“He was a Friend to the Family”- Roman Reigns Reflects on Meeting Undertaker for the First Time

Meeting The Undertaker is a pipe dream not only for fans, but also for the young members of the WWE roster. The aura of the Deadman is so powerful and mystifying, it separates him from the rest of the WWE locker room.

A documentary called ‘Meeting The Undertaker‘ premiered on the WWE Network, as a part of the festivities leading up to Survivor Series.

Roman Reigns and Undertaker share a mutual respect

Roman Reigns and the Undertaker have a storied rivalry in WWE. They only faced each other twice in the ring, and have partnered for a tag team match, but the mutual respect both men have for each other is immense.

It all started when Roman eliminated the Undertaker from the Royal Rumble match in 2017. Undertaker would go on to challenge Reigns to a WrestleMania match where Roman dominated Taker and destroyed him in a 30-minute slugfest.

In a sneak peek to the documentary, Roman Reigns gave viewers an insight into how he met Taker.

“He was a good friend of the family”, said Roman. “Back then he used to ride with my cousin Yokozuna and they wrestled all over the world.”

Roman’s first conversation with the Deadman came in Washington D.C.

“It was literally right after I had this done (points to arm tattoo)”.

Reigns revealed that Taker used tattoos as an icebreaker to start a conversation with Reigns. Both Reigns and Taker have very iconic tattoos on their skin that add to their aura as certified bada**es.

Taker was easy to talk to and a nice person to have backstage

“It was a nice and easy conversation,” said Reigns. “I was talking to Mark and not Undertaker, so it was communicating and socializing with our superiors essentially”.

This proves that Taker was one of the nicest people to talk to backstage. Roman went on to tag with the Undertaker at Extreme Rules 2019 against Drew McIntyre and Shane McMahon.

There are other wrestlers who feature in the documentary. AJ Styles met Taker on vacation with a mutual friend for the first time. Xavier Woods was one of the zombie-hands that featured in his WrestleMania 29 entrance.

Taker helped Baron Corbin with his entrance for his first Takeover match. Other wrestlers and legends that feature include Jeff Hardy, The Rock, Bray Wyatt, Edge, Batista and even Drew McIntyre.