The influence of WWE Hall of Fame legend The Undertaker continues to permiate the mainstream pop culture and sports worlds.
And "The Deadman" thinks that's "pretty damn cool."
MMA journalist Ariel Helwani spoke with The Undertaker this weekend to get his thoughts on UFC Middleweight Champion Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya using his iconic ring entrance in WWE for the Octagon-walk to his title defense against Jared Cannoneir in the main event of the UFC 276 pay-per-view on Saturday night.
"I thought it was great," The Undertaker told Helwani. "He's not only a great fighter, he's an awesome entertainer as well!"
Undertaker continued, "Tyson Fury gets knocked down [and] sits up like The Undertaker, and Adesanya uses my walkout!"
"It's pretty damn cool!" he concluded.
Adesanya would go on to successfully defend his title with a five-round unanimous decision victory over Jared Cannonier, which took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired head-to-head with the WWE Money In The Bank 2022 pay-per-view, which also took place in Vegas, emanating from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
As noted, former WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon, along with his daughter, the current Inerim WWE Chairman & CEO Stephanie McMahon, and son-in-law Paul "Triple H" Levesque were sitting Octagon-side for the main event, which took place approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the WWE PPV.
Featured below is Israel Adesanya's epic Octagon walk paying homage to "The Phenom" via the video embedded below in the tweet from Ariel Helwani featuring Undertaker's comments.
I asked @undertaker what he thought of @stylebender’s walkout:
“I thought it was great! He’s not only a great fighter, he’s an awesome entertainer as well! Tyson Fury gets knocked down & sits up like the UT and Adesanya uses my walkout! Pretty damn cool!”pic.twitter.com/a0tGCZ0DyK— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 3, 2022
