Watch: The Undertaker Protects Michelle McCool From a Shark

07/10/2023 07:36 pm EDT

The Undertaker recently had to face down a shark in order to protect his wife, Michelle McCool. The WWE Hall of Famer and former Women's Champion were at the beach when McCool realized what she thought was underwater vegetation was actually a shark that had swum up to near the beach. She then posted a few videos and a photo of "The Phenom" staring down the creature, prompting it to back off. She later confirmed it was just a nurse shark (which isn't typically aggressive toward humans), but "The Phenom" didn't know that at the time.

McCool wrote about the encounter on Twitter — "I was simply enjoying a book on the beach when this 'vegetation' looked a lot like a shark.....so I text hubby @undertaker 🦈😳kinda digging that last picture ...A LOT😍#myprotector." 

The Undertaker on Wanting to Wrestle at WrestleMania 39

Undertaker, real name Mark Calaway, has stuck to his retirement since announcing it back in 2020. But he did admit in a recent interview with The Independent that he felt the itch to wrestle while watching WrestleMania 39 live in SoFi Stadium back in April. 

"I've got to the point now where if I'm home, I'm fine," Calaway said. "It's when I do show up at a WWE event I get that 'I should be getting ready' feeling'.

"At WrestleMania 39, I was there and I had my family and friends up in a suite watching the show and I kind of found myself rocking in my chair like, 'oh, my gosh, I should be down there'. So in those instances, it's there. It's still in my heart and it's in my brain," he added.

"The Deadman" announced his retirement at the end of his The Last Ride documentary series, which chronicled his journey to find a proper final match following WrestleMania 33. His last match wound up being the cinematic Boneyard Match against AJ Styles.

WWE Monday Night Raw Card (July 10, 2023)

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• Drew McIntyre & Riddle vs. Imperium
• Tommaso Ciampa vs. The Miz (No Disqualification)
• Ricochet & Logan Paul face-to-face confrontation
• Maxxine Dupri "Graduation Ceremony" From The Alpha Academy

WWE SummerSlam 2023 Rumored Card

• Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso
• Intercontinental Championship: Gunther vs. Drew McIntyre
• SmackDown Women's Championship: Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Bianca Belair
• Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. TBA
• Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar (with some sort of stipulation)
• Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus
• Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler
• Ricochet vs. Logan Paul

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