The Undertaker is a certified legend in the world of professional wrestling and a shoo-in for WWE Hall Of Fame.
The Phenom recently spoke on the Joe Rogan Experience, where he discussed the inception of his gimmick. The Undertaker revealed that Vince McMahon had already thought of the gimmick many years prior to him being given it.
Vince McMahon found no one who would be the right fit for the gimmick until Undertaker came to WWE.
That’s how he introduced the character to me,” Taker said. “He called me up, and I had no clue what it was. It wasn’t singing in the shower guy, it wasn’t egg man. Flew me up to Connecticut the next day, showed me the story boards and the original character is based on an old Western Undertaker.“
Yanno, the two guys in main street have a shootout, one guy loses, The Undertaker comes out, measures them, does the box. That was the original likeness and the name The Undertaker. He just never found the guy, he had it for years I guess.”
h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
