Undertaker millionaire age 27 interview

    by Sandeepx 💯: The Undertaker

    The Undertaker confirmed he hit millionaire status at age 27 after leaving a full-ride basketball scholarship to pursue WWE. His peak earnings in a single year came in just shy of $15 million over a 30-year career built on creating unique character resonance. Parents initially thought the decision was crazy but his dad advised living beneath means, which allowed him to drive a 2018 Ford F250 without pretense. Identifying Jesus Christ as his God, he tells young people to embrace difficulties while ensuring success never inflates the ego and failure doesn't damage the heart.

    Transcript (en)

    Excuse me, sir. Sir, how old were you when you became a millionaire? I was 27. And how did you get rich that young? You heard of the WWE? Wrestling? Yeah, wrestling. Yes. I'm The Undertaker. You're The Undertaker? Yeah. Are you serious? I am dead serious. How long were you a wrestler for? 30 years. What was the most amount of money you made in a single year? Just shy of 15. $50 million? Can I interview you for one minute? Yeah, let's do it. Did you have people that thought you were crazy when you said, I'm going to become a wrestler? Oh, yeah. Including my parents. What did they tell you? Oh, my God. I left school. I left a full-ride scholarship playing basketball. And I remember my father telling me, he goes, son, all you have to do is put a ball through a hoop and your school and your education will be paid for. And you want to give all that up for a career in what? I want to be a professional wrestler, dad. You're undoubtedly the greatest wrestler of all time. You're a little biased, but okay. How important has the undertaker named Brandman for your success in your career? My business is all about putting asses in seats. In a business where it becomes very cookie cutter, you have to resonate with people's imagination and find something that's different that people go, Wow, he ain't like everybody else. But you ended up making tens of millions of dollars. What's the greatest piece of financial advice you'd give to my generation watching this? It's funny because it came from my dad as well. He said, son, always live beneath your means. You never know what tomorrow has in store for you. And if it all goes away, what are you gonna do? So I can do and drive anything that I wanna drive. I drive a 2018 Ford F250. I don't put on and do things for other people and I'm happy. Do you believe in God? I do believe in God. He is the reason for everything. Who is your God? Jesus Christ. You're not afraid to say it. Not at all. Jesus came down. I believe wholeheartedly that he got on that cross for a reason And that was to bring us home to the father if me and you died tomorrow and you could leave one last message with the younger generation What would that be man embrace the suck if you want to be something there's gonna be success and there's gonna be failure Don't let the success go to your head and don't let the failure go to your heart. You keep that in mind You're gonna be just fine. Can I tell you something? Yes, sir You have amazing advice my friend. Thank you I like to connect with all the millionaires and billionaires that I interview. Can I get your contact? Absolutely