The Undertaker shared a hilarious story about his worst roommate experience with The Iron Sheik.
On his podcast, Six Feet Under with Mark Calaway, The Undertaker told a story that took place when Undertaker was starting out in the wrestling business and had to share a hotel room with Sheik, who woke him up during the early hours of the morning performing Hindu squats on the hotel room balcony with the sliding door open, letting in the cold winter air.
Anyway, I ended up back in my hotel room and around 1:30 In the morning, Sheik came in maybe another 30-45 minutes after I did. I’m just right there on the edge. Have some good sleep and he goes ‘Excellent Mark Baba. You get in good rest?’ I said ‘Yeah, Yes Sheik getting some sleep.’ ‘Ah, that’s excellent brother.’ So he lays down and falls asleep. It’s like, a couple hours later. I woke up freezing and I looked the other way there was a sliding glass door that had a little balcony. It’s 4:30 in the morning and Sheik is out there doing Hindu squats, he’s got nothing but his wrestling tights on.
Following his workout, Sheik continued to keep Undertaker awake by having a shower and then blow-drying his moustache, despite Undertaker’s discomfort. Although Undertaker was a greenhorn and had no say in the matter, he was still respectful of the veterans who came before him.
So, the next thing I heard was the shower on. Full steam. I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ So now he’s in there taking a shower. And I mean, it’s the longest shower I’ve ever heard any human take. So, the shower goes on and on and on and finally, I hear the water turn off. I’m like ‘Oh, thank gosh, look, you know, got like an hour, hour and 15 minutes. Okay, go to sleep.’
Then the next thing I hear the blow dryer starts. Now, I’ve been awake for a while now. So, I have my faculties about me. And I’m trying to think like, what on earth? Is he blow-drying? He has no hair, he’s bald. he shaves his body. I get up, the door isn’t completely open but it’s open enough that all the sound is coming out. So, I started to push the door open. And he’s blow-drying his moustache.
After this incident, The Undertaker refused to share a room unless it was with his friends The Godfather or Brian Adams.
What Else Has The Undertaker Spoken About On His Podcast?
On his podcast, The Undertaker spoke about his change to The American Badass gimmick saved his WrestleMania streak from being broken early. He believes that if it wasn’t for this change he would have likely lost his streak to either Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Rock.
H/t to TJRWrestling.net