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Undertaker ‘tired of bitching’ about
injury
by Phil Speer (date approx: Jan 22nd, 2002)
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Undertaker may not be 100 percent physically, but he
doesn’t much feel like talking about it.
“My hip is still really sore,” he told WWF.com. “But basically
I’m tired of bitching about it.”
The three-time World Wrestling Federation Champion has been battling a painful
case of sciatica since the Jan. 3 episode of SmackDown!,
when he landed awkwardly after a Big Show chokeslam. He hadn’t wrestled
since then until he stepped in the ring on Sunday for the Rumble.
“(The injury) was on my mind, but you can’t go in the ring thinking
about it,” he said. “Otherwise you’ll injury yourself even worse.”
Asked if he was in fact feeling worse on Monday after being in the ring for
the first time in three weeks, Taker responded only with a stern “no comment.”
Instead of thinking about his injuries at the Rumble, he concentrated on putting
beatings on the Hardy Boyz and Maven. After Taker eliminated Matt and Jeff Hardy,
they distracted him, and Maven dropkicked him from behind, eliminating the Dead
Man.
“I was well on my way until the fluke of all flukes happened,” ‘Taker
said.
After he was eliminated by Maven, Taker snapped. He went back into the ring
and grabbed the “WWF Tough Enough” winner. He then proceeded to assault
him throughout the entire arena. He even belted him with a steel chair over
the head so hard that the chair was practically bent in half.
“I’m a firm believe that if you’re going to swing a chair, swing
it,” he said.
(credit: wwf.com)