10 Wrestling Answers Given YEARS Later
7. Why The Undertaker's Entrances Used To Be Super Long
You'll struggle to find an entrance as epic as The Deadman's. Or as long.
There were definitely a few occasions there over the years when it felt like Undertaker was purposely taking his sweet ass time to make his way to the ring, with some of those ominous entrances feeling like they went on as long as the match themselves.
Well, it turns out that, according to Mark Calaway himself, those extra long arrivals were actually 'Taker's way of trying to give the audience their money's worth if he felt that the incoming bout wasn't going to be up to scratch - either because his opponent was "pretty limited" or someone "I thought I was going to have just a really s****y match with." Charming.
He ultimately revealed this in 2020 as his 30 year in-ring career reached its end, explaining in an interview with Pardon My Take:
"So yeah, there were times that I would take a little bit extra time because I knew the match was going to be horrible, so I figured might as well give it to them on the entrance because they're going to be disappointed once this bell rings."
There you have it, then. The real reason why The Undertaker sometimes used to walk into arenas and stadiums like he was moving through treacle was revealed after three decades of digging holes: It was because this icon knew an absolute stinker was coming.