Kemo
03-15-2024, 08:15 PM
Wrestling is a tough business and you have to be really passionate about it to make a career in the sport. The same passion, however, also makes it hard for veterans to leave the ring when their bodies can't handle the strain anymore.
It's especially hard for someone like The Undertaker who has spent over half his life as an active wrestler and according to the Dead Man, he still has trouble accepting that he won't be competing again.
The former World Champion answered some fan questions on a new episode of his podcast on Patreon. When asked about his transition from wrestling to now a retired life, Taker mentioned how something like that leaves a void that many find hard to refill:
"My transition...I knew my time had come. But I wasn't ready for it to come. I just knew that my body couldn't deliver what my mind and my heart wanted to give the fans and it was kind of difficult. You have to remember that for over half of my life, being in the ring is what I did, and then it's not there anymore.
That does, it leaves a huge void in you because you're trying to fill that void, which was a passion. You're trying to find out what that next passion is and what it is that you're gonna sink your teeth into and there just may not be something that will ever refill that void."
The Undertaker officially retired from the ring after a Boneyard match with AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36. The Cinematic match saw Taker burying Styles in a grave and then riding off into the sunset.
The WWE Hall of Famer mentioned how it's been 4 years since his final match but admitted that it's still hard to visit any WWE shows in person for him because he gets the itch:
"I watch it's hard for me to...it's hard for me still to this day. When I retired, I retired in 2020 and here we are in 2024. I still find myself sometimes struggling, not so much at home. I'm more analytical and more of an analyst type while I'm watching it at home.
But if I'm like live in the venue, there's a lot of times where I just have to leave because there's that thing in me that saying 'You should be getting ready to go to the ring.' I hope it goes away at some point but as of now, it hasn't."
It's especially hard for someone like The Undertaker who has spent over half his life as an active wrestler and according to the Dead Man, he still has trouble accepting that he won't be competing again.
The former World Champion answered some fan questions on a new episode of his podcast on Patreon. When asked about his transition from wrestling to now a retired life, Taker mentioned how something like that leaves a void that many find hard to refill:
"My transition...I knew my time had come. But I wasn't ready for it to come. I just knew that my body couldn't deliver what my mind and my heart wanted to give the fans and it was kind of difficult. You have to remember that for over half of my life, being in the ring is what I did, and then it's not there anymore.
That does, it leaves a huge void in you because you're trying to fill that void, which was a passion. You're trying to find out what that next passion is and what it is that you're gonna sink your teeth into and there just may not be something that will ever refill that void."
The Undertaker officially retired from the ring after a Boneyard match with AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36. The Cinematic match saw Taker burying Styles in a grave and then riding off into the sunset.
The WWE Hall of Famer mentioned how it's been 4 years since his final match but admitted that it's still hard to visit any WWE shows in person for him because he gets the itch:
"I watch it's hard for me to...it's hard for me still to this day. When I retired, I retired in 2020 and here we are in 2024. I still find myself sometimes struggling, not so much at home. I'm more analytical and more of an analyst type while I'm watching it at home.
But if I'm like live in the venue, there's a lot of times where I just have to leave because there's that thing in me that saying 'You should be getting ready to go to the ring.' I hope it goes away at some point but as of now, it hasn't."