He used that as a "broad example" by saying the 'attitude ere.'
You see, Undertaker debuted as the taker in 1990. Way before HHH ever even was on the scene. HHH blew up in the attitude era. Undertaker was already a star. He beat Hogan for the belt in 1991.
Yeah, guys like Kane, Christian, Mark Henry, Golddust, people of that nature were around. But none were anywhere close to the level that undertaker was.
HBK may have been in the business longer, or on the wwf scene before taker, but i may be wrong, but shawns first ic title reign was after taker won the WWF TITLE. So, taker was the man before HBK, and long before HHH.
Now HHH was great during his career, but face facts...just like this past summer with the punk angle, he can't stand by long enough to see someome blow up, especially if he doesn't like them personally, he just had to get involved and ruin the whole storyline. bringing nash in was pointless. all that did was cut punk's momentum in half and bring a pointless match between hhh and nash that fucking david otunga announced.
Undertaker is the greatest character in the history of the business. There is a reason he was called the phenom. Taker may be vince mcmahon's favortite child, other than austin.
Some may not like taker, but he is a consimate professional. His wwf/e career has been spun out over nearly 22 years. I belive he started in the business in 86...
So... Undertaker is by-far the last on an actual era. not the attitude era. The era of true character, toughness, loyalty... etc. Taker did HIAC 98 with a broken ankle. Now how many guys on the roster now would do even a house show with a broken ankle. Night in and night out, hurt, injured, broken bones.. even in his face. The man wrestled. Once taker is gone. There is no more legends. Cena will be. Orton will be. Punk will be. But it's different.
There will never be another Undertaker or anyone who ever comes overall close. So. Even if he's 65 and still wrestling once at mania. It's better for business. He's responsible so much for where we are today and he has earned the privelidge to wrestle once a year. A lot don't like it, but you can get the fuck over it. You'll understand when people like taker are no longer around and you have a bunch of "superstars" who bitch about being hurt and want more and more money, come from the real world and other tv shows, and a generic, bland music, no charisma, first and last name bullshit wrestlers. Since we're in the "reality era" and all. Wrestling is basically dead. They want a long living entertainment product.
Here's the difference. Wrestling is entertaining. You can't have an entertainment show and kinda wrestle. You'll get today's product.