The Undertaker dominated WWE for 30 years. His feuds against the likes of Kane, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and more put him in the upper echelons of this industry. There’s no denying that stories involving ‘Taker’ are the stuff of legend.
Speaking during a recent episode of What were they thinking? in Go backstageJBL recalled an incredible story about The Undertaker in Iraq. The Hall of Famer said that photos were taken inside Saddam Hussain’s palace during his tour of Baghdad, Iraq:
“I mean, we stayed in Saddam Hussein’s palace. There’s a famous photo of me and the Undertaker on Saddam Hussein’s throne. There it is, Palace.” [09:33 onwards]
Elsewhere in the podcast, JBL revealed that American soldiers asked him and The Undertaker to play golf on Saddam Hussein’s porch during WWE’s visit to Iraq in the 2000s:
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“We’re in Saddam Hussein’s palace and in Iraq. We rarely, rarely stay in the Green Zone. We always stay in the forward operating bases. So I got to Undertaker and said, do you want to be a part of this? I think , and I don’t know what’s going on, but something is happening. And the soldier had gotten a bunch of golf balls from the USO and he took us out to Hussein’s porch and said, Could you hit some golf balls? We? And I say, you’re right, I will. On one of the best days of my life, we sat and hit golf balls on Saddam Hussein’s porch into his lake.” [From 25:45 onwards]
While JBL didn’t reveal who won the golf game, the former WWE Champion apparently had a great time.
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Edited by Gurjyot Singh Dadial.