Notes

WWF.com: What do you think about having The Rock back?


UT: I'm glad to see The Rock back. Although we've had our differences out in the ring, The Rock brings a lot to our show. He brings a completely different element -- his energy and his personality. It can only help things. Everybody needs to get away and have a break here and there. It keeps the batteries fresh. So I expect big things from Rock. He's had these three or four months off. And it's in your blood. Once you get into this and you're at the level that The Rock is, it's going to be always in your blood. No matter what you're doing, you crave it. So I think he's going to be bursting at the seams to get out there and do his thing. If you believe the Undertaker would say this, I'm actually happy to see The Rock back.




WWF.com: You've been through similar situations before, being away for a few months and then coming back. What's it like the day you come back?


UT: Oh it's a rush. It's a huge rush because you've been thinking about it. No matter what you're doing, you're sitting there thinking about, "How are the people going to respond to me? How are they going to take me? I've been away." A lot of people say, "Outta sight, outta mind.

" Although you think you know (fans are) going to be happy to see you, you've always got that little bit of self-doubt. "How are they going to take me? Am I going to be as over as I was before?" So it's a nervous anticipation. I can guarantee you that The Rock is going to be sitting there behind that curtain and when that music comes on, his adrenaline's going to be peaked, and it's going to be like he never left.




WWF.com: Are you looking forward to SummerSlam?


UT: Yeah. I've always been kind of fond of SummerSlam. With a Pay-Per-View every month, you kind of peak at that time of the month. But you have WrestleMania, you've got SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, King of the Ring. You really peak for those particular Pay-Per-Views. Hopefully I can bring an end to this thing with (Diamond Dallas) Page. I'll make him famous, and let him go on his way and regret the day he ever heard the name Undertaker.




WWF.com: Are we going to see you jump off the top turnbuckle and through the Spanish announcers' table, like at the 1998 SummerSlam?


UT: No (laughs). Those high-impact landings are going to become less and less a mainstay in the Undertaker's arsenal. Every once in a while I'll pull something out. But like I said, I have to preserve my health, and those are very high-risk moves. I'll try and use that intensity in other parts of my matches. Not to say that you'll never see one again, but you probably won't see one at SummerSlam.




WWF.com: You mentioned before that people have always wanted to know more about you. Are you going to do an autobiography?


UT: I don't know. There's a lot of stuff in my past and in my history that should probably be left in the past and history. I don't know that I can tell one side of the story without the other. So I don't know. Maybe some day. I'm not one though to cash in on just selling my life story just for dollars and cents. It would have to be a project that I would have to put a lot of time and consideration into, and make sure that it was done with all the details and facts completely straight. But I have no interest at this point to write anything, as far as an autobiography.