The Undertaker
American professional wrestler (born 1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by his ring name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,[12] Calaway spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for WWE and in 2022 was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.[13]
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2.jpg) Calaway in 2019 | |||||||
| Birth name | Mark William Calaway | ||||||
| Born | (1965-03-24) March 24, 1965 (age 59) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
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| Children | 5 | ||||||
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| Billed height | 6 ft 10 in (208 cm)[4] | ||||||
| Billed weight | 309 lb (140 kg)[4] | ||||||
| Billed from | Death Valley[4] Houston, Texas | ||||||
| Trained by | Buzz Sawyer[5][6] | ||||||
| Debut | June 26, 1987[3][7] | ||||||
| Retired | November 22, 2020[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
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| Years active | 2023–present | ||||||
| Genre | Professional wrestling | ||||||
| Subscribers | 311K[11] | ||||||
| Total views | 36.33 million[11] | ||||||
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Last updated: May 2, 2024 | |||||||
Calaway began his career in 1987, working under various gimmicks for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and other affiliate promotions. He signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989 for a brief stint, and then he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, turned WWE) in 1990.
Calaway was rebranded as "The Undertaker" once joining the WWF. As one of WWE's most high-profile and enduring characters,[14][15] The Undertaker is famed for his undead, funereal, macabre "Deadman" persona, which gained significant mainstream popularity and won him the Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Best Gimmick a record-setting 5 years in a row.[16] He is the longest-tenured wrestler in company history at 30 years. In 2000, Calaway expanded on The Undertaker, fleshing out the gimmick with a human side, biker identity, dubbed "The American Badass". Calaway later resurrected Deadman Undertaker in 2004, with residual elements of American Badass Undertaker remaining.
For the better part of his career, The Undertaker was observed as a focal point of WWE's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, where he became esteemed for The Streak—a series of 21 straight victories. He is also known for pairing with his in-storyline half-brother Kane, with whom he had alternatively feuded and teamed off and on with as the Brothers of Destruction from 1997 through 2020. During his wrestling career under The Undertaker gimmick, Calaway won the WWF/E Championship four times, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, the Hardcore Championship once and the World Tag Team Championship six times. He also won the Royal Rumble match in 2007.