Pop Culture Icon and WWE Legend Made The Undertaker Desperate

In 2002, The Undertaker went up against a top WWE Superstar at WrestleMania X8. However, it wasn’t the 16-time World Champion who put the idea forward. It was The Deadman who wanted to take on the WWE Legend.

During a conversation with Conrad Thompson, Bruce Prichard revealed that The Deadman wanted to work with Ric Flair. However, The Nature Boy wasn’t sure about himself and didn’t know if he could live up to the expectations.

“Undertaker wanted to work with Ric Flair bad.. Ric Wasn’t ready for it. I think if you were to ask Ric, I think Ric had a lot of self-doubt as to whether or not he could perform at WrestleMania level with The Undertaker. I think that Ric was the only one that had that doubt as Taker was confident it would be a great match.”

“Everyone around knew Ric, ‘Get your confidence back man. You’ve got this. You’re in there with Undertaker. He’s going to make sure you look like a million bucks’, which he did. Ric had always been able to step up to the occasion and deliver.”  [H/t Something to Wrestle]

This wasn’t the first time ‘Taker and Flair faced each other. Prior to WrestleMania, they faced each other in a No Holds Barred match, but WrestleMania is a whole new game.

Even though The Undertaker won the match, it was a splendid way for WWE fans to enjoy WrestleMania X8.

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The Undertaker had other concerns about the match

Sometime ago, Ric Flair did an interview where he spoke about the match. He had revealed that even though Taker wasn’t worried about how the match would be like; he had health concerns.

Both of them knew what the fans were expecting in a match between The Undertaker and Ric Flair.

“After The Last Ride, he talks about [how] he had some insecurities too. His were around health problems, bad back and stuff like that, which caused him to be insecure. Mine was all mental but we share that in common.” [H/t WrestlingInc]

That’s the thing about WWE Legends. It takes an extensive amount of hard work and discipline to reach the top. But, even when they’re at the top, they remain humble enough to realize anything could go wrong at any point. While confidence is key, they’ve always strayed away from any type of over-confidence.

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