Chris Jericho Explains Why We Probably Aren’t Getting ‘American Bad Ass’ Undertaker At Wrestlemania 34

There has been a debate among wrestling fans about which Undertaker should show up at Wrestlemania 34. A suggestion floating around is for the Undertaker to appear using his old ‘American Bad Ass’ gimmick. This would be because the Undertaker left his gear in the ring last year at Wrestlemania 33.

Chris Jericho was recently a guest on Sirius XM’s Busted Open Radio‏. Here is what he had to say on the topic and why he thinks that we will not be seeing the ‘American Bad Ass’. 

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“American Bad Ass is a pretty cool character, and Taker loves it, but guess which character Vince McMahon loves? It’s the Undertaker, Vince’s greatest creation. I’ll be the devil’s advocate to you guys – I would feel a little disappointed if it was the American Bad Ass, because I love the Undertaker, and I love that entrance, and you’ve been out there when you hear that bell and the druids chanting – it’s second to none. There’s never been an entrance like that in wrestling, in my opinion, and we’ve been waiting for it, teasing for it, for so much I feel if it was the American Bad Ass it would be a little bit of a downer – for me.”

Jericho responded to the Busted Open poll which ‘American Bad Ass’ Undertaker won over the Deadman (70% to 30%). Jericho’s response:

“Your fanbase is a little bit more of a knowledgeable fan base, a little bit more of a hardcore fan base I would venture to say. Where you have 70,000 people in the Superdome where 60,000 of them don’t even remember what the American Bad Ass is? We haven’t spoken of the American Bad Ass, we haven’t had any video packages or any recollections of that guy, you would have a bunch of people going ‘What is this?’ in my opinion.

Once again, I think that it’s a really cool debating point if you know wrestling and you’re a giant wrestling fan and you’ve been watching since 2000. There’s a lot of people who just started watching over the last three or four or five years, a lot John Cena fans that don’t know what happened in 2000. So, once again, in my opinion, the hardcores would like to see it cause it’s something different, whereas your general, average wrestling fan will go nuts when the Undertaker’s music hits and I think, I’m a 100% certain, that it’s gonna be the Undertaker at WrestleMania, and not the American Bad Ass.”

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