In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport, The Undertaker delved into detail on a plethora of subjects including who should dethrone Roman Reigns as the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, the early days of ‘The Streak,’ the current state of women’s wrestling, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On why Cody Rhodes should be the one to dethrone Roman Reigns: “At this point, it’s gotta be the right person (to end Roman Reigns’ time as champion) and one, it’s gotta be somebody that you trust, and you know is not gonna flake off and do something because there’s a lot of time and money invested in this whole thing at this point. I think Cody (Rhodes) with the momentum that he had; I think that would be the logical guy…”
On Sami Zayn potentially being the one to dethrone Reigns: “And Sami’s a dark horse. See, those two entities though are so reliant on each other. As talented as Sami is, I don’t know, you know, without Roman and that group (The Bloodline) … he’s gonna be as entertaining but is he gonna mean as much? Because he’s such a contrast to what they bring so… It really is tough. They’ve almost booked themselves into a conundrum here. It’s gotta be somebody that they have a lot of faith in and knows is going to be here for the long haul.”
On names tosses around that could end The Streak (before Brock Lesnar): “Never that got to me (other times when the WrestleMania streak was almost going to end). By the time that we got to WrestleMania, it was pretty much (known) what was gonna go down but, yeah, there was a few people I guess that he (Vince McMahon) wanted to break the streak. (Vladimir) Kozlov, he wanted him to (Undertaker laughed). It was early on; it was early on.”
On the state of women’s wrestling: “The girls (are some of my favorites in wrestling right now). The girls are kind of next level. It’s good to see them given the opportunities now that they weren’t given. I remember my wife, Michelle (McCool), having to fight and claw to get anything remotely edgy on TV or given those opportunities and see the girls given the same opportunities the guys are now and delivering. Like Charlotte (Flair)… she may be the best talent on the whole roster.”
