“Undertaker Had to Get Stitches”- AJ Styles Reveals Behind The Scene Details of The Epic Boneyard Match

Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles spoke about the efforts it took to execute the Boneyard match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania.

AJ Styles realized his dream when The Undertaker decided to face him as his last Wrestlemania opponent.

The two icons faced off in a never seen before Boneyard match. It was the main event of WrestleMania 36 on the first night of the two-day event.

It is certainly a match that will be remembered for the years to come. We saw the American Badass gimmick of The Phenom after a long period.

WWE has had some great cinematic matches in the recent past. Bray Wyatt has been the prime proponent of these matches with his “House Of Horrors” contest against Randy Orton and the “Ultimate Deletion” showdown against Broken Matt Hardy.

NXT had its own cinematic match-up with the final match of the bloood feud between Johnny Gargano and Tomasso Ciampa.

Cinematic matches by WWE are great to watch because of the special effects and various other features that can be added. The more beautiful the match appears on screen, the more arduous are the efforts of those working behind the scenes. The Intercontinental Champ, AJ Styles, shares some insights.

AJ Styles didn’t expect the boneyard match against The Undertaker to be eight hours long

Styles talks about his respect for movie actors who shoot for long hours to perfect a scene. The Phenomenal One also explains the minute details that go into the match to ensure its shot perfectly.

AJ Styles, in an interview, with Sports Illustrated tells us the story.

“There were definitely some crazy moments. Undertaker had to get stitches after he busted his arm open. That just added to the match, to be honest with you. Just being there and doing that particular match was awesome.

“And I don’t know if everyone knows how long it actually took. We started around eight o’clock, and we didn’t get finished ‘til about 4:30 in the morning. It was basically a movie, so we needed to get cameras in the right spot and walk through some stuff that was going to happen. I have a lot more respect for actors after working on those fight scenes.”

The filming of the match went way beyond time. It took the whole night to finish the match with different specifications.

He further describes the extremely difficult process.

“I didn’t know I was going to be up all night. Nobody really knew how long this was going to take, so how do you prepare for something you don’t know? But it all worked out. It was difficult to stay up that late, but we pumped each other before the fight scenes. Undertaker and myself, we did our fight scenes in one take. That’s all it took. But at one point, Undertaker had his scene with the minions, so we were waiting for our spot to come up. The waiting, that part was long, but it was still good. The way it all turned out was unbelievable.”

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