The Undertaker gives his thoughts on what professional wrestling should be about.
WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker was a recent guest on Nightcap. During his appearance, The Deadman made his case that professional wrestling is about the stories and not about the actual moves that are done inside the squared circle.
“Again, it goes back to that connection that I was talking about,” The Undertaker began. “If they’re invested in you and they care about — one of the things that a lot of the guys, it takes them a while to figure out, because they’re so athletic now, right? That’s what they want to display. They want to display their athleticism. That’s great, right?
“But at the end of the day, your audience will get desensitized, or you have to continue to push the boundary right, like, Okay, I’ve seen you do a double back flip off the top rope onto the floor to somebody, and I’ve seen that a couple times. Now, what do you got for me, right?
Wrestling is about telling stories…
“But if you can get them invested in the character, and if somebody does that character wrong, now you’ve got them, because that’s what it’s all about. If you love somebody, you’re gonna pay money to see that dude kick the other dude’s ass, right? Or, if you don’t like that guy, for a reason, I want this guy to whoop his ass.
“That’s the gist of what we do. We storytell, and we try to get people invested in the characters. I tell people this a lot, especially the young guys, wrestling isn’t about wrestling moves. Wrestling is about telling stories. We use the moves to help tell the story, but it’s all on a connection. That’s the biggest thing, once that light bulb goes off, then you’ve got a good chance of doing well.” [H/T: Fightful]
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What do you make of The Undertaker’s comments? Do you think wrestling moves are just as important as the stories told? Or are they just an accessory to the grander story? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
