Goodbye to a God posted 10/4/2008 7:59:07 PM | 5 kudos what's this?     report abuse

LipGlossQueen9

I learned today that we may have to say goodbye to The Undertaker forever. The reports say that he was spotted limping from the ring to the curtain, and even though he will never complain about it, he came back from his surgery sooner than he should and he's starting to develop arthritis in his knee. His knees have been an issue for quite awhile, and I think it's nearly time to say goodbye. I think he'll make the decision to hang up his boots at Wrestlemania 25, appropriately, being held in his hometown of Houston, Texas.

I knew this day would come some day, and honestly, I've been mentally preparing myself for it for awhile, but I don't know how ready I really am. Look at it as ridiculous and childish if you want, but The Undertaker is honestly a religious figure for me. I gave up the romantic feelings when I got with Marko, but he will always be a god to me and he will always be a fantasy.

There is a selfish part of me that doesn't want to see him walk back behind that curtain one more time. But I'd rather see that than have to watch him limp around like a pathetic old horse because he's got arthritis in his knee. I can't even imagine that kind of pain.

Mark Calaway has given his life to the wrestling business, from his first days driving all the way from Houston to Austin working for a dollar a night to his losing two marriages and sacrificing time with his three children to his busting up his body numerous times, even during the mid to late 90s. Yes, the business has given back to him...Vince McMahon allowed him to ride in the company jet, his hotels and accomodations are always paid for, he is provided with complete creative control over his character, he has retained his winning streak at Wrestlemania, and he has won the World Heavyweight Championship two times in the last two years. However, as much as it hurts me and probably a lot of other "Creatures of the Night", it may just be time for 'Taker to hang up his boots and take his last walk into the shadows.

What people don't understand is that Taker has always been an important figure in the lives of his fans. We are more devoted than the Hulkamaniacs or the Edgheads. We are the Creatures of the Night, and we'd follow 'Taker to the grave. There is no way that people who do not watch wrestling could possibly understand, but we are the people who watched The Undertaker debut, or if not, we watched him as children later in his career and we were scared lifeless of him but found something about him that we connected with and latched onto and we will never give it up.

This man is an athlete, the athlete above all athletes. Any person who can look me or any other Creature in the eye and tell me that because he is a professional wrestler that disqualifies him from the status of "athlete" that he has so rightfully earned in the span of his twenty year career is entitled to their opinion, but they have never been more wrong. A human being who has broken their body and given up their life for something physical that they do because they love it and because they want to entertain the people who love them is nothing short of an athlete.

If Mark has to go, I want him to go out with all the pageantry that he has been known for since he debuted in the WWF in 1990 at Survivor Series. I want there to be monks. I want there to be fire, and smoke, and lightning. I want there to be a symbol lowered to the ring from the ceiling, and I want there to be a final, grand exit into the shadows. I don't want him to break kayfabe and make some emotional speech, thanking the fans, thanking Vince, and thanking everyone who got him to where he is. I want him to be 'Taker.

From the little kids who cried the first time that 6'10" monster with his funeral director's hat and cloak approached the ring to destroy Hulk Hogan, to the twenty year old girl with his symbol tattooed on her heart...The Undertaker is a god. He is a religious symbol. And his meaning to the wrestling business can not be over or understated.

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