The Undertaker also took it upon himself in 1998 to threaten WWF Champion Shawn Michaels with legitimate violence. Reports stated that he taped his fists and got in Shawn's face prior to WrestleMania 14, instructing him to drop the title fairly to Stone Cold Steve Austin or face the consequences. Mark went to everybody and told them, If this doesn't go down the way it should, Im going to have a big problem and Shawn is going to have a big problem." Michaels told Sports Illustrated in February 2015. Once again, from a purely professional perspective, Taker was allowing his ego to let him think that he had the right to just threaten people. You can't go around in any business and threaten to smack someone in the face. That would be illegal and grounds for instant termination, but The Undertaker saw himself above the normal rules.
