All of this talk of Taker taking on side hustles to make extra money leads me to believe that the Blue Line clothing he wears throughout this doc is simply an endorsement deal - because he's sporting that line 99% of the time, which isn't natural unless it's a paid promotion.
If WWE let Taker's contract run out after he told Vince he was done at Extreme Rules, that is sort of semi-understandable. I can only assume Vince was really confident Taker would never join AEW. I guess the Starrcast deal jolted Vince out of that way of thinking, even if Taker had no intentions of ever working outside WWE.
I'll even buy that Taker is in the bubble to such an extent that he didn't know what AEW was. Plus, Conrad had recently been on the WWE Network, so there was still somewhat of a relationship there at the time. I assume that's over and done with now, even with Uncle Brucie being #2 and Conrad being a Flair. This Starrcast stuff must be a big moneymaker for Conrad to burn his bridge with WWE, or maybe he was naive enough to think everyone could be friends?
Taker forgetting his gear for Mania makes me wonder if the Elias spot was originally going to happen there.
With the finale being next week, I wonder if we're going to get a surprise retirement announcement at the end of the documentary, either with the AJ match being his swan song or next year's Mania match and a HOF induction being announced as the Undertaker's last ride.