WWE legend The Undertaker refuses to eat one food because of a 'horrible' childhood incident that has scarred him for life.
The Undertaker - real name Mark Calaway - enjoyed a legendary 33-year career in the world of professional wrestling.
He spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for the WWE and was inducted into the promotion's Hall of Fame in 2022.
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The 60-year-old is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history.
Despite his accomplishments and high-profile moments, a cucumber claim has bizarrely followed him.
"Alright, here it is. When I was just a wee little Undertaker, like a kindergarten, first grade Undertaker, I come home from school one day. My mother had taken a bunch of fresh cucumbers and cut them up into slices and had them soaking in a big bowl of vinegar. It was that day. [At that time] it was the greatest thing ever," he told Chris Van Vliet.
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The Undertaker added: "So, I proceeded to eat the whole bowl of cucumbers soaked in vinegar. Well, something about that didn’t settle well with my stomach. Shortly after I ate all of the cucumbers, I expelled all of the contents of my stomach. From that moment on, the smell, for a long time even to see a cucumber I would get somewhat, I wouldn’t say nauseous but queasy. Smell a cucumber? Forget about it. My stomach is just like [nope]... it’s like my mouth starts watering.
"So that’s why I hate cucumbers because I ate too many once as a child, left a horrible, horrible scar in my memory of how bad I threw up. How sick that I got. Then just the very smell of a cucumber [made me sick], heaven forbid I taste one."
But The Undertaker is 'fed up' with the cucumber story, insisting he is not 'scared of them'.
He explained: "I'm getting a little fed up with the cucumber stuff, really. I may just slap the next person who says I’m scared of cucumbers. I’m not scared of cucumbers. I don’t like cucumbers. They taste awful. They smell horrible. They upset my stomach when I was a kid. That’s the only thing. I don’t like cucumbers, I don’t like the smell of them.
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"I ain’t scared of nothing. Why do you have to bring up cucumbers, dragonchaser? I’m gonna chase your ass down the street and beat you with a cucumber. How about that?"
Topics: WWE, The Undertaker, Wrestling
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