Undertaker Says Retirement At 2020 Survivor Series In Front Of No Crowd Made It Easier
The Undertaker retired at the 2020 Survivor Series event in front of no crowd inside WWE’s Thunderdome. On April 1, he will go into the WWE Hall of Fame after being inducted by Vince McMahon himself. This time, there will be a massive crowd. That, for someone who has given his body and years of his career to many crowds in many different cities and countries, will mean much more.
Undertaker, speaking to CBS Sports’ Shakiel Mahjouri, explained what it means for him to have fans at his induction after retirement in WWE’s ThunderDome at WWE Survivor Series.
“The short answer is extremely special,” said Undertaker. “The long answer is it’s extremely nerve-wracking. I’ve wrestled in front of 100,000-plus crowds [and] not bad an eye about it. I can get in front of thousands and thousands of people as The Undertaker and cut a promo on somebody. I don’t think twice about it. But what’s going to happen at the Hall of Fame is, yes, you’re going to get a kind of a retrospective of The Undertaker and his 30-plus years with the company, but you’re going to get a look behind the curtain at Mark Calaway. What all of those things that people have been so attached to for all those years, you’re going to find out what those things have meant to me personally. The retirement was during the pandemic and it was what it was. That was easy. I mean, it was hard for me to say that I’m retiring, but it was easy because there was nobody there. Now I’m going to be making eye contact with 15,000 to 20,000 people and try to keep my composure. There are going to be some emotional moments, I’m sure. At this point, I’m extremely honored that I’m being inducted. I’m honored and I’m excited to be able to share some things with the fans who have been with me all these years. It’s really exciting.”
Undertaker recently revealed that this is not the first time he was offered the WWE Hall of Fame spot. In actuality, that came in 2014. Learn more here.
