1. Did Motion Capture For The Undertaker On WWE Video Games
It's a mind-blowing thought, but when playing as The Undertaker on some of the more recent WWE videogames, players are actually watching the movements and mannerisms of 'Taker as played by Stevie Richards. It's a sign of how highly regarded Richards is as a professional that he was tasked with playing one of the biggest characters in wrestling history, working through several lengthy motion-capture sessions to get it all right. In addition to Undertaker, Richards also played the role of Kane, Edge and a number of other performers, playing out their various entrances and doing his best to mimic their movements for the game developers. In an ironic twist of fate, Stevie Richards says that he wasn't even asked to motion capture for himself in the games, someone else did it, and he often cringed as he watched them get things wrong! WWE games pride themselves on being accurate simulations of the WWE experience, so it was absolutely crucial that moves such as The Undertaker's Tombstone Piledriver and Old-School looked like they were being performed by the 'Deadman' himself. Stevie Richards never really used a Chokeslam throughout his career, but he was no stranger to doing it when working on motion-capture.