The Undertaker ruled WWE for 30 years. His feuds with Kane, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and others placed him in the upper echelons of the industry. There’s no denying that the stories about “Taker” are the stuff of legend.
talked about in a recent episode what were they thinking? above backstage passJBL recalled an incredible story about The Undertaker in Iraq. The Hall of Famer said he was photographed inside Saddam Hussein’s palace during a visit to Baghdad, Iraq.
“So we were staying in Saddam Hussein’s palace. There’s a famous photo of me and The Undertaker on Saddam Hussein’s throne. There it is, the palace.” [09:33 onwards]
Elsewhere on the podcast, JBL revealed that during WWE’s visit to Iraq in the 2000s, he was invited to play golf by a US soldier on Saddam Hussein’s balcony.
AEW’s top star called one of his colleagues ‘spoiled’ and ‘narcissistic’ here.
“We’re in Saddam Hussein’s palace and in Iraq. We rarely stay in the Green Zone, very rarely. We always stayed in forward operating bases. So I’m the Undertaker. and I said Yes, you want to be a part of this? I don’t know what’s going on, but something is going on. And the soldiers get a bunch of golf balls from the USO and put us in Hussein’s pouch. I took him out and said, “Do you want to play golf?” I would say that one of the best days of my life was hitting a golf ball into a pond on Saddam Hussein’s balcony. ” [From 25:45 onwards]
JBL didn’t reveal who won the golf match, but it looks like the former WWE Champion had a great time.
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Edited by Gurjot Singh Dadyal
