The Undertaker Hopes AEW “Gets Their Crap Together” | WWE Star Approaches TNA For Title Match

The Undertaker recently commented on the state of AEW during an episode of his podcast. We have some backstage details regarding a title match taking place at this weekend's WWE Clash At The Castle Scotland PLE. And a WWE star has said they've approached TNA for a title match.
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[@GojiEm]

Taker's one of those guys who's old enough to criticize AEW for it's faults, but wise enough to know that if AEW gets better, WWE gets better in order to counter them. Thus, all of wrestling gets better in the process.

[@afd19850]

A rising tide lift all ships as Tom says

[@anthonylucero6650]

Oh shut up ya mook😒

[@dngn4774]

The problem is that for there to be competition, both sides need to get better. One did and one got super defensive about not getting better.

[@SkunkApe407]

​@@afd19850that's actually an old sailor's phrase.

[@brainthebrian3690]

Bro, this is is the take literally everyone has right now and has had.

[@eduardofranco8528]

Undertaker is spot on, the problem with AEW is lack of leadership, a weak captain sinks ships

[@jaredthehawk3870]

Honestly, it's good and refreshing to hear that a career WWE guy actually wants AEW to succeed. He's giving harsh but correct and constructive criticism.

[@sameoldsameold9239]

He's giving constructive criticism because he knows competition and choice is healthy. THAT is the difference from all of the bad faith takes and trolling online from the toxic "fans" across both audiences.

[@deathmauler181]

That and he's got time in the ring

[@nikoladzhurov1800]

Undertaker after his Fav wrestler MJF re-signs with AEW. FIX YOUR SHIT MY BOY DESERVES BETTER.

[@SexyUndisputed2All]

Lmafo. Mjf is smarter than you so he resogned

[@joker-sh5hv]

MJF re-signed over a year ago.

[@darryllmcgee]

​@@joker-sh5hv You don't know when MJF signed a new deal.

[@stanislavlevitt9663]

2:06 gt 2:19😅 h 😅of 2:26 y2:32

[@joker-sh5hv]

@@darryllmcgee it’s wildly known the general timeframe when he re-signed. Sorry if your uninformed🤷‍♂️

[@eLite-Tiss91]

Undertaker: Tell me when I'm lying

[@SexyUndisputed2All]

Hahahaha

[@MrBeardsley]

Hell, I’m not gonna tell the Undertaker he’s lying even if he is. Dude’s old and broken down but could probably still murder me with one punch.

[@CulEdz]

Bobby Fish: WHERES THE LIE

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

@@MrBeardsley calm down AEW mark

[@dsadams17]

Tell me when he's been backstage to know any of these things.

[@thequartersfooty]

I'm critical of AEW and how it operates. I want to see AEW be as much of a success it can be. TK needs to listen to The Undertaker, there is a reason why Mark Calaway aka Undertaker is universally respected across all locker rooms in professional wrestling. And he has all the knowledge, we're talking about over 30 years of experience. If he doesn't take in the advice, then he'd be a fool not to.

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

Chelsea Green has a personality tailor made for pro wrestling. Her previous issue with WWE was injuries, but she’s stayed injury free since returning. Hope it stays that way. Her and Piper are so different it works!

[@SkunkApe407]

I absolutely adore Chelsea. Piper, too. They make a great team, and I love what those ladies are doing together. Gimme more!

[@mutedmayday]

I hope they have big plans for her

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

How many commercials for boner pills did you have to get through to get to Taker talking about AEW?

[@moopert86]

I want AEW to be successful. I agree with Taker, they nee need to get experienced wrestling people in charge of management and booking. Especially the booking as that's the biggest problem week to week with Dynamite. The PPVs are usually great, the matches are great. The week to week booking leading to the matches would draw a lot more people to watch or buy if it were better.

[@franklingoodwin]

Undertaker to Tony Khan : buckle up, Tony

[@BurgerQueenDoudrop]

When The Deadman speaks, you listen.

[@kimchi2780]

Like when he called out the locker room for playing video games and not being real men?

[@BurgerQueenDoudrop]

@@kimchi2780 Yes, exactly.

[@thequartersfooty]

Amen to that. A reason he commanded respect in locker rooms for years.

[@mmgvii8076]

​@@BurgerQueenDoudrop brush your knees off and wipe your mouth on the way back to your feet

[@Blind_Sexy_and_Taken]

@@mmgvii8076 OK you can disagree with a person, but there’s no need to be nasty towards anybody. The undertaker is a legend by every measure, and Lord knows he has more knowledge about the wrestling business than Tony has. undertaker is not saying anything that many other people have been saying for years. The numbers and the attendance show the same thing that Tony needs to get his crap together and seeing as he has no idea what he’s doing he needs to find someone that doesn’t know what they’re doing.

[@elijahrobinson4650]

Get Scott D’More to come in to run the locker room and answer to Tony Khan.

[@SirAsdf]

1:59 Gee, I wonder who's fault that could be? Couldn't be the hypocrit who sends Edge out to talk about how Tribalism is a bad thing, only to immediately turn around and dedicate more TV time to taking cheap shots at the competition instead of focusing on his own product. Nope, definitely not him.

[@thegreatestshowonearth7623]

Which made no sense for Edge to go out there being he's been there for a few months

[@SkunkApe407]

TK is an idiot spoiled rich kid. I knew he was going to make a shitshow of AEW as soon as Cody left. Sadly disappointed to see I was right.

[@backfandangoX]

come on guys, you're not going to give Undertaker any kind of comment about TK's leadership? You're just going to chalk it up to "oh he's a WWE guy"?

[@Jamieb1994]

I'm not surprised if these lads are gonna be defending AEW, especially when Undertaker makes some good points & he was even being neutral as well.

[@zeroisnine]

They can't friendly with WWE, WWE is Harvey Weinstein

[@CapnRojo]

Heaven forbid anyone gives constructive criticism to AEW.

[@ILOVEPITS2]

Cutting to the clips while on the news video is a bloooody lovely touch

[@MrWebby93]

"Let's get all the Scots on the CaTC card." "Sure, just a couple of rivalry matches?" "Nah, let's give them all championship matches!" "But... Piper hasn't done anything to deserve it..." "I said what I said." "Ok, should we start writing a storyline now?" "No, just save it for a week before the show." The one thing about the international PLE's is WWE letting anyone from that country have a championship match. It is so jarring. Why were Zelina and Piper given big matches other than money? At least write it into the show better. Drew, Rhea, and Damien all made sense, and at least Indi's match was a dark match.

[@digbeak2275]

People from cultaholic ignore the point when undertaker calls out the leadership of aew lol

[@marcussmith6507]

It’s not all side aew fans are by far the most toxic

[@Jamieb1994]

I agree. You can't talk about something you don't like in AEW or say that you don't like a certain AEW talent without upsetting those fans.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

From what I've seen the tribalism started with AEW. WWE stans got sick of the constant S talk and started celebrating every mistake that AEW makes. Personally I want both companies to succeed. I'm a wrestling fan, not an AEW or WWE fan.

[@sameoldsameold9239]

I don't know, some of those anti-AEW twitter accounts are just unhinged.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

​@@sameoldsameold9239They have definitely become unhinged. Grifter's figured out that they can make money from the outrage.

[@deathmauler181]

They are the most toxic, sure but wwe die hard are not far off

[@82gamerprincess31]

I’m an AEW fan but i do agree their one major issue is they need a solid creative team with Tony that are not active wrestlers to take some of the burden of booking off him. Tony can steer the ship to his vision but that boat needs a crew not a insanely busy dude with a bit of a petty streak in him. There are so many people who could do it too. RD Evans, Jimmy Jacobs, Chris Hero, Bryan Danielson (once retired), Christopher Daniels, Scott D’Amore, etc. AEW needs that creative group who can also manage talent as former talent to not be idiots, especially on socials.

[@afd19850]

AEW does things good and bad WWE does things good and bad TNA does things good and bad NJPW….you get the idea. There is no perfect company

[@aldoesagood4862]

I can already hear the the Fraser x Unholy Union interview in my head, and I can’t make out a single word anyone is saying 😂 I’m sure it will be a great time regardless

[@Venemofthe888]

He gave them constructive criticism and wants them to do better

[@rahulmcintyre2553]

The Man who defined Pro Wrestling is saying something TK. Listen to him. Booking Random matches for the Sickos will not work.

[@SexyUndisputed2All]

Why you care when obviously you a wwe stooge

[@deadwafflez9685]

Good lord Bayley is amazing.

[@gmoneys2187]

I only pressed the like button because of the motivational speech

[@LebanonStorm]

That made me tear up a bit. I wasn’t expecting Tom to drop that bit of advice like that at all.

[@gmoneys2187]

@@LebanonStorm Bro you needed to hear that now you have to take action!!!!!!

[@n3rr4d]

Every time I hear about Marigold....all I can think about is....."THEY'RE MARIGOLDS!"

[@jacobnavarro3675]

LOL Tom and Andy talking about how tall Fraser supposedly is, meanwhile he's on the screen behind them looking maybe an inch and a half taller than Bayley.

[@fraserporter6559]

You should have seen the big heels she was in, was wild

[@Slick218]

He didn’t even say anything bad or say he wants them to fail, but people love to overreact online.

[@sameoldsameold9239]

He said quite the opposite in fact.

[@jaredthehawk3870]

What I'm getting from him is that he wants AEW to be successful and not have to close its doors.

[@Slick218]

Right? He was as nice as anyone could be and even said it was his own opinion. I was surprised people had a problem with it but I guess I shouldn’t be since it was all on twitter/x

[@deathmauler181]

He wants more of the boys to have jobs and the fans to be able to enjoy it ,the company not closing up shop is key in that

[@Luboatm]

Adam Pacitti looks a lot like Tom Campbell

[@kevinaarya]

Shoot for stars than you will land on moon. This makes more sense

[@RapidDave22]

The guy who's been isolated in the WWE bubble for 30+ years is talking about other companies? I'm sure he's got his finger on the pulse.

[@ywbbehe5993]

Cry more 🤡 he is bigger than entire aew

[@BurgerQueenDoudrop]

Nobody understands this business better than The Deadman. I bet you're wearing a Kenny Omega shirt right now.

[@sameoldsameold9239]

​@@BurgerQueenDoudropThat's not the insult you think it is considering a lot of wrestlers enjoy Omega's work.

[@BurgerQueenDoudrop]

@@sameoldsameold9239 The wrestlers he used to work with in Japan definitely enjoyed his fingers if you know what I mean.

[@sameoldsameold9239]

@@BurgerQueenDoudrop Ah, so you're operating at THAT level of discussion... 🙄

[@micahjohnson6705]

WWE women vs TNA Women division at war games.

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@ruind404]

A lot of people forget that no one wants AEW to go under, all people want is just for Tony to wise up or find someone to help him.

[@mutedmayday]

The trolls are just the loudest

[@my-king]

I think its obvious that Dustin needs to run AEW. Tony has the money but not the skills.

[@jollyrouger2945]

I hope they keep piper and Chelsea together for the long haul not that they need to be forever a tag team but kind of like besties that support and watch out for each other even as they raise in solo runs

[@addison_reilly5904]

0:18 Adam Pacitti certainly looks different, haircut maybe?

[@RageyRage82]

Tribalism in wrestling fandom never really made sense to me. I just like wrestling, and if two companies clashing helps both, and gives everyone something to watch, that's good. Also, it should be open to fair criticism.

[@dmercy8477]

I gonna have to agree with Taker. Khan seems like a very nice guy in real life but he’s clearly incapable of running a company by himself. I think he needs to hire more experienced bookers that can help him out so AEW can find its footing again. It’s no longer Vince’s WWE it’s now Triple H’s and Khan seems to fail to understand that given the recent interviews he’s done. I do hope AEW can be watchable again because WWE needs competition.

[@trickshotthefinaltrick]

Agreed

[@alext5340]

You hear that TK, listen to the undertaker.

[@thenightowl7712]

There’s literally no bias in a man giving his honest opinion on a product we’ve all seen decline in the last few years.

[@AznagPT]

Image if TK signs Mark Calloway to work backstage after this 🤣 (never gonna happen I know)

[@jdperry1917]

While Taker isn't exactly wrong a Vince guy isn't one to be pointing the finger at leadership 😂

[@adamjones9818]

TNAxWWE survivor series would be awesome

[@lgr2284]

💯💯👏👏👏

[@kwizzeh]

Dustin Rhodes for booker! Let's gooooo.

[@Bumchats]

Chelsea... Dont hear Vince say you want Bobby to beat up your husband ffs 😂 we cant deal with this agajn

[@Jamieb1994]

I'm just saying, but The Undertaker does make some good points there about AEW + if Tony wants AEW to be successful, then he does need to get his shit together. Also, Undertaker sounded neutral there, so it's not like he's being bias towards WWE or saying that Tony is a bad boss.

[@thewrestler9184]

And the day he says that WWE has McIntyre & most of it's Scottish wrestlers lose their matches at Clash at the Castle, they basically just threw away the entire UK fanbase over nothing. AEW will be just fine, especially when the other side makes boneheaded choices like that.

[@ChanBoogie310]

Look i’ll say this hearing Undertaker criticize AEW I found more genuine than other people who does it. He does it in good faith compared to everyone else that does it.

[@anthonylucero6650]

Undertaker is right about AEW but he’s still a shell of his former self

[@jaryd12345]

I don’t understand how some people are taking Taker’s statements as “BLERRRR WWE SHILL”. He’s literally talking about wanting AEW to provide better competition to WWE, I promise you right now, WWE don’t want AEW to be better competition for them. You can prefer AEW to WWE, but nobody can say that AEW are in any way close to providing competition. Yes They can sign the odd big name for big money because Khan has deep pockets, but each time they have done that it has shown no increase in business for them except a one week bump. Hell, it’s insane to me we’re now talking about NXT being somewhat competitive with Dynamite again in ratings. Yes part of that is NXT doing a good job increasing their numbers, but AEW has also done its fair share in coming down to meet them. They shouldn’t even be in the same stratosphere at this point.

[@anthonylucero6650]

NXT is doing great, because Tony Khan is a horrible booker ya mook😒

[@anthonylucero6650]

Screw AEW😒

[@anthonylucero6650]

AEW sucks😒

[@franklingoodwin]

"she told the big Scotsman..." Fraser is average height isn't he? (unless you were talking about something else 😂) I know he might be tall compared to Andrew (sorry, no offence my short king)

[@Alien_on_earth69]

He’s right wwe need competition and a locker room leader would of prevent that mess that had with cm punk 😂

[@LebanonStorm]

I wasn’t expecting Tom to drop that bit of advice. That legit made me tear up, hearing him deliver it.

[@TheCroatia7]

With you on that one. I love when they (but especially tom) put in some real life advice. It goes a long way in this kinda toxic wrestling community

[@zjw-ninja-pirate]

Curious what people think, are AEW really competing with wwe? I’m a big AEW fan, don’t watch much wwe but love to see the recent improvement, but wwe is just so far above AEW it’s hard to believe they are truly competing

[@Jamieb1994]

I don't know because it feels like Tony Khan often brags about how well AEW are doing in the ratings, but he's also constantly thinking about WWE more than AEW where as on the WWE side, they're barely acknowledge AEW & Hunter seems to be more focused on WWE. If Tony sees WWE as competition, then he needs to get his shit together & focus more on his own promotion than thinking about what others are doing.

[@bryanwladkowski1236]

Chelsea is the best

[@robbywinn8121]

Matt Cardona & Steph DeLander vs Chelsea Green & Bobby Lashley/Drew BOOK IT YOU COWARDS!!

[@twobrosgamers8426]

1:59 It's not like Tony Khan is the one pushing for said Tribalism. OH, WAIT.

[@dscul97]

7:02 reminds me of Ross screeching "Tom-spiracyyyyyy"

[@florianreimann3166]

It's great that Taker has some critique for AEW, they do need it, but at the same time he is a hypocrite, Vince did the same irrational last minute booking over the last few years, that Tony is doing now, why didn't Taker speak out publicly then? It's always easier to criticize the competition isn't it?

[@thegreatestshowonearth7623]

Tony Khan isn't gonna see it that just wait and see either he's gonna get someone to come out to the ring and throw jabs at taker which will be a mistake since Taker is one of the most well respected wrestler of all time or he's gonna wait until Forbidden Door media scrum

[@BlakeMaddox-ln6uu]

You guys are hard to understand when you get to bantering hard with each other, maybe if I were British I suppose I'd understand a little better, no offense meant :)

[@JuanRodriguez-pr2bz]

Piper got her match only because she from Scotland

[@GojiEm]

The man who got me into wrestling be spittin' once more 😎

[@Noisy_Army_YT]

Undertaker lives in the past to much that's all. He also said WWE isn't good anymore a while ago

[@alifnajmi1997]

Fortunately, The Undertaker was right about TK and AEW current problems

[@anonymousnate678]

Funny to watch the sheep in the comments praise The Undertaker for saying similar stuff that Nash and Bischoff have said but they get roasted for it lol.

[@mutedmayday]

For the sake of your wrestlers get your crap together Tony Khan (and I'm a supporter of AEW)

[@ALBeThere2Play]

More enjoyable than wwe at least

[@noiisserpmii]

Anyone discrediting Taker is an idiot. Punk & Kaz said it perfectly. Its a matter of a kid playing with his toys or a video game.

[@pamelavyse]

❤i would watch Tom commentating paint drying!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TimeBomb014X]

Tony has proven in the last year alone, how out of his depth he is and how he has no talent in running both a busineaa and a wrestling show. Taker is 100 on the money

[@bigdaddykush1830]

The only thing in there way...is the money mark fan girl himself..he needs to stop hugging his talent and be the dam boss

[@human_cube]

Tom's little advice and positive/motivational little tidbits are THE BEST.

[@vb2806]

No they aren't. If he was actually positive he would call out Tony on his tribalism

[@indigocrow8385]

All Elite Scooby Doo

[@atomicbleep]

Party-Boy Pacitti's impression of Tom is uncanny, especially Adam's impression of Tom doing an impression of the Undertaker.

[@adrianofgold]

The Undertaker is a cop.

[@George-je5ez]

Wait does Bayley still actually wrestle ?

[@ShotgunSam-xk8ey]

There is no crossover... till HE appears... 👏👏. C'mon Shawn and Trips, say his name so he appears...

[@martinbrophy6898]

How long till we hear Tony khan say this isnt Monday night raw, This isnt friday night smackdown. This isn't tna. This is A.E. F***ING W

[@iamdavejohnson]

He’s writing it now. They will say “this is where the best wrestle” 15 times in the next week.

[@martinbrophy6898]

@@iamdavejohnson haha definitely

[@mastercalippo]

ik for a fact u didnt listen to the undertaker podcast so dont act

[@Jamieb1994]

It's also interesting that the Cultaholic lads think Undertaker is shitting on AEW & Tony Khan because of their current problems, despite being neutral with his comments, yet they might think differently if someone from AEW starts criticizing WWE.

[@leagueleaders]

Thats cool you got someone there with a press pass.

[@timothyarnold1679]

No, seriously. AEW needs to get their sh1t together. Hire some real bookers and real writers.

[@afd19850]

I disagree. Taker is 110% right ob leadership but unless you are watching AEW you won’t see the stories.

[@MattGOG666]

This should be the wakeup call TK needs. If taker feels the need to speak up about the other guys, they shohld absolutely listen to what he says

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Tony Khan's heart is not in the right place if he keeps going on these drug infuse Twitter rants. And keep taking unnecessary shots at WWE (predatory/Harvey Weinstein comments)

[@edwardhernandez9992]

That’s great advice from the deadman take note Tony Khan 😮

[@razorramon7573]

It's ironic that the Undertaker would shoot on AEW when we all knows it's gonna "Rest in Peace!" 😁

[@sameoldsameold9239]

Except he doesn't want it to...

[@23lacross]

Literally the one reason I don’t watch AEW is because it’s run by an immature manchild who can’t stop himself from bringing up WWE when he should be concerned about his own product. The guy is a horrible leader, let his wrestlers walk all over him. How he handled the Punk situation showed he doesn’t have any stones to begin with.

[@jimjohnstonreviewstheworld]

WTF guys?? Seriously this is the product you want to put out?? 1 segment fanning the flames of tribalism whilst acting the opposite… 2 treating a super fan with access and extreme bias as a journalist🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ and 3) playing the interviews you’re posting on your own channel as “news”content..

[@FreshNews247]

Thanks, Tom. Took me shoot now I'm being summoned to the courts...

[@RemyXAnarchy]

Who else got a bit of a laugh as they are going on about how tall Frasier is with a picture of him like 4 inches taller then Bayley right behind them

[@Dr_1212]

While taker is correct AEW does need leadership TK is more an owner than coach taker also needs to sthu because i feel he.s coming from the WWE vs AEW bs point of view if he isn't my bad but honestly AEW despite all the social media bs hate is a very good show unless your more of a fan of sports entertainment than of actual wrestling or if you watch it with a closed mind & TK for all his faults has made AEW ok just being a novice if he had experience AEW would be awesome to all Marry any1 to get ahead h is only a slightly better booker than TK in reality

[@anthonylucero6650]

Screw AEW😒

[@anthonylucero6650]

AEW sucks😒

[@Dr_1212]

@@anthonylucero6650 A-hole Anthony How you doing hater?

[@Dr_1212]

@@anthonylucero6650 A-hole Tony

[@Dr_1212]

@@anthonylucero6650 How u doing hater? 😆

[@bak8823]

Undertaker mad AEW has all the best talent so wwe have to keep recalling undertaker out of retirement 😂

[@olivermcguire2545]

Uhhh no you’re wrong and yk it😂

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

AEW and WWE both have great talent. That's a fact. Undertaker didn't tear AEW down, he said that AEW was good. Undertaker believes that it could become more successful if it made some changes behind the scenes. That's not really a hot take nowadays.

[@afd19850]

@@perceivedvelocity9914Tribal Idiots are going to say Tribal idiot things (in both sides) and miss the point of what Taker said

[@happytimes10191]

Imagine an R-Truth & Joe Hendry Segment

[@eLite-Tiss91]

Undertaker: 🪦 🦇 💀 His Wife: YOU NOT ENOUGH FOR ME!

[@TheRealAhoy]

​@@ChitwanPereltaI think he understands that better than you 👍

[@seanferguson9878]

It’s amazing how you guys manage to be so formulaic and yet so amateur at the same time

[@MrBeardsley]

The Undertaker With a Podcast is A Dog With a Blog for wrestling fans.