How The Undertaker Judged His Opponents
The WWE Network series chronicling his last few years in previously unimaginable detail has been very well received for the level of access alone. It's apparent that The Undertaker carefully considered the point he was prepared to lift the lid on his life beyond those annual WrestleMania appearances, perhaps subconsciously in order to highlight just how much physical sacrifice he was going through just to make them.
It felt like a sweetheart deal until 2014 when a concussion sent him off to hospital within minutes of sacrificing a 23-year streak with Vince McMahon along for the ride. Two ageing men had made an awful lot of money for each other, but it's harder to imagine a more crystallised shared realisation about the passage of time than the one between them in the back of that ambulance.
For the entire duration of his career, The Undertaker had worked smart and hard. For critically acclaimed periods during his run, he'd favoured the latter over the former and his body was wearing the scars of the bangers. That he let cameras in was bold but savvy - it was a way to enhance his legacy without falling on his back.
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