Especially a guy from TNA who was considered "too small" for 20 years before he got that Royal Rumble pop. AJ is a Mount Rushmore wrestler. I've watched since 1986. I know wrestling. AJ has never had a bad match. He's never off or calling it in.
I mean I've said this before as bad as ajs booking has became compared to 2016 -2018 I feel like ajs biggest honour for himself was being able to retire taker
Jeez you ain’t lyin. Best 2 out of 3 falls. That way you can have The badass come out to start riding the motorcycle. Then for the third fall have The Undertaker come out. Full attire change. All the choir chanting and the urn etc etc. stretched out. Amazing
Man I would love for Undertaker and Kane to turn out to be kayfabe "spirits" that can pass their torch to new bodies, so other worthy wrestlers can continue the gimmick with their full blessing.
I couldn't imagine A.J Styles all those years ago when I watched him back in 2002 / 2003 on TNA, which felt really indie back then on an obscure UK wrestling channel, that one day he'd eventually rise to reach wrestlematnia. But the best always rises to the top.
@unknown_7148 yup, that's it, but before it was challenge TV, it was actually called the wrestling channel, I believe they had Ring if Honour and some Japanese wrestling too at night I think they showed babestation as did half the channels on Sky TV in the early 00s
Do you have any idea how many amazing wrestlers never made it to the top because of poltiics? no the best doesn't always rise, when a crazy old rapist and a crazy old pedo are in charge of everything.
IMO, the best to ever do it. I do wish 'Taker got his last match send off in front of fans, but that Boneyard match was amazing. I'm thankful and grateful that I got to watch 'Taker for 33 yrs and some change.
I cant believe its 2024 and the undertaker has his own podcast. He has legit been a MASSIVE reason why I fell in love with professional wrestling. Truely from the bottom of my heart thank you mark calaway. U are a true legend of the business and the greatest character of all time
As a kid, I always envisioned kane being the one to end the undertakers streak, in a hell In a cell match, being the only opponent to ever defeat the undertaker at mania, and doing it for this murdered family, and at the end of the match after he beats him with the tombstone, he chokeslams the undertaker through the ring, and fire shoots up for where the undertaker went through the ring, never would have let Brock win, or roman, neither made much sense
Ever since he lost the streak since then it has been pointless if he lost at Mania or not. Undertaker should have never lost the match to Brock Lesnar to begin with. Lesnar didn’t need that win.
I would have preferred that after Taker lost at Mania 33 and left his coat and hat behind, he would have come back as the American Badass at that point when he returned at Raw 25 and he should have continued with that character until retirement.
Well Vince hated that version of Undertaker so it would have never got approval. We got a hybrid of ABA and Deadman Taker for the AJ match so we should be happy we got that.
@@acurisur True maybe if Triple H was in charge of booking at the time he would have given Taker the freedom and would have booked him better against current wrestlers and Taker and HHH respect each other very much even though Vince McMahon respected Taker but Vince was difficult to deal with and lost his creative sense after 2016
That match was one of my favorites of this generation and a great send off for the taker character especially since it was during the pandemic mark talking to aj like a Sargent saying shit like "Get up boy" with that real texas accent always has me laughing my ass off.Thank you Mark for what you've done and the lives you changed❤
2:23 I remember that moment, even after the internet was saying “The Undertaker is retired”, I still remember telling people, “But he didn’t say he retired, so he might have a handful of matches after.”, and I was right.
Everyone has their "perfect" send off for Taker.. truth is nothing that happened really changed his legacy... people are just sad to see him go and no matter how they did it that wouldnt change.. thanks for everything Undertaker
Know what I loved? A match where Undertaker was not expected to show, never announced or advertised or whatever, but then, then you heard that church bell. The death bell. Undertaker's Bell. To me, that was better than Stone Cold's glass break (nothing against Stone Cold, I'm just saying...) God... and I never ever saw it live. Man...
What he isn't mentioning for obvious reasons, Vince kept calling him back and he was loyal to him so he never said no. He would have been fine with the Roman loss but Vince kept calling. Vinnie Vegas was the snake eyes guy, i believe it was his finisher.
NO you're lying look up The undertaker documentary his wife isn't said he wasn't happy with his match with Roman that he was not going to step down because he wasn't happy with it
I would have billed a non-finish double retirement with Taker and Kane ending with a tombstone through the ring, with fire coming out of the hole. I would have made it so that both characters (being the same character split up later) as going to Hell and staying there. We could still get Callaway and Jacobs involved, but it would be as though they were possessed and had no memory of the entirety of the wrestling run. The two demons that possessed them gone forever, or at least until summoned again years later in new, younger bodies. Kane and Undertaker could live on if they needed to.
Someday in the future i will travel to US to meet the Undertaker. That is one of my to-do things in this life. I just want to tell him how he was a big part of my childhood.
proves taker is the GOAT and GODFATHER of prowrestling the BABE RUTH as well boneyard match dead man mixed with the american bad ass was a great match the streak should of never been ended and hope the dead man show arrives in tucson
You know what I really like about undertaker’s podcast is there’s only a few others with a podcast that when they tell stories we don’t have to question it. W we don’t have to wonder if he’s telling the truth or not or doing something to toot his own horn or help out his legacy. Like if you hear some people do interviews or podcast like Paul Roma, Flair, Russo it’s just filled full of stories that as soon as we hear them we call bullshit. It’s not like that with taker
He definitely could have worked the gimmick...but I have a feeling he was making far more booking in WCW at the time than WWE would have paid him for that.
You guys should get Bret Heart. Kevin Nash. Hulk Hogan CM punk.Sid vicious. Booked to be on the show in future episodes. I think that would be so cool to watch them reminisce and talk about their matches
i look at it like .. roman match he retired for in ring competition ... even though he was expecting an in ring match with aj.. but because it became more of a fight ... its almost like an encore .. like a bonus ... i think its perfect the way it happened. Thats how i chose to look at it now
1 thing I've always wanted to know. Taker is as old school as they come, and has always followed the wrestling code. 1 of those things is "you go out on your back, 1, 2, 3" but he didn't, so does it bother him? He could have hung it up with the Roman loss, so I wonder if he has any regrets.
I recommend looking up the photo of the Nation in Young Rock. Faarooq looks passable, Rock looks OK, D-Lo's a little overweight but the face resembles the real D-Lo, and then Godfather looks more like Viscera than anyone else
Kevin Sullivan was so good with his gimmick, fans really believed that he was satanic. Kevin has said many times in interviews that he was raised in a strict Roman Catholic household and is still a practicing Roman Catholic who attends mass regularly.
That’s random the interviewer knows about Kevin Sullivan to be familiar with his booking of stuff similar to Ministry. Obviously the dungeon of doom comes to mind. But ya, how did he not know Kevin Sullivan never worked in WWE? lol…it’s like Scott D’Amore they’re two of the only people to be well known bookers that that never worked in WWE. They have had the Prichards, Dutch Mantell, Erik Bischoff, and Paul Herman among others that are known for working in all the main companies or multiple major companies along with WWE.
It sucks that he came to the realization that it was over for him after shooting for hours and hours. I feel like since he got his hips redone and knees done, if he did HRT and did a 5 month camp to get himself into shape, I know he could have another 30 min match. But i know it’ll never happen.
imo taker should have wrestled like flair or hogan when they were older, they still put on fun and entertaining performances and matches. but taker kept wrestling like he always did even taking big bumps. and well it didnt work out and gave him stinker matches
Hey Taker, hope you are well. What would be your Mount Rushmore of the best matches that you took part in? I hope you can answer this in the future and thanks in advance.
Wasn't snake eyes Vinny Vegas name for the boot? I know he's not the first to do it but I thought his move had a Vegas pun for a signature because of his gimmick at the time
Snake eyes (dropping the head onto the corner turnbuckle) was his finisher, if you search on TH-cam the first result is him doing it to a young RVD in WCW
I figured taker leaving his gear was the last for the undertaker character and his a.j stuff is more American badass. American badass is my all time favorite taker. It was RIGHT when I was deeeeep in wwf/e when I was like 13 years old.
Except Taker came back as the Deadman literally the next Wrestlemania (34) to face John Cena. So your point doesn't really work. Also Mark has said that the version of Taker that faced AJ Styles was a hybrid of ABA and Deadman, because he still used the Deadman's disappearing trick and lightning.
@@morgandavis6788 I know exactly who the task master is. His gimmick was great before he came to WCW..once he got there it was corny and watered down. Besides the fact that in 99' he was far past the point of wrestling. He wouldn't have fit..
going off on a motorcycle while metallica music hits was the best retirement
The last gunslinger of the old west riding off into the night after his last fight.
Agreed.
Couldn't agree more.
Taker, get AJ on the show that'll be the shit
I don't think I've ever seen Taker "interview" an Active Superstar.
>NWA champion
>TNA heavyweight champion
>IWGP heavyweight champion
>WWE champion
>The final opponent of the Undertaker
Phenomenal AJ Styles
That is impressive
Probably the biggest Honor for a Wrestler to "retire" the Undertaker
Especially a guy from TNA who was considered "too small" for 20 years before he got that Royal Rumble pop.
AJ is a Mount Rushmore wrestler.
I've watched since 1986. I know wrestling.
AJ has never had a bad match. He's never off or calling it in.
AJ didn't retire Undertaker
Taker won the match
@@Bears86SBYes but nobody will have a match with Undertaker after AJ.
I mean I've said this before as bad as ajs booking has became compared to 2016 -2018
I feel like ajs biggest honour for himself was being able to retire taker
@@Bears86SB thats why i typed "retire"...
The Fiend vs The Undertaker in a cinematic match would have been really fun💀⚰️⚱️👹
each going through the various incarnation of each character.
@PChamileon97 that's probably what it was going to be similar to what the John Cena Firefly Funhouse match was
I’m glad the cinematic matches are done
Jeez you ain’t lyin. Best 2 out of 3 falls. That way you can have The badass come out to start riding the motorcycle. Then for the third fall have The Undertaker come out. Full attire change. All the choir chanting and the urn etc etc. stretched out. Amazing
Man I would love for Undertaker and Kane to turn out to be kayfabe "spirits" that can pass their torch to new bodies, so other worthy wrestlers can continue the gimmick with their full blessing.
I couldn't imagine A.J Styles all those years ago when I watched him back in 2002 / 2003 on TNA, which felt really indie back then on an obscure UK wrestling channel, that one day he'd eventually rise to reach wrestlematnia. But the best always rises to the top.
a great man once said "The creeeeeam will rise to the TOP. OH YEAH"
Was it the challenge channel? I remember watching TNA on that
@@unknown_7148it was on Bravo when I used to watch it
@unknown_7148 yup, that's it, but before it was challenge TV, it was actually called the wrestling channel, I believe they had Ring if Honour and some Japanese wrestling too at night I think they showed babestation as did half the channels on Sky TV in the early 00s
Do you have any idea how many amazing wrestlers never made it to the top because of poltiics? no the best doesn't always rise, when a crazy old rapist and a crazy old pedo are in charge of everything.
He doesn't mention - and understandable - that the passing of his brother would have affected his mind on the filming of the Boneyard match.
IMO, the best to ever do it. I do wish 'Taker got his last match send off in front of fans, but that Boneyard match was amazing. I'm thankful and grateful that I got to watch 'Taker for 33 yrs and some change.
He pretty much got that type of reaction twice. Wm 30 and Roman Reigns wm.
I love how much flowers taker gives AJ on his TH-cam channel
Women get flowers. Men get respect. The only time men get flowers is when they're dead.
I cant believe its 2024 and the undertaker has his own podcast. He has legit been a MASSIVE reason why I fell in love with professional wrestling. Truely from the bottom of my heart thank you mark calaway. U are a true legend of the business and the greatest character of all time
Nothing will ever come close to the Deadman's character. Truly the best in pro-wrestling #ThankYouTaker
The first person I remember seeing do snake eyes was Kevin Nash as Vinnie Vegas in WCW..
Me tooooo I jus commented that. The Diamond mind ft Diamond Stud DDP and Diamond doll. Mark was on the roster I think. Man what a time
As a kid, I always envisioned kane being the one to end the undertakers streak, in a hell In a cell match, being the only opponent to ever defeat the undertaker at mania, and doing it for this murdered family, and at the end of the match after he beats him with the tombstone, he chokeslams the undertaker through the ring, and fire shoots up for where the undertaker went through the ring, never would have let Brock win, or roman, neither made much sense
If a wrestling talent is having his last match, there’s no better opponent than A.J. Styles.
I didnt like the idea of Undertaker retiring from a loss. Retiring from a win was the best walk off for Undertaker!
Not to Roman. Not like that
Agree. Also, the Streak should have never ended. My man should have retired undefeated at WrestleMania
Ever since he lost the streak since then it has been pointless if he lost at Mania or not. Undertaker should have never lost the match to Brock Lesnar to begin with. Lesnar didn’t need that win.
No
A wrestler Luke's to go out putting the younger guy over
You always pass the torch and go out on your back
I would have preferred that after Taker lost at Mania 33 and left his coat and hat behind, he would have come back as the American Badass at that point when he returned at Raw 25 and he should have continued with that character until retirement.
Well Vince hated that version of Undertaker so it would have never got approval. We got a hybrid of ABA and Deadman Taker for the AJ match so we should be happy we got that.
@@acurisur True maybe if Triple H was in charge of booking at the time he would have given Taker the freedom and would have booked him better against current wrestlers and Taker and HHH respect each other very much even though Vince McMahon respected Taker but Vince was difficult to deal with and lost his creative sense after 2016
@@Ayman888-df3vw lost it way before 2016
Maybe he would’ve retired at WrestleMania 33 if the match wasn’t so bad. The failed attempt to counter Tombstone still hurt my mind.
@@Ayman888-df3vwI'd say he lost it in 2011 after Edge first retired, from that point on it went downhill
Nash did snake eyes back when he was Vinnie Vegas
ding ding ding!
I never had a problem with snake eyes
@@Ressepuffs bravo!
He's never had a problem with Taker stealing one of his six moves.
I never had a problem with Vinnie Vegas
That match was one of my favorites of this generation and a great send off for the taker character especially since it was during the pandemic mark talking to aj like a Sargent saying shit like "Get up boy" with that real texas accent always has me laughing my ass off.Thank you Mark for what you've done and the lives you changed❤
Undertaker vs Seth would of been epic but I think undertaker has had so many memorable iconic matches 💯
2:23 I remember that moment, even after the internet was saying “The Undertaker is retired”, I still remember telling people, “But he didn’t say he retired, so he might have a handful of matches after.”, and I was right.
Kevin Sullivan should've been the higher power
Snake eyes big boot combo was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Having that type of match with Sting would’ve been perfect !
Everyone has their "perfect" send off for Taker.. truth is nothing that happened really changed his legacy... people are just sad to see him go and no matter how they did it that wouldnt change.. thanks for everything Undertaker
Know what I loved? A match where Undertaker was not expected to show, never announced or advertised or whatever, but then, then you heard that church bell. The death bell. Undertaker's Bell. To me, that was better than Stone Cold's glass break (nothing against Stone Cold, I'm just saying...) God... and I never ever saw it live. Man...
Undertaker’s dong will always be iconic
That's Undertaker's style in the early 2000's
What he isn't mentioning for obvious reasons, Vince kept calling him back and he was loyal to him so he never said no. He would have been fine with the Roman loss but Vince kept calling.
Vinnie Vegas was the snake eyes guy, i believe it was his finisher.
NO you're lying look up The undertaker documentary his wife isn't said he wasn't happy with his match with Roman that he was not going to step down because he wasn't happy with it
I think Kevin Nash as Vinnie Vegas did the Snake Eyes move, whether he was the first I don’t know.
I would have billed a non-finish double retirement with Taker and Kane ending with a tombstone through the ring, with fire coming out of the hole. I would have made it so that both characters (being the same character split up later) as going to Hell and staying there. We could still get Callaway and Jacobs involved, but it would be as though they were possessed and had no memory of the entirety of the wrestling run. The two demons that possessed them gone forever, or at least until summoned again years later in new, younger bodies. Kane and Undertaker could live on if they needed to.
Been watching AJ since 03 he's been super consistent one of the all time greats
I really enjoy Mark's voice and so glad he decided to share with us.
They probably wanted AJ because they knew he was talented enough to cover for Taker’s age at that point.
I wish we got a match between Taker and Demon Balor in 2019.
I would love to hear about how the AJ match being a cinematic thing came about
well you see at the end of 2019 over in china, this guy was really hungry...and well, some stuff happened.
@@GHMYahooka yeah covid happened but not every match was cinematic
Kevin Nash as Vinnie Vegas did Snake Eyes first.
That's why it was called Snake Eyes...it was off his vegas mob guy character lol
always thought jake roberts was good using the feet too. underrated part of both your games
I think if the Undertaker died and went to hell he would probably tombstone the devil and sit in the devils throne.
Urekel as young rock would be hilarious 🤣🤣
keep up the good work guys
Love this side of taker
Diesel did the Snake Eyes move in the WWF. When he left and after the biker gimmick, Taker started doing it.
Someday in the future i will travel to US to meet the Undertaker. That is one of my to-do things in this life. I just want to tell him how he was a big part of my childhood.
One of my favorite comebacks during the Biker gimmick was the corner charge into corner strikes.
proves taker is the GOAT and GODFATHER of prowrestling the BABE RUTH as well
boneyard match dead man mixed with the american bad ass was a great match
the streak should of never been ended and hope the dead man show arrives in tucson
I'm guessing their is a good chance he saw snake eyes from Kevin nashbthat began the process of him incorporating it into his own set.
You know what I really like about undertaker’s podcast is there’s only a few others with a podcast that when they tell stories we don’t have to question it. W we don’t have to wonder if he’s telling the truth or not or doing something to toot his own horn or help out his legacy. Like if you hear some people do interviews or podcast like Paul Roma, Flair, Russo it’s just filled full of stories that as soon as we hear them we call bullshit. It’s not like that with taker
It would have been good to have Kevin Sullivan revealed as the higher power rather than Vince McMahon like we got.
Absolutely
Should have brought him in just for that.
Kevin is a goof
I wouldn't have liked that at all.
Taker is my all time favourite wrestler since I've had memories..
That’s a great point.
He definitely could have worked the gimmick...but I have a feeling he was making far more booking in WCW at the time than WWE would have paid him for that.
Do lights out behind-the-back appearance with the old purple hat and tie outfit!
Instead of Vince McMahon, imagine the Higher Power being Kevin Sullivan. Just the promos with him alone would've been FIRE! 🔥
I am Taker bat fan for Life I WWF AKA WWE classic fans have a nice day and good night later
It was a good match to out on even though it a more of a cinematic match
You guys should get Bret Heart. Kevin Nash. Hulk Hogan CM punk.Sid vicious. Booked to be on the show in future episodes. I think that would be so cool to watch them reminisce and talk about their matches
Undertaker is like Hades and i got a good Quote on that one:
"Notes to Self: Bring home Bones from enemies for Cerberus to chew upon."
YOUNG TAKER! I would love to see that!!!
I love The Undertaker.❤️❤️
i look at it like .. roman match he retired for in ring competition ... even though he was expecting an in ring match with aj.. but because it became more of a fight ... its almost like an encore .. like a bonus ... i think its perfect the way it happened. Thats how i chose to look at it now
The greatest
1 thing I've always wanted to know. Taker is as old school as they come, and has always followed the wrestling code. 1 of those things is "you go out on your back, 1, 2, 3" but he didn't, so does it bother him? He could have hung it up with the Roman loss, so I wonder if he has any regrets.
randy savage was a big proponent of "you win em in the ring 1-2-3 and you lose em in the ring 1-2-3 right in the middle"
Urkel as the young Rock🤣
Although HHH did a pretty good job as "The Crock"
Oh geez! Insert R. Kelly:
"My mind's telling me noooo
But my body, my body's telling me yesss"
🚪 hello door
Amazing~~~~~!!!🦀🥰🦀
I recommend looking up the photo of the Nation in Young Rock. Faarooq looks passable, Rock looks OK, D-Lo's a little overweight but the face resembles the real D-Lo, and then Godfather looks more like Viscera than anyone else
Snakes eyes was a Nicolas Cage movie
... Also a GI Joe character since 1984.
Snake Eyes use to be Nash’s finish. Not sure if that was before Taker started using it.
Jesus
Kevin Nash did snake eyes as Vinnie Vegas I believe while in WCW
R.I.P. Kevin Sullivan.
Vinnie Vegas used to do snake eyes back in the day
I always always loved snake eyes big boot spot he used to do it so fast an gain so much momentum take ur head off apron leg drop was awesome to!
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James Mitchell would been good for ministry as well
Gotta get A.J on the show for a interview
Kevin Sullivan was so good with his gimmick, fans really believed that he was satanic. Kevin has said many times in interviews that he was raised in a strict Roman Catholic household and is still a practicing Roman Catholic who attends mass regularly.
Believe it or not, Kevin Nash was the Snake Eyes guy, which was from his Vinnie Vegas days.
Wow way more people in the comments than I thought would know the Vinnie Vegas thing.
Everyone loved that moved. 😅
That’s random the interviewer knows about Kevin Sullivan to be familiar with his booking of stuff similar to Ministry. Obviously the dungeon of doom comes to mind. But ya, how did he not know Kevin Sullivan never worked in WWE? lol…it’s like Scott D’Amore they’re two of the only people to be well known bookers that that never worked in WWE. They have had the Prichards, Dutch Mantell, Erik Bischoff, and Paul Herman among others that are known for working in all the main companies or multiple major companies along with WWE.
I get feelings that maybe one day he will wrestle Dominic Mysterio one day..
It sucks that he came to the realization that it was over for him after shooting for hours and hours. I feel like since he got his hips redone and knees done, if he did HRT and did a 5 month camp to get himself into shape, I know he could have another 30 min match. But i know it’ll never happen.
Snake Eyes came From Vinnie Vegas.
Aka Kevin Nash.
I thought the boot and leg drop was a snark tip of the hat to Hogan.
why it seems like young Dean Ambrose having podcast with Undertaker
Snake eyes was from Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash)
Kevin Nash did the Snake Eyes, when he was Vinnie Vegas
right before the pandemic angle.
Should do impact wrestling debute help Hardy's for a segment spot
Weird I’m just watching this and Kevin Sullivan has passed
RIP
Kevin Nash had 6 moves, lost one and now Taker forgot one. 😅 So now he's got four moves.
Undertaker should've had his last match with the man, the miff, the legend: Horris Hogan, or Stone Cold E.T.
imo taker should have wrestled like flair or hogan when they were older, they still put on fun and entertaining performances and matches. but taker kept wrestling like he always did even taking big bumps. and well it didnt work out and gave him stinker matches
Hey Taker, hope you are well. What would be your Mount Rushmore of the best matches that you took part in? I hope you can answer this in the future and thanks in advance.
Kevin nash done snake eyes
Wasn't snake eyes Vinny Vegas name for the boot? I know he's not the first to do it but I thought his move had a Vegas pun for a signature because of his gimmick at the time
Snake eyes (dropping the head onto the corner turnbuckle) was his finisher, if you search on TH-cam the first result is him doing it to a young RVD in WCW
I figured taker leaving his gear was the last for the undertaker character and his a.j stuff is more American badass. American badass is my all time favorite taker. It was RIGHT when I was deeeeep in wwf/e when I was like 13 years old.
Except Taker came back as the Deadman literally the next Wrestlemania (34) to face John Cena. So your point doesn't really work. Also Mark has said that the version of Taker that faced AJ Styles was a hybrid of ABA and Deadman, because he still used the Deadman's disappearing trick and lightning.
"The first person i think of is kevin Sullivan". Someone please stop this guy from talking wrestling and just ask questions.
If you don’t know who Kevin Sullivan is you can just say so.
@@morgandavis6788 I know exactly who the task master is. His gimmick was great before he came to WCW..once he got there it was corny and watered down. Besides the fact that in 99' he was far past the point of wrestling. He wouldn't have fit..
Too sweet.
imagine in 2005 somebody told you that AJ would retire Taker.
AJ was the best pick.
If it were an inring match it wouldabeen ShawnVTaker 3.0
Always thought they should of had Kane as takers last match
Kevin Sullivan past yesterday 😕
Kevin Nash did the snake eyes move
I have to know dream match scenario wrestlemania cause we know they are A-Games AJ Styles vs HBK who is taker going with.
In 2010 can you explain the clean win koslov had, with a power slam on smack down. Never made sense to me
Vince calls the matches and decided for taker to put over kozlov tf…
Matt needs to bring back some open toe!!!
Did he consider doing a match as just Mark calaway after leaving his UT gear in the ring?