Though they appear to be far less common today, once upon a time, backstage fights were a reasonably regular occurrence in pro wrestling. Having been within the industry for many of their lives, it should come as no surprise that Cody Rhodes and The Undertaker touched on that topic during Mark Calaway’s recent appearance on “What Do You Wanna Talk About?”
“Last fight I remember was Big Show and [Great] Khali,” Undertaker said.
“It is so funny to listen to the various descriptions on how the fight went,” Rhodes replied. “Some people speak about hearing the thunderous blows, because they were so big and so they were each hitting one another so hard. After which the fight ends because Show fell over the suitcase, right?”
Rhodes then relayed that Paul Wight (Big Show) seemed indignant afterwards, with Calaway admitting that it was likely because he had told Wight that he lost the fight. The now-retired Undertaker then discussed his close relationship with Wight, which regularly involved frank conversations that Calaway said were had out of affection.
“He did receive a whole lot of grief from me,” Undertaker continued. “And he hit Khali so hard, I needed to look behind Khali to see what was holding him up. He ate a right hand from Big Show – that is the sound. It appeared like dropping an enormous ribeye steak on the counter. … Khali took a pair steps back and so they locked up again. Big Show was attending to him slightly bit but he tripped on the suitcase.”
After Wight tripped, Khali got on top of him and continued hitting him, which led to William Regal putting a fishhook on Khali to interrupt the fight up. Although Wight got some strong offense in, Calaway took the chance to poke fun at Big Show afterwards by reinforcing the concept that he lost the fight.
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