Away from the ring, The Undertaker is enjoying his life with family after retiring from wrestling competitions. The 6’10” superstar had been the bearer of the most iconic gimmick in the history of the WWE who entered the prestigious Hall of Fame during Wrestlemania 38 weekend in his home state of Dallas, Texas.
The Undertaker was one of the most dominant and feared characters in WWE history. Vince McMahon created this on-screen persona with having a supernatural-like appearance who would often put his victims into caskets or terrify them with his inhuman powers. In real life, that demon of the death valley also has his own fears and as much as it sounds unbelievable, it’s a fruit.
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Michelle McCool, The Undertaker’s wife has recently shed some light on why her husband is so afraid of cucumbers. Appearing on a new episode of “The Wives of Wrestling Podcast”, the former Divas Champion discussed her home life with the Phenome. McCool proceeded to provide some insight into his phobia about cucumbers.
“We can’t even have one in the room,” McCool revealed reason of why The Undertaker hates cucumbers so much. “Every birthday, [daughter] Kaia gets cucumbers. She’ll like put them under his pillow, she’ll put them in his car. Cucumbers, he can’t even smell them … can’t even be around it.”
“He ate so many cucumbers one day that he got sick. And ever since then, it was just game over.”
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The Undertaker and Michelle McCool still learning to deal with their emotions
We have seen The Undertaker presenting his dark character for three decades and that experience also brought along some emotional toughness for the man who is Mark Callaway in real life. Portraying such a dark character for so long and retaining the kayfabe perspective wasn’t that easy. So there had to be some fallouts in his relationship with Michelle.
Per her below statement, both of them are still learning how to deal with emotions just like many other couples,
“We both hold everything in, for one. We’re both very stubborn, but as far as the two of us, I know how he feels, he knows how I feel. I would say I’m a little more ‘wear my heart on my sleeve’ than he is. He’s had thirty years of protecting his whole outer shell, so I think it kind of carries over a little bit.” (quotes courtesy Wrestling INC)
The Undertaker and Michelle McCool started dating during their prime in the WWE. They got married in 2010 and that was cited to be a reason why McCool had to leave the company, the very next year. Being a pioneer in the women’s division, the multi-time champion can definitely expect to get into the Hall of Fame, down the road.
