Could The Undertaker Be Planning a WWE Comeback?

For countlessa href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/show/wwe-monday-night-raw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"WWE/aSuperstars, deciding your career has reached its end is incredibly difficult – and according to one retired legend, regrets about retirement can linger years after you had your "final" match!/p pAs we all know, retirement is not always permanent in professional wrestling. Rumors are flying that The Undertaker has second thoughts about staying away from in-ring competition. It seems, based on what The Dead Man has said lately, it's officially time to start wondering if The Undertaker will attempt a WWE comeback sooner rather than later!/p pFor More WWE:brstronga data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/jade-cargill-reflects-on-her-wwe-royal-rumble-debut" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Jade Cargill Reflects on Her WWE Royal Rumble Debut/abra data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/all-the-2024-wwe-premium-live-events-and-when-theyre-happening" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Here's When You Can Catch All The WWE Premium Live Events of 2024/abra data-entity-href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" data-entity-title="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-rhea-ripley-announces-engagement-buddy-matthews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Rhea Ripley Breaks the Hearts of the WWE Universe, Announces Engagement/a/strong/p pLet's get everyone up-to-date with the latest news./p div class="listicle-heading" h2span class="title"The Undertaker Talks Ending His WWE Retirement/span/h2 div caption="The Undertaker at the Hall of Fame Ceremony" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="9ef9c473-d44e-4765-96ad-040f499a41d9" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usablog/files/styles/scale_862/public/2022/07/the-undertaker-sdcc.jpg" width="862" height="575" alt="Close up of The Undertaker smiling" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" pThe Undertaker at the Hall of Fame Ceremony/p /span span class="media__credit"Photo: WWE /span /div /div /div /div /div pThe Undertaker's final match occurred ata href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/how-to-watch-wrestlemania-40" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"WrestleMania/a36 when he defeated AJ Styles in a historic Boneyard Match. This never-before-seen bout mainly occurred in and around a cemetery and is one of the most chaotic WrestleMania matches in history. When the final bell rang, it signaled the end of The Undertaker's legendary WWE career, and it stands as one of the most fitting final matches any Superstar has had./p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/266C_taG-TU?si=EM5ourm4RvW6XD4b" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pHowever, The Undertaker seems to feel the "itch" to get back in the squared circle! Coulda href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wrestlemania-40-match-card-wwe-superstars" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"a WrestleMania 40 appearance/abe in the cards for one of the greatest WWE Superstars ever? Although we highly doubt it, The Undertaker's comments make us second-guess our intuitions. During aa href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/we-are-back-100290328" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"subscribers-only QA session/afor listeners of his popularemSix Feet Under/empodcast, The Undertaker revealed that he is struggling with the notion ofemstaying/emretired, admitting that the entire process has been challenging./p p"I knew my time had come, but I wasn't ready for it to come," he explained. "I just knew that my body couldn't deliver on what my mind and my heart wanted to give the fans. So it was kind of difficult."/p pThe WWE Universe could see The Undertaker's rapidly deteriorating physical condition in the final few years of his career. However, nevertheless, his retirement (and the fact he'semstayed/emretired this whole time) still came as a shock. On his podcast, he admitted that he's grappling with a significant void in his life./p p"You have to remember that, for over half of my life, being in the ring is what I did," he stated. "And then it's not there anymore. And it does – it leaves a huge void in you. I hope it goes away at some point, but as of now, it hasn't. It's still tough for me. I'm still coming to grips with it."/p pAlthough it genuinely seems The Undertaker hasa href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wrestlemania-history-the-most-heartbreaking-losses" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"wrestled his last match/ain WWE, comments like this make us second-guess his decision:/p p"I may or may not have saida href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-undertaker-rescues-wife-shark-vacation" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"to my wife recently/athat I was going to make a comeback," The Undertaker confessed. "Fortunately, I think I've talked myself out of that."/p pThat's the beauty of being one of the greatest WWE Superstars ever – the door to return is always open./p div class="listicle-heading" h2span class="title"When Did The Undertaker Last Appear on WWE Television?/span/h2 div caption="The Undertaker" data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="5443a848-76b8-4598-9a56-1bc0399db861" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usablog/files/styles/scale_862/public/2022/05/the-undertaker-hell-in-a-cell.jpg" width="862" height="575" alt="The Undertaker pinning CM Punk during their 2005 Hell In A Cell match" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" pThe Undertaker/p /span span class="media__credit"Photo: WWE /span /div /div /div /div /div pAlthough he hasn't competed in an official capacity during a match since his retirement at WrestleMania 36, The Undertaker hasn't shied away from getting physical in the ring! The last time the WWE Universe sawa href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/undertaker-tony-hawk-photo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"The Undertaker/aappear on television was during the October 10, 2023 edition of NXT. The Dead Man had a showdown with Bron Breakker – and the meeting did not go in Breakker's favor!/p p/pdiv class="embed-code-other embed-code-youtube"iframe loading="lazy" fetchpriority="low" src="about:blank" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ytmNG1p2cgg?si=ww3zukTJkFzUdiqy" class="optanon-category-13" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen style="width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 560 / 315;"/iframe/div pEven in retirement, The Undertaker is clearly still capable of wrecking his fellow WWE Superstars with a devastating chokeslam./p div data-embed-button="related_content" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:node.embed" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b43e5790-0f7c-4134-86c7-fbd77c11ba1d" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"h2 class="headline" a class="embed-in-feed" href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/sdcc-mattel-panel-undertaker-surprise-visit" The Dead Man Walks Again At SDCC As The Undertaker Takes The Stage To Surprise Fans /a /h2 /div pSo, while WrestleMania 40a href="https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/john-cena-wrestlemania-40" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"rumors begin to fly/aover the purported return of one of the best to lace up a pair of wrestling boots, the WWE Universe can rest assured that The Undertaker is allegedly going through some significant WWE-related withdrawal./p pIf The Undertaker decides to return, he'll be welcomed back into the fold with open arms. If he stays retired, we know the WWE Universe will have nothing but respect for that particular decision./p pemYou can tune in to/ema href="https://www.peacocktv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emPeacock/em/aemto watch WrestleMania on April 6 and 7. In the meantime, catch up on all things WWE Universe on/ema href="https://www.peacocktv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emPeacock/em/aem./em/p