Talking Taker
Digging up the career of The Undertaker one PPV match at a time every Friday. Hosted by wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White.
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Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
We're digging up The Undertaker's Hidden Gems on this week's Special Edition of Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they take a detour from their journey through every Undertaker PPV match for a look at some of his untelevised and most rare matches. We're digging through the WWE Network archives and taking our time traveling hearse to across the country to territories like USWA, SMW, and OVW and across the world to Canada, Kuwait, and even Finland! We'll talk about match between "Mean" Mark and Jerry "The King" Lawler just a month before Mark become The Dead Man, The Undertaker's only title defense of his first WWF Championship reign, and an encounter with Taker's long-lost brother Kane before he became Kane! Then we'll hit some lost Attitude Era footage including The Undertaker and Triple H's first few singles matches, an iconic moment from Shotgun Saturday Night, and an incredible tag team battle from Madison Square Garden with Taker and Stone Cold vs DX just 6 days after the Montreal Screwjob. Finally we'll hit the Biker Taker era with the Brothers Of Destruction sharing some beers after an episode of Raw goes off the air, Undertaker and Kane's first meeting with Batista a year before he hit the main roster, and a lost classic from an international live event with Brock Lesnar. Plus we'll also cover some famous matches that are even more rare and only on Youtube against the likes of Tito Santana, Hakushi, and The APA (including a drunken Bradshaw promo that has to be heard to be believed)! Don't miss this one folks - download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
The Graveyard Dogs are unleashed on this week's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey through every Undertaker PPV match as they cover his one-time team-up with Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules 2019 as they face off with Drew McIntyre and "The Best In The Worrrrrrld" Shane McMahon. It's a much needed return to form for The Dead Man as this match feels like it could have come right out of The Phenom's golden years. We'll discuss why everything in this match just clicks and what a breath of fresh air it was after the rough patches of the past few months. We'll also discuss this match's significance as Taker passes the ownership of "The Yard" over to Roman, gets to have an iconic moment with Drew McIntyre, and competes in a full match in a front of a crowd for the very last time. Plus we'll discuss all the build-up including Undertaker's surprise return to save Roman on Raw, Shane's hilariously pompous entrances, Kevin Owens stealing the show and absolutely burying Dolph Ziggler, Gary "The Goat" Garbutt, Elias sticking his guitar into things, and so much more "spookiness". Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
It's the dream match that turned into a nightmare! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey through every Undertaker PPV match as they cover the debacle between The Undertaker and Goldberg from Super Showdown 2019. These two icons led their respective companies on the battlefields of the Monday Night Wars. And though we all would have wanted to see this match a few years earlier, it still gave us goosebumps to see the holders of the two most legendary streaks in wrestling face off for their first ever match. Unfortunately, everything that could possibly go wrong did go wrong after that! We'll discuss the bloody miscue from Goldberg, the many times this match should have been stopped, the Jacked-Up-Hammer, and all the other cringeworthy moments that got crammed into under ten minutes. Along the way we'll also cover The Undertaker missing his first WrestleMania in 19 years, his "ceremonial burial" of Elias the very next night on Raw, the mistimed promo from Taker that might have been an omen of things to come for this match, WWE legends analyzing this match, Goldberg's bizarre warning to The Dead Man, the rare club Taker joined with the outcome of this match, Vince McMahon's confusing affection for these old-timers, and so much more. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
It's The Brothers Of Destruction vs Degeneration X for the first time ever - hold on to your wigs! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey through every Undertaker PPV match as they cover the dream match that turned into a nightmare at Crown Jewel 2018. Eight years after being retired by The Undertaker at WrestleMania 26, Shawn Michaels made his return to the ring alongside Triple H to take on Taker and Kane. What could possibly go wrong? Turns out - everything! We'll break down this cursed encounter including Triple H's early injury, Shawn's ugly moonsault, and Kane's hilarious unmasking. But we'll also give credit where credit is due and talk about the high points in this match including Triple H's amazing perseverance despite his painful condition. We'll also discuss all the build-up including the ridiculousness of 50-year-old men tossing out glow sticks, Triple H's problem with "big words", Kane and Taker's goofy boiler room promo, the real life controversy surrounding this show, and much more. Plus Alex unboxes his surprise birthday present from Travis live on the air! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
It's The Undertaker vs Triple H for the Last Time Ever (until the next time)! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they head down under for the first and only time on the podcast for the main event of the Super Show-Down! Despite their End Of An Era match a few years prior, The Dead Man and The Game return to face each other yet again in for another mega-show on a new continent. Would they be able to recreate their WrestleMania magic? Or would this go down as an international incident? We'll give our thoughts as revisit the match for the first time since it took place. Along the way we'll also discuss The Undertaker's final house show match ever, how Taker's career is starting to feel like the end of a "Lord Of The Rings" movie, Triple H's confusing logic for accepting the match, the WWE Legends' predictions for the match, Shawn Michaels promising that he's a man of his word, The Authority's poor management skills, The Brothers Of Destruction reuniting, Elias and Kevin Owens in Seattle, and the shocking ending of this match that set up the unthinkable for the Crown Jewel PPV. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Check out our Spotify Playlist highlighting all the music featured across our episodes throughout the years and see if you can remember which songs went with each match - updated every week!
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Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
It's Rusev Day on Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey through every Undertaker PPV match as we begin our look at The Dead Man's 2018 World Tour with the Greatest Royal Rumble. It's The Undertaker's final ever Casket Match and he's taking on the Bulgarian Brute in a match that feels straight outta 1993. It also might be the most bizarre build-up we've covered in the history of the podcast as the entirety of this rivalry takes place over Twitter! We'll discuss the infamous "Bury Me Softly, Brother" tweet from Rusev, how and why Taker's opponent was briefly changed to Chris Jericho, how and why it was changed back to Rusev, the controversies surrounding the WWE's first Saudi Arabia supershow, TMZ interviews, dumpster fire matches, the evolution from signs to cell phones in the audience, and, of course, the Titus World Slide! Plus we try out our Lana and Aiden English impressions! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
Pick up a "Bury Me Softly, Brother" Shirt & more merch at TeePublic to help support the show!
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Check out our Spotify Playlist highlighting all the music featured across our episodes throughout the years and see if you can remember which songs went with each match - updated every week!
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
It’s time to Taker Easy in The Big Easy! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey through every Undertaker PPV match as they reach the wildly surprising and “unannounced” match between The Dead Man and John Cena at WrestleMania 34. We’re really in the “bonus” era of our show now as we’ve reached the series of matches that took place AFTER we started the podcast and that we NEVER expected to happen. It’s also a special episode because Alex was able to attend the show live in the Superdome! We’ll talk about how he won the tickets from none other than Tony Schiavone, the incredible atmosphere in New Orleans, and the surprising wrestler he ran into on Bourbon Street! Before we get there we’ll also cover the epic 5-word promo from Roman Reigns the night after Mania 33, The Undertaker’s confusing appearance at the Raw 25th Anniversary show, John Cena turning a silly premise into must-see TV, the return of Kane, Cena’s commitment to the bit, and of course the shocking squash that took place on the grandest stage of them all. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
We're talking the historic very first episode of Monday Night Raw along with friend of the show Watchalong Tommy on a very special Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White as they take a detour from their journey through every Undertaker PPV match to cover his main event appearance from 28 years ago on the first episode of the longest running episodic series in cable tv history! Even better, we're joined by longtime listener and contributor to the show Watchalong Tommy as he shares some incredible stories from his 30 years of fandom. He's been to multiple WrestleManias and Royal Rumbles and SummerSlams - he was even on the U.S.S. Intrepid to see Lex Luger bodyslam Yokozuna - and he shares some classic stories including a touching moment with The Fink. After that we provide a running commentary for this throwback show from the Manhattan Center including The Undertaker squashing Damien Demento. Along the way we'll also talk about Bobby Heenan, Koko B. Ware, Max Moon, Shawn Michaels, Vince McMahon, Randy Savage, Rob Bartlett, Doink The Clown, and so much more. And before we get into it, we also take a few moments to pay tribute to one of the The Undertaker's opponents who was taken from us far too soon this past week, Jon Huber a.k.a. Luke Harper. Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
It's a special bonus stocking stuffer of an episode this week on Talking Taker! Due to technical difficulties on our end, we were not able to record our regularly scheduled episode. So instead we are proud to present an episode of The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast featuring Alex and Travis covering the one Undertaker match we skipped over on our encyclopedic exploration - Rebellion 2000! It's the 20th Anniversary of this U.K. PPV and it's the only time The Undertaker and Chris Benoit ever faced off in singles competition on PPV. Alex and Travis joined Mike and JV a few months back to watch this match on their podcast as well as the main event of the show featuring Stone Cold vs Kurt Angle vs The Rock vs Rikishi! It's a wild and fun conversation as it always is when the four of us get together, plus it's the only time you'll ever hear us discuss this match on our podcast feed. So enjoy this lost chapter from our history of Dead Man Talking and be sure to follow and support The Bottom Line Wrestling Cast to say thank you for allowing us to share this special episode of their show!
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Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
It's the match that inspired the podcast as we finally reach WrestleMania 33 on this week's Talking Taker! Join wrestling superfans Alex Doriot and Travis White on their journey through every Undertaker PPV match as they reach their inception point 3 and a half years later with The Undertaker vs Roman Reigns in the main event of 2017's granddaddy of em all. It's the moment that fans around the world - and even The Undertaker himself - thought would be his curtain call as he laid his hat and gloves in the ring after putting over the Big Dog. But of course it didn't end up being the end, and we'll analyze the reasons why The Dead Man had trouble letting go. Before we get there we'll also discuss Roman Reigns calling out Taker "with all due respect", the awesome crowds on this road to WrestleMania, HBK and Braun Strowman getting involved in this rivalry, the simple but effective storytelling, the return of JR on commentary, and more. Plus Alex and Travis talk about watching this match together live and how they came up with the idea for this podcast in the immediate aftermath! Download, enjoy, and Taker Easy!
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