i> - "dangerous" dan spivey,</i>
<i> "mean" mark callous,</i>

526
00:24:04,927 --> 00:24:09,780
<i> The skyscrapers!</i>
[crowd booing]

527
00:24:10,007 --> 00:24:13,617
- So danny comes to me,
and he goes, "look."

528
00:24:13,769 --> 00:24:17,955
He goes, "just tonight,
just follow my lead."

529
00:24:18,182 --> 00:24:19,272
And I was like,
"what's that mean?"

530
00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:21,033
He was just, "just follow me.

531
00:24:21,185 --> 00:24:23,127
Just do--you know,
just stay behind me."

532
00:24:23,354 --> 00:24:25,204
"oh, okay."

533
00:24:25,298 --> 00:24:26,855
- You know, I just got tired
of all the [bleep]

534
00:24:26,874 --> 00:24:28,874
With wcw.

535
00:24:29,026 --> 00:24:31,694
<i> For some reason, that just</i>
<i> ticked me off that night,</i>

536
00:24:31,712 --> 00:24:33,286
Just going crazy.

537
00:24:33,380 --> 00:24:35,380
I mean, I just kind of lost it.

538
00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:38,642
- And nobody--you know, nobody
beat down the road warriors.

539
00:24:40,629 --> 00:24:43,314
Danny beat down
the road warriors.

540
00:24:43,541 --> 00:24:45,057
<i> - Bob, he's got that chair!</i>
<i> Oh, my god!</i>

541
00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:46,709
<i> - Oh, my god!</i>

542
00:24:46,802 --> 00:24:47,151
<i> - He hit him</i>
<i> right on the head.</i>

543
00:24:51,807 --> 00:24:53,732
- The chair was
all bent up and stuff,

544
00:24:53,826 --> 00:24:56,068
And I get a look at mark,
and he was just like, "wow."

545
00:24:56,220 --> 00:24:57,886
<i> - They have laid</i>
<i> the road warriors out,</i>

546
00:24:57,905 --> 00:24:59,888
<i> The skyscrapers!</i>

547
00:24:59,907 --> 00:25:01,890
<i> - That was the last night</i>
<i> that I worked with mark.</i>

548
00:25:01,909 --> 00:25:03,334
<i> I went back to japan.</i>

549
00:25:05,730 --> 00:25:08,063
You know,
I was so mad at the wcw

550
00:25:08,082 --> 00:25:09,256
For not doing anything with us.

551
00:25:11,068 --> 00:25:12,735
<i> I handled it terribly.</i>

552
00:25:12,753 --> 00:25:14,512
<i> Mark was good.</i>

553
00:25:14,739 --> 00:25:15,754
<i> I mean, they didn't</i>
<i> do anything with him</i>

554
00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:17,848
<i> After I left.</i>

555
00:25:18,075 --> 00:25:20,075
Again, I'm getting hit
with these shots

556
00:25:20,094 --> 00:25:23,354
That are just, you know,
major setbacks for, you know,

557
00:25:23,581 --> 00:25:25,689
<i> Me trying to progress</i>
<i> in the business.</i>

558
00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,101
- I thought mark's pairing
with dan spivey

559
00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:32,178
Was terribly miscast.

560
00:25:32,198 --> 00:25:34,365
<i> I found mark calaway</i>
<i> behind the scenes</i>

561
00:25:34,516 --> 00:25:36,759
<i> Was more fascinating</i>
<i> than wcw's presentation</i>

562
00:25:36,777 --> 00:25:38,518
<i> Of mean mark.</i>

563
00:25:38,612 --> 00:25:41,430
Mark was a natural leader,

564
00:25:41,448 --> 00:25:44,767
Was a man's man,
great athlete.

565
00:25:44,785 --> 00:25:47,102
Anyone,
I don't care if you're 4'9"

566
00:25:47,195 --> 00:25:48,604
That can walk
the top rope the way

567
00:25:48,697 --> 00:25:50,864
That he did and drop an elbow,

568
00:25:50,958 --> 00:25:53,884
<i> Let alone someone his size...</i>

569
00:25:55,296 --> 00:25:58,463
We needed to showcase this.

570
00:25:58,558 --> 00:26:00,949
<i> - I'd been with wcw now</i>
<i> about eight or nine months,</i>

571
00:26:00,968 --> 00:26:02,560
<i> I guess.</i>

572
00:26:02,787 --> 00:26:07,306
And it was time to start
renegotiating my contract.

573
00:26:07,458 --> 00:26:10,809
I was happy there.
I liked being in wcw.

574
00:26:10,961 --> 00:26:14,405
So I get called in,
and ole anderson was there,

575
00:26:14,632 --> 00:26:16,490
<i> Who was booking</i>
<i> the territory at the time.</i>

576
00:26:18,803 --> 00:26:20,244
They basically offered me
the exact same deal

577
00:26:20,395 --> 00:26:22,471
That I had just worked on.

578
00:26:22,489 --> 00:26:26,083
And I was like, "well,"
I was like, "okay."

579
00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:28,068
I was like, "I was--
you know, I was hoping

580
00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:29,903
For just a little bit
of a bump."

581
00:26:29,997 --> 00:26:31,830
<i> You know,</i>
<i> ole looks right at me,</i>

582
00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:36,760
And he goes,
"mark, you're a great athlete,

583
00:26:36,987 --> 00:26:39,321
But no one's ever gonna pay
money to watch you wrestle."

584
00:26:39,340 --> 00:26:42,324
<i> [tense music]</i>

585
00:26:42,343 --> 00:26:46,103
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

586
00:26:46,254 --> 00:26:49,940
Wow, okay.

587
00:26:50,167 --> 00:26:53,335
I was really taken aback.
Like, how do you react to that?

588
00:26:53,428 --> 00:26:55,671
<i> Like, this is, like,</i>
<i> the passion of my life,</i>

589
00:26:55,764 --> 00:26:57,689
<i> And then, you know,</i>
<i> here's somebody</i>

590
00:26:57,842 --> 00:26:59,617
<i> Of ole anderson's stature,</i>

591
00:26:59,844 --> 00:27:01,601
<i> Someone</i>
<i> that you've looked up to,</i>

592
00:27:01,695 --> 00:27:04,771
Basically telling you that,
you know, you ain't got it.

593
00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:09,126
- And ole told me that
that big redheaded stepchild

594
00:27:09,277 --> 00:27:10,711
Will never draw any money.

595
00:27:12,614 --> 00:27:14,523
And that was it.

596
00:27:14,616 --> 00:27:16,375
Mark had to get out of there.

597
00:27:16,527 --> 00:27:20,028
Wcw fumbled
their opportunity with mark

598
00:27:20,122 --> 00:27:22,306
From the first day
they had him.

599
00:27:23,643 --> 00:27:26,702
<i> - That was a definite shot</i>
<i> in the gut.</i>

600
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,371
But it ended up fueling me
that much more

601
00:27:29,390 --> 00:27:31,649
Because then I had a chip
on my shoulder.

602
00:27:31,876 --> 00:27:36,061
It took my determination
to even a higher level

603
00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:39,731
'cause I knew within me
that I had something to offer

604
00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:41,241
And they were the ones
making the mistake.

605
00:27:45,572 --> 00:27:46,312
- For those of you
who don't know by now,

606
00:27:46,407 --> 00:27:48,148
The rumors are true!

607
00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:49,892
The bad seed of the big apple,
paul e. Dangerously,

608
00:27:49,910 --> 00:27:53,061
Is now managing the roughest,
toughest, meanest,

609
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,822
Leanest, lewdest, rudest,
crudest man in the nwa,

610
00:27:55,916 --> 00:27:57,841
"mean" mark callous!

611
00:27:59,904 --> 00:28:01,737
<i> - Press slam down.</i>

612
00:28:01,755 --> 00:28:02,996
- How do you like that, huh?

613
00:28:03,090 --> 00:28:04,348
<i> - Down goes mean mark!</i>

614
00:28:04,499 --> 00:28:06,666
<i> Great elevation</i>
<i> and a big foot.</i>

615
00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:08,243
<i> - That's 300 pounds.</i>

616
00:28:08,336 --> 00:28:10,929
- I was doing things
that guys my size,

617
00:28:11,081 --> 00:28:12,931
They didn't do in the ring.

618
00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:15,693
<i> I'm a big guy,</i>
<i> but I've got this agility,</i>

619
00:28:15,844 --> 00:28:17,936
<i> And I'm athletic,</i>

620
00:28:18,088 --> 00:28:20,772
<i> And I can do a lot of things</i>
<i> that guys my size can't do.</i>

621
00:28:20,866 --> 00:28:23,759
<i> When you're thinking</i>
<i> you're gonna get a raise,</i>

622
00:28:23,777 --> 00:28:26,519
<i> And then you get hit with,</i>

623
00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:30,857
"no one's ever gonna pay money
to watch you wrestle,"

624
00:28:30,876 --> 00:28:32,710
<i> That was a definite shot</i>
<i> in the gut.</i>

625
00:28:34,455 --> 00:28:35,879
<i> Wasn't much to say after that.</i>

626
00:28:37,608 --> 00:28:39,791
<i> - I think</i>
<i> that they kind of looked</i>

627
00:28:39,944 --> 00:28:42,535
<i> At "mean" mark callous</i>
<i> as very one-dimensional</i>

628
00:28:42,629 --> 00:28:45,280
And, I daresay, boring.

629
00:28:45,299 --> 00:28:46,890
He was a big guy.

630
00:28:47,117 --> 00:28:48,800
<i> The skyscrapers,</i>
<i> they weren't doing</i>

631
00:28:48,953 --> 00:28:50,619
<i> An awful lot with them,</i>

632
00:28:50,637 --> 00:28:53,897
<i> Nor did they allow either guy</i>

633
00:28:54,049 --> 00:28:56,808
<i> To show much</i>
<i> of their personality.</i>

634
00:28:56,902 --> 00:29:00,312
<i> - At that time,</i>
<i> paul heyman was my manager,</i>

635
00:29:00,406 --> 00:29:05,558
<i> And he had been in contact</i>
<i> with bruce prichard.</i>

636
00:29:05,578 --> 00:29:09,562
And they were trying to get me
a meeting with vince.

637
00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:12,565
- Well, I was
under contract at wcw,

638
00:29:12,585 --> 00:29:14,567
And I betrayed that contract.

639
00:29:14,661 --> 00:29:16,587
I breached it.
I violated it.

640
00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:21,759
Mark wanted out,
and I had a conversation

641
00:29:21,910 --> 00:29:24,152
<i> With bruce prichard.</i>

642
00:29:24,171 --> 00:29:26,579
- Paul said, "hey,
mark's contract is coming up.

643
00:29:26,673 --> 00:29:28,432
Are you guys interested?"

644
00:29:28,583 --> 00:29:30,416
And I was very interested,
and I wanted to talk to him.

645
00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:33,937
- And we covertly
arranged a meeting

646
00:29:34,164 --> 00:29:37,499
<i> Between mark</i>
<i> and vince mcmahon.</i>

647
00:29:37,592 --> 00:29:39,092
- We had had
a meeting scheduled,

648
00:29:39,186 --> 00:29:42,780
<i> And it was the day</i>

649
00:29:42,931 --> 00:29:46,283
<i> After wcw had</i>
<i> a pay-per-view event</i>

650
00:29:46,434 --> 00:29:49,453
<i> That mean mark had wrestled</i>
<i> lex luger in that match.</i>

651
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:50,954
- [grunting]

652
00:29:51,181 --> 00:29:53,606
- Bruce prichard
thought he had talent.

653
00:29:53,626 --> 00:29:56,609
Vince mcmahon watched a tape
and didn't think

654
00:29:56,703 --> 00:29:58,278
He had any talent at all.

655
00:29:58,297 --> 00:30:00,113
- Got a phone call
from vince saying,

656
00:30:00,207 --> 00:30:02,448
<i> "he's just another tall,</i>

657
00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:05,377
<i> "redheaded basketball player</i>
<i> to me.</i>

658
00:30:05,529 --> 00:30:08,363
I don't see anything in him.
Cancel the meeting."

659
00:30:08,382 --> 00:30:10,456
<i> I didn't know mark from adam,</i>

660
00:30:10,476 --> 00:30:13,218
<i> But there was something</i>
<i> about him that was unique.</i>

661
00:30:13,370 --> 00:30:15,871
And there was something
about him that thought,

662
00:30:15,889 --> 00:30:18,890
"you know, we could
do something with this guy."

663
00:30:19,043 --> 00:30:21,543
- Finally,
vince took a meeting with him.

664
00:30:21,562 --> 00:30:23,654
<i> [upbeat music]</i>

665
00:30:23,805 --> 00:30:25,638
<i> - We had worked</i>
<i> the meadowlands</i>

666
00:30:25,732 --> 00:30:27,549
<i> The night before,</i>

667
00:30:27,568 --> 00:30:30,310
<i> So paul heyman wanted us</i>
<i> to go out in the city</i>

668
00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:32,812
<i> The night</i>
<i> before my big meeting.</i>

669
00:30:32,906 --> 00:30:34,647
I was like, "sure, paul."

670
00:30:34,667 --> 00:30:36,725
- Well, there's no sense
in having a meeting

671
00:30:36,743 --> 00:30:41,413
With vince mcmahon
if you can't unwind in advance

672
00:30:41,507 --> 00:30:43,841
And let loose a little bit
before your big meeting

673
00:30:43,992 --> 00:30:45,843
That would affect the rest
of your entire life

674
00:30:45,994 --> 00:30:48,086
And generations to come.

675
00:30:48,238 --> 00:30:53,333
- So my dumb self
wears the clothes

676
00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:55,577
That I'm going
to the meeting in, right?

677
00:30:55,596 --> 00:30:57,262
We're going to the china club.
I gotta look nice.

678
00:30:57,356 --> 00:31:00,432
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

679
00:31:00,584 --> 00:31:03,935
<i> - I had a sports car that sat</i>
<i> very low to the ground.</i>

680
00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:08,014
So when the 6'6", 6'7"--
however tall mark is--

681
00:31:08,033 --> 00:31:12,018
Bent down to get
into my sports car...

682
00:31:12,037 --> 00:31:15,947
- I ripped the whole ass
out of the seat of my pants.

683
00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:18,524
- Completely blown out,

684
00:31:18,619 --> 00:31:21,712
Crotch down to the calves.

685
00:31:21,863 --> 00:31:23,714
- I said,
"I just ripped my pants."

686
00:31:23,941 --> 00:31:24,882
"eh, don't worry about it.
We'll fix it.

687
00:31:25,033 --> 00:31:26,441
Don't worry about it."

688
00:31:26,534 --> 00:31:27,867
- There weren't
many emergency tailors

689
00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:29,720
In new york city
at 1:00 in the morning,

690
00:31:29,871 --> 00:31:31,446
At least that I knew of.

691
00:31:31,465 --> 00:31:34,116
- We finally get back
to paul's house,

692
00:31:34,134 --> 00:31:36,209
I don't know,
3:00, 4:00 in the morning.

693
00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:38,711
And I'm trying
to find a sewing kit.

694
00:31:38,731 --> 00:31:40,046
And I've never
at this point in my life

695
00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:41,790
Never sewed up anything.

696
00:31:41,808 --> 00:31:44,568
I get them put back together.
We go out.

697
00:31:44,795 --> 00:31:48,388
Go out to vince's house,
and, you know,

698
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:51,816
Very conscious of not, like,
turning my back to anybody

699
00:31:51,969 --> 00:31:55,137
So they can see, like,
this unmatched seam

700
00:31:55,155 --> 00:31:56,805
And all the strings
and stuff hanging

701
00:31:56,823 --> 00:31:58,323
Out of the back of my pants.

702
00:31:58,475 --> 00:31:59,917
- I thought it was funny.

703
00:32:00,144 --> 00:32:00,900
I thought he should
show up at the meeting

704
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,586
With the pants ripped.

705
00:32:02,737 --> 00:32:04,646
I figured at least
vince mcmahon will remember it.

706
00:32:04,665 --> 00:32:06,089
Mark didn't share that opinion.

707
00:32:07,409 --> 00:32:09,242
<i> - I meet with vince.</i>

708
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:11,002
It seems like
it's going really well.

709
00:32:11,155 --> 00:32:13,263
- What was supposed to be
a 30-minute meeting

710
00:32:13,415 --> 00:32:15,157
Ended up going four hours.

711
00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:16,934
<i> - Vince really fell in love</i>

712
00:32:17,161 --> 00:32:20,662
With the human being
mark calaway instantly

713
00:32:20,681 --> 00:32:24,015
And thought that, you know,
"this guy's got a future.

714
00:32:24,168 --> 00:32:25,591
I think he's gonna work out."

715
00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:30,596
- How could that man
walk into a room

716
00:32:30,691 --> 00:32:33,692
And someone like vince mcmahon,
with all of his big visions,

717
00:32:33,844 --> 00:32:39,181
Not go, "oh, ka-ching"?

718
00:32:39,199 --> 00:32:40,773
- I'm aware of the fact
that they're discussing

719
00:32:40,793 --> 00:32:42,534
And they're trying
to get me booked.

720
00:32:42,628 --> 00:32:43,943
But they still--you know,
they haven't figured out

721
00:32:43,963 --> 00:32:45,870
What they're gonna do.

722
00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:49,449
<i> - A lot of mystery</i>
<i> surrounding the massive oval.</i>

723
00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:51,710
<i> - They start this promotion</i>
<i> where they've got</i>

724
00:32:51,862 --> 00:32:54,696
<i> This gigantic egg on the set.</i>

725
00:32:54,715 --> 00:32:58,533
<i> - And it's gonna be hatched</i>
<i> at survivor series.</i>

726
00:32:58,552 --> 00:33:01,461
- And as soon as I saw it,
I was just like,

727
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:06,057
"oh, no, no,
they're gonna make me egg man.

728
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:08,468
"they're gonna make me shave
my eyebrows off and shave ev--

729
00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:10,303
"you know, and I'm gonna
look like mr. Clean,

730
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:12,656
And I'm gonna be a giant egg."

731
00:33:12,807 --> 00:33:15,734
- To be clear, mark calaway
was never a candidate

732
00:33:15,886 --> 00:33:17,977
To be hatched out of an egg.

733
00:33:17,997 --> 00:33:21,723
Also to be clear, it was also
a great idea and a great rib

734
00:33:21,742 --> 00:33:24,392
To make mark calaway think
that he could be hatched

735
00:33:24,486 --> 00:33:26,578
From an egg
and be the egg man

736
00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,488
And maybe shave his head

737
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:30,007
And we could have
a whole nother career.

738
00:33:30,158 --> 00:33:31,750
Who knows?

739
00:33:31,902 --> 00:33:34,236
<i> - I had worked myself up</i>
<i> so much</i>

740
00:33:34,254 --> 00:33:36,496
<i> That I just knew</i>
<i> the phone was gonna ring</i>

741
00:33:36,590 --> 00:33:38,849
And, "hey, egg man."

742
00:33:39,076 --> 00:33:42,185
And sure enough,
the phone rings one day.

743
00:33:42,412 --> 00:33:44,929
<i> [phone rings]</i>
I was like, "hello?"

744
00:33:45,082 --> 00:33:47,691
"is this the undertaker?"

745
00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:55,106
<i> [tense music]</i>

746
00:33:55,259 --> 00:33:58,610
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

747
00:33:58,762 --> 00:34:00,037
<i> - The phone rings one day.</i>

748
00:34:02,099 --> 00:34:03,598
<i> "hello?"</i>

749
00:34:03,617 --> 00:34:05,333
<i> "is this the undertaker?"</i>

750
00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:08,712
<i> It was vince that called me,</i>

751
00:34:08,939 --> 00:34:12,941
<i> So that alone</i>
<i> was really cool to me.</i>

752
00:34:12,959 --> 00:34:15,719
That was his character
that he had come up with.

753
00:34:15,946 --> 00:34:18,555
So I was stoked.
I didn't sleep that night.

754
00:34:20,059 --> 00:34:22,967
<i> Okay, this is it right here.</i>

755
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:24,786
<i> This is the opportunity</i>

756
00:34:24,805 --> 00:34:26,379
<i> That you've</i>
<i> been preparing yourself for.</i>

757
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:29,291
<i> Don't screw this up.</i>
<i> Let's go to work.</i>

758
00:34:29,309 --> 00:34:32,069
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

759
00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:36,239
<i> - The concept, being the yin</i>
<i> to brother love's yang,</i>

760
00:34:36,391 --> 00:34:37,982
Was black and white.

761
00:34:38,135 --> 00:34:40,985
I was white.
This character would be black.

762
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,639
<i> - So creative services does</i>
<i> things like put</i>

763
00:34:44,658 --> 00:34:46,583
<i> A black cloak on him,</i>
<i> all this black,</i>

764
00:34:46,810 --> 00:34:48,752
And I show it to vince,
and when vince sees it,

765
00:34:48,903 --> 00:34:50,328
He looks at it and goes,
"oh, my god.

766
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,330
He's an undertaker."

767
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:54,574
- Which was, again, a perfect
complement to brother love.

768
00:34:54,668 --> 00:34:57,094
<i> Originally we named him cain,</i>

769
00:34:57,321 --> 00:34:59,245
<i> The first man</i>
<i> to commit murder.</i>

770
00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:02,081
And it couldn't get any more
opposite than brother love

771
00:35:02,101 --> 00:35:05,251
Than to manage someone
by the name of cain.

772
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:07,420
<i> And our creative</i>
<i> services department</i>

773
00:35:07,514 --> 00:35:11,166
<i> Came up with some different</i>
<i> sketches and different ideas</i>

774
00:35:11,184 --> 00:35:13,335
<i> As to, what would</i>
<i> this character look like?</i>

775
00:35:13,353 --> 00:35:15,854
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

776
00:35:16,006 --> 00:35:17,948
There were a variety
of different sketches,

777
00:35:18,099 --> 00:35:21,176
But one of them
was essentially

778
00:35:21,269 --> 00:35:23,936
<i> What you saw</i>
<i> in undertaker's debut.</i>

779
00:35:24,030 --> 00:35:27,457
<i> And it was very--looked like</i>
<i> an old-timey undertaker.</i>

780
00:35:30,354 --> 00:35:33,204
<i> - And then when I saw</i>
<i> the actual storyboards</i>

781
00:35:33,357 --> 00:35:35,039
<i> With the likeness on there,</i>

782
00:35:35,192 --> 00:35:37,041
<i> The wheels were starting</i>
<i> to turn already.</i>

783
00:35:37,194 --> 00:35:38,969
<i> And it was really cool.</i>

784
00:35:41,365 --> 00:35:43,715
<i> - Mark calaway</i>
<i> had the character traits</i>

785
00:35:43,809 --> 00:35:48,386
<i> Of an older soul</i>
<i> and kind of cool hand luke,</i>

786
00:35:48,538 --> 00:35:51,130
The gunslinger
from the old west,

787
00:35:51,150 --> 00:35:54,651
And fit that undertaker role
in real life.

788
00:35:56,155 --> 00:35:57,879
<i> [bell tolling]</i>

789
00:35:57,898 --> 00:36:00,548
<i> - Without further ado,</i>

790
00:36:00,567 --> 00:36:04,386
I will introduce
to you now my mystery partner.

791
00:36:04,479 --> 00:36:08,890
Well, at the time,
nobody had any idea

792
00:36:08,909 --> 00:36:13,152
How this undertaker gimmick
was gonna get over.

793
00:36:13,246 --> 00:36:14,671
I mean, I don't think anybody--

794
00:36:14,898 --> 00:36:16,564
I don't even know
if vince envisioned

795
00:36:16,583 --> 00:36:19,734
Just how big
the undertaker would get.

796
00:36:19,753 --> 00:36:25,015
Weighing in at 320 pounds,
from death valley,

797
00:36:25,166 --> 00:36:28,760
I give you the undertaker!

798
00:36:28,912 --> 00:36:30,912
<i> - The undertaker,</i>
<i> the mystery partner,</i>

799
00:36:30,931 --> 00:36:32,689
<i> Is now revealed!</i>

800
00:36:32,916 --> 00:36:34,340
<i> - I've never heard of him.</i>
<i> - Oh, take a look!</i>

801
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:36,359
<i> - Holy cow!</i>

802
00:36:36,586 --> 00:36:40,422
<i> Look at the size</i>
<i> of that ham hock!</i>

803
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,258
<i> [ominous organ music]</i>

804
00:36:43,351 --> 00:36:44,943
- The entrance
was unbelievable.

805
00:36:45,095 --> 00:36:48,187
Everybody was like,
"oh, my gosh, wow."

806
00:36:48,207 --> 00:36:50,932
- The fact that the million
dollar man, ted dibiase,

807
00:36:50,951 --> 00:36:56,046
Was introducing the undertaker,
that let the audience know,

808
00:36:56,197 --> 00:36:59,549
"okay, this is not a good guy.
This is a bad guy."

809
00:36:59,776 --> 00:37:01,626
<i> Then he's dressed</i>
<i> all in black.</i>

810
00:37:01,778 --> 00:37:05,296
<i> He's got a pale face,</i>
<i> deep-sunk eyes.</i>

811
00:37:05,449 --> 00:37:10,560
And the music was so ominous

812
00:37:10,712 --> 00:37:14,880
That it brought the mood
of the entire arena down,

813
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:17,567
And you felt like
you were at a funeral.

814
00:37:18,962 --> 00:37:22,464
<i> - It was extremely</i>
<i> nerve-racking.</i>

815
00:37:22,557 --> 00:37:26,134
<i> It's my debut with the wwe.</i>

816
00:37:26,227 --> 00:37:28,745
<i> It was such</i>
<i> a different character.</i>

817
00:37:30,490 --> 00:37:32,082
<i> There was nothing happy</i>
<i> about it.</i>

818
00:37:32,309 --> 00:37:35,643
<i> This dude was</i>
<i> an ominous figure.</i>

819
00:37:35,662 --> 00:37:37,479
<i> He was a killer.</i>

820
00:37:37,497 --> 00:37:39,664
<i> It landed right perfectly</i>
<i> in my wheelhouse</i>

821
00:37:39,816 --> 00:37:41,383
<i> Of what I wanted to do.</i>

822
00:37:44,321 --> 00:37:46,337
<i> That character had</i>
<i> to move slow.</i>

823
00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:50,082
That was the hardest thing
to do is to walk that slow

824
00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:52,844
And be that ominous character
when on the inside, man,

825
00:37:52,996 --> 00:37:56,164
I am just bouncing
off my internal walls.

826
00:37:56,182 --> 00:37:58,591
I'm just trying
to keep it together

827
00:37:58,610 --> 00:37:59,943
And do what
I'm supposed to do

828
00:38:00,094 --> 00:38:01,669
<i> And make</i>
<i> this first impression.</i>

829
00:38:01,688 --> 00:38:04,672
<i> [tense music]</i>

830
00:38:04,691 --> 00:38:08,359
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

831
00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:10,603
And then you have to take
into consideration,

832
00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:14,849
Waiting in the ring:
Dusty rhodes,

833
00:38:14,868 --> 00:38:17,460
<i> Bret "the hitman" hart,</i>
<i> jim "the anvil" neidhart,</i>

834
00:38:17,612 --> 00:38:19,370
Koko b. Ware.

835
00:38:19,523 --> 00:38:22,857
All these top guys at the time
are in the ring,

836
00:38:22,876 --> 00:38:24,801
And I'm about to go lay waste
to all of them.

837
00:38:24,952 --> 00:38:27,529
<i> - Nasty, nasty look.</i>

838
00:38:27,547 --> 00:38:29,531
- [grunting]

839
00:38:29,549 --> 00:38:31,366
<i> - Look at that.</i>

840
00:38:31,459 --> 00:38:34,202
<i> Just looking to hurt people,</i>
<i> are you?</i>

841
00:38:34,220 --> 00:38:36,220
<i> - It was quiet.</i>

842
00:38:36,315 --> 00:38:38,373
<i> You could hear people</i>
<i> talking like, "holy crap.</i>

843
00:38:38,391 --> 00:38:40,041
<i> What is this?"</i>

844
00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:42,894
[crowd yelling]

845
00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:46,214
<i> - Boy, did he</i>
<i> write an epitaph for koko.</i>

846
00:38:46,232 --> 00:38:48,900
- Whoa, 'cause they're
just completely focused in

847
00:38:48,994 --> 00:38:51,069
On what this is.

848
00:38:51,221 --> 00:38:53,663
<i> - He hits like a ton</i>
<i> of bricks, this guy.</i>

849
00:38:53,890 --> 00:38:57,667
- The undertaker
has been counted out!

850
00:39:00,914 --> 00:39:03,748
- People were just mesmerized
by this character

851
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:05,175
That was coming out,

852
00:39:05,326 --> 00:39:07,010
So it was really cool.

853
00:39:09,422 --> 00:39:12,682
<i> - Vince mcmahon's</i>
<i> big vision comes to life.</i>

854
00:39:12,909 --> 00:39:18,246
Everything wcw could
have had but didn't

855
00:39:18,264 --> 00:39:21,358
Because the one thing wcw
didn't have was imagination.

856
00:39:23,253 --> 00:39:26,104
<i> And mark was gonna</i>
<i> make this work.</i>

857
00:39:26,256 --> 00:39:28,439
<i> And he was gonna make it stick</i>

858
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:33,036
Because he's already
experienced the failure in wcw,

859
00:39:33,187 --> 00:39:38,616
And he's not gonna let himself
or even wwe screw this up.

860
00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:42,453
- The undertaker is
absolutely running rampant

861
00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:44,789
Through the ranks of
world wrestling entertainment,

862
00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:47,959
Leaving a trail
of devastation in his wake.

863
00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:50,128
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

864
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,131
<i> - The eye roll just happened.</i>

865
00:39:53,225 --> 00:39:56,451
<i> I was wrestling</i>
<i> greg "the hammer" valentine.</i>

866
00:39:56,469 --> 00:39:59,229
<i> And I slapped a choke on him.</i>

867
00:39:59,380 --> 00:40:01,714
<i> And I don't know</i>
<i> what made me do it,</i>

868
00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:04,292
<i> But I rolled my eyes</i>
<i> back into my head.</i>

869
00:40:04,310 --> 00:40:06,569
[crowd yelling]

870
00:40:06,721 --> 00:40:09,797
When I went backstage,
everybody was freaking out,

871
00:40:09,891 --> 00:40:11,315
Like, "whoa, what was that?

872
00:40:11,468 --> 00:40:12,650
That was the coolest thing
I'd ever seen."

873
00:40:12,802 --> 00:40:16,579
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

874
00:40:16,731 --> 00:40:21,918
And then, like, I always knew
I had a fairly long tongue,

875
00:40:22,069 --> 00:40:25,329
And I remember
gene simmons from kiss.

876
00:40:25,424 --> 00:40:26,923
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

877
00:40:27,150 --> 00:40:28,925
<i> You know,</i>
<i> and he would do that.</i>

878
00:40:29,152 --> 00:40:32,170
So that, I probably stole
from gene simmons

879
00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:35,657
<i> But obviously became</i>
<i> kind of an iconic part</i>

880
00:40:35,675 --> 00:40:37,267
<i> Of my pin combination.</i>

881
00:40:38,845 --> 00:40:41,512
<i> When you first start with wwe,</i>

882
00:40:41,665 --> 00:40:44,089
<i> You have to have</i>
<i> your signature finisher.</i>

883
00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:46,851
[crowd yelling]

884
00:40:47,003 --> 00:40:49,946
Kind of came across
that inverted piledriver.

885
00:40:50,097 --> 00:40:52,356
Somebody used the analogy,

886
00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:54,676
"well, it looks like
you were grabbing a tombstone

887
00:40:54,769 --> 00:40:56,511
And placing it on a grave."

888
00:40:56,529 --> 00:40:59,939
And bang, there you go,

889
00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:01,516
Tombstone piledriver.

890
00:41:01,534 --> 00:41:03,034
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

891
00:41:03,186 --> 00:41:04,944
The rest is history, I guess.

892
00:41:05,038 --> 00:41:07,279
<i> - Tombstone city!</i>

893
00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:09,466
<i> Oh!</i>

894
00:41:09,617 --> 00:41:12,376
<i> - The crossing of the arms,</i>
<i> the tongue, and the eye roll,</i>

895
00:41:12,529 --> 00:41:15,263
Which we dubbed as shakespeare.

896
00:41:16,716 --> 00:41:18,883
<i> When the producers would say,</i>

897
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:21,035
<i> "okay, what's gonna happen</i>
<i> after the one, two, three?"</i>

898
00:41:21,054 --> 00:41:22,294
<i> I said, "it'll be, you know,</i>
<i> straight shakespeare</i>

899
00:41:22,314 --> 00:41:24,055
<i> At that point."</i>

900
00:41:24,149 --> 00:41:25,723
<i> They knew that I was gonna</i>
<i> cross the arms,</i>

901
00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:28,059
<i> Roll the eyes,</i>
<i> and stick the tongue out.</i>

902
00:41:28,211 --> 00:41:31,379
<i> - Ooh, there's the tombstone.</i>

903
00:41:31,397 --> 00:41:34,324
[crowd roaring]

904
00:41:34,475 --> 00:41:37,660
- And another precursor that
I've never really talked about

905
00:41:37,812 --> 00:41:40,813
Is, when I was young,

906
00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:43,741
My mother actually worked
in a funeral home.

907
00:41:43,893 --> 00:41:46,794
<i> So I was around the stuff</i>
<i> at an early age.</i>

908
00:41:48,507 --> 00:41:51,841
I think it's all your fault,
my whole career.

909
00:41:52,068 --> 00:41:54,177
You used to take me
to wrestling as a kid.

910
00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:57,572
And then you worked
in a funeral home.

911
00:41:57,590 --> 00:42:01,684
- [laughs]

912
00:42:01,911 --> 00:42:03,520
<i> - You let me run</i>
<i> around a funeral home,</i>

913
00:42:03,747 --> 00:42:05,021
<i> And you let me go</i>
<i> to wrestling.</i>

914
00:42:08,342 --> 00:42:09,600
- I'm just saying,
the evidence

915
00:42:09,753 --> 00:42:11,602
Is all pointing towards you,
mom.

916
00:42:11,755 --> 00:42:13,029
What do you like most
about the undertaker

917
00:42:13,180 --> 00:42:14,030
The character?

918
00:42:16,851 --> 00:42:18,276
- You didn't like him at all?

919
00:42:18,428 --> 00:42:19,702
No?

920
00:42:22,374 --> 00:42:24,098
- I was mean?

921
00:42:24,117 --> 00:42:27,043
I was--you're kidding me.

922
00:42:27,194 --> 00:42:28,861
I was a favorite
for all those years.

923
00:42:28,955 --> 00:42:30,171
I was just a little dark.

924
00:42:31,716 --> 00:42:33,716
- Too weird?
[laughs]

925
00:42:35,036 --> 00:42:37,612
<i> Well, it all comes out now.</i>

926
00:42:37,630 --> 00:42:39,389
<i> - What is going on here?</i>

927
00:42:39,540 --> 00:42:40,965
<i> [bell tolls]</i>

928
00:42:41,117 --> 00:42:42,559
<i> No!</i>

929
00:42:42,786 --> 00:42:45,878
<i> - Soon all mankind</i>
<i> will witness</i>

930
00:42:45,972 --> 00:42:50,975
<i> The rebirth of the undertaker.</i>

931
00:42:51,127 --> 00:42:53,218
It didn't affect me that much.

932
00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:56,906
In fact, there were
some times on a tv day

933
00:42:57,058 --> 00:42:59,909
Where I'd get there early
and go and find a casket

934
00:43:00,061 --> 00:43:02,153
<i> And lay down</i>
<i> and take a nap in.</i>

935
00:43:02,305 --> 00:43:05,731
- Take a look
at the undertaker.

936
00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:09,477
Does he look like
he has any friends?

937
00:43:09,495 --> 00:43:14,816
Does he look like
he needs any friends to win?

938
00:43:14,834 --> 00:43:16,500
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

939
00:43:16,653 --> 00:43:18,336
<i> - Bruce prichard</i>
<i> was doing double duty</i>

940
00:43:18,488 --> 00:43:21,172
<i> As brother love,</i>
<i> but he was still helping</i>

941
00:43:21,324 --> 00:43:23,082
Vince write tv at this point.

942
00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:25,660
So he didn't really
have the time

943
00:43:25,753 --> 00:43:27,178
To go out on the road with me.

944
00:43:27,330 --> 00:43:29,497
And that character,
especially early on,

945
00:43:29,515 --> 00:43:31,666
<i> Needed that sidekick.</i>

946
00:43:31,684 --> 00:43:33,668
<i> - I chose not to do that.</i>

947
00:43:33,761 --> 00:43:35,612
I chose to stay in the office.

948
00:43:35,763 --> 00:43:38,356
I chose to stay home
and produce.

949
00:43:38,450 --> 00:43:42,677
<i> And at the same time,</i>
<i> percy pringle had come up</i>

950
00:43:42,695 --> 00:43:44,954
<i> To interview about a job.</i>

951
00:43:45,181 --> 00:43:47,181
And when the question
was asked to percy,

952
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:48,699
"tell me about yourself"...

953
00:43:48,852 --> 00:43:50,868
- When he said
he was a licensed mortician,

954
00:43:51,020 --> 00:43:54,297
<i> I think, you know, everybody's</i>
<i> jaw dropped in the room.</i>

955
00:43:54,448 --> 00:43:57,300
<i> - You may be afraid.</i>

956
00:43:57,451 --> 00:44:02,380
Oh, yes, you may
be deathly afraid!

957
00:44:02,532 --> 00:44:04,882
- If that wasn't fate,
I don't know what was.

958
00:44:05,034 --> 00:44:06,717
- When pat and vince
heard that,

959
00:44:06,870 --> 00:44:08,552
They were like, "oh, my god,

960
00:44:08,705 --> 00:44:10,462
He would be perfect
for the undertaker."

961
00:44:10,482 --> 00:44:15,393
- Brother bearer,
what is your first name?

962
00:44:15,545 --> 00:44:17,320
- Paul.

963
00:44:17,547 --> 00:44:21,324
- And frankly, paul bearer
was much better

964
00:44:21,475 --> 00:44:24,886
As a manager for the undertaker
than brother love.

965
00:44:24,904 --> 00:44:29,557
- Did you feel the presence
of my undertaker?

966
00:44:29,575 --> 00:44:33,060
- What was so cool about paul
and the undertaker mix

967
00:44:33,154 --> 00:44:35,487
Was, like, paul
had the high-pitched,

968
00:44:35,507 --> 00:44:38,249
Squeaky, creepy voice.

969
00:44:38,401 --> 00:44:42,253
- There on the inside,
inscribed,

970
00:44:42,405 --> 00:44:46,407
Glowing in the dark,
will say...

971
00:44:46,426 --> 00:44:50,094
- And then you had--you know,
you had the grim reaper come in

972
00:44:50,246 --> 00:44:52,355
With the--you know,
the "rest in peace,"

973
00:44:52,506 --> 00:44:53,931
And it was low and slow.

974
00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:55,340
<i> [bell tolls]</i>

975
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,769
- Rest in peace.

976
00:44:58,922 --> 00:45:00,846
[growls]

977
00:45:00,865 --> 00:45:05,259
- It was just a rekindling
of a friendship and a union

978
00:45:05,278 --> 00:45:08,371
That took place when mark was
first breaking in the business,

979
00:45:08,522 --> 00:45:10,948
<i> To have a veteran like</i>
<i> percy pringle to manage him.</i>

980
00:45:11,042 --> 00:45:14,193
<i> Now later on,</i>
<i> when mark is first embarking</i>

981
00:45:14,212 --> 00:45:16,862
On a new gimmick
in a new place,

982
00:45:16,881 --> 00:45:19,048
To have a familiar face
in paul bearer

983
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,717
And an experienced one

984
00:45:20,944 --> 00:45:24,211
To help guide him
through this new journey.

985
00:45:25,448 --> 00:45:28,616
<i> - It was such a cool dynamic</i>
<i> that we had.</i>

986
00:45:28,634 --> 00:45:30,209
It was the perfect match.

987
00:45:30,303 --> 00:45:33,896
- Rest in peace!
[cackles]

988
00:45:39,053 --> 00:45:43,297
<i> - Early '90s,</i>
<i> I'd come into town,</i>

989
00:45:43,390 --> 00:45:45,149
<i> And I went by my mom</i>
<i> and dad's house.</i>

990
00:45:45,301 --> 00:45:47,318
I got a bunch of tickets.

991
00:45:47,470 --> 00:45:51,155
<i> And I'm working</i>
<i> against big sid vicious.</i>

992
00:45:51,307 --> 00:45:52,731
I was like, "hey,
my mom's out there tonight.

993
00:45:52,751 --> 00:45:55,142
She's a pistol."

994
00:45:55,236 --> 00:45:57,402
<i> We get in the middle</i>
<i> of the match.</i>

995
00:45:57,497 --> 00:45:59,404
<i> He's got a rear chin lock</i>
<i> on me</i>

996
00:45:59,499 --> 00:46:03,000
<i> And looks straight at my mom.</i>

997
00:46:03,094 --> 00:46:05,836
<i> And he goes something like,</i>

998
00:46:05,989 --> 00:46:08,264
"what are you gonna do,
old lady?

999
00:46:08,415 --> 00:46:12,510
"what are you gonna do?
Am I beating your baby boy up?

1000
00:46:12,662 --> 00:46:14,161
<i> What are you gonna do?"</i>

1001
00:46:14,180 --> 00:46:15,679
And he didn't get it
out of his mouth,

1002
00:46:15,832 --> 00:46:17,848
And here she comes.

1003
00:46:18,001 --> 00:46:20,259
<i> And she's reaching</i>
<i> for the barricade</i>

1004
00:46:20,278 --> 00:46:22,945
As my brother and my dad

1005
00:46:23,172 --> 00:46:26,023
Are grabbing on to her
and holding her back.

1006
00:46:26,117 --> 00:46:30,027
And I kid you not,
she had bruises the next day

1007
00:46:30,121 --> 00:46:31,770
On the inside
of her arms from where they

1008
00:46:31,790 --> 00:46:34,365
Were having to hold her back.

1009
00:46:34,459 --> 00:46:38,294
She was not having it.

1010
00:46:38,521 --> 00:46:40,755
<i> That's when mom got banned</i>
<i> from wrestling.</i>

1011
00:46:42,208 --> 00:46:44,525
<i> Was anything I said a lie?</i>
<i> Did I make anything up?</i>

1012
00:46:44,618 --> 00:46:45,802
Did you not have
to get restrained?

1013
00:46:48,881 --> 00:46:50,789
- That was your baby boy
up there

1014
00:46:50,883 --> 00:46:52,533
Getting his butt handed to him,

1015
00:46:52,626 --> 00:46:53,643
And you were gonna help me out,
but...

1016
00:47:13,981 --> 00:47:17,316
[laughter]

1017
00:47:17,410 --> 00:47:18,909
<i> - So far, the competition here</i>

1018
00:47:19,062 --> 00:47:20,819
<i> At world wrestling</i>
<i> federation</i>

1019
00:47:20,839 --> 00:47:23,923
<i> Hasn't been all that tough</i>
<i> for the undertaker.</i>

1020
00:47:25,251 --> 00:47:26,843
<i> - Tried to pile him</i>
<i> with the tombstone!</i>

1021
00:47:27,070 --> 00:47:29,420
<i> Oh, yes!</i>

1022
00:47:29,514 --> 00:47:30,921
- One.
<i> - Come on!</i>

1023
00:47:31,015 --> 00:47:32,664
- Two.
<i> - Get him!</i>

1024
00:47:32,758 --> 00:47:34,141
<i> - We got a new world champion!</i>

1025
00:47:36,337 --> 00:47:40,172
<i> - The undertaker is</i>
<i> such a dominant force</i>

1026
00:47:40,266 --> 00:47:45,252
That you have to have
an equally dominant opponent.

1027
00:47:45,271 --> 00:47:48,197
And we had damn near run out

1028
00:47:48,424 --> 00:47:50,274
Of dominant opponents
for the undertaker.

1029
00:47:50,368 --> 00:47:52,776
So we had to create one.

1030
00:47:52,929 --> 00:47:54,278
- So I'm back in memphis,
and I got this call

1031
00:47:54,372 --> 00:47:56,597
That they had this idea.

1032
00:47:56,616 --> 00:47:59,600
- Okay, you're coming back
from the dead.

1033
00:47:59,619 --> 00:48:01,602
<i> - So, like, "well, we'll put</i>
<i> glenn under a mask,</i>

1034
00:48:01,621 --> 00:48:03,862
<i> "and we'll come up</i>
<i> with this story</i>

1035
00:48:03,956 --> 00:48:05,606
<i> "of why he's under a mask,</i>

1036
00:48:05,699 --> 00:48:06,716
<i> And they'll have</i>
<i> one match together."</i>

1037
00:48:10,221 --> 00:48:11,962
- We just kind of went
through the whole history

1038
00:48:12,115 --> 00:48:14,131
Of the undertaker,
and, you know,

1039
00:48:14,283 --> 00:48:16,800
I thought my family
was burnt up in a fire,

1040
00:48:16,953 --> 00:48:19,120
Including my little brother,
and come to find out

1041
00:48:19,213 --> 00:48:21,213
That my little brother
was always alive.

1042
00:48:21,307 --> 00:48:24,808
- Kane is alive, undertaker!

1043
00:48:24,903 --> 00:48:29,405
- Burned from head to toe,
disfigured forever.

1044
00:48:29,632 --> 00:48:32,057
<i> - He'd been institutionalized</i>
<i> and kind of forgotten</i>

1045
00:48:32,151 --> 00:48:34,559
To history, but the whole time,

1046
00:48:34,579 --> 00:48:36,728
His brother had been watching

1047
00:48:36,822 --> 00:48:38,164
The rise of the undertaker.

1048
00:48:39,976 --> 00:48:41,233
<i> - Oh, my god.</i>
<i> Wait a minute!</i>

1049
00:48:41,327 --> 00:48:42,993
<i> It's paul bearer.</i>

1050
00:48:43,146 --> 00:48:45,813
<i> And that's gotta be kane!</i>

1051
00:48:45,831 --> 00:48:47,665
<i> That's gotta be kane!</i>

1052
00:48:47,759 --> 00:48:50,317
- The rage, the envy,

1053
00:48:50,411 --> 00:48:53,654
All those emotions
of sibling rivalry.

1054
00:48:53,747 --> 00:48:55,839
<i> - The undertaker</i>
<i> looking at him,</i>

1055
00:48:55,992 --> 00:48:58,676
<i> Looking into the eyes</i>
<i> of that giant</i>

1056
00:48:58,770 --> 00:49:00,844
<i> Who stands in front of him.</i>

1057
00:49:00,997 --> 00:49:04,106
<i> - It was just</i>
<i> an unbelievable story</i>

1058
00:49:04,333 --> 00:49:07,001
That started from day one
when they introduced me

1059
00:49:07,094 --> 00:49:08,352
<i> From the first time</i>
<i> that I came out</i>

1060
00:49:08,504 --> 00:49:09,928
<i> As cain the undertaker.</i>

1061
00:49:09,948 --> 00:49:14,508
- Cain the undertaker!

1062
00:49:14,527 --> 00:49:16,452
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

1063
00:49:16,679 --> 00:49:18,437
<i> - You know, I took cain</i>
<i> off of the name</i>

1064
00:49:18,531 --> 00:49:20,014
And was just the undertaker,

1065
00:49:20,032 --> 00:49:22,683
But when he showed up
and was kane,

1066
00:49:22,702 --> 00:49:26,796
It was so, so good,
and it always made sense.

1067
00:49:27,023 --> 00:49:29,781
<i> - The undertaker set up</i>
<i> for the tombstone,</i>

1068
00:49:29,875 --> 00:49:31,634
<i> Driven down to the canvas!</i>

1069
00:49:33,137 --> 00:49:34,762
<i> - This is shocking.</i>

1070
00:49:36,307 --> 00:49:40,792
- Vince is like, "why are we
wasting one match on this?

1071
00:49:40,812 --> 00:49:44,647
This is actually a story line
that we need to develop."

1072
00:49:44,874 --> 00:49:47,208
<i> - Oh!</i>
<i> - Oh!</i>

1073
00:49:47,301 --> 00:49:49,543
<i> - A choke slam</i>
<i> into the casket!</i>

1074
00:49:49,636 --> 00:49:51,545
- Undertaker is
my favorite superstar.

1075
00:49:51,564 --> 00:49:54,824
And the fact
that they were building me,

1076
00:49:55,051 --> 00:50:00,237
They were building kane into
the undertaker's mythology,

1077
00:50:00,389 --> 00:50:02,481
<i> It simply did not get</i>
<i> any bigger than that.</i>

1078
00:50:02,575 --> 00:50:04,000
- [laughs wickedly]

1079
00:50:04,227 --> 00:50:07,394
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1080
00:50:07,413 --> 00:50:09,413
<i> - I think</i>
<i> that the audience liked</i>

1081
00:50:09,565 --> 00:50:13,734
<i> Both characters so much</i>
<i> that the audience didn't want</i>

1082
00:50:13,827 --> 00:50:16,587
To see undertaker
and kane fight.

1083
00:50:16,681 --> 00:50:20,999
<i> And when we finally brought</i>
<i> the two brothers together,</i>

1084
00:50:21,093 --> 00:50:23,761
Now the audience was happy.

1085
00:50:23,855 --> 00:50:27,189
- The evolving story line of
two brothers over 20 years...

1086
00:50:27,416 --> 00:50:31,176
<i> - I can't believe it,</i>
<i> kane and the undertaker!</i>

1087
00:50:31,195 --> 00:50:33,529
- People were so into
the brothers of destruction.

1088
00:50:33,756 --> 00:50:36,257
<i> - There's no doubt</i>
<i> that undertaker and kane</i>

1089
00:50:36,275 --> 00:50:39,518
<i> Combined make</i>
<i> the most destructive force</i>

1090
00:50:39,612 --> 00:50:43,097
<i> In the history of</i>
<i> world wrestling entertainment.</i>

1091
00:50:43,190 --> 00:50:44,874
<i> - And it didn't matter</i>
<i> whichever direction</i>

1092
00:50:45,101 --> 00:50:47,117
We went in.

1093
00:50:47,211 --> 00:50:51,272
If we came back together,
it was box office.

1094
00:50:51,365 --> 00:50:54,383
<i> - Hell hath no fury</i>
<i> like these two!</i>

1095
00:50:54,610 --> 00:50:56,293
<i> - It didn't matter</i>
<i> whether we were wrestling</i>

1096
00:50:56,387 --> 00:50:59,630
<i> Against each other</i>
<i> or we were tagging together.</i>

1097
00:50:59,724 --> 00:51:03,117
<i> People were enthralled</i>
<i> with those two characters.</i>

1098
00:51:03,135 --> 00:51:04,894
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1099
00:51:05,045 --> 00:51:07,454
- There wouldn't be a kane
if there hadn't been

1100
00:51:07,473 --> 00:51:08,789
An undertaker in the end.

1101
00:51:08,808 --> 00:51:12,551
<i> [electricity buzzing]</i>

1102
00:51:12,570 --> 00:51:17,389
So I owe him a lot both
professionally and personally.

1103
00:51:17,408 --> 00:51:19,408
- I get it all the time,
to this day:

1104
00:51:19,635 --> 00:51:23,320
"are you and kane
really brothers?"

1105
00:51:23,414 --> 00:51:26,248
<i> I look at him as a brother,</i>
<i> so brothers in spirit.</i>

1106
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,900
<i> [soft music]</i>

1107
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:30,994
<i> - I rank undertaker, kane</i>
<i> number one.</i>

1108
00:51:31,089 --> 00:51:33,071
I think it ranks right up there
with austin mcmahon.

1109
00:51:33,091 --> 00:51:35,482
I think it's either
number one or number two

1110
00:51:35,501 --> 00:51:38,094
<i> Of the greatest story lines</i>
<i> that has ever been.</i>

1111
00:51:42,433 --> 00:51:43,915
<i> - The undertaker will</i>
<i> bury those stiffs.</i>

1112
00:51:43,935 --> 00:51:45,601
- Not with these wwe figures
running wild!

1113
00:51:45,752 --> 00:51:47,919
<i> Boss man's</i>
<i> laying down the law!</i>

1114
00:51:47,939 --> 00:51:49,063
- It's lights out.

1115
00:51:51,109 --> 00:51:52,850
<i> - He was the leader.</i>

1116
00:51:53,002 --> 00:51:55,945
<i> He was the head of everything</i>
<i> we were doing.</i>

1117
00:51:56,096 --> 00:51:58,430
- And I know
your real name, mark.

1118
00:51:58,524 --> 00:51:59,949
- What?
My name's not mark.

1119
00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:01,766
<i> I'm the undertaker!</i>

1120
00:52:01,786 --> 00:52:03,602
- Hey, girls, don't you know
he's not a real athlete?

1121
00:52:03,621 --> 00:52:04,769
He's just a wrestler.

1122
00:52:04,864 --> 00:52:06,363
- Easy, little man.

1123
00:52:06,457 --> 00:52:08,031
- Ooh.
- Ooh.

1124
00:52:08,184 --> 00:52:09,350
- [giggles]

1125
00:52:09,443 --> 00:52:11,794
- It was always
that next level,

1126
00:52:12,021 --> 00:52:14,037
And that next level
was the undertaker.

1127
00:52:14,132 --> 00:52:16,465
[crowd cheering]

1128
00:52:16,617 --> 00:52:19,468
- Taker, taker, taker!

1129
00:52:21,139 --> 00:52:24,640
<i> - No matter</i>
<i> what the sort of version</i>

1130
00:52:24,791 --> 00:52:27,643
<i> Of the character is,</i>
<i> every single one of them</i>

1131
00:52:27,794 --> 00:52:29,887
<i> Captivated people's</i>
<i> imaginations.</i>

1132
00:52:29,981 --> 00:52:31,296
All right, bud.

1133
00:52:31,315 --> 00:52:34,892
[crowd cheering]

1134
00:52:34,986 --> 00:52:38,303
<i> - Like, I can remember,</i>
<i> you know, late '90s,</i>

1135
00:52:38,322 --> 00:52:41,215
Like, fans sending him
vials of blood,

1136
00:52:41,308 --> 00:52:43,400
Their blood in these vials.

1137
00:52:43,494 --> 00:52:45,569
And, you know, they would
bring him stuff backstage,

1138
00:52:45,721 --> 00:52:47,830
And he would be like,
"this vial of blood."

1139
00:52:49,392 --> 00:52:51,834
<i> Sleeves of tattoos of him</i>

1140
00:52:52,061 --> 00:52:54,244
<i> Or tattoos</i>
<i> all over their bodies of him</i>

1141
00:52:54,397 --> 00:52:57,915
<i> Or just stuff that you</i>
<i> would think, you know,</i>

1142
00:52:58,067 --> 00:53:00,734
"we should call the cops,
maybe."

1143
00:53:00,753 --> 00:53:02,569
- I've had this tattoo
for a long time.

1144
00:53:02,588 --> 00:53:04,071
Today it's finally gonna get
signed by the undertaker,

1145
00:53:04,089 --> 00:53:05,406
And it'll be tattooed
straight over

1146
00:53:05,499 --> 00:53:06,573
So it'll be a part
of me forever.

1147
00:53:06,592 --> 00:53:08,091
- He's a badass, you know?

1148
00:53:08,244 --> 00:53:10,019
You love to beat up your boss.

1149
00:53:10,170 --> 00:53:11,503
You know,
you don't get to do that,

1150
00:53:11,522 --> 00:53:12,837
So when other people
get to do it,

1151
00:53:12,932 --> 00:53:14,598
It's just a great thing to see.

1152
00:53:14,750 --> 00:53:17,509
- This is like babe ruth
when my father was little.

1153
00:53:17,528 --> 00:53:20,421
All: Taker, taker,
taker, taker, taker!

1154
00:53:20,439 --> 00:53:23,273
<i> - It was so many people</i>

1155
00:53:23,426 --> 00:53:25,926
And, you know, people that
would come in character as him

1156
00:53:26,019 --> 00:53:28,353
Or that would be there--
you know,

1157
00:53:28,447 --> 00:53:32,041
He'd walk by and people
dropping down and bowing to him

1158
00:53:32,192 --> 00:53:35,527
And, like--as if he was
this real demonic overlord

1159
00:53:35,621 --> 00:53:37,287
<i> In a movie or something.</i>

1160
00:53:37,381 --> 00:53:39,456
<i> [bell tolls]</i>

1161
00:53:39,550 --> 00:53:43,034
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

1162
00:53:43,054 --> 00:53:45,612
<i> - The undertaker</i>
<i> mystique is legit.</i>

1163
00:53:45,631 --> 00:53:48,540
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1164
00:53:48,634 --> 00:53:50,451
You know, he's standing
out there, and that purple haze

1165
00:53:50,469 --> 00:53:52,135
Would come up,
and the lighters would go up,

1166
00:53:52,288 --> 00:53:53,971
You know, like the old
grateful dead concert.

1167
00:53:54,123 --> 00:53:57,382
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1168
00:53:57,401 --> 00:54:00,885
[crowd roaring]

1169
00:54:00,905 --> 00:54:03,647
- Every night when
his music would go off,

1170
00:54:03,799 --> 00:54:06,558
Paul bearer would roll up
his jacket sleeve

1171
00:54:06,652 --> 00:54:09,078
And show me that the hairs on
his arm were standing on end.

1172
00:54:10,748 --> 00:54:13,640
<i> - Now, I'll never</i>
<i> forget watching</i>

1173
00:54:13,659 --> 00:54:15,400
<i> The undertaker come out.</i>

1174
00:54:15,419 --> 00:54:17,494
And I thought to myself
for a second.

1175
00:54:17,588 --> 00:54:21,982
I was like, "oh, my god.
That's the undertaker."

1176
00:54:22,001 --> 00:54:23,926
<i> - It's overwhelming</i>
<i> in a wonderful way.</i>

1177
00:54:24,077 --> 00:54:25,410
You're just sitting there
thinking, "this is cool.

1178
00:54:25,429 --> 00:54:26,745
"this is cool.
He's coming after me.

1179
00:54:26,764 --> 00:54:28,989
<i> This is cool."</i>

1180
00:54:29,008 --> 00:54:31,675
<i> - I was awe-stricken.</i>

1181
00:54:31,827 --> 00:54:33,918
It was really
an amazing moment,

1182
00:54:33,938 --> 00:54:38,423
And that's when I truly knew
that I had arrived in wwe.

1183
00:54:38,442 --> 00:54:41,777
[crowd cheering]

1184
00:54:42,004 --> 00:54:46,282
- It was unlike
wrestling anybody else.

1185
00:54:46,509 --> 00:54:49,693
Like, you understand
as it's happening

1186
00:54:49,787 --> 00:54:51,695
<i> What an honor it is</i>
<i> to be in the ring with him.</i>

1187
00:54:51,789 --> 00:54:53,455
<i> And then you just have</i>
<i> to convince yourself</i>

1188
00:54:53,607 --> 00:54:55,198
<i> That you belong...</i>

1189
00:54:55,293 --> 00:54:57,034
<i> - Uh-oh, here we go!</i>

1190
00:54:57,186 --> 00:54:58,352
<i> - That you should be</i>
<i> hanging with him,</i>

1191
00:54:58,445 --> 00:55:00,187
<i> That you're on that level.</i>

1192
00:55:00,205 --> 00:55:02,113
<i> - Mankind</i>
<i> wasting no time at all</i>

1193
00:55:02,133 --> 00:55:03,707
<i> In pummeling the undertaker.</i>

1194
00:55:03,859 --> 00:55:05,784
<i> - Hey, wait a minute.</i>
<i> Look at this!</i>

1195
00:55:05,803 --> 00:55:07,878
<i> Oh!</i>

1196
00:55:08,030 --> 00:55:10,864
- Mick foley figured out
what his niche would be,

1197
00:55:10,883 --> 00:55:13,142
And he capitalized on it.

1198
00:55:13,293 --> 00:55:15,794
And his deal
was extreme violence.

1199
00:55:15,888 --> 00:55:17,479
<i> - My gosh!</i>
<i> - Oh!</i>

1200
00:55:17,706 --> 00:55:20,057
<i> Oh!</i>

1201
00:55:20,209 --> 00:55:22,893
- The rivalry
between undertaker and mankind

1202
00:55:23,045 --> 00:55:24,895
<i> Had gone through</i>
<i> different machinations</i>

1203
00:55:25,047 --> 00:55:27,564
<i> And had gone the whole gambit.</i>

1204
00:55:27,716 --> 00:55:30,067
<i> - That's mankind.</i>
<i> - Mankind!</i>

1205
00:55:30,219 --> 00:55:31,493
<i> - Oh!</i>

1206
00:55:33,998 --> 00:55:35,814
- And we got
to the hell in the cell...

1207
00:55:35,908 --> 00:55:37,558
<i> - Ladies and gentlemen,</i>

1208
00:55:37,576 --> 00:55:40,394
<i> As you take a look</i>
<i> at this apparatus,</i>

1209
00:55:40,412 --> 00:55:45,323
<i> One would have to imagine</i>
<i> that it was conceived in hell.</i>

1210
00:55:45,343 --> 00:55:48,585
- Which was
the definitive match.

1211
00:55:48,679 --> 00:55:51,513
- 15-foot walls,

1212
00:55:51,740 --> 00:55:56,076
Surrounded by a cage roof,
twisted steel.

1213
00:55:56,095 --> 00:55:59,596
To this day, it's hard for me
to have a conversation

1214
00:55:59,690 --> 00:56:02,858
With anybody, any fan,
that they don't bring up,

1215
00:56:03,085 --> 00:56:05,844
You know, hell in the cell
with mick foley.

1216
00:56:05,863 --> 00:56:09,272
Two men enter.
Only one man can leave.

1217
00:56:09,425 --> 00:56:12,368
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1218
00:56:12,595 --> 00:56:14,853
<i> Probably one</i>
<i> of the most extreme,</i>

1219
00:56:14,947 --> 00:56:17,373
<i> Violent matches ever.</i>

1220
00:56:18,767 --> 00:56:21,618
<i> He knew that I'd had</i>
<i> an incredible match</i>

1221
00:56:21,712 --> 00:56:23,937
<i> With shawn michaels</i>
<i> the first hell in the cell.</i>

1222
00:56:23,956 --> 00:56:28,108
And he didn't feel like
he would be able to deliver

1223
00:56:28,127 --> 00:56:30,201
In the way that shawn had.

1224
00:56:30,221 --> 00:56:32,370
<i> - I watched with terry funk,</i>

1225
00:56:32,390 --> 00:56:35,132
<i> And I said,</i>
<i> "what am I going to do?"</i>

1226
00:56:35,284 --> 00:56:36,783
He started laughing,
and he went,

1227
00:56:36,802 --> 00:56:38,710
"ha-ha, you know
what you ought to do?

1228
00:56:38,729 --> 00:56:41,563
<i> "you ought to start the match</i>
<i> on top of the cell.</i>

1229
00:56:41,790 --> 00:56:44,066
<i> - Mankind is</i>
<i> climbing the cage.</i>

1230
00:56:44,217 --> 00:56:46,960
<i> - He's supposed to start out</i>
<i> inside the cage, isn't he?</i>

1231
00:56:46,979 --> 00:56:49,238
- And then he kept laughing,
and I got serious,

1232
00:56:49,465 --> 00:56:51,798
And I said,
"I think I can do that."

1233
00:56:51,892 --> 00:56:53,150
- Nick talked vince into it,

1234
00:56:53,302 --> 00:56:55,411
But then they had to sell mark.

1235
00:56:55,638 --> 00:56:57,413
- And every day,
he would just shoot it down.

1236
00:56:57,564 --> 00:56:59,489
And then finally, he said,

1237
00:56:59,583 --> 00:57:02,826
"jack, why are you so intent
on killing yourself?"

1238
00:57:02,978 --> 00:57:04,402
<i> - The undertaker says...</i>
<i> - He's doing it!</i>

1239
00:57:04,496 --> 00:57:06,163
<i> - "you want me up there?</i>

1240
00:57:06,315 --> 00:57:07,831
<i> "you want to come up there</i>
<i> and fight?</i>

1241
00:57:07,983 --> 00:57:08,907
<i> I'm gonna come up</i>
<i> and whip your butt."</i>

1242
00:57:08,926 --> 00:57:10,651
<i> - Oh, my gosh.</i>

1243
00:57:10,669 --> 00:57:12,486
<i> - People didn't know was,</i>

1244
00:57:12,504 --> 00:57:14,412
<i> Undertaker went into that</i>
<i> with a hurt ankle</i>

1245
00:57:14,506 --> 00:57:18,008
<i> And was hobbling through</i>
<i> the whole match with an ankle</i>

1246
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:19,935
<i> That he shouldn't</i>
<i> have been walking on.</i>

1247
00:57:20,162 --> 00:57:22,253
<i> There were a lot</i>
<i> of things to that match</i>

1248
00:57:22,273 --> 00:57:25,515
That just were
that "holy [bleep]" moments,

1249
00:57:25,609 --> 00:57:26,758
A lot of them.

1250
00:57:26,777 --> 00:57:28,110
<i> - What's gonna happen here?</i>

1251
00:57:30,005 --> 00:57:31,188
<i> Look out!</i>
<i> - Oh, no!</i>

1252
00:57:31,340 --> 00:57:32,931
<i> Good god almighty!</i>

1253
00:57:32,950 --> 00:57:35,117
<i> Good god almighty!</i>
<i> That killed him!</i>

1254
00:57:36,528 --> 00:57:39,179
<i> - You know,</i>
<i> that was mick's calling card,</i>

1255
00:57:39,198 --> 00:57:41,606
<i> Not only how much</i>
<i> he could dish out,</i>

1256
00:57:41,625 --> 00:57:44,084
More so probably
how much he could take.

1257
00:57:45,445 --> 00:57:47,445
<i> He was willing to put</i>
<i> his body on the line</i>

1258
00:57:47,539 --> 00:57:49,356
<i> To entertain his fans.</i>

1259
00:57:49,374 --> 00:57:51,692
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1260
00:57:51,710 --> 00:57:53,543
<i> You carry a lot</i>
<i> of responsibility</i>

1261
00:57:53,696 --> 00:57:56,029
<i> Because if you don't</i>
<i> do it the right way,</i>

1262
00:57:56,048 --> 00:57:58,548
You know, he over-rotates,

1263
00:57:58,701 --> 00:58:00,884
He doesn't make it,
you have to deal with that.

1264
00:58:01,036 --> 00:58:03,312
- Never in my wildest dreams
would I have thought

1265
00:58:03,463 --> 00:58:05,055
Either one of these guys

1266
00:58:05,149 --> 00:58:07,131
Would come flying off
of that hell in the cell.

1267
00:58:07,226 --> 00:58:09,151
You look up there and you say,
"no, that couldn't happen.

1268
00:58:09,378 --> 00:58:12,045
"it'd be impossible.
Somebody would be dead."

1269
00:58:12,064 --> 00:58:13,489
<i> - To be completely honest,</i>

1270
00:58:13,716 --> 00:58:15,491
<i> I'm just hoping</i>
<i> that he hits the table.</i>

1271
00:58:15,718 --> 00:58:19,236
<i> And as morbid and weird</i>
<i> as that sounds,</i>

1272
00:58:19,330 --> 00:58:21,404
<i> There's a big difference</i>
<i> between hitting the table</i>

1273
00:58:21,557 --> 00:58:22,739
<i> And hitting the concrete.</i>

1274
00:58:22,833 --> 00:58:26,409
[crowd roaring]

1275
00:58:26,504 --> 00:58:28,170
A normal human being
doesn't get up from that.

1276
00:58:29,823 --> 00:58:33,083
<i> - I don't know</i>
<i> if I can get up,</i>

1277
00:58:33,177 --> 00:58:34,751
<i> But if I can get up,</i>

1278
00:58:34,903 --> 00:58:36,678
I'm gonna roll
off that gurney,

1279
00:58:36,905 --> 00:58:40,665
And I'm gonna climb
that son of a gun again.

1280
00:58:40,759 --> 00:58:42,242
- You're kidding me!

1281
00:58:42,261 --> 00:58:43,744
<i> - How in the hell</i>
<i> is he standing?</i>

1282
00:58:43,837 --> 00:58:45,579
<i> - Oh, my god.</i>
<i> - And look at this.</i>

1283
00:58:45,597 --> 00:58:47,247
<i> He's got a smile on his face,</i>
<i> for god's sake!</i>

1284
00:58:47,266 --> 00:58:49,249
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1285
00:58:49,342 --> 00:58:50,859
<i> - We knew from the get-go,</i>

1286
00:58:51,011 --> 00:58:52,677
As soon as we got
up on top of the cage,

1287
00:58:52,696 --> 00:58:56,347
<i> The supports</i>
<i> that wrap the fence mesh--</i>

1288
00:58:56,367 --> 00:58:58,016
<i> You know, when you stepped</i>
<i> on one of those panels,</i>

1289
00:58:58,035 --> 00:59:00,761
You could hear them
shooting off.

1290
00:59:00,854 --> 00:59:02,663
<i> It was giving way so much.</i>

1291
00:59:04,208 --> 00:59:06,357
<i> - If he throws him off</i>
<i> the other side, there's--</i>

1292
00:59:06,377 --> 00:59:09,102
<i> Oh!</i>

1293
00:59:09,121 --> 00:59:11,271
<i> Good god!</i>

1294
00:59:11,364 --> 00:59:12,956
<i> - It knocked me out</i>
<i> legitimately.</i>

1295
00:59:13,108 --> 00:59:18,128
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1296
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:21,223
Ching, boom, I realize
I don't have as many teeth

1297
00:59:21,374 --> 00:59:22,449
As I used to.

1298
00:59:22,467 --> 00:59:25,060
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1299
00:59:25,211 --> 00:59:27,137
- It was pretty intense.

1300
00:59:27,289 --> 00:59:29,956
<i> I was just looking down,</i>
<i> waiting on him to move.</i>

1301
00:59:29,975 --> 00:59:31,792
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1302
00:59:31,810 --> 00:59:34,069
<i> You'll notice</i>
<i> when he goes through,</i>

1303
00:59:34,220 --> 00:59:36,630
<i> All those people that run</i>
<i> and jump back into the cage.</i>

1304
00:59:36,648 --> 00:59:38,298
None of that was planned.

1305
00:59:38,317 --> 00:59:41,410
That was people
that saw that and didn't think

1306
00:59:41,561 --> 00:59:44,304
He was gonna get up.

1307
00:59:44,397 --> 00:59:50,735
<i> - And I'd seen the undertaker</i>
<i> and terry funk exchange words.</i>

1308
00:59:50,754 --> 00:59:52,495
The undertaker
looked at him and said,

1309
00:59:52,590 --> 00:59:55,315
<i> "see if he's alive."</i>

1310
00:59:55,334 --> 00:59:57,000
<i> Terry goes over.</i>

1311
00:59:57,152 --> 01:00:00,170
<i> He said,</i>
<i> "he's still breathing."</i>

1312
01:00:00,264 --> 01:00:02,580
- I remember time and time
again just saying,

1313
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:05,325
"mick, stay down,
just stay down."

1314
01:00:05,344 --> 01:00:06,918
<i> - Oh, my.</i>
<i> - Oh.</i>

1315
01:00:06,937 --> 01:00:08,678
<i> - And he's smiling.</i>

1316
01:00:08,831 --> 01:00:09,938
- That was one
of the most violent matches

1317
01:00:10,090 --> 01:00:12,757
That I've ever witnessed
in the wwe.

1318
01:00:12,776 --> 01:00:15,927
- You say, "sum up
undertaker versus mankind

1319
01:00:15,946 --> 01:00:17,520
<i> In hell in the cell</i>
<i> in one word."</i>

1320
01:00:17,615 --> 01:00:19,114
<i> Train wreck.</i>

1321
01:00:19,341 --> 01:00:21,432
<i> And it was</i>
<i> absolutely horrifying</i>

1322
01:00:21,452 --> 01:00:23,118
<i> As an audience member</i>
<i> watching it.</i>

1323
01:00:23,269 --> 01:00:24,286
Crowd: Three!

1324
01:00:24,437 --> 01:00:27,122
[cheers and applause]

1325
01:00:27,349 --> 01:00:29,458
<i> - He's just an incredibly</i>
<i> tough human being.</i>

1326
01:00:31,462 --> 01:00:33,462
I would definitely say
that mick and I

1327
01:00:33,613 --> 01:00:35,130
Took years
off each other's careers.

1328
01:00:37,359 --> 01:00:40,302
<i> In any given match</i>
<i> on any given night,</i>

1329
01:00:40,529 --> 01:00:41,953
You're really only
a couple of inches

1330
01:00:41,972 --> 01:00:44,622
Away from something
catastrophic happening

1331
01:00:44,642 --> 01:00:45,807
At one point or another.

1332
01:00:49,813 --> 01:00:52,372
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

1333
01:00:52,391 --> 01:00:54,057
<i> - It's a tough way</i>
<i> to make a living.</i>

1334
01:00:54,209 --> 01:00:57,394
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1335
01:00:57,546 --> 01:00:58,879
<i> At present count,</i>

1336
01:00:58,897 --> 01:01:02,048
<i> I'm somewhere around 17</i>

1337
01:01:02,142 --> 01:01:06,662
<i> To 18 different surgeries</i>

1338
01:01:06,889 --> 01:01:09,331
To repair
wrestling-related injuries.

1339
01:01:10,834 --> 01:01:14,227
<i> Both my hips have been done.</i>
<i> I have torn my bicep.</i>

1340
01:01:14,246 --> 01:01:18,006
<i> I have torn my shoulder apart,</i>

1341
01:01:18,158 --> 01:01:22,585
<i> Two orbital blowout fractures</i>
<i> in both eye sockets,</i>

1342
01:01:22,738 --> 01:01:27,349
<i> Torn pec, broken ankle,</i>
<i> broken hands,</i>

1343
01:01:27,576 --> 01:01:29,926
<i> More stitches</i>
<i> than I care to count.</i>

1344
01:01:30,020 --> 01:01:31,411
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1345
01:01:31,504 --> 01:01:33,246
<i> When you're out with injury,</i>

1346
01:01:33,265 --> 01:01:34,815
<i> It's a very</i>
<i> nerve-racking time.</i>

1347
01:01:37,177 --> 01:01:40,011
<i> So you have to be able</i>
<i> to get over the mental aspect</i>

1348
01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:42,272
<i> Of being off tv.</i>

1349
01:01:42,424 --> 01:01:44,274
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1350
01:01:44,426 --> 01:01:46,609
<i> And then where do you fit in</i>

1351
01:01:46,762 --> 01:01:48,945
<i> On the back side</i>
<i> on your return?</i>

1352
01:01:49,097 --> 01:01:50,706
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1353
01:01:50,857 --> 01:01:53,099
<i> Yeah, injuries</i>
<i> are tougher mentally</i>

1354
01:01:53,118 --> 01:01:54,334
<i> Than they are physically.</i>

1355
01:01:55,604 --> 01:01:57,787
<i> It's a tough way</i>
<i> to make a living.</i>

1356
01:01:57,940 --> 01:02:02,776
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1357
01:02:02,794 --> 01:02:07,055
<i> When I started</i>
<i> with the undertaker character,</i>

1358
01:02:07,207 --> 01:02:11,634
<i> It basically took over almost</i>
<i> every aspect of my life.</i>

1359
01:02:11,787 --> 01:02:14,545
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1360
01:02:14,565 --> 01:02:17,307
It just seemed to me
that there couldn't be

1361
01:02:17,459 --> 01:02:19,976
A mark calaway
and an undertaker.

1362
01:02:20,128 --> 01:02:22,887
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1363
01:02:22,906 --> 01:02:25,315
- Mark calaway
became the undertaker.

1364
01:02:25,409 --> 01:02:28,226
So it wasn't about getting in
or out of character.

1365
01:02:28,245 --> 01:02:31,805
<i> That was one of the secrets</i>

1366
01:02:31,823 --> 01:02:34,491
<i> To the success</i>
<i> of the undertaker is,</i>

1367
01:02:34,585 --> 01:02:37,310
You didn't get to see much
of mark calaway at all.

1368
01:02:37,403 --> 01:02:40,088
<i> Mark calaway didn't exist.</i>

1369
01:02:40,315 --> 01:02:42,332
- Mark would show up to places
as the undertaker,

1370
01:02:42,484 --> 01:02:44,818
And he would
limit his exposure,

1371
01:02:44,911 --> 01:02:47,596
And every move was calculated.

1372
01:02:47,747 --> 01:02:50,265
<i> The man didn't speak</i>
<i> for years.</i>

1373
01:02:50,416 --> 01:02:53,584
<i> You want to talk</i>
<i> about somebody who's all in.</i>

1374
01:02:53,604 --> 01:02:57,922
<i> - If you went to a nightclub</i>
<i> or saw him in an airport,</i>

1375
01:02:57,941 --> 01:03:01,017
It wasn't the costume,

1376
01:03:01,169 --> 01:03:04,446
But there was no denying
that was the undertaker.

1377
01:03:04,673 --> 01:03:08,266
Long hair, black sunglasses,
all black clothing.

1378
01:03:08,285 --> 01:03:11,528
Like, his demeanor
was the undertaker.

1379
01:03:11,622 --> 01:03:14,030
[crowd cheering]

1380
01:03:14,182 --> 01:03:16,182
<i> - I presented myself like that</i>

1381
01:03:16,201 --> 01:03:18,460
Because I didn't want
to disconnect.

1382
01:03:18,611 --> 01:03:21,037
All:
Rest in peace, rest in peace!

1383
01:03:21,131 --> 01:03:24,299
<i> - I didn't want people</i>
<i> to see me in public</i>

1384
01:03:24,526 --> 01:03:27,694
<i> And be jovial,</i>
<i> carefree mark calaway.</i>

1385
01:03:27,712 --> 01:03:31,973
Are we ready for a funeral?

1386
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:34,309
<i> It just didn't work</i>
<i> in my mind.</i>

1387
01:03:34,536 --> 01:03:36,645
<i> And fortunately,</i>
<i> early in the '90s,</i>

1388
01:03:36,796 --> 01:03:38,204
<i> I was able</i>
<i> to protect all that.</i>

1389
01:03:38,298 --> 01:03:39,556
- And how are you, undertaker?

1390
01:03:39,708 --> 01:03:41,650
- Fine.
- Oh, good.

1391
01:03:41,801 --> 01:03:43,652
- Are those enough words?
[laughter]

1392
01:03:43,803 --> 01:03:46,988
Or would you like
to hear "rest in peace"?

1393
01:03:47,140 --> 01:03:50,216
- Yeah.
[laughter]

1394
01:03:50,235 --> 01:03:53,328
- Those early years,
you basically got undertaker

1395
01:03:53,555 --> 01:03:56,331
And a slightly toned-down
undertaker.

1396
01:03:56,558 --> 01:04:00,318
- Are you married?
- Am I married?

1397
01:04:00,337 --> 01:04:01,911
I'm married
to the creatures of the night

1398
01:04:02,064 --> 01:04:03,396
That come and support me.

1399
01:04:03,415 --> 01:04:05,565
- I was afraid of that.

1400
01:04:05,584 --> 01:04:08,251
<i> - And I didn't really let</i>
<i> a lot of people in</i>

1401
01:04:08,345 --> 01:04:11,921
<i> Other than my close</i>
<i> inner circle of people.</i>

1402
01:04:12,074 --> 01:04:15,016
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1403
01:04:15,243 --> 01:04:18,669
<i> We're on the road 250,</i>
<i> 270 days a year.</i>

1404
01:04:18,763 --> 01:04:21,314
<i> I was with those guys more</i>
<i> than I was with my family.</i>

1405
01:04:23,251 --> 01:04:25,694
- Just a bunch of good dudes
that hung out.

1406
01:04:25,921 --> 01:04:29,698
The members were masa fuchi,
paul bearer.

1407
01:04:29,849 --> 01:04:35,353
<i> There was crush, savio vega,</i>
<i> the godwinns, rikishi,</i>

1408
01:04:35,372 --> 01:04:38,206
<i> Yokozuna, taker, and myself.</i>

1409
01:04:40,043 --> 01:04:42,193
That was the group, bsk.

1410
01:04:42,212 --> 01:04:44,379
<i> [upbeat music]</i>

1411
01:04:44,530 --> 01:04:47,607
<i> We played dominoes.</i>
<i> And that was a yokozuna thing.</i>

1412
01:04:47,626 --> 01:04:50,051
And yok used to be, "come on,
time to play some bones.

1413
01:04:50,203 --> 01:04:52,220
Yoko, bsk,
let's play some bones."

1414
01:04:52,447 --> 01:04:56,116
- Bones, that's the slang
for domino, bones.

1415
01:04:56,134 --> 01:04:58,709
And then the street--
we was on the streets.

1416
01:04:58,803 --> 01:05:00,878
<i> You travel all the time.</i>

1417
01:05:00,972 --> 01:05:04,641
<i> And then the krew, of course,</i>
<i> we changed the c to the k.</i>

1418
01:05:04,735 --> 01:05:07,310
<i> And now you have it.</i>

1419
01:05:07,462 --> 01:05:09,571
- We went out night
after night after night.

1420
01:05:09,722 --> 01:05:12,741
We never got in any trouble.
We didn't get into any fights.

1421
01:05:12,892 --> 01:05:14,242
Nobody messed with us.

1422
01:05:14,394 --> 01:05:15,744
- We ain't got no problem.

1423
01:05:15,895 --> 01:05:17,728
Just don't run out
of jack daniel's.

1424
01:05:17,748 --> 01:05:19,581
<i> - We have</i>
<i> been through it, bro.</i>

1425
01:05:19,732 --> 01:05:21,324
<i> And I don't mean,</i>
<i> like, wrestling through it.</i>

1426
01:05:21,418 --> 01:05:23,476
I mean, we've been
through it in life together.

1427
01:05:23,495 --> 01:05:25,569
And he knows what I mean.

1428
01:05:25,664 --> 01:05:27,497
- You have those guys that are
going through the same things

1429
01:05:27,649 --> 01:05:31,334
You are and understand
what's going on at home,

1430
01:05:31,486 --> 01:05:32,986
<i> You know, because they're</i>
<i> going through the same stuff.</i>

1431
01:05:33,079 --> 01:05:35,263
<i> And they know the grind</i>
<i> of the road.</i>

1432
01:05:36,825 --> 01:05:38,433
<i> - He's the leader</i>
<i> of the locker room.</i>

1433
01:05:38,660 --> 01:05:42,512
And a lot of that
is based on respect.

1434
01:05:42,606 --> 01:05:47,425
And he asks for respect,
and he wants respect.

1435
01:05:47,519 --> 01:05:50,111
<i> Pretty simple exchange.</i>

1436
01:05:51,673 --> 01:05:54,432
<i> - There wasn't anything</i>
<i> in the wrestling world</i>

1437
01:05:54,451 --> 01:05:57,268
That I didn't have
the answer for.

1438
01:05:57,287 --> 01:05:59,362
Now, my personal life
was a little bit different.

1439
01:05:59,456 --> 01:06:01,456
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

1440
01:06:01,607 --> 01:06:03,458
<i> I had more holes in that</i>
<i> than a piece of swiss cheese.</i>

1441
01:06:05,187 --> 01:06:06,962
<i> This business is tough.</i>

1442
01:06:07,113 --> 01:06:10,039
<i> It's not an excuse,</i>
<i> but it's tough</i>

1443
01:06:10,192 --> 01:06:15,361
To be a star in this business

1444
01:06:15,380 --> 01:06:18,381
Because the only way
you do that is,

1445
01:06:18,533 --> 01:06:20,934
<i> You've got to be on the road,</i>
<i> and you've got to be gone.</i>

1446
01:06:23,129 --> 01:06:25,872
<i> I love my children,</i>
<i> and hopefully,</i>

1447
01:06:25,890 --> 01:06:27,482
<i> They understand</i>
<i> how much I do love them,</i>

1448
01:06:27,633 --> 01:06:30,301
<i> But I missed out.</i>

1449
01:06:30,395 --> 01:06:33,321
<i> I missed out on so much</i>
<i> of those early years with them</i>

1450
01:06:33,473 --> 01:06:35,448
<i> Because I was</i>
<i> pursuing this dream.</i>

1451
01:06:37,402 --> 01:06:39,828
It's just hard
to be that guy on the road

1452
01:06:39,979 --> 01:06:42,980
And then come home
and try and be dad.

1453
01:06:43,074 --> 01:06:45,575
It was the hardest, I think,
with my oldest son, gunner.

1454
01:06:45,727 --> 01:06:48,503
<i> I think he got</i>
<i> the worst end of the deal.</i>

1455
01:06:48,730 --> 01:06:50,246
<i> And it wasn't</i>
<i> that I didn't love him.</i>

1456
01:06:50,340 --> 01:06:52,007
<i> I did.</i>

1457
01:06:52,234 --> 01:06:54,175
<i> I loved being home</i>
<i> and doing things.</i>

1458
01:06:54,327 --> 01:06:57,920
<i> With my girls, you know,</i>
<i> I didn't have really an option</i>

1459
01:06:58,073 --> 01:07:00,590
<i> To spend as much time</i>
<i> with them as I wanted.</i>

1460
01:07:00,684 --> 01:07:02,666
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1461
01:07:02,686 --> 01:07:05,020
<i> So I'm very blessed</i>
<i> and very fortunate</i>

1462
01:07:05,247 --> 01:07:08,172
To, you know,
have a second chance

1463
01:07:08,266 --> 01:07:11,934
With kaia and kolt.

1464
01:07:12,087 --> 01:07:14,362
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1465
01:07:14,514 --> 01:07:17,515
<i> I consider myself really lucky</i>
<i> to have another opportunity</i>

1466
01:07:17,534 --> 01:07:19,776
To be a parent.

1467
01:07:19,870 --> 01:07:21,661
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1468
01:07:25,691 --> 01:07:27,934
<i> [bell tolls]</i>

1469
01:07:27,952 --> 01:07:30,045
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

1470
01:07:30,272 --> 01:07:34,382
<i> - His opponent,</i>
<i> from death valley,</i>

1471
01:07:34,534 --> 01:07:38,945
<i> Weighing 328 pounds,</i>

1472
01:07:38,963 --> 01:07:43,183
<i> The undertaker!</i>

1473
01:07:44,452 --> 01:07:46,227
<i> - In the very beginning,</i>

1474
01:07:46,379 --> 01:07:51,140
<i> When the undertaker came out,</i>
<i> it was gray and black.</i>

1475
01:07:51,293 --> 01:07:54,961
<i> And he was very simple.</i>

1476
01:07:54,979 --> 01:07:58,055
The undertaker was
this dark, sinister character,

1477
01:07:58,149 --> 01:08:02,151
And the undertaker in
our vernacular would be a heel.

1478
01:08:02,245 --> 01:08:04,562
He was a bad guy,

1479
01:08:04,581 --> 01:08:08,658
But he was so good
at being a bad guy,

1480
01:08:08,810 --> 01:08:12,903
The audience loved
the character the undertaker.

1481
01:08:12,997 --> 01:08:15,481
<i> - The undertaker!</i>

1482
01:08:15,500 --> 01:08:17,908
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1483
01:08:17,928 --> 01:08:22,263
- I was constantly trying
to keep that character fresh.

1484
01:08:22,415 --> 01:08:24,432
<i> - Look at this, look at this!</i>
<i> Oh!</i>

1485
01:08:24,584 --> 01:08:27,009
<i> - We went to purple,</i>

1486
01:08:27,104 --> 01:08:30,754
<i> Whether it be the undertaker's</i>
<i> tie or his gloves,</i>

1487
01:08:30,774 --> 01:08:34,016
And you heard a little bit more
from the undertaker.

1488
01:08:34,169 --> 01:08:37,779
- My whole existence is death.

1489
01:08:37,930 --> 01:08:41,190
- Mark made the undertaker
character work over the years

1490
01:08:41,284 --> 01:08:47,605
Because he evolved it
and made it change in a way

1491
01:08:47,624 --> 01:08:50,774
That I don't know if anybody
else could have done it.

1492
01:08:50,794 --> 01:08:54,687
- Well, here we are
in the middle of death valley

1493
01:08:54,706 --> 01:08:58,858
And the current fleet
of undertaker motorcycles.

1494
01:08:58,877 --> 01:09:01,194
<i> This is really</i>
<i> a special part of my career,</i>

1495
01:09:01,287 --> 01:09:03,454
<i> Being able to do this now.</i>

1496
01:09:03,473 --> 01:09:04,864
You know, it gives them
an opportunity

1497
01:09:04,883 --> 01:09:06,716
To see a little bit more
of, you know,

1498
01:09:06,868 --> 01:09:09,369
<i> What I am away from wrestling.</i>

1499
01:09:09,462 --> 01:09:11,871
<i> - And the motorcycle-riding,</i>

1500
01:09:11,890 --> 01:09:16,133
Jean-wearing badass
is who mark calaway is.

1501
01:09:16,153 --> 01:09:21,564
And now you have
the american badass is born.

1502
01:09:21,716 --> 01:09:23,658
<i> - Anytime you take</i>
<i> something that's working</i>

1503
01:09:23,809 --> 01:09:25,885
<i> And change it,</i>
<i> you run the risk</i>

1504
01:09:25,904 --> 01:09:28,070
<i> Of pissing off</i>
<i> the people that support you</i>

1505
01:09:28,223 --> 01:09:29,389
Because you're doing
something different

1506
01:09:29,407 --> 01:09:30,890
Than what they got attached to.

1507
01:09:30,909 --> 01:09:33,501
<i> - This place</i>
<i> has just gone crazy</i>

1508
01:09:33,728 --> 01:09:38,247
<i> With american badass,</i>
<i> the undertaker!</i>

1509
01:09:38,341 --> 01:09:40,917
- And instead of evolving
the american badass,

1510
01:09:41,069 --> 01:09:44,754
You go back to the familiar.

1511
01:09:44,848 --> 01:09:48,925
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1512
01:09:49,077 --> 01:09:51,744
<i> You go back to your roots,</i>

1513
01:09:51,763 --> 01:09:54,597
<i> Go back to your origins</i>
<i> of the undertaker.</i>

1514
01:09:54,691 --> 01:09:56,858
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1515
01:09:57,085 --> 01:09:58,601
<i> - I mean,</i>
<i> the roots of the character</i>

1516
01:09:58,753 --> 01:10:00,862
<i> Were always the same.</i>

1517
01:10:01,089 --> 01:10:03,439
<i> But it was just</i>
<i> the presentation.</i>

1518
01:10:03,591 --> 01:10:07,427
And that was just my way
of evolving and trying

1519
01:10:07,445 --> 01:10:10,279
To evolve with the audience.

1520
01:10:10,432 --> 01:10:13,099
<i> - The phenom is back.</i>

1521
01:10:13,192 --> 01:10:14,358
<i> - The return</i>
<i> of the dead man.</i>

1522
01:10:14,452 --> 01:10:16,619
<i> American badass, there he is,</i>

1523
01:10:16,771 --> 01:10:18,713
<i> The prince of darkness!</i>

1524
01:10:18,864 --> 01:10:22,550
<i> - The undertaker!</i>

1525
01:10:24,629 --> 01:10:28,539
<i> - Wrestlemania,</i>
<i> the showcase of the immortals,</i>

1526
01:10:28,558 --> 01:10:30,299
It's the way
that vince lets you know

1527
01:10:30,452 --> 01:10:31,893
That what you're doing,
you're doing right.

1528
01:10:34,122 --> 01:10:36,064
<i> - Oh!</i>

1529
01:10:36,215 --> 01:10:38,641
<i> - And you're on that card,</i>
<i> and you will be immortalized</i>

1530
01:10:38,793 --> 01:10:40,718
<i> For being at wrestlemania.</i>

1531
01:10:40,812 --> 01:10:43,312
<i> - Oh, tombstone city!</i>

1532
01:10:43,406 --> 01:10:45,298
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1533
01:10:45,316 --> 01:10:47,467
<i> - Oh, no!</i>

1534
01:10:47,485 --> 01:10:49,244
<i> - Unbelievable!</i>

1535
01:10:49,471 --> 01:10:52,138
<i> - One day</i>
<i> while we were on the road</i>

1536
01:10:52,231 --> 01:10:53,973
To wrestlemania
and a promotion,

1537
01:10:53,992 --> 01:10:56,809
Michael hayes was like...

1538
01:10:56,828 --> 01:10:58,736
- "hey, undertaker's undefeated
at wrestlemania."

1539
01:10:58,830 --> 01:11:01,089
- I was like, "really?"

1540
01:11:01,316 --> 01:11:02,315
- "well, we need to do
something with this

1541
01:11:02,408 --> 01:11:03,424
<i> And make this something."</i>

1542
01:11:05,653 --> 01:11:09,580
- I don't think I was really
aware of it until my tenth.

1543
01:11:09,674 --> 01:11:13,159
<i> That's the first time</i>
<i> that I really acknowledged it.</i>

1544
01:11:13,177 --> 01:11:16,086
You know, after I pin flair
and I do the finger thing

1545
01:11:16,106 --> 01:11:17,921
<i> Where I count them all off</i>
<i> on my hands.</i>

1546
01:11:18,016 --> 01:11:21,167
<i> - He's 10-0, 10-0!</i>

1547
01:11:21,185 --> 01:11:23,019
- Well, the streak
really wasn't anything

1548
01:11:23,113 --> 01:11:24,946
That anybody realized.

1549
01:11:25,097 --> 01:11:27,340
Once people started talking
to it, vince, of course,

1550
01:11:27,433 --> 01:11:28,932
Took it, looked at it,
and said,

1551
01:11:28,952 --> 01:11:30,768
"of course
I meant to do it that way."

1552
01:11:30,787 --> 01:11:34,013
- Okay, well, let's start
making a big deal out of it.

1553
01:11:34,032 --> 01:11:36,124
<i> Who can beat undertaker</i>
<i> at wrestlemania?</i>

1554
01:11:38,628 --> 01:11:40,444
- We got something here,

1555
01:11:40,463 --> 01:11:41,537
And then it just got bigger
and bigger and bigger

1556
01:11:41,631 --> 01:11:43,189
For the next 11 years.

1557
01:11:43,207 --> 01:11:47,043
<i> - He is 12-0 at wrestlemania,</i>

1558
01:11:47,195 --> 01:11:49,862
<i> An unparalleled record</i>
<i> for the dead man.</i>

1559
01:11:49,881 --> 01:11:51,864
<i> - 13-0!</i>
<i> - Wait a minute!</i>

1560
01:11:51,957 --> 01:11:55,368
<i> - Mark henry, rest in peace.</i>

1561
01:11:55,386 --> 01:11:58,128
<i> - 14-0!</i>

1562
01:11:58,148 --> 01:11:59,889
- The fact that it became
its own thing,

1563
01:11:59,983 --> 01:12:04,802
I really think it speaks
to how dedicated he is,

1564
01:12:04,821 --> 01:12:06,379
<i> His ability</i>
<i> to constantly perform</i>

1565
01:12:06,472 --> 01:12:08,156
<i> On the grandest stage</i>
<i> of them all.</i>

1566
01:12:08,307 --> 01:12:09,715
<i> - Tombstone!</i>

1567
01:12:09,734 --> 01:12:13,052
<i> We have a new world champion!</i>

1568
01:12:13,071 --> 01:12:14,554
<i> And he taps out!</i>

1569
01:12:14,647 --> 01:12:16,405
<i> - And the streak is intact!</i>

1570
01:12:16,499 --> 01:12:18,666
- There were spots you want
to be in in wrestlemania.

1571
01:12:18,893 --> 01:12:20,743
You want to be
in a championship match,

1572
01:12:20,895 --> 01:12:22,578
You want to be
in the main event,

1573
01:12:22,730 --> 01:12:25,064
Or you want to take on taker
for the streak.

1574
01:12:25,083 --> 01:12:27,733
- I don't think there's
four matches back-to-back

1575
01:12:27,752 --> 01:12:30,252
That are any better
than the two that I had

1576
01:12:30,405 --> 01:12:32,238
With shawn
followed with the two

1577
01:12:32,256 --> 01:12:34,331
That I had with triple h.

1578
01:12:34,425 --> 01:12:37,410
<i> - Catching michaels in midair!</i>

1579
01:12:37,428 --> 01:12:39,002
<i> Tombstone!</i>

1580
01:12:39,097 --> 01:12:41,505
<i> Wrestlemania's phenom.</i>

1581
01:12:41,524 --> 01:12:44,266
- That was a four-year story
at wrestlemania.

1582
01:12:44,361 --> 01:12:46,936
<i> And most people don't really</i>
<i> understand that.</i>

1583
01:12:47,088 --> 01:12:49,680
<i> - The undertaker is 18-0!</i>

1584
01:12:49,699 --> 01:12:53,442
- Not having any idea when
I was having my first match

1585
01:12:53,595 --> 01:12:54,944
With the undertaker
or the second where

1586
01:12:55,096 --> 01:12:57,688
This whole story line would go,

1587
01:12:57,707 --> 01:12:59,932
<i> But then to have my two</i>
<i> buddies going in there...</i>

1588
01:13:00,025 --> 01:13:01,876
- The magic of that for taker

1589
01:13:02,027 --> 01:13:04,695
Is that he was able to make
that be believed every year

1590
01:13:04,714 --> 01:13:07,289
That, okay, this might be
the guy that beats the streak.

1591
01:13:07,384 --> 01:13:09,050
[bell dinging]

1592
01:13:09,201 --> 01:13:10,551
And then, nope,
it continues on.

1593
01:13:10,703 --> 01:13:13,388
[fireworks popping]

1594
01:13:15,225 --> 01:13:17,450
- The friendship,
the real-life friendship

1595
01:13:17,468 --> 01:13:19,209
Between the three

1596
01:13:19,229 --> 01:13:22,455
And the rivalry between
the three also

1597
01:13:22,473 --> 01:13:24,957
<i> Was absolutely legendary.</i>

1598
01:13:24,976 --> 01:13:26,809
<i> - Three amigos,</i>

1599
01:13:26,961 --> 01:13:28,628
Two guys I think the world of

1600
01:13:28,721 --> 01:13:30,479
Personally and professionally.

1601
01:13:30,573 --> 01:13:34,133
- I think it sort of told
the story of a generation.

1602
01:13:34,226 --> 01:13:35,801
<i> We all took</i>
<i> that journey together</i>

1603
01:13:35,895 --> 01:13:37,987
<i> Almost from start to finish.</i>

1604
01:13:38,081 --> 01:13:41,807
<i> When we said end of an era,</i>
<i> it really was.</i>

1605
01:13:41,901 --> 01:13:43,901
- And that's what makes
magical matches,

1606
01:13:43,920 --> 01:13:45,811
And that's why
those four matches,

1607
01:13:45,830 --> 01:13:48,071
<i> They were just, obviously,</i>
<i> the four best matches</i>

1608
01:13:48,091 --> 01:13:50,425
<i> I think</i>
<i> that I've probably ever had.</i>

1609
01:13:52,595 --> 01:13:55,171
It would have been great
to retire undefeated

1610
01:13:55,265 --> 01:13:57,339
At wrestlemania.

1611
01:13:57,434 --> 01:13:58,658
<i> It would have been something</i>
<i> that no one would</i>

1612
01:13:58,751 --> 01:14:00,601
<i> Have ever been able to beat.</i>

1613
01:14:02,939 --> 01:14:05,106
- I don't think anybody
ever believed

1614
01:14:05,333 --> 01:14:08,000
That someone would beat
the streak,

1615
01:14:08,019 --> 01:14:09,777
But there comes a time
with any performer

1616
01:14:10,004 --> 01:14:12,021
Where they just--
they can't do this

1617
01:14:12,173 --> 01:14:13,448
On an everyday basis anymore.

1618
01:14:16,678 --> 01:14:18,511
<i> Vince saw that opportunity,</i>

1619
01:14:18,529 --> 01:14:20,621
<i> An opportunity to do</i>
<i> what was right for business</i>

1620
01:14:20,848 --> 01:14:24,608
<i> And get somebody over</i>
<i> in that process.</i>

1621
01:14:24,627 --> 01:14:28,779
Whoever would beat that streak
would become a massive heel.

1622
01:14:28,873 --> 01:14:31,632
What vince didn't see was
that he would become the heel.

1623
01:14:31,859 --> 01:14:33,301
- Well, the decision
to end the streak

1624
01:14:33,452 --> 01:14:35,452
Was made by vince mcmahon.

1625
01:14:35,472 --> 01:14:38,030
- It went back and forth
a couple times,

1626
01:14:38,123 --> 01:14:40,216
So much to where
I still thought

1627
01:14:40,368 --> 01:14:41,809
The undertaker was going over.

1628
01:14:41,961 --> 01:14:44,870
And mark looks at me,
and he goes,

1629
01:14:44,964 --> 01:14:47,965
"michael,
they changed the finish."

1630
01:14:48,059 --> 01:14:49,558
And I was just stunned.

1631
01:14:49,652 --> 01:14:51,819
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1632
01:14:52,046 --> 01:14:55,881
<i> - A third and five</i>
<i> to the undertaker!</i>

1633
01:14:55,900 --> 01:14:58,809
<i> Brock lesnar, into the cover,</i>
<i> hooks the leg.</i>

1634
01:14:58,828 --> 01:15:01,454
<i> The streak is over!</i>

1635
01:15:03,224 --> 01:15:05,741
<i> - I'm speechless.</i>

1636
01:15:05,893 --> 01:15:07,910
<i> - So are 75,000 people here.</i>

1637
01:15:08,004 --> 01:15:10,171
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1638
01:15:10,322 --> 01:15:11,822
<i> - I hated it</i>
<i> when I watched it.</i>

1639
01:15:11,916 --> 01:15:14,734
<i> I still hate it today.</i>

1640
01:15:14,752 --> 01:15:19,588
If there was ever one
character that deserved

1641
01:15:19,682 --> 01:15:24,835
To live on undefeated,
the granddaddy of them all,

1642
01:15:24,929 --> 01:15:26,912
<i> It was the undertaker.</i>

1643
01:15:26,931 --> 01:15:32,693
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1644
01:15:32,920 --> 01:15:34,845
<i> - You have</i>
<i> to think about business,</i>

1645
01:15:34,939 --> 01:15:37,940
<i> And, you know, that's kind of</i>
<i> what it came down to.</i>

1646
01:15:38,034 --> 01:15:39,925
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1647
01:15:39,944 --> 01:15:42,778
You know, it is what it is.

1648
01:15:42,872 --> 01:15:47,524
I'm very grateful
that the streak went to 21-0.

1649
01:15:47,544 --> 01:15:51,270
[cheers and applause]

1650
01:15:51,289 --> 01:15:54,364
<i> But at the end of it,</i>
<i> I'm also very thankful</i>

1651
01:15:54,384 --> 01:15:55,958
<i> And proud that,</i>
<i> you know, I was able</i>

1652
01:15:56,110 --> 01:15:57,960
To pass the torch along too.

1653
01:15:58,112 --> 01:16:03,724
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1654
01:16:08,806 --> 01:16:12,141
<i> - Oh, michelle mccool!</i>

1655
01:16:12,293 --> 01:16:15,570
<i> This could be a game changer.</i>

1656
01:16:15,721 --> 01:16:17,129
- There were two people
I did not want

1657
01:16:17,222 --> 01:16:20,132
To meet when I went to wwe,

1658
01:16:20,151 --> 01:16:22,818
<i> And that was kane</i>
<i> and undertaker.</i>

1659
01:16:22,970 --> 01:16:25,137
<i> Just from their personas</i>
<i> on tv,</i>

1660
01:16:25,156 --> 01:16:27,915
<i> Who would actually want</i>
<i> to bump into them, right?</i>

1661
01:16:28,067 --> 01:16:29,900
I walk into catering.

1662
01:16:29,919 --> 01:16:32,587
One of the first people
I see is kane.

1663
01:16:32,738 --> 01:16:34,738
Lo and behold,
he is the nicest guy

1664
01:16:34,832 --> 01:16:35,923
In the entire world.

1665
01:16:36,075 --> 01:16:38,167
And then there's mark.

1666
01:16:38,319 --> 01:16:40,261
<i> He wears black eyeliner,</i>
<i> black trench coat.</i>

1667
01:16:40,488 --> 01:16:43,155
<i> Like, he looks creepy</i>
<i> as can be on tv.</i>

1668
01:16:43,174 --> 01:16:44,765
I'd say hi,

1669
01:16:44,992 --> 01:16:47,343
But I didn't want anything
to do with him at first.

1670
01:16:47,495 --> 01:16:50,512
- Man, she just
chased me around.

1671
01:16:50,607 --> 01:16:54,257
<i> [soft music]</i>

1672
01:16:54,277 --> 01:16:56,852
Man, wouldn't leave me alone.
[laughs] not that she can--

1673
01:16:56,946 --> 01:16:59,505
- He'll say that I chased him
and I wanted him and--

1674
01:16:59,523 --> 01:17:02,116
Not true.

1675
01:17:02,343 --> 01:17:06,695
<i> - 2007, when she came</i>
<i> on the road with wwe,</i>

1676
01:17:06,789 --> 01:17:08,122
You know, we had worked
with the younger talent.

1677
01:17:08,349 --> 01:17:10,349
- So he kind of started
helping me in the ring.

1678
01:17:10,368 --> 01:17:12,776
And then some of my girlfriends
and some other guys

1679
01:17:12,795 --> 01:17:14,611
Started noticing,
like, undertaker doesn't

1680
01:17:14,705 --> 01:17:17,206
Help girls in the ring.

1681
01:17:17,358 --> 01:17:19,708
<i> - We were actually</i>
<i> in an arena one day,</i>

1682
01:17:19,802 --> 01:17:23,137
And I was throwing the football
inside the arena

1683
01:17:23,288 --> 01:17:25,214
With some other guys.

1684
01:17:25,308 --> 01:17:28,458
And one of these guys
had dropped a pass again,

1685
01:17:28,478 --> 01:17:29,960
And it bounced,
rolled up to her feet.

1686
01:17:29,979 --> 01:17:31,887
She grabbed it.

1687
01:17:31,981 --> 01:17:35,557
<i> She hummed about a 30-yard</i>
<i> spiral right at me.</i>

1688
01:17:35,710 --> 01:17:38,653
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1689
01:17:38,804 --> 01:17:41,304
And I was in love.

1690
01:17:41,399 --> 01:17:42,715
<i> - The truth of the story is,</i>
<i> he saw me throw a football,</i>

1691
01:17:42,808 --> 01:17:44,233
And he said he fell in love.

1692
01:17:44,385 --> 01:17:45,642
And that's just
how simple he is,

1693
01:17:45,662 --> 01:17:46,661
How simple-minded.

1694
01:17:49,073 --> 01:17:50,665
Finally I just gave in like,

1695
01:17:50,816 --> 01:17:52,224
"look, if you'll
leave me alone,

1696
01:17:52,243 --> 01:17:53,501
I'll go to dinner with you."

1697
01:17:55,654 --> 01:17:58,155
<i> Now happily married</i>
<i> for 11 years,</i>

1698
01:17:58,174 --> 01:17:59,173
<i> Have two kids.</i>

1699
01:18:00,510 --> 01:18:02,826
Hey, dude.

1700
01:18:02,845 --> 01:18:04,737
- I'm basically learning
how to be a dad

1701
01:18:04,830 --> 01:18:06,663
And be present all the time.

1702
01:18:06,757 --> 01:18:08,924
Now you're styling.

1703
01:18:09,018 --> 01:18:13,020
It's been a process for me
to learn to switch

1704
01:18:13,172 --> 01:18:15,597
The priorities around.

1705
01:18:15,692 --> 01:18:17,933
Oh.
- Ah!

1706
01:18:18,027 --> 01:18:21,511
<i> It's been fun, and I'm just</i>
<i> very fortunate</i>

1707
01:18:21,531 --> 01:18:24,256
<i> That I was given</i>
<i> that opportunity,</i>

1708
01:18:24,275 --> 01:18:26,349
Because my older children,

1709
01:18:26,444 --> 01:18:28,035
<i> They didn't get enough of me.</i>

1710
01:18:30,114 --> 01:18:34,450
<i> - He puts a lot</i>
<i> of unfair guilt on himself.</i>

1711
01:18:34,544 --> 01:18:35,935
You know, he doesn't give
himself enough credit

1712
01:18:36,028 --> 01:18:39,880
As a father,
as a husband.

1713
01:18:40,032 --> 01:18:41,215
<i> Well, I think</i>
<i> in any relationship,</i>

1714
01:18:41,366 --> 01:18:43,292
It's always nice
for your spouse

1715
01:18:43,386 --> 01:18:45,702
Or your significant other
to truly understand

1716
01:18:45,796 --> 01:18:47,722
<i> What your job entails.</i>

1717
01:18:50,042 --> 01:18:51,633
<i> - She's been phenomenal</i>
<i> in the sense</i>

1718
01:18:51,728 --> 01:18:55,062
<i> That she understands</i>

1719
01:18:55,289 --> 01:18:57,806
What being the undertaker
means to me.

1720
01:18:57,959 --> 01:19:00,735
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1721
01:19:00,886 --> 01:19:03,128
<i> She realized</i>
<i> that I was getting older</i>

1722
01:19:03,222 --> 01:19:05,239
<i> And my body's breaking down.</i>

1723
01:19:07,318 --> 01:19:09,893
<i> - I knew that had been</i>
<i> his identity for so long,</i>

1724
01:19:09,912 --> 01:19:11,987
<i> And it's something</i>
<i> that obviously</i>

1725
01:19:12,081 --> 01:19:14,640
<i> He still loves so incredibly</i>
<i> much until this day.</i>

1726
01:19:14,658 --> 01:19:17,752
And I knew that was gonna
be hard for him to leave

1727
01:19:17,979 --> 01:19:19,420
Something that he
loves so much behind

1728
01:19:19,647 --> 01:19:20,921
And that had been a part
of him for so long.

1729
01:19:23,926 --> 01:19:25,593
<i> - You know, I never</i>
<i> wanted anybody to have</i>

1730
01:19:25,744 --> 01:19:28,504
<i> To cover for me</i>
<i> because I was too gimped up</i>

1731
01:19:28,598 --> 01:19:31,748
<i> Or I was to beat up</i>
<i> and I couldn't move around.</i>

1732
01:19:31,768 --> 01:19:36,011
<i> There were many, many long,</i>
<i> heartfelt discussions</i>

1733
01:19:36,163 --> 01:19:39,832
About what's best
for our family,

1734
01:19:39,925 --> 01:19:42,926
What's best for me personally.

1735
01:19:42,945 --> 01:19:45,671
<i> It definitely wasn't</i>
<i> an easy decision or a decision</i>

1736
01:19:45,689 --> 01:19:47,523
<i> That I made by myself.</i>

1737
01:19:47,617 --> 01:19:49,599
[applause]

1738
01:19:49,619 --> 01:19:52,102
<i> I was like,</i>
<i> "I just physically--</i>

1739
01:19:52,121 --> 01:19:55,364
<i> "I can't perform at a level</i>

1740
01:19:55,516 --> 01:19:57,249
That people expect
for me to perform at."

1741
01:19:59,353 --> 01:20:03,705
<i> And that reality really</i>
<i> hit me that I was done.</i>

1742
01:20:03,858 --> 01:20:08,861
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1743
01:20:08,879 --> 01:20:11,121
- How long did
"stone cold" steve austin's run

1744
01:20:11,140 --> 01:20:14,475
At the very top last,
2 1/2, 3 years?

1745
01:20:16,053 --> 01:20:17,144
How about dwayne johnson's?

1746
01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:21,206
John cena got a decade,
a decade and a half.

1747
01:20:21,225 --> 01:20:26,211
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1748
01:20:26,230 --> 01:20:28,805
<i> 30 years!</i>

1749
01:20:28,825 --> 01:20:34,386
30 years as a top attraction,

1750
01:20:34,405 --> 01:20:36,813
As a legend.

1751
01:20:36,907 --> 01:20:42,411
The enormity of that longevity
can never be understated.

1752
01:20:42,563 --> 01:20:45,230
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1753
01:20:45,249 --> 01:20:47,174
- Well, vince thought
he was gonna have to talk mark

1754
01:20:47,326 --> 01:20:48,491
Into the hall of fame,

1755
01:20:48,511 --> 01:20:49,844
But lo and behold,

1756
01:20:50,071 --> 01:20:52,905
The undertaker
was absolutely ready.

1757
01:20:52,923 --> 01:20:53,681
- I'll catch up with you later.

1758
01:20:57,928 --> 01:21:03,840
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1759
01:21:03,934 --> 01:21:07,010
- [speaking indistinctly]

1760
01:21:07,029 --> 01:21:08,654
- You shouldn't have--
you had to call me.

1761
01:21:11,425 --> 01:21:13,516
- The undertaker agreed
on one condition:

1762
01:21:13,536 --> 01:21:15,777
That my dad had to do
his induction.

1763
01:21:15,872 --> 01:21:17,538
- [sighs]

1764
01:21:17,765 --> 01:21:19,874
Other than my father,
he's probably been

1765
01:21:20,101 --> 01:21:23,043
The most influential man
in my life.

1766
01:21:23,270 --> 01:21:27,530
- This man is
the most revered superstar

1767
01:21:27,550 --> 01:21:30,125
In wwe history.

1768
01:21:30,219 --> 01:21:32,628
[cheers and applause]

1769
01:21:32,780 --> 01:21:36,706
- Not only in the realm
of sports entertainment

1770
01:21:36,726 --> 01:21:41,803
But just in being a man
and the way I conduct myself

1771
01:21:41,956 --> 01:21:44,473
<i> And the way</i>
<i> that I deal with people...</i>

1772
01:21:44,625 --> 01:21:46,625
- The greatest quality
our inductee brings

1773
01:21:46,718 --> 01:21:49,886
To the hall of fame is love.

1774
01:21:49,906 --> 01:21:51,405
[cheers and applause]

1775
01:21:51,632 --> 01:21:54,316
- You know, I don't know
where I would be

1776
01:21:54,468 --> 01:21:57,319
Or what I would be
without vince.

1777
01:21:57,413 --> 01:21:59,396
<i> - The newest member</i>

1778
01:21:59,490 --> 01:22:04,326
Of the 2022 hall of fame,
mark calaway, the undertaker!

1779
01:22:04,420 --> 01:22:06,645
<i> [bell tolls]</i>

1780
01:22:06,738 --> 01:22:11,074
- And when that "donggg" hits,

1781
01:22:11,093 --> 01:22:13,576
Everyone knows.

1782
01:22:13,596 --> 01:22:16,579
<i> Everyone knows who it is,</i>
<i> and everyone stands up.</i>

1783
01:22:16,674 --> 01:22:18,657
<i> Everyone catches their breath:</i>

1784
01:22:18,676 --> 01:22:21,009
<i> "I'm about</i>
<i> to see the undertaker."</i>

1785
01:22:21,103 --> 01:22:23,103
<i> [dramatic music]</i>

1786
01:22:23,255 --> 01:22:26,348
- In terms
of all-time characters,

1787
01:22:26,500 --> 01:22:28,684
I mean, one.

1788
01:22:28,836 --> 01:22:33,763
All:
Undertaker! Undertaker!

1789
01:22:33,783 --> 01:22:35,674
- I think why I say one
is because there's a lot more

1790
01:22:35,767 --> 01:22:37,785
To mark than the undertaker.

1791
01:22:37,936 --> 01:22:39,695
- Mark calaway is one
of my idols.

1792
01:22:39,847 --> 01:22:41,288
He is a mentor to me

1793
01:22:41,440 --> 01:22:44,700
<i> Both professionally</i>
<i> and personally.</i>

1794
01:22:44,852 --> 01:22:47,461
To this day,
I think the undertaker is...

1795
01:22:47,688 --> 01:22:49,688
- The greatest character
in the history

1796
01:22:49,707 --> 01:22:51,448
Of professional wrestling.

1797
01:22:51,467 --> 01:22:54,543
- The longevity,
whether it be in the streak

1798
01:22:54,695 --> 01:22:58,138
Or being that character,
no one could do that.

1799
01:22:59,216 --> 01:23:01,308
<i>- There'll never be another.</i>

1800
01:23:01,460 --> 01:23:03,535
The only person
that rivals that

1801
01:23:03,554 --> 01:23:06,722
In their positioning
of the lore and the history

1802
01:23:06,816 --> 01:23:08,607
<i> Of wwe is vince.</i>

1803
01:23:10,544 --> 01:23:12,469
<i> - Being inducted</i>
<i> into the hall of fame</i>

1804
01:23:12,488 --> 01:23:16,991
Was just the icing
on the cake of just

1805
01:23:17,218 --> 01:23:19,994
An incredible
30-plus-year journey.

1806
01:23:21,405 --> 01:23:23,163
<i> None of that happens without,</i>

1807
01:23:23,390 --> 01:23:25,240
<i> You know,</i>
<i> those humble beginnings,</i>

1808
01:23:25,334 --> 01:23:27,793
<i> Waiting for somebody to talk</i>
<i> to me at the sportatorium.</i>

1809
01:23:29,246 --> 01:23:32,339
<i> Perception is reality.</i>

1810
01:23:34,343 --> 01:23:38,403
<i> Respect and loyalty</i>
<i> go a long way,</i>

1811
01:23:38,422 --> 01:23:43,575
And no matter what,
never be content.

1812
01:23:43,594 --> 01:23:48,838
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1813
01:23:48,858 --> 01:23:50,357
<i> Why'd you want me</i>
<i> to get this so bad?</i>

1814
01:23:52,436 --> 01:23:54,770
- [laughs]

1815
01:23:54,864 --> 01:23:57,256
Had nothing to do with
my career or what I achieved.

1816
01:23:57,349 --> 01:23:58,323
You just wanted me to be done.

1817
01:24:00,761 --> 01:24:03,037
- Well, it is.
<i> [bell tolls]</i>

1818
01:24:03,188 --> 01:24:05,597
You can rest assured

1819
01:24:05,616 --> 01:24:07,374
That now that the undertaker

1820
01:24:07,526 --> 01:24:11,211
Has entered
the wwe hall of fame

1821
01:24:11,363 --> 01:24:14,214
That I will...

1822
01:24:14,366 --> 01:24:17,626
All: Rest in peace.

1823
01:24:17,778 --> 01:24:19,219
- Thank you!

1824
01:24:19,371 --> 01:24:21,780
[cheers and applause]

1825
01:24:21,799 --> 01:24:25,708
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1826
01:24:25,803 --> 01:24:27,469
<i> - I'm one of the people</i>

1827
01:24:27,621 --> 01:24:28,896
<i> That believe</i>
<i> that the undertaker's career</i>

1828
01:24:29,047 --> 01:24:30,472
<i> Will never be over.</i>

1829
01:24:30,566 --> 01:24:36,128
This character could go
to the ring on a walker,

1830
01:24:36,146 --> 01:24:39,889
<i> And the audience would</i>
<i> still stand and cheer.</i>

1831
01:24:39,909 --> 01:24:41,408
<i> They don't care.</i>

1832
01:24:41,635 --> 01:24:42,725
<i> They just want</i>
<i> to see the undertaker.</i>

1833
01:24:42,820 --> 01:24:46,062
<i> That character is that strong.</i>

1834
01:24:46,082 --> 01:24:49,825
- Never say never.

1835
01:24:49,977 --> 01:24:55,589
<i> - ♪ I've got one foot</i>
<i> in the grave ♪</i>

1836
01:24:55,740 --> 01:24:57,257
<i> ♪ I've got one foot ♪</i>

1837
01:25:01,263 --> 01:25:04,840
<i> - ♪ I've got one foot</i>
<i> in the grave ♪</i>

1838
01:25:04,992 --> 01:25:07,417
<i> ♪ two empty pockets</i>
<i> and nothing to crave ♪</i>

1839
01:25:07,436 --> 01:25:11,663
<i> ♪ I got one foot</i>
<i> in the grave ♪</i>

1840
01:25:11,682 --> 01:25:17,427
<i> ♪ ♪</i>

1841
01:25:17,521 --> 01:25:19,187
<i> [thunder booming]</i>

1842
01:25:19,281 --> 01:25:21,448
<i> [bell tolls]</i>