Even after a few attempts, The Undertaker still wasn’t sold on the idea, according to Spike Dudley, but things took a better turn for his case when Bubba Dudley walked down to the ring while they were practicing. “And he looked at Bubba, and he’s like: ‘This kid wants me to Chokeslam him out of the ring. Like, is he, is he insane?’ And Bubba looked at him and goes ”Take, if Spike says he can take it, he can take it; it’s okay,'” he added.

According to Spike, after this, Undertaker conceded to doing the spot, and they ended up pulling it off. Years later, the two discussed the spot backstage at WrestleMania 40 for the Hall of Fame Ceremony, where the “Deadman” seemed to not remember their extensive talks beforehand after they watched the match in a video. “He didn’t remember that I had to convince him to do it, he was apologizing to me like ‘I’m sorry, I was such an a**hole for making you do that!’ And I was like ‘No, I’m the a**hole for making you do it!'” He recalled. However, he claims he eventually set the record straight with Undertaker, who was relieved that he wasn’t the one who took liberties with Spike.

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