The Undertaker began his wrestling career in WCCW, and he recently appeared on the “Mighty with Demetrious Johnson” podcast to discuss his conversation with Fritz Von Erich which led to him being booked.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On trying to get noticed in WCCW: “So, every Wednesday I would go to the offices or where they had the wrestling and I would sit in the lobby. And I’d sit there and like the booker – the one who made all the decisions – he would come in and I’d go to stand up; he would never stop. They just walk right by me… I would like sit there every week and I was like ‘Man – ‘and I was at my wit’s end. Like, I was like ‘This isn’t working. I don’t know what else I’m gonna do.’ And it was probably one of the last couple of times that I was going to make this trip because I couldn’t even afford the gas anymore.”
On running into Von Erich: “Who walks through the door? It was Fritz Von Erich. And he was the one that owned the company and did all that. Here’s the thing: he walks in, and so he’s standing at the door and he’s staring at me… And I can hear him like he said ‘No, this kid’s been coming for months, he’s just trying to get a – he’s just trying to get a booking.’ And Fritz? He just had a really deep gravelly voice and I heard him say ‘Let’s book him Friday night.’ It’s crazy.”
On getting booked: “And he said ‘Let’s book him. He looks like David.’ And I hear that, you know, and then he came by, and get up again, and he walks right by me. But I showed up and that was the start and so I showed up Friday night and so I was ‘Texas Red.’ That was the first name, the first time I got a paycheck.”
Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes took to Twitter today to announce his schedule for the month of August. You can check out his tweet below:
Just to clear up any confusion…
I’ll be at #FFNYC and the LE in Fort Myers!
Can’t wait to see y’all at both! 👊🏼🔥
But first…Tulsa, OK… what do we want to talk about tonight? #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/a5IVwGkQp5
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 9, 2024
And finally, Thea Hail took to Twitter to react to some of the claims that Oba Femi fears her. You can check out her tweet below:
oba fears me https://t.co/ech2xIWnqb pic.twitter.com/kGBjeGtZ0a
— Thea Hail (@theahail_wwe) August 9, 2024
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