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Originally Posted by Noid
Actually, an amendment to that: there is one that I just remembered that did frustrate me, because I really wanted to know the answer, but Corny actually did kind of back away from this one.
It was about The Undertaker and why he is so respected. By the time you get to 1998, he's embedded in the company as this locker-room leader and presence that everybody already spoke about like he was a legend. But that's only 7 years with the company. Kofi Kingston is in year 11. Dolph Ziggler poked his head up there first in 2005 -- 13 years ago. The Miz in 2004 -- 14 years ago.
Anyway, Corny's answer was basically "Because he's the fucking Undertaker," which I found to be a really inspecific and weird deflection of the question. But actually, I suppose that does speak to the presence the guy probably carries himself with, which is why people probably treat him differently to, say, Erick Rowan, who is already over half-way to that tenure too.
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Yeah, I think that actually kinda answers the question. It has less to do with tenure and more to do with the fact that... he's the fucking Undertaker. He comes off like a guy who commands respect. Most of the guys today, including the ones you mentioned, come off like guys who command video game tournaments before the show.