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United States Mark Calaway
Born (1965-04-24) April 24, 1965 (age 59)
Houston, Texas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Undertaker
The Punisher
"Mean" Mark Callous
Texas Red
The Commando
Punisher Dice Morgan
Kane the Undertaker
Billed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Billed weight
Billed fromDeath Valley (1990-1999, 2004-present)
Houston, Texas (1984-1990, 2000-2003)
Trained byDon Jardine
Debut1984

Mark Calaway (born March 24, 1965) is an American real estate investor and professional wrestler, better known by the ring name The Undertaker. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown! brand but is currently inactive due to an injury.

As of 2007, Calaway is one of the longest-tenured performers in WWE, having joined in 1990.

Before coming to World Wrestling Entertainment, Calaway began his wrestling career with World Class Championship Wrestling in 1984. He joined World Championship Wrestling in 1989. When WCW never renewed Calaway's contract at the end of 1990, he joined World Wrestling Entertainment (then known as the World Wrestling Federation) in November of that year.

He is undefeated at WrestleMania and is a five-time World Champion; four times as WWF/E Champion, and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion. He is also the winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble.

Early career

Calaway was trained as a professional wrestler by Don Jardine in 1984 at World Class Championship Wrestling. He received his trainings in WCCW for four years. In 1988, he left for Central Illinois Wrestling and worked there for a year. In 1989, he wrestled in Championship Wrestling Association/USWA Memphis where he wrestled as the masked "The Punisher". He also wrestled for USWA Texas and then left for World Championship Wrestling.

World Championship Wrestling (1989-1990)

His first mainstream exposure was in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). While there, he was known as "Mean" Mark Callous and wrestled as part of the Skyscrapers tag team along with "Dangerous" Dan Spivey and later as a singles wrestler. During his time in the Skyscrapers, he and Spivey were involved in a feud with the Road Warriors, but Spivey left before the feud came to an end. Calaway then took on the guidance of Paul E. Dangerously and muscled his way through guys like Brian Pillman and Johnny Ace. His most famous match in WCW was against Lex Luger for the NWA United States Championship at the 1990 Great American Bash, which he lost when Luger pinned him after a clothesline. Despite his strong showing against Lex Luger, WCW declined to renew Calaway's contract, and he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in late October 1990. During that time, he also toured New Japan Pro Wrestling.


Legacy

WrestleMania winning streak

Over the course of his WWF/E career, The Undertaker has amassed an impressive winning streak at WrestleMania. It's unparalleled by any other WWE superstar past or present; currently, his record stands at fifteen victories, no losses, and no draws (15-0-0). Over the course of the streak, he has defeated fifteen different individuals (although he has faced and defeated Kane on two separate occasions, he defeated the team of A-Train and The Big Show in a Handicap match at WrestleMania XIX). Since the beginning of Undertaker's WWF/E career in 1990, he has missed only two Wrestlemania events: WrestleMania X and WrestleMania 2000; both times, he missed the events due to injuries.

  1. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka (WrestleMania VII in 1991)
  2. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (WrestleMania VIII in 1992)
  3. Giant Gonzales (WrestleMania IX in 1993 by disqualification)
  4. King Kong Bundy (WrestleMania XI in 1995)
  5. Diesel (WrestleMania XII in 1996)
  6. Sycho Sid (WrestleMania 13 in 1997 for the WWF Championship in a No Disqualification match)
  7. Kane (WrestleMania XIV in 1998)
  8. The Big Boss Man (WrestleMania XV in 1999 in a Hell in a Cell match)
  9. Triple H (WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001)
  10. Ric Flair (WrestleMania X8 in 2002 in a No Disqualification match)
  11. The Big Show and A-Train (WrestleMania XIX in 2003 in a Handicap match)
  12. Kane (WrestleMania XX in 2004)
  13. Randy Orton (WrestleMania 21 in 2005)
  14. Mark Henry (WrestleMania 22 in 2006 in a Casket match)
  15. Batista (WrestleMania 23 in 2007 for the World Heavyweight Championship)

In wrestling

The Undertaker performs Old School (an arm twist ropewalk chop) on Heidenreich.
  • Nicknames
    • The Phenom
    • The American Bad Ass
    • Red Devil
    • Big Evil
    • Booger Red
    • The Pale Destroyer
    • The Deadman
    • Deadman, Inc.
    • Dead Man Walking
    • The Lord of Darkness
    • 'Taker
    • The Demon of Death Valley
    • The Conscience of the WWF/E
    • The Best Pure Striker in the WWE
  • Theme music
    • "The Funeral Dirge" (Used from November 1990-January 1991)
    • "The Funeral Dirge (Second Version ,which introduces the gong)",First Version of this Used from January 1991-February 1992 Second Version of this Used from February 1992-January 1994
    • "Graveyard Symphony", Used from August 1994-October 1995
    • "Darker Side", Used in 1998
    • "Ministry", English and Irish Intro used from March 28, 1999-April 5,1999. Slow music and Irish intro available on WWF The Music, Vol. 4 Used from April 12, 1999-Late 1999. Normal speed music and Irish intro used in late 1999
    • "Corporate Ministry", Remix available on WWE Anthology Disc 2 used from May 3, 1999-July 25,1999
    • "American Bad Ass", Full Version available on Kid Rock's CD History of Rock. Used from May 21, 2000-December 10, 2000
    • "Rollin' (Dead Man Mix)", Remix of Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), Available on WWF Forceable Entry. Used from December 10, 2000-May 19, 2002
    • "Deadman", Original version used on May 19, 2002. 2nd Version available on WWE Anthology Disc 3, used from May 26, 2002-September 12, 2002
    • "You're Gonna Pay", Available on WWE Anthology Disc 3, used from September 22, 2002-November 14, 2003
    • "The Darkest Side" Remix available on WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6, 1st Version used on March 14, 2004. Current Version used since then.
  • Signature Taunts
    • He hides his face with his hat to then reveal his eyes rolled up into the back of his head.
    • Arm in the air, hand ready, signaling for the Chokeslam.
    • Cut throat slowly before performing his finisher, the Tombstone Piledriver.
    • After the match, he raises his right arm while kneeling on his left knee, and his eyes roll up into the back of his head and his tongue goes out while sitting in the dark.
    • His right arm raises while the thunder roars, signals his victory over his opponents, after the match.
  • Quote
    • "Rest in peace..."
    • "This is my yard"
    • "I'll make you famous"

Gimmicks

Main article: Personas of The Undertaker

Over the seventeen years that Mark Calaway has been wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the World Wrestling Federation), his "Undertaker" character has gone through a number of personality changes.

Championships and accomplishments

Won title during the The Invasion and also held the WWF World Tag Team Championship at the same time
Fourth reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion
Only man with entry number 30 to win the Royal Rumble.

Personal life

Calaway met his second and current wife, Sara, at a WWF autograph signing in San Diego, California. He eventually married her in a ceremony in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 21, 2000. Mark and Sara currently have two daughters together, Chasey (born in 2002) and Gracie (born in 2005).

As a wedding gift to Sara, Calaway had his wife's name tattooed onto his throat and has said this is the most painful tattoo he has ever had. Undertaker has several other tattoos. He has a gravedigger which he refers to as "Original Deadman". He has many skull, castle and wizard tattoos. When talking about his body art he has said that there is kind of a medieval thing going-on on his arms. He also has a dancing skeleton on the back of his neck.

Aside from wrestling, Calaway has many hobbies and interests. He collects Harley-Davidson and West Coast Choppers motorcycles, and purchased his first brand new motorcycle after defeating Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship at the 1991 Survivor Series. Calaway has also had a custom motorcycle built for him by Jesse James, the founder of West Coast Choppers. He enjoys listening to bands like ZZ Top, AC/DC, Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Label Society. Calaway also enjoys country music and blues music.

As an avid boxing fan, The Undertaker was also the person who carried the Flag of the United States while leading Team Pacquiao to the ring during Pacquiao vs. Velázquez fight in 2005. This was also confirmed by another WWE Superstar, Batista. Batista revealed this during a televised interview in the Philippines called TV Patrol World in ABS-CBN while promoting an upcoming WWE promotional tour which was set to be shown in the country (WWE SmackDown! Survivor Series 2006 Tour).

Most recently, Calaway has started investing in real estate in Northern Colorado with his business partner Scott Everhart. Knowing that his wrestling career wouldn't last forever, Calaway decided to jump into what he calls "a new adventure".

Other media

Filmography:

References

  1. ^ "WWE Profile".
  2. "Calaway's High School trivia page".
  3. Michaels, Shawn. 2005, Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story, Pocket Books, New York. (p251)
  4. "'The Undertaker,' partner sample local real estate". June 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
  5. "Mark Calloway IMDb". Retrieved 2007-05-03.

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