Stop destroying my childhood

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Dear Undertaker,

I am sorry to have taken the liberty of using the word "dear" instead of something like "respected". You are very dear to me and that is why I used it instead of anything else.

In 2001, I flew to the United Arab Emirates – the country of my birth – in my homeland, Bangladesh, for holidays. It was the first time I tasted WWE because, in the UAE, television only had one Arab channel.

My cousins ​​absolutely adored and adored you and made fun of you for me. They carried towels on their heads to mimic your bandana and made strange sounds of Harley Davidson when you arrived in the ring.

In 2001, you were at the time the American badbad. When I watched you on TV for the first time, I, at the age of 9, was amazed by the "coolness" you were drinking.

I was in Bangladesh only a few months before returning to the United Arab Emirates. Internet was not widespread at the time and I lost contact with WWE again. However, interest in the fight was instilled.

I returned to Bangladesh in 2005, and you were the Deadman again. Once again, I only had a glimpse of it a few months before returning to the United Arab Emirates. In the meantime, I started looking for WWE news as soon as I could access the Internet.

I tried to follow you as much as possible with you and it was at that time that I understood what you were talking about – a man so dreaded that opponents scream at his view.

At the time, I did not know that the WWE was scripted and I really thought you had magical powers, that you could come back millions of times, were simply unbeatable.

Then, in 2009, I came to Bangladesh for good and started watching the product on television every week. Jeff Hardy and Shawn Michaels were now my absolute favorites.

And you know what happened? Jeff Hardy left WWE a few months later and then retired from Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 26 months later. I was devastated. I absolutely despised you and CM Punk because I thought you were responsible for leaving the company.

Obviously, when I learned that all this was predetermined, contempt in my heart is gone and I've allowed myself again to take advantage of the experience you provided in the years that followed.

Until your series ends in the hands of Brock Lesnar. Although I knew that Mark Calaway was only a human being, The Undertaker still remained a phenomenon to me, a supernatural being with superhuman abilities.

But that night, a little of that aura is gone. Maybe The Undertaker was also a mortal after all.

It was then that I hoped you would stop. I did not want you to go on because I could see weariness in the ring after defeating CM Punk at WrestleMania.

In my eyes, it was your last epic encounter. After that, in each of your matches, I questioned your immortality.

So when the WWE announced that you were going to face Goldberg at Super ShowDown, I knew it was a wrong move, but the kid in me was happy. .

It was 3:30 in the morning when the main event between you and Goldberg arrived. After Goldberg arrived in the ring and his musical theme stopped, I heard my heart pounding.

My eyes were glued to the screen, and then it happened. Gong … Gong … the bell rings … Gong … and then you slowly got up …

I'm 27 now and I'm not ashamed to admit that I've felt all the hairs stand up. My heart was beating a lot faster and I could feel the blood circulating quickly in my spine.

At that time, you were not a 54-year-old man who was sending goosebumps to someone half of your age – you were the best dead man, and I was ############################################################################# He was a child. During those few minutes, I was brought back to the world where you were an obscure and unstoppable force of nature.

During those few minutes, I lived my childhood again

Honestly, if the match did not exalt me. before that, I was surely now. You convinced me that we would see you at best and that I could live a few more minutes in my childhood

But in the end , the rational mind has won, your heritage has been increasingly tarnished in Saudi Arabia. I would have liked never to have seen what I saw in the square circle when Goldberg and you opposed one to the other.

I would like my childhood not to be destroyed that night.

It would be safe to badume that you like. WWE is much more than your health because even at age 54, you put yourself at risk from a person criticized for his lack of security at work.

I will not ask you to think about your health and stop. However, I will ask you to think of me and the rest of us who have idolized you and loved you in our respective childhoods. was a bright light for all of us in our day of innocence. You have made us believe that a person made of flesh and bone can also be an immortal.

And even if a little of it dies every time you get into the ring, there's still a little bit left, and please let us live with it, do not see our fragile hero in the ring and will show more than nothing above Father Time – we already have many things in this world that constantly remind us of it.

And so, I urge you not to be one of those things.

Please, do not destroy our childhood, Deadman – be the symbol of hope that you have always been and rest in peace.

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