Undertaker Says These New nikkas is p*ssy, Product is Too Soft Nowadays

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Roman just shut it down. Called Magataker a studio gangsta

Roman Reigns Responds To The Undertaker's "Soft" Comments
by Marc Middleton, wrestlinginc.com
January 29, 2021 05:50 PM
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns just appeared on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina, and responded to recent comments made by The Undertaker and WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg.

Taker recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience and commented on how the current WWE product is “soft” and filled with wrestlers “making sure they look pretty” backstage.

“I think the product is a little soft,” Taker told Rogan. “There are obviously guys here and there that have an edge to them, but there’s too much pretty [and] not enough substance I think right now.”

Taker continued, “In that era of guys, too, those were men. You go into a dressing room nowadays, and it’s a lot different. I remember walking into my first real dressing room, and all I saw were some crusty f—— men. Half of them had guns and knives in their bags. S— got handled back then. Now you walk in, there’s guys playing video games and f—— making sure they look pretty. It’s evolution, guess. I don’t know what it is, but I just like those eras, man. I liked when men were men.”

Goldberg appeared on WWE’s After The Bell podcast with host Corey Graves this week and backed up Taker’s claim.

“I don’t think things could go like they did back in the day in the current day,” said Goldberg on how the locker room has changed. He continued with a response on Taker’s recent criticism, “When you hear the comments about me coming back and doing one or two matches a year, how people are like, ‘He doesn’t deserve it, he never paid his dues, he was never on the road and these people are on the road…’ Hey, man, people forget very quickly what all of us did back in the day to earn the spot we are in the now – and I am one of the luckiest guys in the world.”

Goldberg added, “But, yes, I believe, comparatively, the business is soft – but the business is in 2021, so things have to change and things have to be different.”

Goldberg also asked younger talents to grow a thicker skin and accept criticism.

“Like I said, times are quite different than they were back then today but people are soft, people take offense to things way too quickly,” he said. “Get a little thicker skin, boys and girls, that’s all I can say.

“When legends came in when I was in the business, in the beginning, I was greatly appreciative of the eyes they brought to our product and one day those young kids are going to be just like me and I hope that karma comes back to bite them in the ass, that’s all I can say. Because at 54 years old, I don’t know one of them that could be doing what I do.”

Reigns responded in the interview with Traina when asked what he thought about the older wrestlers’ trash talk.

“We do the same job,” Reigns said. “It’s not like the bumps got any worse or any better. You’re always hearing ‘a drop kick was a finish back in my time.’ A dropkick is like the second move you see in a wrestling match nowadays. We’re doing a lot more. And sometimes I think we’re a lot more physical. And because the audience has seen so much more, we have to do a little more in order to peak their interest, in order to show them something different.

“What we call a false finish, a pin that people believe will be the final move of a match, we go through those like Steamboat-Savage. You’ll see that on a SmackDown. You’ll see 15 false finishes on a SmackDown.”

The Tribal Chief continued and said he feels like The Dead Man misspoke, because he’s really a good guy, but Goldberg is just Goldberg.

“It’s strange. I really feel like he misspoke,” Reigns said. “Because Mark is a really good guy. He’s very knowledgable. Obviously, he has a ton of respect for the business. Goldberg is just Goldberg. Who cares? But he’s talking about guns and knives in the locker room. Come on. You guys travel just like we did. Did you really get that stuff through security? TSA was just letting everything happen back then? I choose to play video games sometimes on my own time. I don’t do it at work. As you can see, some of my character is based around it. I’ve always been one that networked and politicked and tried to communicate and work while I’m at work. Some guys choose to stay in the locker room. And for guys like the New Day who are überly talented, they can get away with that.

“I hope the younger guys in the locker room don’t fall into that because we’re not all the same. I have to put my whole mind into work as I come to work on a Friday. Sometimes my wife has to tell me to shut it off. She’ll be like, ‘Stop, be at home, be present.’ Because I can’t turn it off sometimes and I think to be at the highest level of anything, you have to be borderline obsessive. So, yeah, I don’t always think there’s room for video games in the locker room, but when we’re running our regular touring system and it’s a live event and there’s nowhere to go, you got kicked out of the hotel because you couldn’t get the late check out, you already hit the gym, you already picked up your food and you’re sitting in the locker room, I’d rather my guys be playing video games than breaking into a bag of some sort.”

Reigns also commented on how it’s a different time in pro wrestling, and the pro wrestlers are smarter now.

“It’s a different time and I think we’re smarter,” Reigns said. “I think you’re gonna see that from the financial side of it, from how we save our money, how we prepare for the future, having a life after the business when we can’t fall down anymore to our actual health.”

Reigns ended his response to Taker and said The Dead Man was just trying to sound “gangster” in the interview with Rogan.

“I think it was just like a retired guy trying to sound gangster,” Reigns said.

Roman Reigns Responds To The Undertaker's "Soft" Comments - Wrestling Inc.

 

[patscorpio]

the ones who dont hate on the younger generation getting money, are cats who branched off from tine to time to try and do side stuff to open doors for themselves. Taker lost out in a shytload of money devoting himself into staying in character his whole career

the funny thing is when dude ventured out and did TV roles he was on point...but carnies are going to carny

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

I'm late in the thread but this is the correct answer. and it will always be the correct answer. any old school cat criticizing the softness of the product today has one person to blame. and until they stiffen their spines to tell him as much, then they'll continue to look like grumpy old men in public

Then I ask again, why do AEW, ROH, and Impact have the same or similar problems?

 

[Smoking With Cigarettes]

Then why is AEW so corny?

And ROH?

And Impact isn't even wrestling at this point. It's just a terrible comedy show

Face it, this generation of dudes are more concerned with doing their videogame flippy shyt that will get them on Meltzer's 5 star list and are just boring people in general.

I'm not saying that guys have to go back to steroids & heroin, but we aint gotta pretend that these dudes are interesting people when they're not.

The marks are in the ring in this generation and the product shows

How would you know how interesting a wrestler is if they aren't booking themselves?

The reason WWE, ROH, and AEW are corny is because corny, industry white wrestlers are writing a toned down wrestling product for the masses. If wrestling wasn't curated by white people for white people there would likely be a different perception of the talent. You're acting like it benefits these dudes to go into business for themselves when wrestling is at a fraction of its former popularity. These wrestlers are following marching orders trying to make it to next week, the idea of grabbing the brass ring is basically a myth

 

[NYChase718]

"Hes just a retired guy tryin to sound gangster" - roman reigns

 

[CBoz]

Riddle on Goldberg.

“Let’s talk about some thick and thin skin, shall we?” Riddle began. “Bro. Really? Really? Okay. You have very, very, very thin skin — it’s like sheepskin thin. It’s ultra thin. It’s extra sensitive thin. That’s how thin your skin is. Let’s be real, I’m not going to go down the chart of reasons why, but you know why your skin is thin, bro. We all know it. And you know what? You really need to stop crying about it. It’s embarrassing, stop being a baby. And good luck tomorrow, bro, you’ll need it.”

 

[Vice Queen]

Riddle on Goldberg.

“Let’s talk about some thick and thin skin, shall we?” Riddle began. “Bro. Really? Really? Okay. You have very, very, very thin skin — it’s like sheepskin thin. It’s ultra thin. It’s extra sensitive thin. That’s how thin your skin is. Let’s be real, I’m not going to go down the chart of reasons why, but you know why your skin is thin, bro. We all know it. And you know what? You really need to stop crying about it. It’s embarrassing, stop being a baby. And good luck tomorrow, bro, you’ll need it.”

 

[jwinfield]

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

How would you know how interesting a wrestler is if they aren't booking themselves?

The reason WWE, ROH, and AEW are corny is because corny, industry white wrestlers are writing a toned down wrestling product for the masses. If wrestling wasn't curated by white people for white people there would likely be a different perception of the talent. You're acting like it benefits these dudes to go into business for themselves when wrestling is at a fraction of its former popularity. These wrestlers are following marching orders trying to make it to next week, the idea of grabbing the brass ring is basically a myth

CACs have always wrote the product.

They wrote the NWO, Four Hoursemen, The Attitude Era and all the dope shyt from back in the day.

Nothing's changed on that end.

The issue is that yeah, Vince is terrible, but the mark fans and the mark wrestlers are the problem as well.

That's why these guys leave the WWE and end up still being corny once they end up on AEW or Impact.

They don't have the personalities to be what Ric Flair, Steve Austin, & The Rock were.

 

[Zero]

Then I ask again, why do AEW, ROH, and Impact have the same or similar problems?

Because wrestling as a whole is trash...yall just haven't realized it yet. I don't blame you though, took me a while to realize it myself

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Because wrestling as a whole is trash...yall just haven't realized it yet. I don't blame you though, took me a while to realize it myself

Well yeah, because the performers are mostly trash, which is the premise of Mean Mark's statements.

 

[Crude]

The product is way to watered down and curated to be presentable to the masses.

That has nothing to do with guys playing video games and everything to do with lack of freedom.

Old school guys were given more freedom to get into the psychology and get into their characters. Today all of the guys wear black, they look like they could be crossfit models, and most of them have zero charisma on the mic.

I do commend these younger guys for seeing the mistakes the older guys that came before them made and not falling into those pitfalls. That fast living such as abusing gear, alcohol, and other illegal drugs while also living out of a suitcase over 300 nights a year is probably for the birds.

These guys now have social media platforms were they can build themselves a little following and do other things the older guys didn't have.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Like, it's really not that difficult.

It's not the videogames are the problem.

The problem is that the type of guys who would be obsessed with videogames instead of getting p*ssy or stirring up shyt are the types of guys in the locker room now.That's what he was saying.

Guys focused on that one part of the statement and got triggered because they like playing Call of Duty all day.

If fukking Ric Flair was playing videogames, he'd still be Ric Flair, but that type of guy would be to busy out banging everything that walks to be sitting in his hotel room playing with his joystick. That's what he was trying to say.

The wrestling business attracts lames now instead of alpha male types, which judging by the reaction to his statement, seems to be at least somewhat right.

 

[DlAMONDZ]

Just another bitter old head talking bout "back in my days" fukk outta here

 

[Norrin Radd]

Like, it's really not that difficult.

It's not the videogames are the problem.

The problem is that the type of guys who would be obsessed with videogames instead of getting p*ssy or stirring up shyt are the types of guys in the locker room now.That's what he was saying.

Guys focused on that one part of the statement and got triggered because they like playing Call of Duty all day.

If fukking Ric Flair was playing videogames, he'd still be Ric Flair, but that type of guy would be to busy out banging everything that walks to be sitting in his hotel room playing with his joystick. That's what he was trying to say.

The wrestling business attracts lames now instead of alpha male types, which judging by the reaction to his statement, seems to be at least somewhat right.

What do their personal lives and hobbies have to do with how they’re booked and scripted to act?