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​Ex-WWE Creative Writer On The Undertaker’s Respect, More

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Former WWE creative team member Alex
Greenfield recently spoke about the ending of Undertaker’s streak and
more.

On earning Undertaker’s respect: “Undertaker,
even more so than Vince (McMahon) was tougher to get to know. He is a man who is
absolutely protective of that character. I remember when I got promoted to head
writer, I was sitting at home making a list of “Shit Alex Needs to do to make
this work” and near the top of that list was I need to call the Undertaker and
say I’m here to earn your respect. Because you operate with different talent in
different ways and there was no shortcut with the Undertaker. You know that
Eddie and JBL liked me wasn’t going to wasn’t going to get me over with him
cause he was a guy who’s respect you earned.”

On Undertaker
making the call to end The Streak:
“There is no pressure that is put
on the Undertaker to drop the streak. This was the Undertaker’s decision, I have
no doubt about that in my mind about that whatsoever. Nobody, including Vince
(McMahon) is going to go to the Undertaker and say anything other than do you
want to end the streak? There’s never going to be a (Alex impersonate’s Vince
here) “Goddamn pal, Undertaker, it’s over, pal. You’re dropping the streak
tonight.” That would never happen in a million years. He is and I think it’s
safe to say the most respected guy in the locker room. I suspect he went to
Vince and said this is the year and Brock is the guy. Thinking about it from
Taker’s perspective as such of a fight fan as he is, if you’re going to go down,
going down to the guy who walked away from wrestling and became the UFC
heavyweight champion would appeal to his ego.”

On how well
Undertaker was in tune with his own character:
“He had very definitive
ideas of what Undertaker would do and what Undertaker wouldn’t do and made those
things clear. And here’s the thing, he was absolutely right. It was never about
getting the character over in the traditional sense, it was an absolutely right
impression of the best ways to tell stories with this character. Even when the
character would lose. Even when Khali was beating the shit out of him, Khali,
Undertaker and the team working on that..We all listened to Taker because Taker
even knew how to make the Undertaker lose the best possible way. He was never
the guy who would say, ‘oh, well, you know, I gotta win.’ It’s the classic thing
of when a wrestler pitches creative it’s usually give me the title I want to
win. That wasn’t the Undertaker’s deal at all. He is a man who very much
understands the utility of losing at the right time.”

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