10 Things We Learned From The Undertaker On Ryan Satin’s Podcast
10. He Was Around The Gimmick Early
'Did You Know?' time.
Some members of The Undertaker's family worked in funeral homes during his formative years, and that meant the man (or... kid) was around caskets, embalming rooms and that sort of thing from a very young age. Emphasis on "very" - 'Taker guesses that he was still in kindergarten when he began hanging around these places.
One time, he even decided to sneak a quick look inside one of the coffins when nobody was around. That scared the ever-living p*ss out of young 'Phenom', but it didn't halt his fascination with all things morbid. Still, even he couldn't have guessed the path his life would take as an adult.
It's crazy to think that both 'Taker and Paul Bearer (who actually worked in a funeral parlour pre-WWF), had been around this sort of spooky bullsh*t separately years before coming together for Vince McMahon's Undertaker gimmick.
Their on-screen union was totally meant to be.