Few people are as iconic and influential as The Undertaker has been in wrestling. He also turns out to be very good at impersonating certain members of the business. Taker spoke to Pastor Ed Young as part of the “Wrastlin’” series, where he broke character in a very rare case. He talked about his career, saying how it all started with a phone call while making a very believable Vince McMahon impression and then, Hulk Hogan as well.
This is what he said:
“I can’t say that I was smart enough to have the presence of mind to do it. I got the call from Vince McMahon. The call was something like this, the phone rings: ‘Hello?’ — (in a Vince McMahon impression) ‘Is this The Undertaker?’… ‘Yeah, this is The Undertaker’… ‘Well, alright then be here tomorrow!’ The next thing I’m on a plane.”
“That was the character in Vince’s mind the original character was based on an old Western Undertaker. At the time people were just so enthralled with it because it was just done differently. Like most interviews, segments and the way people talked was like (doing Hulk Hogan Impression) ‘Well lemme tell you something!’”
“What I said, I talked very low. You know and obviously, there were very menacing words but when you’re in a room and someone talks really low you lean forward and you know. So I had their attention and they’re trying to keep the character relevant for this long you really have to keep your finger on the pulse of things because if you don’t before you realize that you’re stale your audience is already moved on.”
Here is the full interview below.
From what we saw, Taker’s impressions are very entertaining and the sheer endless talent he has amazes us.
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h/t to Ringside News for the quotes.
