On a recent edition of his “Six Feet Under” podcast, The Undertaker recalled calling out the roster for what he saw as a lack of effort during a 2008 tour of Australia. He said,
“I remember asking Fit Finlay, who was our road agent, producer at the time, I said, ‘Fit, you mind if I talk to everybody?’ I was gonna do it either way, but I’d give him the respect of how I was gonna do it. He goes, ‘No, absolutely,’ so we got everybody together in a room. The next 30 to 40 minutes, I proceeded to cuss and lambast that whole roster for their lack of effort and pride in themselves. Oh, man, it was bad.”
He continued, “They knew I was right! They knew. They knew exactly… Everybody was exhausted. You just don’t have those kind of [sold out] nights. That kinda night for me was like, wow, I’ve been here and this place nearly be empty. Yeah, I’m tired, I’m really tired, but, man, I’m gonna give it everything I got because I want this place to look like this the next time we come back.”
The 2008 tour saw the Superstars of SmackDown and ECW travel to Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide & Brisbane for house shows.
The Phenom recently returned to Australia to host his one-man show that saw a special appearance by fellow WWE Hall of Famer Triple H.