The Undertaker and Vince McMahon
The Undertaker says the closest he ever came to getting into a physical fight with Vince McMahon happened during a tense conversation in McMahon’s office late in his WWE career.
Speaking on the latest edition of Six Feet Under, The Undertaker recalled visiting WWE while he was only working a limited schedule. Dealing with a difficult period in his personal life. Although he wasn’t booked for the event, he stopped by McMahon’s office to say hello.
What began as a casual conversation without hesitation turned confrontational.
And see how he was doing, “I went into his office just to say hello. And he looks at me, and it was as straight a fan favorite as it could be. Furthermore, and anyway, we get to talking, and I kind of start going off, and telling him all this stuff. He goes, ‘You know what, Mark? I really think you need to quit feeling sorry for yourself.’”
The comment at once struck a nerve. “I was like, what? He says, ‘Yeah, you’re feeling sorry for yourself, man up.’”
The Undertaker admitted he was overcome with anger, believing he was speaking to McMahon as a friend rather than his boss.
“There was a sense of rage that come over me at that moment. Like, man, I thought me and you are friends, and I’m just talking to you as a friend. I’m not talking to you as my boss, and I’m just letting you know what’s going on in my life.”
He even warned McMahon how close things had come to turning physical. “I did tell him. I was like, ‘You know, if you were anybody else, we’d probably be fighting right now. You don’t talk to me like that.’ He shared, ‘Well, damn it, somebody needs to.’” No one talks to me like that.
Rather than let the situation escalate, The Undertaker walked away. After taking time to cool down, that commented, he realized McMahon’s blunt advice had been exactly what he needed.
“It kind of dawns on me after I calm down. Like, you know what, get your s*** together, handle your business.”
“A few weeks down the road, I finally called him and I was like, ‘You know what, I still wish I’d have whooped your a**, but I think you’re right.’”
The two later laughed about the confrontation.
Looking back, The Undertaker commented McMahon had an uncanny ability to know when he needed encouragement and when he needed intense love.
“He knew with me. He knew when to, he knew when I needed a foot in the a** or whether I needed a hug. He was always pretty much right on all of that stuff, and I appreciate his frankness and his candor sometimes, although maybe not in the moment. On the flip side once I would calm down and really think about things, I realized, damn it, the established man was right again.”