During his recent Six Feet Under podcast, The Undertaker addressed questions about potentially returning as The Deadman character. The WWE Hall of Famer explained his current approach to his wrestling persona and future appearances.
Speaking about his current character presentation, The Undertaker discussed the evolution of his persona:
Mark and [Undertaker], it’s kind of all morphed together now. So what I’ve tried to do with the original Undertaker character is, kind of let it rest in peace, no other pun intended. That’s why I don’t make appearances anymore with the hat and the coat.
When asked about the possibility of portraying The Deadman one more time, The Undertaker outlined specific conditions:
Everybody’s got a price. But I try not to. The number would have to be really, really big, and it would have to make sense somehow. So yeah, so I’ve really pushed to kind of [be] more Mark Callaway now, because I want to honor that character and the work that I did, and all the kayfabing that I did for that character.
If there was something left in the tank as far as me getting back in the ring? Then I would have to figure out some kind of way for something catastrophic to happen to Mark Callaway to bring that other guy out. But that’s just not going to happen. Not being corny, but I do want to let The Undertaker kind of rest in peace and kind of everything now that you see, like the other night on the Netflix deal, was the American Badass.
The Undertaker explained his preference for appearing as the American Badass character:
That’s fun for me at this point. It’s so much more fun, and it frees me up to do things like that, where I can kind of cross over.