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MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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wdwfan4ver said:
I used to watch WWE until 2002 and not really much into wrestling these days.

The Undertaker is well-known, but is hard to be called a celebrity. The reason is the person who played the Undertaker known for keeping quiet about his life outside of wrestling. The person who played him is Mark Calaway. He was different than some of the other well known Professional Wrestlers such as Dwyane Johnson and Hulk Hogan. I recalled back in the 1990's that Bret "the Hitman" Hart had a picture of his family in a Professional Wrestling magazine, but the Undertaker did not do that. The best way to put it with Mark was he was in his undertaker Character when My younger brother and I went to an autograph signing in 1996. He protected his family including his kids.

Undertaker was one of the best of his generation as a professional wrestler, but it is interesting in amount of eras he wrestled in He was wrestling from 1987 to 2020. He first made it in the wwe in 1990 and is where he made himself known and became a legend in Professional Wrestler. He wrestled about 5 or 6 years past his prime. His issue was he was in mid 50's when he retired in 2020 with the amount of injuries he suffered in his career.

I remembered why he had that face mask. That face mask was from the mid 90's. The other other wrestler he faced was not exactly a safe worker. The wrestler Undertaker faced was huge, but hurt multiple wrestlers in the ring and did get fired for it although got rehired later on.

As far as some of the wrestler being gymnasts more than wrestlers now goes, there is a explanation. Some of the gymnastic style stuff actually I recalled from the 1990s in states, but I'm guessing the wrestlers have gotten smaller now. What I gathered in the high flying stuff originated in Japan and Mexico. Full time WWE wrestlers have to do drug tests and I'm guessing wrestlers are not as big in size as a result.
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(Oh, meant to also tag in here @donaldtoo -- )


That's an interesting observation about the combination now of wresting and some gymnastics. Looking at (some) of the wrestlers, I'm not sure that all are following the (no steroids, etc.?) rules, but it's nothing like it was in the past.

Recently read a great book (Killing the Business) by a tag team of two brothers (Matt and Nick Jackson, stage name, Young Bucks). Those two are short and light weight, but it was their acrobatic antics in the ring that caught my eye. Long story short, they also did some shows in Japan during part of their career. That exposure really helped their status. (Note: Neither one of them does drugs and they don't drink alcohol either.)

Ultimately, in 2019, they (and some others) created their own wrestling company (AEW, All Elite Wrestling on TNT Network) in competition with the WWE brands (Raw, NXT and SmackDown), (on USA, Fox). Matt and Nick have done well financially since they branched out in a more independent, creative and financial control of their careers.

That aside, I think that WWE (Vince McMahon's company) will probably still dominate the (entertainment wresting) genre, due to their size and financial assets. A few of my WWE favs at the top, Roman Raines, Daniel Bryan, etc., make some serious money -- Roman's net worth is $12 million and Daniel's is $8 million. That's comprised of salaries, endorsements, media appearances, etc.
 
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