That Time The Undertaker ALMOST Walked Out On WWE

A good interviewer can disarm their subject, coax some of the guarded personality out of them. The Undertaker is a fairly boring bloke who seems like he'd be a right chore down the pub, like the guy from work who you can't not invite out because it's poor form.

"Who's coming out?"

"Erm, there's Keith, Robbie, the Undertaker, and Neil."

"The Undertaker? But he's got no banter!"

The Undertaker isn't Ric Flair or the Rock, but he is capable - fittingly - of half-decent deadpan timing. He buried Hornswoggle's card game playing etiquette in a not amusing manner on the Last Ride, as an example.

Perhaps if he had agreed to the Starrcast deal, or did the Inside The Ropes tour of the United Kingdom as originally envisaged, fans who don't care much about his breaking character might have been drawn to Mark Calaway.

So what's the truth of the matter here: is Mark Calway unable or unwilling to truly add insight into the man behind the performer? Is he wary of shedding real light on the man within, or is there just very little there of interest?

He prides himself on being the last man (not named MJF, anyway) to truly protect his gimmick, which is an admission that he no longer cares to do so. He wants to add to his retirement fund by breaking character now that he can no longer play it.

Perhaps this is the price of being one of the greatest gimmicks in wrestling history: the person playing it was simply nowhere near as interesting, and whether guided by a skilled and intrepid interviewer or not, he'd still drone on about guns and knives and b*llocks.