The Undertaker Has No Desire to Return to the Ring After WrestleMania's Boneyard Match

In the fifth and final installment of WWE's docuseries Undertaker: The Last Ride, on WWE Network, Undertaker (real name: Mark Calaway) said that the Boneyard Match he had with AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36 is April, which was a non-traditional fight filmed like a movie, was not only "storytelling at its finest" but also the "perfect ending" to his legendary 30-year plus career. Though Undertaker isn't totally ruling out an eventual return to the ring for a traditional final match, he said "If there was ever a perfect ending to a career, that right there was it." The booked match between Undertaker and Styles became a pre-filmed, cinematic encounter due to COVID-19 and the official nixing of WrestleMania 36's giant venue, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The decision was then made to try something new with Undertaker, who was set to square off with AJ Styles. The two filmed for a day on a giant "graveyard" set, in a battle that involved a movie score, druid warriors, magic powers, and Undertaker riding off victorious on a motorcycle as a mix of his Deadman and American Badass personas. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=most-devastating-finishing-moves-in-wwe-history&captions=true"] "If Vince [McMahon] was in a pinch, would I come back? I guess time will only tell there," Calaway said. "In case of emergency, break glass, you pull out The Undertaker. I would have to consider that. Never say never, but at this point in my life and in my career I have no desire to get back in the ring." Of course, here Calaway in emphasizing that he has no interest in getting into a ring. He doesn't say anything about possibly filming another cinematic match down the line. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/04/27/2k-reveals-arcade-style-wwe-2k-battlegrounds-as-next-wwe-2k-goes-into-extended-development"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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