Don't ever get Mark Calaway mad at you. Mark is
the professional wrestler that fights under his ring name of the
Undertaker. Many
WWE (World
Wrestling Entertainment)
fans may remember his notorious Hell in a
Cell match in 2008 in which Mark threw his rival Mankind from the top of the
16-foot cage followed by a chokeslam from the top of the cell that sent
Mankind through the roof. Then he finished off Mankind by
chokeslamming him onto a pile of thumbtacks after which Mankind was called "little prick" by a few
of his WWE teammates.
Since wrestling is essentially blue-collar show business, Mark has two
district and contracting ring personae: "The Deadman", an undead occult like
figure, and "The American Bad Ass", a biker. These personae resulted in
Chaos Comics publishing an Undertaker
comic based on Mark's ring persona. Chaos
Comics also published numerous WWF tie-in comics before they folded in
2002.
Mark is one of the WWE senior
performers , He is a six-time World Champion and is currently undefeated at
WrestleMania with a record of 17-0.
He has held the WWF World Title on two separate occasions, first at the 1992
Survivor Series, from then champion, Hulk Hogan. Hogan won the title back
shortly thereafter, only to be stripped of the title due to the
circumstances by which he won the match. Callaway then won the title
at Wrestlemania XIII from the Psycho Sid.
Mark is also is also a one-time WWF (World Wrestling Federation) Hardcore
champion, and a seven-time world tag team champion: a six-time WWF World Tag
Team Champion, and one-time WCW (World
Championship Wrestling) World Tag Team Champion He has been named
by WWE as the greatest big man of all time. Mark has remarkable longevity
and is the only active wrestler that appeared on the company's very first
RAW program, who is still with WWE at the time this article was written.
Mark and his ex-wife Sara established The Zeus Compton Calaway Save the
Animals fund at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical
Sciences to help pay for lifesaving treatments for large-breed dogs.The
hyper-tattooed Callaway had "Sara" tattooed on his throat as a wedding
present and said that it was the most painful tattoo he has applied. But not
as painful as their subsequent divorce. The tattoo was not a favorite of
fellow wrestler Michelle McCool, whom he married on June 26, 2010. Mark has
tested his acting talents a few times. He appeared in Suburban Commando
(1991). He also appeared on episodes of Poltergeist: The
Legacy and Celebrity Deathmatch in 1999. There are rumors of his
plans to star in a film based on his life.
Since Mark is a two-fisted drinker, to celebrate
Mark's birthday, we suggest toasting him with two drinks - one in each fist
- one named after his ring name and one after his most famous ring persona,
and watch him as The Undertaker in the TV wrestling film
Royal Rumble (1993).
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