The Undertaker has looked back at one of the biggest bumps of his career and how he knew that it was not one that he intended to repeat.
Although The Deadman has been the one responsible for some of the most dangerous spots in WWE history such as Mankind and Rikishi’s falls from the top of the Hell in a Cell structure, he has also been on the receiving end of some nasty landings.
From being thrown off the stage by Mr. Kennedy at Armageddon to crashing to the outside in his legendary match against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 25, The Phenom is no stranger to painful landings.
While appearing as a guest on D-Von Dudley’s YouTube channel, Undertaker looked back at his TLC match against Edge at One Night Stand 2008. The closing of the match saw The Phenom pushed off a ladder and crashing through 4 tables that were on the outside of the ring.
Speaking about the ending to the match, the WWE Hall of Famer admitted that while he felt indestructible at that point, it was a bump he would never take again:
“This was against Edge, and I have to hit this table. That one was a little hairy because you just never know with the ladders if they’re going to slip. They’re unpredictable and the tables, because of the angle, you’re coming straight down so you you kind of slide off of it. We got a pretty good break there. Yeah, those are always a little hairy. But, I mean, at this point, I feel like I’m still relatively young, and you can’t hurt me at this point.”
“It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t, by no means, was it the worst bump I ever took. Again, I feel like, at this point, I’m still young and indestructible, and everything is in one place. Anytime you see me laying like that after that kind of a big bump, I’m assessing how I feel. I was like, ‘Does everything move? Everything good?’ Every time I take a bump like that, I marked that one off. I’m not doing this again. This one is off the list.”
The Undertaker Talks Modern Wrestling
Having competed for 3 decades, The Phenom has seen the evolution of the industry first hand and how the in-ring style has changed over the years. On a recent episode of his podcast, The Undertaker stated that he was infuriated with one aspect of modern wrestling.
H/t to Fightful.