Undertaker

The Undertaker (Dead Man)



Mark Calaway (born March 24, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name The Undertaker. He is 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. He is one of only two wrestlers to have appeared on the very first episode of RAW is WAR who are still with the company today. The other is Shawn Michaels.

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 Federation (now known as the World Wrestling Entertainment) in November of that year.

He is undefeated at WrestleMania with a 15-0 record and is a five-time World Champion; four times as WWF/E Champion, and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion. He was also the winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble.

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The Undertaker made his WWE debut on November 22, 1990 at Survivor Series 1990 as the mystery partner of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar team. About one minute into the match, Undertaker eliminated Koko B. Ware with his finisher, called the Tombstone Piledriver. After Survivor Series, Calaway was called Kane the Undertaker at several shows until "Kane" was dropped from his name, and he reverted back to simply "The Undertaker." (Kane later became the name for the Undertaker's kayfabe half-brother.) The appearance of Undertaker was modeled after a mortician from old Western movies, with the character being supposedly impervious to pain and possessing supernatural powers, such as teleportation and manipulation of flames and lightning. It was at this time that the Undertaker switched managers from Brother Love to Paul Bearer.

WrestleMania winning streak

In the course of his WWF/E career, The Undertaker has won every match in which he has participated at the annual WrestleMania pay-per-view. The Undertaker has won fifteen matches in fifteen years, defeating a total of fifteen different individuals (although on two occasions his opponent was Kane, at WrestleMania XIX he defeated both A-Train and The Big Show in a handicap match). Since debuting in the WWF in 1990, The Undertaker has wrestled at every WrestleMania event other than WrestleMania X and WrestleMania 2000.

1. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka (WrestleMania VII in 1991)


2. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (WrestleMania VIII in 1992)


3. Giant Gonzales (WrestleMania IX in 1993, via 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. 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. A-Train and The Big Show (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

• Finishing Moves
  
  
  
  • Tombstone Piledriver (Kneeling belly to belly piledriver)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • The Last Ride (Elevated Powerbomb)
  
  
  • Chokeslam
  
  
  • Double Chokeslam (with Kane or Big Show; whether simultaneous or to one person)
  
  
  
  
  
• Iron Claw (Modified jaw clutch) - WCW


• Flatliner Fist (Heart punch) - WCW

Signature Moves

• Old School (Arm twist ropewalk chop)


• Takin' Care of Business (Dragon sleeper) - 2003-2004


• High-angle suicide dive over the top rope


• Big boot


• Corner clothesline


• Flying clothesline


• Guillotine leg drop onto the apron-bound opponent


• Leg drop


• Reverse STO


• Running DDT


• Sidewalk slam


• Snake eyes followed by a running big boot


• Triangle choke

• Managers
  
  
  
  • General Skandor Akbar
  
  
  • Paul Bearer
  
  
  • Paul E. Dangerously
  
  
  • Theodore Long
  
  
  • Brother Love
  
  
  • "Dirty" Dutch Mantell
  
  
  • Sara
  
  
  
  

• Nicknames
  
  
  
  • The Phenom
  
  
  • The American Bad Ass
  
  
  • Red Devil
  
  
  • Big Evil
  
  
  • Booger Red (by Jim Ross after WrestleMania X8)
  
  
  • The Deadman
  
  
  • The Lord of Darkness
  
  
  • 'Taker
  
  
  • The Demon of Death Valley
  
  
  • The Conscience of the WWF/E
  
  
  
  

• Theme music
  
  
  
  • "The Funeral Dirge" (Used from November 1990-January 1991)
  
  
  • "The Funeral March" (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
  
  
  • "Unholy Alliance", Used for the remainder of 1999 when the Unholy Alliance was formed.
  
  
  • "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.
  
  
  
  

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• Signature Taunts
  
  
  
  • The gong from his theme music rings, frequently with the lights going out. This may either act as a distraction to a competitor in the ring (allowing the wrestler to be pinned/eliminated if in a match), or he may appear from behind when the lights turn back on (not in a match).
  
  
  • He frequently rolls his eyes in the back of his head. In his entrance, he hides his face with his hat to then reveal his eyes rolled up.
  
  
  • He lies motionless on the floor, seemingly knocked out, but then suddenly sits up (zombie style), demoralizing his opponent and shocking the crowd, and then goes back to fighting his opponent, but with more intensity.
  
  
  • He raises his arm in the air, hand ready, signaling for the Chokeslam.
  
  
  • He indicates cutting his throat slowly before performing his finisher, the Tombstone Piledriver.
  
  
  • After the match, while kneeling on his left knee, he raises his right arm and his eyes roll up into the back of his head and his tongue goes out.
  
  
  • After the match, while leaving the ring, his right arm raises while the thunder roars, signaling his victory.
  
  
  
  

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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 skulls, 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 is a massive fan of Nick Cave and all his musical endeavours (The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds). He also 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, Calaway 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).

As The Undertaker has been absent from the WWE due to his 2007 injury, Calaway has been getting into real estate with his partner Scott Everhart. Calaway and Everhart finished construction on a 2.7 million dollar building in Loveland, Colorado. The building, filled with upscale office space, is named the "The Calahart" (a combination of their last names). Undertaker is due to return to the ring in November, but Calaway has come to the realization that his WWE career cannot last forever. Calaway has said that being a TV star certainly helps him in the real estate business, he was recently quoted saying "by no means does it seal the deal, but people do want to sit down and talk with you. It helps us get to meet a lot of people and know what we’re trying to get accomplished."

At one point, The Undertaker appeared in a commercial which featured pro tennis player, Venus Williams