Taken Down Two Pegs: Undertaker Tells Hilarious Story About CM Punk Biting Off More Than He Could Handle

It’s a different world. There are all kinds of things that go into making a wrestler a success and one of the most important is an athletic background. Wrestlers often have success in other sports before getting into the professional ranks and that often includes amateur wrestling. Now we are hearing a story of an athlete from another sport taking on some amateur stars in a less than successful effort.

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During a recent edition of his Six Feet Under podcast, the Undertaker told a story of CM Punk challenging Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin to grappling contests during a flight to Baghdad for Tribute To The Troops in 2006. Undertaker said that Punk had referred to himself as “a jiu-jitsu” practitioner and was chalenged to face Lashley and Benjamin, both accomplished amateur wrestlers. Punk said he would make both of them tap out but was then pinned in less than a minute each. Undertaker said this might have been a Vince McMahon effort but he could not remember.

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Opinion: This is the kind of story that you only get in wrestling and it makes for a great flashback. Punk thinking that he could hang with someone on the level of a Lashley or a Benjamin is quite impressive, as they are more than skilled enough to scare most people off. The result isn’t the most surprising, but points to Punk for trying to make something like this work.

What do you think of the story? Which wrestler would be the most difficult to defeat in such a contest? Let us know in the comments below.

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