Mark William Calaway was on the 24th
of march 1965, better known by ring name the Under Taker, is an America
professional Wrestler. Calaway began his career in 1987, working as various
gimmicks for world class championship wresting (WCCW) and other affiliated
promotions, and he became USWA Unified World Heavy weight champions and WCWA
Texas Heavy weight Champion.After signing with world championship wrestling (WCW)
in 1989, he had a brief stint in the mid card as ‘’mean mark’’ callous, before
joining the world wrestling federation (WWF now WWE) in 1990 Mark William
Calaway was rebranded as the Under Taker, in WWF he gained significant
mainstream popularity as a horror themed, macabre entity who employed scare
tactics and had links to the supernatural. The Longest tenured wrestler in the
company history at 30 years. The Undertaker was one of the most prominent
figure of the attitude Era, a boom period in the company business in the later
1990’s.
His character transitioned into a biker in the early 2000’s before
returning to a refined version of his previous gimmick in 2004. The Undertaker is
heavily associated with WWE’s flagship annual event (WRESTLEMANIA), Where he
became known for the streak , a series of 21 straight victories and he headline
the event on five occasions. He is also known for his pairing with story line
half brother Kane, with whom he has alternatively teamed as the brothers of
destruction since 1997. With kane, he had the WWF and WWE world tag team
championship during the invasion story line. The Undertaker is a seven times
world heavy weight champion in WWF/E having held the WWF/E championship four
times and world heavy weight championships three times. He announced his retirement as a professional wrestler in june
2020.
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