#5 His character and charisma
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While we’ve talked about physical attributes thus far, what we haven’t mentioned is the Undertaker’s character. Like his in-ring game, the Phenom has developed and adapted his character through the ages perhaps more than any other professional wrestler.
Starting off as the zombie mortician, we’ve seen him become a supernatural hero in the mid 90’s, a twisted Satanic cult leader in the late 90’s, a badass biker and a vicious bully in the early 2000’s and then in the mid 2000’s, an MMA-based wrestler using a supernatural gimmick to play mind games with his opponents.
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Currently, he seems to have settled on the gimmick of the ‘Last Outlaw’ – a massively experienced veteran who’s seen and done it all, and yet can still hang in there with the younger generation. It’s almost Clint Eastwood-esque.
Through all of this, one thing has remained constant; the fact that the Undertaker has a natural and unique aura that draws the fans in perhaps more than any other wrestler. Whether he’s been a beloved babyface or a hated heel, the Undertaker always garners a reaction from the crowd.
And with MMA being treated as much as entertainment as it is sport – arguably more so today than ever – there’s no doubt that even if his fighting skills weren’t up to much, the Undertaker would’ve become a big star in MMA based purely on his personality, as well as his size.
Look at Kimbo Slice, for instance. By any standard, he was a pretty poor fighter, but even up to his death he remained a huge draw with MMA fans purely due to his reputation and his charisma.
Can you even imagine the number of eyeballs that could’ve been drawn to the UFC had the Dead Man stepped into the Octagon in the early 2000’s? You could say that the attention would’ve been “phenomenal”.
How do you think the Undertaker would’ve fared in MMA? Let us know!
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