During a joint interview with WrestleStar, WWE Hall of Famers The Undertaker and Michelle McCool reflected on the current WWE product, recent storylines, and untapped potential from their own careers.
The Undertaker, widely regarded as one of the most iconic figures in wrestling history, said that while WWE is thriving financially, he’d like to see a renewed focus on long-term, emotional storytelling.
“Man, it’s hard to put a finger on that, especially since the business itself is so incredibly strong right now. As far as gates and all the money that is generated, I feel like there needs to be maybe…some more deeper storylines,” Undertaker said.
“We had The Bloodline story, which was incredible… it’s probably not even over yet, because there’s so many in The Bloodline or who’ve crossed paths with The Bloodline. But that was such a… rich, rich story. And it worked so well. So I would like to see some more deep-rooted trajectory.”
McCool echoed those sentiments, calling the Rhea Ripley vs. Liv Morgan feud “super compelling” due to its intensity and character depth.
Undertaker also explained his desire for more classic hero-villain dynamics in wrestling:
“Yeah, I think more personal, more personal stories and vendettas and underhandedness,” he explained. “Yeah, I like my bad guys to be bad and my good guys to be good, right? You know, I need to feel my good guys in jeopardy and have them really overcome things. And I think if we can do a little bit more of that, I think we’ll be in a good spot.”
In a nostalgic moment, The Undertaker also looked back on his “American Badass” persona, which he believes still had untapped potential when it was phased out in 2004:
“Yeah, no, I thought it had more legs,” Undertaker admitted. “I think really, we just kind of began to scratch the surface of what the range of that character would have been. It was just, you know, just sometimes you can only fight the man so long and, you know, he loved—Vince, I’m talking about Vince—he loved his Undertaker. He was on board when I came up with the American Badass… he understood my reasoning and my logic behind doing it. But he was also like, always waiting on the day of the return. You know, the hat, the coat…. But yeah, I thought it had more legs. But yeah, everything worked out all right.”
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