Each member had the initials "BSK" tattooed onto themselves, with Undertaker's prominently marked across his stomach. According to a WWE spokesman, it "looked like a bad sunburn". children: Chasey Calaway, Gracie Calaway, Gunner Vincent Calaway, Kaia Faith Calaway. Most of her . [177] At WrestleMania, The Undertaker defeated Edge with the Hell's Gate submission hold to win his second World Heavyweight Championship in what was his 16th WrestleMania win. [94] The Undertaker's final encounter with Michaels during this chapter of his career was in a casket match for the WWF Championship at the Royal Rumble. [49] (In 2018, Koko B. Ware shared that directly following this match that night, he confronted The Undertaker with serious objections to what he felt was a botched Tombstone. [122] At Survivor Series, The Undertaker teamed with Kane, The Rock, Chris Jericho and Big Show to take on The Alliance's Stone Cold Steve Austin, Booker T, Rob Van Dam, Shane McMahon and Kurt Angle (this was the last time The Undertaker and Kane teamed until 2006). [351], A 12-minute match between The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin drew a 9.5 rating on June 28, 1999. [64] In the weeks following, The Undertaker and Bearer spooked Yokozuna with multiple segments from their wintery and remote rural area workshop. For other inquiries, Contact Us. [150] After the match, the Ortons poured gasoline on the casket and set it on fire (a throwback moment to one of The Undertaker's most infamous attacks received and done by Kane doing the same to him at the 1998 Royal Rumble). [9][364][365], Calaway was married to his first wife Jodi Lynn from 1989 until 1999; they have a son, Gunner Vincent Calaway, born in 1993. The druids were also seen reproducing The Undertaker in recovered, wrathful states to those same enemies who were thought to have extinguished him. [5][371], Calaway is a fan of boxing and mixed martial arts, which he incorporated into his Undertaker gimmicks (American Badass and hybrid Deadman). [95] The Undertaker and Austin's reign as tag team champions lasted only two weeks, as Kane and Mankind regained the titles from them in a fatal four-way tag-team match on the August 10 edition of Raw. The song that was played, entitled "The Graveyard Symphony", incorporates funeral bell tolls and was created by WWE composer Jim Johnston as an embellished remix of Frdric Chopin's "Funeral March". 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. 21 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 23:47. Mark was born on March 24, 1965, as Mark William Calaway. [197] On the September 25 edition of SmackDown, Theodore Long officially lifted the ban after being released from a casket that The Undertaker had him placed inside of, among a series of other horror-themed mind game tactics. Siblings: Timothy Calaway, David Calaway, Michael Calaway. Your login session has expired. [40], Calaway immediately gave notice to WCW before the interview took place. [287] To that end, the gimmick evoked funerals and death down to subtle details, such as in the character's birthplace of Death Valley, catch phrase of "Rest in Peace", signature finishing maneuver of the Tombstone Piledriver, a wrestling pin that had the opponent resemble a corpse with their arms crossed over their chest, etc. [260] The Undertaker made his return to the ring to face Goldberg at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia on June 7, defeating him in the main event of the night in what was their first match against each other. [5] It was in response to this that Calaway made numerous efforts to join the World Wrestling Federation, going to many lengths to land a meeting with Vince McMahon. [28][29] While never trained by Jardine, Calaway was an admirer of his work and would emulate Jardine's top rope walk. [264] The following night on Raw, Styles challenged The Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 36. [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). He married Mary Joan Flynn on 26 December 1941, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Being the youngest person in the family, she was loved and cared for by everyone. [374] In February 2021, Calaway shared that he would endorse Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson if he were to ever run for president, expressing that he felt Johnson could be the great "uniter" and ease the United States political divide.[375]. [229] After 25 minutes and three F-5s, Lesnar won the match at WrestleMania by pinfall, ending The Undertaker's Streak in what was described as "the most shocking result in WWE history". He lived with David, Paul, Michael, and Timothy Calaway in the same house. [230] Following the match, Undertaker was hospitalized with a severe concussion which he suffered in the first minutes of the match. Bearer raised Kane after the fire, having him institutionalized from the date of the fire into adulthood. The Undertaker and Kane pinned Austin simultaneously after a double chokeslam, ending the match in a no contest, so the title was vacated by McMahon. [257], At Super Show-Down in Australia on October 6, The Undertaker faced Triple H in a no disqualification match billed as the "Last Time Ever"; they were accompanied by Kane and Shawn Michaels, respectively. Timothy Calaway David CalawayPaul CalawayMichael Calaway The Undertaker/Brothers [80] At that month's In Your House: Rage in the Cage, while Diesel was facing Hart in a steel cage match for the WWF Championship, The Undertaker delivered a surprise attack, emerging from a hole he had ripped through the ring canvas and dragging Diesel with him down under amid a cloud of smoke, allowing Hart the victory. For the next few months, Mankind viciously ambushed The Undertaker and cost him multiple matches. [49] He was a participant in the 1991 Royal Rumble match which was won by Hulk Hogan. Taker wrestled AJ Styles in a Boneyard match at Mania - which took eight hours to film. The first was during the Royal Rumble when The Undertaker's bells tolled, distracting Kane and allowing Booker T to eliminate him. In 2002, Calaway appeared out of character on the Canadian sports show Off the Record with Michael Landsberg. [165] On the February 5 edition of Raw, Undertaker elected to face World Heavyweight Champion Batista at WrestleMania 23, before attacking him with the chokeslam. [210] To cover for the injury, Kane revealed that Undertaker had been found in a vegetative state;[211] Mysterio took his place in the match and won the World Heavyweight Championship. [283][284] Often, these alarmist tactics were morbid and applied the use of props that reflected demise as the consequence of a wrestling match against him: caskets (sometimes personalizing casket designs to represent his opponents),[285][65] body bags,[286] corpse-like effigies,[284] cemeteries,[286] hearses. Under the control of Paul Bearer, Kane stormed the arena, ripped off the cell door, and laid out a nonplussed Undertaker with his own trademarked finisher, The Tombstone Piledriver, allowing Michaels to pin him for the victory. [347], Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition recognized Undertaker as having the most consecutive victories at WrestleMania in 2016. Their renewed feud by this point was two-dimensional, in part focusing on the wonder of The Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania Streak in relation to, however, the fact that he had never before defeated Michaels in a singles match, only vice versa. [245] After weeks of random physical confrontations and mind games exchanged between the pair, Undertaker defeated Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 32. ", "What's at Stake When John Cena Wrestles Brock Lesnar at 'SummerSlam', "Paul Bearer on managing Undertaker vs Hogan, Giant Gonzales, Jake Roberts & more", "Undertaker: 25 Defining Moments for 25 Years in WWE (section 15 of 25)", "Best moments and memories of SummerSlam", "Undertaker: 25 Defining Moments for 25 Years in WWE", "WWE's Looking Back At Legends: Best Feuds Of the Biggest Stars in PPV Era, Ep. [86] Evening the score at "Revenge of the 'Taker", The Undertaker set a fireball to Bearer's face directly following the match. [48] Approximately one minute into the match, The Undertaker eliminated Koko B. Ware with his finisher, the Tombstone Piledriver. [83], Following his WWF Championship win at WrestleMania 13, Paul Bearer attempted to rejoin The Undertaker as his manager. [359] In reviewing the show, Dave Meltzer of the same publication wrote that Goldberg "has juice left, while Undertaker doesn't". [287] Taking his opponents and audience by surprise, however, he combined his slow, measured physicality with wrestling moves and action uncharacteristic of a wrestler of his vast height and weight. He received the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Best Gimmick award from 1990 to 1994. Timothy was born in Houston, Texas to Frank and Betty Catherine on November 14, 1956. Tim was very proud to be a third-generation plumber. In the segment, Hassan reiterated that he was an Arab American and that the American people automatically and unfairly assumed that he was a terrorist. [124] Thereafter, on an edition of SmackDown!, The Rock inflamed The Undertaker's anger by mentioning his elimination at the Royal Rumble. [54][49] This culminated in a final stage of Roberts's training in which Roberts proved to be stringing Warrior along the entire time by assisting The Undertaker in an ambush. Best known as "The Undertaker" from World Wrestling Entertainment. [81] As a result, the first ever Boiler Room Brawl (Mankind's specialty match) was booked between the two at SummerSlam. It was Khali's first defeat and effectively ended his feud with The Undertaker. Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by the ring name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler.Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Calaway spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for WWF/E, and is best known for his critically acclaimed "Deadman" Undertaker gimmick, for which he was inducted into the WWE . [266], The Undertaker generated many nicknames from commentators and spectators alike throughout the course of his active wrestling career, some of those names more associated with his Deadman Undertaker identity, including "The Grim Reaper" (variants of this used were "The Reaper" and "The Reaper of Wayward Souls"),[321] "The Demon of Death Valley",[322] "The Man from the Dark Side",[323] "The Prince of Darkness",[324] "The Lord of Darkness". However, when he asked his niece which hospital Timothy Calaway was admitted in, his niece said, "he didn't make it". when he accepted Khali's challenge to a Punjabi Prison match at The Great American Bash. [277] On March 3, 2022, then WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon made a rare media appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, announcing that he would be The Undertaker's WWE Hall of Fame inductor. The Undertaker demanded and was awarded a spot in the six-man Hell in a Cell match for the WWF Championship at Armageddon. [105] At the Over the Edge pay-per-view, The Undertaker defeated Austin for his third WWF Championship with help from Shane McMahon, the special guest referee. Did a WWE legend just take a shot at Sami Zayn's physique right here?