[349], Undertaker's Deadman character in particular has been praised as one of the best in professional wrestling. Catherine Calaway. [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". 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.116117), PWI Staff. "[334], Most famed for his Deadman Undertaker identity in particular, the role won Calaway the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards for Best Gimmick a record-setting 5 years in a row (19901994). Friends Kane The Rock Brian Lee Yokozuna [169] The Undertaker and Batista then fought once again in a steel cage match on the May 11 edition of SmackDown! 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. As the years gradually progressed, more details about The Undertaker's persona outside of the wrestling world emerged and it is a known fact that The Undertakers family includes his wife Michelle McCool and four of his children. Timothy Calaway (brother; deceased) Paul Calaway (brother) David Calaway (brother) Michael Calaway (brother) Kane (half-brother in the storyline) Jesebelle (sister; in comic book only) Pets Vulture His two dogs. [79] After several weeks of more retaliatory one-upmanship between Diesel and The Undertaker, their feud culminated in a singles match at WrestleMania XII, where Undertaker was victorious. [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). To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. [245] After weeks of random physical confrontations and mind games exchanged between the pair, Undertaker defeated Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 32. Taker wrestled AJ Styles in a Boneyard match at Mania - which took eight hours to film. His uncle, Timothy Calaway, died because of a heart attack. Timothy Thomas Calaway. According to Nash, although negotiations were described as close, Calaway ultimately re-signed with the WWF. [300] Playing a key role, Bearer used an urn to transmit mysterious powers to The Undertaker that had supernatural healing effects on him during combat. 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. Despite being in character, he referred to the real-world media coverage of the storyline, singling out the New York Post's Don Kaplan by name and denouncing his description of the events on SmackDown!, such as Kaplan's comment of the masked men being "Arabs in ski masks". [19] He attended Waltrip High School, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. [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. Team Smackdown in Survivor Series elimination matches", "2020 WWE Survivor Series results, recap, grades: Undertaker bids farewell, Roman Reigns-Drew McIntyre delivers", "The Undertaker to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2022", "Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Kane And More React To The Undertaker Making The WWE Hall Of Fame", "Undertaker and Who Else? 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He later performed a chokeslam on Mankind through the roof of the cell into the ring, which was not preplanned and legitimately knocked Mankind unconscious. Is Kane and The Undertaker brothers in real life? - idswater.com The Undertaker won the match by striking Khali with steel stairs and finishing him with a chokeslam. In 2000, Calaway married for the second to Sara, with whom the famous wrestler has two daughters, however, the couple divorced in 2007. He feels he was saved from severe injury by applying water to his hair, and altering his attire from a sleeveless to a sleeved jacket, just minutes before the accident. [113], In May 2000, Calaway expanded on The Undertaker gimmick, returning under a human alter ego of the gimmicka smack-talking, redneck biker, dubbed "The American Badass", known for motorcycle-riding, tobacco chewing/spitting, and donning a sporty appearance and manner. siblings: David Calaway, Michael Calaway, Paul Calaway, Timothy Calaway. During the rally, the song was accompanied with a music video playing on big-screen monitors, advancing through multitudes of scenes intended to alarm the public of looming danger resulting from the presidency of Joe Biden (46th and current President of the United States). This followed with Bearer allowing Mankind to take hold of the urn, thus winning this match. McMahon initially declined to hire Calaway; however, several days later the owner pitched the idea an "Old West Undertaker," a concept he had intended to create for several years but had never found an appropriate wrestler to play the part.[40]. In January 2006 at the Royal Rumble, The Undertaker returned on a horse-drawn cart during Kurt Angle's celebration of his World Heavyweight Championship defense against Mark Henry. [223][224] Undertaker defeated Punk at WrestleMania 29 to extend his Streak to 210 and then took back the urn. [96] At WrestleMania XIV in their first match, The Undertaker defeated Kane. The Undertaker then took his rivalry with Mankind to new lengths in a specialty match of his own, and at that time unprecedented Buried Alive match to take place in the main event of In Your House 11: Buried Alive. Calaway began his career in 1987, working under various gimmicks for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and other affiliate promotions. The Undertaker defeated Roberts at WrestleMania VIII. [142] Despite his interference, the Randy Orton/Undertaker feud was put on the back burner until late summer of that year, resulting from Orton on the injured list. However, The Undertaker consistently refused to fight his half-brother, claiming he had made a vow to his parents never to do harm to his own "flesh and blood". [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. On the July 14, 2005, edition of SmackDown!, Hassan's absence was explained by a statement delivered by his attorney, Thomas Whitney, Esquire, that Hassan refused to appear on the show until The Great American Bash due to the way he was treated by the American media and WWE fans. [179] Vickie Guerrero then banned The Undertaker's Hell's Gate submission hold and stripped him of the title on the May 2 edition of SmackDown. Tim is related to Tracy Lynn Calaway and Debbi Ann Calaway as well as 3 additional people. [124] Thereafter, on an edition of SmackDown!, The Rock inflamed The Undertaker's anger by mentioning his elimination at the Royal Rumble. [356] After his match at Crown Jewel in November 2018, Pro Wrestling Torch's Wade Keller wrote that Undertaker looked "brittle"[357] and Jason Powell of Pro Wrestling Dot Net said "they [Undertaker, Kane, Michaels and Triple H] need to accept their limitations, stop pretending they belong in main events, and stop acting like being in these main events isn't stealing the spotlight". [342][343], Wrestler Big Show named The Undertaker as the greatest professional wrestler of all time,[344] while Mark Henry and WWE chairman Vince McMahon have called him their favorite. Undertaker explained: "It was hard to go to the next day with the loss of my brother just as fresh as it could be, and then you know you're in a Boneyard match and everything is centred around buried and it's like man, it makes it tough. In 2012, their child was born. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.95). . At Extreme Rules, Undertaker and Reigns won. 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[41] After leaving WCW, he briefly returned to the USWA to participate in a tournament to determine the new USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion; Calaway defeated Bill Dundee in the first round, but lost to Jerry Lawler in the quarterfinals. He was born on December 26, 1960, in Green Bay to Kenneth and Dolores (Van Den Heuvel) Calaway. [130] The Undertaker returned at the Royal Rumble in January 2003. He was, however, able to continue with his scheduled match that night despite suffering first and second-degree burns on his chest and neck. [131], Over the remainder of the year, The Undertaker entered a brief feud with John Cena (defeating him at Vengeance) and was booked to have two WWE Championship opportunities. Undertaker has English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss-German, and Cornish ancestry. [236], At Battleground in July, Undertaker made his return by attacking Brock Lesnar as Lesnar was on the verge of defeating Seth Rollins during his WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, which caused the match to end in a disqualification win for Lesnar. [15] The longest-tenured wrestler in company history at 30 years. Undertaker | Protagonists Wiki | Fandom Along with Eddie Guerrero and Booker T, he challenged JBL to a championship rematch at Armageddon in a fatal four-way match, in which The Undertaker was unsuccessful, again due to Heidenreich's interference. Timothy "Tim-Tool Man" Calaway, 63, of Bastrop passed away on March 24, 2020. [82] It was also at this event that The Undertaker had developed a comparatively more humanized and more informal yet still superhuman "Deadman" incarnation. Ever since the fire, Kane had been awaiting to exact vengeance on his older half-brother. In this form, he took on a wicked, demonic presence, much more so than ever before. [39], Among routes Calaway took to land a meeting with McMahon was trying to convince individuals acquainted with McMahon or already existing WWF talent to recommend him into the WWF, such as Hulk Hogan, Paul Heyman, and Bruce Prichard, crediting the latter two for arranging the meeting at McMahon's mansion. brand (where he remained until the first brand extension ended in 2011), alongside former Raw talent Brock Lesnar, Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero. Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by the ring name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler. [155], The Undertaker was not heard from until the May 5 edition of SmackDown! He is the son of Frank Calaway and Catherine Calaway. In 2016, he was recognized by the Guinness World Records for having the most consecutive victories at WrestleMania. [360] The Undertaker himself called the match "a disaster" in 2020. [115][116] While explained off screen years later for the above reasons, Calaway's sudden appearance as American Badass Undertaker after hiatus in which he left off as Deadman Undertaker was never explained within WWE storylines or the WWE's fictional universe. The Undertaker, however, lost the title at Vengeance to The Rock in a triple threat match that also involved Kurt Angle. (1999-2016) The Brothers of Destruction overcame and dominated the six other wrestlers. The Undertaker Body Measurements Height Weight Shoe Size Biceps Age Calaway himself did not wrestle for a period, having undergone a hip replacement. [119], The Undertaker then challenged Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series. The Undertaker lost the match after interference from Michaels. 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [335] However, during the last few years of his wrestling career, he allowed himself to be seen out of character, giving interviews as Mark Calaway and filming a documentary called The Last Ride. The Undertaker revealed he was left heartbroken after brother Timothy died of a heart attack during WrestleMania 36 filming 2 The wrestler's brother died of a heart attack aged 63 During episode five of the wrestler's Last Ride series on the WWE Network, the 55-year-old opened up about the death of his brother. Resulting from that, this very first edition of The Undertaker's series of Deadman incarnations[39][43] has been distinguished in external media as "The Old West Mortician". [42] Despite Calaway's perplexed, pessimistic feelings about McMahon's gimmick idea, he was readily accepting of the role, feeling anything better than the laughingstock gimmicks of that time, such as The Gobbledy Gooker. The Undertaker - Age, Family, Bio | Famous Birthdays He also featured on the final episode of Undertaker: The Last Ridewhere Mark Calaway can be seen reminiscing about his late brother. [149] At SummerSlam, Orton defeated The Undertaker in a WrestleMania rematch. In this manner, he expressed his desires to take over the World Wrestling Federation, displacing its owner, Mr. McMahon. Bearer later verified this with DNA test results). [95] Finally, The Undertaker turned heel the next night on Raw for the first time since 1992, reconciling with Bearer and claiming that he and Bearer would unleash their "Ministry of Darkness" on the WWF. [368], In the 1990s, Calaway started a backstage "posse" called the Bone Street Krew which consisted of some of his best friends and fellow wrestlers Yokozuna, Savio Vega, Charles Wright, The Godwinns, and Rikishi. The Undertaker won and stopped Heyman from burying Bearer, but after claiming Bearer was merely a liability he had no use for, buried him himself. During matches, The Undertaker would also pay homage to Don Jardine by performing an arm twist ropewalk chop, dubbed "Old School. [367] Their first child together, a daughter named Kaia Faith Calaway, was born in 2012. It was also at this event that a notorious shoot incident (non-kayfabe) befell The Undertaker: a pyrotechnics malfunction momentarily engulfed him in flames up to three times during his ring entrance. In praising The Undertaker both inside and outside of character in a heartfelt message, McMahon elaborated that this induction will be one of the most difficult endeavors of his life because of his longtime history with The Undertaker, what they've been through together, and how close they've been behind the scenes. 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. [49] During the match, Calaway was referred to as simply The Undertaker, omitting the portion "Kane", which was dropped shortly after the event (and seven years later at the urgings of Prichard, given to another wrestler once he took on the role of The Undertaker's younger brother). [114] In stark contrast to his horror-themed and fully fictional Deadman persona, Calaway's Badass persona was only semifictional with traits and features adopted from who he is out of characterhence, why he desired to transform The Undertaker. Triple H (No Holds Barred Match)", "The Undertaker returned with his sights set on Triple H", "WWE Raw SuperShow results: Has Cena embraced the hate? [133] Accompanied by Paul Bearer at WrestleMania XX, The Undertaker resurrected his Deadman identity, defeating Kane in a singles match. [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. Timothy Thomas Calaway (1912-1991) FamilySearch Angle pinned The Undertaker due to interference by Austin. The Undertaker has four elder brothers, named David, Michael, Paul and Timothy. "[75] During The Undertaker's WrestleMania encounter, DiBiase issued him with yet another antagonist in "The Supreme Fighting Machine" Kama, who had stolen the briefly recaptured urn from Bearer during the match. [129] On the July 1 edition of Raw, The Undertaker turned face once again after defeating Jeff Hardy in a ladder match to retain the WWE Undisputed Championship and raising Hardy's hand as a show of respect. [209] During the Rey Mysterio match, The Undertaker suffered a concussion, broken orbital bone and broken nose; he was visibly bleeding profusely on camera by the end of this match.
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