His first mainstream exposure was in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). While performing as the "The Punisher", Calaway won the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship on Octowhen Eric Embry forfeited the title. On April 1, 1989, he was booked to win his first professional wrestling title, the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Jerry "The King" Lawler, under the stage name "The Master of Pain". After leaving WCCW, Mark joined the CWA (which became the USWA after Jerry Jarrett merged CWA with WCCW) and wrestled under several gimmicks. In 1988, after four years in the promotion, he left. He wrestled and lost his first match against Bruiser Brody. Ĭontents 1 Career 1.1 Early career (1984–1990)ġ.2 World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment 1.2.1 Debut and WWF Championship (1990–1991)ġ.2.3 Lord of Darkness, Ministry of Darkness (1996–1999)ġ.2.4 American Bad Ass/Big Evil (2000–2003)ġ.2.6 Brothers of Destruction reunion (2006–2007)ġ.2.7 Pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship (2007–2008)Įarly career (1984–1990) Mark Calaway made his debut in 1984 in the Dallas, Texas based World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) under the ring name "Texas Red". He was also the winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble. He is undefeated at WrestleMania with a 16-0 record (sometimes referred to as simply The Streak) and is a six-time world champion (four-time WWE Champion and two-time World Heavyweight Champion). The Undertaker is also the originator of several speciality matches, those being the casket match, the Boiler Room Brawl match, the Buried Alive match, the Hell in a Cell match and the Inferno match. He is one of only two wrestlers, the other being Shawn Michaels, to have appeared on the very first episode of Raw who are still with the company today. Having remained with that company ever since, Calaway is currently one of the senior performers in WWE. When WCW did not renew Calaway's contract in 1990, in November of that year he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, which later became the WWE in 2002). He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989. He is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its SmackDown brand.Ĭalaway began his wrestling career with World Class Championship Wrestling in 1984. Houston, Texas (1984-1990, 2000-2003) Trained by Don Jardine Debut 1984 Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Undertaker. Houston, Texas Resides Austin, Texas Billed from Death Valley (1990-1999, 2004-present) The Undertaker Statistics Ring name(s) (The) Undertaker For the funerary profession, see funeral director. This article is about the professional wrestler.
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