The Undertaker recently did an out-of-character interview with Pastor Ed Young of Fellowship Church in Texas. During the interview, the Undertaker talked about his relationship with Andre the Giant.
It turns out that Andre had a big idea in his head for a match with the Undertaker one day. This was an idea that he kept a secret.
Here is what the Undertaker said during the interview (quote below via Ringside News):
“By the time that I got there, [Andre’s] health was really in decline. He wrestled a few times and it was funny because Andre was really old school. Andre didn’t like big guys either — he loved me thank goodness. But for most big guys he thought they were arrogant or bullies or whatnot, but he had his way with a lot of guys that you would be like ‘oh that’s a pretty tough guy,’ but Andre set him straight.”
“Anyway, he liked me and you know I guess we always think we have one [match] left in us you know. He walks in, he’s Andre The Giant. Biggest star that’s ever at that time that’s ever been in wrestling. A worldwide phenomenon, he was always the first guy in the locker room. He was always there, he would love to sit there and play Cribbage and I’d come in and say, ‘Hey Boss, how you doing today?’ — he’s say, ‘Good… you know one day kid, me and you I have this idea.’ — ‘Oh yeah? Tell me about it!’ and he’d never tell me.”
“A good friend of mine to this day his name is Tim White, he drove Andre around and referees and I had asked Tim all the time: ‘Did he ever tell you? I would ask and he’d never tell me.’ He was old school in that because he didn’t want anyone else to do it because he thought he was going to get to a point where he could get back in the ring and we could do something that would be a big deal.”
“No one knows what it was, but you know he ended up passing away and he never let me know. I wonder to this day — ‘Man, I bet it was good.”
Would you have been down for Andre vs the Undertaker?
On a related note, here is what the Undertaker had to say about fans approaching him in public.
