[36] The new team gained some notoriety at Clash of the Champions X when they beat down The Road Warriors after their match. Under the character's alter ego, he is a semifictional smack-talking, redneck biker, thoroughly absent of his fully fictional Deadman zombie-like traits and wizardry. [173] They battled again inside Hell in a Cell at Survivor Series, where Edge returned and interfered to help Batista retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Rather, the expectation was for fans to just go with it. FAQs Is the famous wrestler Kane is The Undertaker's real brother? THE UNDERTAKER revealed he was left heartbroken after brother Timothy died of a heart attack during WrestleMania 36 filming. The Undertaker's gimmick has a dark and disturbed family backstory which involves him intentionally burning down his family funeral home as a teenager, resulting in the deaths of his parents and purportedly a brother of his as well. 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. [32] On April 1, The Master of Pain won his first professional wrestling championship by defeating Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion. [302] A mysterious choir chanting sounded whenever the druids presented. Calaway was rebranded as "The Undertaker" once joining the WWF. [44][45] He made his overall WWF debut on a November 19, 1990, taping of WWF Superstars quickly defeating his very first opponent, Mario Mancini, in a singles match[46] (this match was filmed three days prior to The Undertaker's televised debut at the November 22 Survivor Series, but did not air on television until December 15, 1990). Mark Calaway was born in the United States on March 24, 1965, in Houston, Texas. Dolores; siblings and their spouses, Lin and Jorge Del Alamo(and daughter, Angela's), Kathy and Tim Vanden Heuvel, Gary Calaway, Chris Calaway and his girlfriend, Kat . [19] He attended Waltrip High School, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. On January 23, 2023, The Undertaker made an appearance at the Monday Night Raw 30th Anniversary special, Raw is XXX. Angle pinned The Undertaker due to interference by Austin. He received the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Best Gimmick award from 1990 to 1994. After The Undertaker and Kane won the WWF Tag Team Championship from Edge and Christian on the April 19 edition of SmackDown!,[121] Triple H pinned Kane after attacking him with a sledgehammer at Backlash, where the Brothers of Destruction lost their championships. So, he used to be in the respective sports team in his school. [76][74] While sporting the flashy bling around his neck, he repeatedly cost The Undertaker matches and attacked diehard Undertaker fans, dubbed "Creatures of the Night". Calaway later resurrected Deadman Undertaker in 2004, with residual elements of American Badass Undertaker remaining. The Undertaker recalled how heartbroken he was when he heard the news. [5][371], Calaway is a fan of boxing and mixed martial arts, which he incorporated into his Undertaker gimmicks (American Badass and hybrid Deadman). [353] At WrestleMania 33, after his second defeat against Roman Reigns, Luis Paez-Pumar of Rolling Stone said that The Undertaker "should have retired when The Streak was broken" but "lived on to pass the rub on to Reigns in the sloppiest, saddest manner possible". [123] In transitioning his "American Badass" biker identity into a heel, The Undertaker eventually cut his long hair short and went by the nickname "Big Evil". Armed with clubs and a piano wire, the masked men assaulted and choked out The Undertaker before Hassan then placed The Undertaker in a camel clutch. In this manner, Styles leveled zingers and criticisms at him in relation to his age cringingly catching up with him, as well as hurling brazen insults at Calaway in relation to his wife, Michelle McCool. [125] The storyline continued when The Rock cost The Undertaker the Hardcore Championship against Maven on the February 7 episode of SmackDown!. [314] The character's godlike powers were routinely put on display in these moments, triggering lights back to the arena either gradually or suddenly dependent on his either slowly or abruptly raised arms. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. The scene sent all of his antagonists fleeing. Is Blessed With Three Half Siblings. [154] During a rematch on the next edition of SmackDown!, The Great Khali made his debut and assaulted The Undertaker to transition into a new storyline. CALAWAY, Timothy Timothy Tim-Tool Man Calaway, 63, of Bastrop passed away on March 24, 2020. [117][114] In performing this alternate identity, he rode to the ring on motorcycles, chewed tobacco, donned cargo garments and/or denim, printed shirts, and sporty fashion accessories (sunglasses, necklaces, bandanas). Calaway later began to question his future in WCW after being told by company booker, Ole Anderson, during contract renewal discussions that nobody would ever pay money to watch him perform. Despite this revelation, The Undertaker told Kane before his SummerSlam bout that he did not want him interfering, even sending Kane away during the match itself when he appeared. ", Moment Aston Villa's Leon Bailey inhales 'laughing gas' after all night party, Mason Greenwood's England future revealed after rejecting country switch, F1 drivers rich list revealed - including racer with huge 2.4bn fortune, Devastating detail emerges after tragic death of jockey Alex Canchari, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. [83] This delivering, dubbed "The Lord of Darkness", was the 3rd incarnation of his Deadman persona. [6][27] Two myths have circulated regarding Calaway's beginnings in the industry, the first being that he made his in-ring debut in 1984,[5] and the second being that he was trained by former WCCW colleague Don Jardine (aka The Spoiler). 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. After the match, The Undertaker delivered a Last Ride through an open stage ramp onto a concrete floor to Hassan. However, Khali was removed from the match due to not being medically cleared. [240] After ambushing and capturing Kane the next night on Raw, Wyatt explained that he had claimed their souls and stole their demonic powers. Through giving The Undertaker the ultimatum of revealing his deepest, darkest secret to the world, Bearer was able to reunite with him as manager and protg. [63] The Undertaker's next rivalry initiated at Survivor Series with Yokozuna when a clash between the two lost control, causing them to be counted out in an elimination tag match. "Wrestling's historical cards", p. 9294. [49], In February 1991, Brother Love delegated his short-lived management role of The Undertaker over to Paul Bearer (real-life funeral director), Love communicating the need for someone who better aligned with The Undertaker's "deadman" themes. Kama followed this up with a series of malicious acts, including destroying the stolen urn and recycling it into bling. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.95). [282], Under his undead, funereal, and macabre horror-themed gimmick, in which The Undertaker is subtitled "The Deadman", he routinely took to alarmist tactics to disrupt the focus and confidence of his rivals. It Was Weird", "WWE WrestleMania 36 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from Day 1", "Undertaker's wife Michelle McCool reveals first-ever photo of their daughter", "El hijo de 3 aos de The Undertaker dice su primera palabrota y todo gracias a la leyenda millonaria de la NFL", "The uncensored history of The Undertaker's locker room group: The Bone Street Krew", "The Undertaker gets involved in real estate venture; his return to WWE", "The Zeus Compton Calaway Save the Animals Fund", "Did you know that WWE's The Undertaker has a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu? [219][220], The Undertaker's next television appearance was on Old School Raw on March 4, 2013, where he opened the show by performing his signature entrance. The Undertaker has four elder brothers, named David, Michael, Paul and Timothy. [249] During the Royal Rumble on January 29, The Undertaker entered at number 29, eliminating Goldberg, The Miz, Baron Corbin and Sami Zayn, before being eliminated by the number 30 entrant, Roman Reigns. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.107), 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. On February 2, 1989, managed by Dutch Mantel, he was reintroduced as The Master of Pain, a former murderer. [60][61] According to Calaway, working with Gonzlez "was survival every night trying to figure out what he could do" and "took years off my career". Concurrent to the "deep, dark secret" storyline directed by Bearer, Undertaker began a then new rivalry at SummerSlam when special guest referee Shawn Michaels accidentally hit him with a steel chair shot intended for his archnemesis Bret Hart, in effect, costing The Undertaker the WWF Championship. Even though The Undertaker won this match, interference from The Executioner enabled Bearer to escape Undertaker's clutches. [85] As the storyline progressed through Bearer having Kane mow down much of the WWF roster, Kane repeatedly challenged The Undertaker, going to lengths of tormenting and humiliating him. He lives outside of Austin. [248] The Undertaker appeared on the January 23 edition of Raw, confronting Brock Lesnar and Goldberg. The company was without a WWF Champion until Ric Flair earned it by winning the 1992 Royal Rumble match. [85] Reviving his first Deadman incarnation for that night only, The Undertaker appeared as the "Old West Mortician", donning the trademarked gray wrestling gear accessories (boot spats, tie, gloves), along with a pitch-black entrance with only a white spotlight shined over him, contrasted from the purple/blue semidarkness associated with the rest of his Deadman incarnations. The two finished construction on a $2.7 million building in Loveland, Colorado, called "The Calahart" (a portmanteau of their last names), in 2007. Mark William Calaway was born in Houston, Texas, on March 24, 1965,[16][17][18] the son of Frank Compton Calaway (died July 2003) and Betty Catherine Truby. The undertaker was very much fond of playing football and basketball. This year, the shadow of death kept haunting him at key moments in his career . Near the end of the match, Paul Bearer seemed about to assist Kane by handing him a steel chair to hit The Undertaker with, but as Kane had his back turned, both Bearer and The Undertaker hit Kane with chair shots. At first, The Undertaker thought that Timothy was alive and was sent to a hospital. [79] After Bearer's betrayal, The Undertaker grew more aggressive, resolving his feud against Goldust (Mankind's comrade in tormenting The Undertaker) at In Your House 10: Mind Games. In response to the criticism, UPN decided that it would monitor the storyline closely and that it did not want the Hassan character on its network that week. Due to the incident happening at a house show, Vince McMahon had it presented to the audience as though it had occurred from Mabel and Yokozuna's exchange of leg drops and splashes on The Undertaker on the Monday Night Raw that had aired 2 days prior. Moreover, all of the siblings had a good childhood. He responded by costing The Rock the number one contendership for the Undisputed WWF Championship. [366] In 2001, she made televised appearances with the WWE (then known as the WWF) as part of a feud between Calaway and Diamond Dallas Page, in which she was acknowledged as Calaway's wife. 3", "Dead Man Rising: On the eve of his 26th 'WrestleMania,' we talked to friends, colleagues, and victims of the WWE's longest-reigning superstar about the making of the amazing career and (after)life of the Undertaker", "The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume III - Page 98", "Titan Sinking: The decline of the WWF in 1995 - Page 165", "What the World Was Watching: WWF Monday Night Raw February 5, 1996", "CvC: Undertaker vs. Mankind, The Best and Most Bizarre Rivalry Ever", "Deadman to American Bada**- Transformation of The Undertaker's Gimmick and Attire Over the Years", "Austin 3:16: 316 Facts and Stories about Stone Cold Steve Austin", "Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Page 16", "WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment New Edition", "WWE: Ranking The Undertaker's Various Returns to the Ring", "Abandoned: The History of WWE's World Tag Team Championship, Pt. children: Chasey Calaway, Gracie Calaway, Gunner Vincent Calaway, Kaia Faith Calaway. The match ended in a draw after neither man got to their feet by the referee's count of ten, meaning The Undertaker retained the championship. Big Show (Casket Match)", "2009 WWE No Way Out: Voices and Chambers", "WrestleMania 25: The Most Disappointing WrestleMania of All Time", "WrestleMania Classics: What Made Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker so Great", "Shawn Michaels' 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania Entrance", "CM Punk def. Calaway was highly protective of his Deadman public image: for the vast majority of his career while performing the gimmick, he was so private that he wasn't seen outside of character in the media. [143], In the meantime and in one of the most controversial moments in WWE history on an edition of SmackDown! The confusion allowed Undertaker to surprise Lesnar with a low blow and apply Hell's Gate, in which Lesnar passed out. The first, on the September 4 SmackDown!, against Kurt Angle, ended in a no contest, due to interference from Brock Lesnar. In the last episode of Undertaker: The Last Ride, The Undertaker bid goodbye to the world of pro wrestling and retired from the industry at Survivor Series 2020, saying: "My time has come to let The Undertaker rest in peace.". The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. in early December to haunt Orton and set up a Hell in a Cell match at Armageddon. [149] At SummerSlam, Orton defeated The Undertaker in a WrestleMania rematch. [129] On the August 29 edition of SmackDown!, Undertaker was moved to the SmackDown! According to an interview with Kevin Nash, this was a move to allow Calaway to return to WCW with a non-trademarked persona; had he entered WCW, it would have been as Mark Calaway. The Undertaker then went on to defeat Big Show in a casket match at Survivor Series and again in a steel cage match by submission on the December 5 edition of SmackDown to end their feud. Just over three weeks had passed when Lawler became the first man to pin him, giving it back to him. This began when he and Kane revealed the fact that they were in cahoots to rid Austin of his title for villainous company owner Mr. McMahonAustin and McMahon immersed in a bitter rivalry during this era. Here, he reappeared still in hybrid form but with lessened Badass characteristics, eliminating several elements of his biker identity so that his Deadman side projected, most notably, replacing loose-fitting cargo pants with his Deadman spandex, and less use of the Last Ride finisher. 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [136] At Judgment Day, The Undertaker defeated Booker T. One week later, Paul Heyman ordered The Dudley Boyz to kidnap Bearer. However, accessing and securing an interview with McMahon was described by Calaway as a despairing task. [78] It was at that Survivor Series return in which he began wearing a Phantom of the Opera-like, gray upper-face mask to safeguard his orbital injury while it healed. The Undertaker returned at Unforgiven on September 16, defeating Henry. The Undertaker's wrestling performance and move set were carried out with significant amounts of character-driven physical theatre and kinesics. [128] A no-disqualification stipulation was added to the match and The Undertaker defeated Flair at WrestleMania. [232] In 2014, The Undertaker was also offered to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, but he declined the offer, feeling it wasn't time yet. [137] This hybrid Deadman (Deadman incarnation most closely based on Calaway himself) would last many years and for the remainder of The Undertaker's professional wrestling career, excluding his final wrestling match.