Undertaker defeated Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle in a triple threat match to become the number-one contender for the renamed WWE Championship and challenged Brock Lesnar for the title at Unforgiven that ended in a double disqualification. However, he had to be carried away from the ring on a stretcher. Notable Alumni: University Of St. Thomas (Texas) "I asked her, I said what hospital did they send him to and she said 'No uncle Mark he's gone, he didn't make it'. It was in the middle of all this stuff going on, WrestleMania you know, when everything is perfect it's hectic and stressful but now I have to call all my brothers and let them know and then call my mother," said The Undertaker. Kaia Faith Calaway- Meet Single Daughter Of The Undertaker, and Does Undertaker have a brother? [5][371], Calaway is a fan of boxing and mixed martial arts, which he incorporated into his Undertaker gimmicks (American Badass and hybrid Deadman). Born on March 24, 1965. Developing a comedy horror smart mouth during this time, elements of The Undertaker's trash-talking biker identity (that he would eventually introduce in 2000) began peeping out during this phase of his career. This Undertaker, however, played by Brian Lee (one of Calaway's real-life best friends)[68] was an impostor Undertaker (dubbed "The Underfaker" by fans)[69] rejuvenated by Dibiase's money rather than Bearer's urn. However, after interference from the debuting Executioner, as well as the help of several other heel wrestlers apparently enlisted by Bearer, Mankind escaped the grave and together the mob all shoveled dirt onto The Undertaker to the point that the grave was completely filled, resulting in The Undertaker fully buried alive. [171], During his rehabilitation, Henry bragged about his assault on The Undertaker, until vignettes began playing that promoted The Undertaker's return. At Breakdown: In Your House, The Undertaker and Kane were booked in a triple threat match with Austin for the WWF Championship, in which McMahon stated that the brothers were not allowed to pin each other. 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. The Undertaker won the encounter by setting Kane's right arm on fire. children: Chasey Calaway, Gracie Calaway, Gunner Vincent Calaway, Kaia Faith Calaway. For the better part of his career, The Undertaker was observed as a focal point of WWE's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, where he became esteemed for The Streaka series of 21 straight victories. [184] Following this match, Guerrero tried making a peace offering with The Undertaker on SmackDown by apologizing, but The Undertaker told her that he was not the forgiving kind. [109][110], To compensate for his lack of physical activity, Undertaker became increasingly overbearing and vocal, often mouthing off with a weirdness and making sinisterly smart-aleck remarks in promos and on commentary. At Elimination Chamber while Styles was facing Black in a rematch with a no-disqualification stipulation, The Undertaker made yet another surprise appearance thwarting his efforts, interfering in the match with an attack on Styles. [32] On April 1, The Master of Pain won his first professional wrestling championship by defeating Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion. He responded by costing The Rock the number one contendership for the Undisputed WWF Championship. [139] At The Great American Bash, Undertaker fought a handicap match against The Dudley Boyz, with the stipulation that if he did not lay down and purposely lose, Heyman would bury Paul Bearer in cement. Kaia Calaway, who have celebrated her 9th birthday in 2022, is the only child of the former wrestlers, Michelle Leigh and McCool. [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. [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. Big Show (Casket Match)", "2009 WWE No Way Out: Voices and Chambers", "WrestleMania 25: The Most Disappointing WrestleMania of All Time", "WrestleMania Classics: What Made Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker so Great", "Shawn Michaels' 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania Entrance", "CM Punk def. The chain of wrestlers DiBiase enlisted to do away with The Undertaker started with Irwin R. Schyster at the Royal Rumble for which The Undertaker was victorious, but assaulted by another member of the Million Dollar Team, King Kong Bundy. [176] At No Way Out, The Undertaker defeated Batista, Finlay, The Great Khali, MVP and Big Daddy V in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match to become the number one contender for Edge's World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV. history, WWWF/WWF/WWE World Tag Team Title history, "2012 WWE Slammy Awards and WWE.com Slammy Awards winners", "The Undertaker's statue revealed at WrestleMania Axxess", "BONUS SHOW: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards", "Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame", "Undertaker the champ WrestleMania 23 delivers big time", "Mayweather, Orton survive Mania; Edge, Flair don't", "Wrestlemania 25: HBK-Undertaker steals the show", "Undertaker ends Shawn Michaels' career in thrilling rematch to cap off Wrestlemania XXVI", "WrestleMania 27 live coverage from the Georgia Dome", "Caldwell's WWE WrestleMania 28 PPV Report", "Taker-Punk result did Punk break The Streak? [253] After the match, Undertaker left his gloves, coat and hat in the center of the ring before slowly making his exit. [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. His uncle, Timothy Calaway, died because of a heart attack. 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The Undertaker then burst from the flaming casket in rage, battering and brutalizing an entire ring full of wrestlers as a message to Orton. [152][153] The Undertaker cornered Angle after the match and told him he was not finished with him. [117] This transition lasted 3 and a half years until 2004 when The Undertaker resurrected his Deadman identity in hybrid formresidual features of his American Badass identity remaining. ", "Pruett's Blog Flashback: The Undertaker's Streak Series Part Three - The American Bad Ass Years & The Deadman's Return - WrestleMania XVII - WrestleMania XX", "The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Keeping Deadman off TV Makes Match More Effective", "Historical Dictionary of Wrestling - Page 306", "The Undertaker vs. British Bulldog WWE Championship Match: Nov. 30, 1991", "William Moody, 58, Pro Wrestling's Paul Bearer, Dies", "America Under Construction: Boundaries and Identities in Popculture", "WWE WrestleMania 34: The Undertaker Vs. 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. [95], In September as the storyline matured however, The Undertaker subtly began showing some heel characteristics, becoming a tweener. Timothy was born in Houston, Texas to Frank and Betty Catherine on November 14, 1956. Jeff Hardy (New World Heavyweight Champion)", "Lots of wrestlers per match but no title changes at Survivor Series", "The Undertaker Burned During Accident at Elimination Chamber", "Batista, Jericho and Michaels capitalize on Elimination Chamber opportunities", "Inside Pulse Wrestling | Undertaker Injured, WWE Fatal 4 Way Main Event In Jeopardy", "WWE Money in the Bank 2010 Results: New Champion Cashes In", "WWE News: Health updates on The Undertaker and C.M. Gunner completed his University education at Full Sail University with a degree in video game art. This stipulation matchissued as a challenge by The Undertaker and connected to his characterwas the first ever "Boneyard match". The Boneyard match would also win WWE's Half-Year Award for best Cinematic Match, as well as winning the Slammy Award for 2020's Match of the Year. In this then new form, he took on a Goth appearance and persona, with a brash, rebelling, Championship-driven mean streak (perhaps to better fit in with the then-budding, more adult-oriented Attitude Era). In addition, she has two half-siblings, named: Kaia Faith Calaway, a younger sister, and Gunner Vincent Calaway, an older brother. [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. Mark Calaway was born in the United States on March 24, 1965, in Houston, Texas. [57] The Undertaker's Tombstone of Hogan to win the WWF Championship at the 1991 Survivor Series created real-life, offscreen discord between the two, which Undertaker attributes his short title reign, lack of title runs during his early career and distrust of Hogan. [83] This delivering, dubbed "The Lord of Darkness", was the 3rd incarnation of his Deadman persona. [122], After The Alliance was defeated, The Undertaker turned heel by inducting commentator Jim Ross into the Mr. McMahon: Kiss My Ass Club, which involved The Undertaker pressing the lips of Ross against McMahon's exposed buttocks. He married Mary Joan Flynn on 26 December 1941, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. [142] After The Undertaker won their brutal Hell in a Cell encounter, in effect, settling his 9 month long feud with Orton,[151] Calaway took a brief hiatus from professional wrestling. Later that night, he helped Hollywood Hulk Hogan win the title against then champion Triple H.[124] The Undertaker then defeated Hogan for the renamed WWE Undisputed Championship at Judgment Day. The Undertaker resurrected at the Survivor Series when the druids delivered a casket that was struck by lightning and went up in flames. These ambitions culminated into a rivalry between The Ministry and The Corporation, ultimately resulting in a match between Undertaker and Corporation enforcer, Big Boss Man. It was revealed years later that Hassan was about to receive a major push by winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista at SummerSlam and thus breaking Randy Orton's record for being the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history. [87], In spite of Bearer projecting himself as a constant source of mental distress to The Undertaker during his Championship title reign, The Undertaker managed to secure successful title defenses against Stone Cold Steve Austin (A Cold Day In Hell: In Your House),[89] Faarooq (King of the Ring)[90] and Vader (Canadian Stampede: In Your House, revisiting and settling their Royal Rumble feud from earlier on in the year),[91] respectively. It was revealed in late July 2005 that UPN had pressured WWE to keep Hassan off their network, effectively removing him from SmackDown!. The Undertaker is one of the most legendary figures in WWE history. In jumping from the top of the cell to the ring canvas, The Undertaker suffered a broken ankle. He received the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Best Gimmick award from 1990 to 1994. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. He is also known for pairing with his in-storyline half-brother Kane, with whom he had alternatively feuded and teamed off and on with as the Brothers of Destruction from 1997 through 2020. The first, on the September 4 SmackDown!, against Kurt Angle, ended in a no contest, due to interference from Brock Lesnar. The 55-year old wrestling superstar expressed deep concern over his mortality as he remembered how he could have broken his neck and died against Goldberg last year in Saudi Arabia. [136] At Judgment Day, The Undertaker defeated Booker T. One week later, Paul Heyman ordered The Dudley Boyz to kidnap Bearer. [66] The following month in December, The Undertaker defeated Mabel in a casket match at In Your House, finally retrieving back the urn (though still in its bling form) in the process, which had been traded around between several of The Undertaker's antagonists over the entire course of that year. [140] The feud culminated in a casket match between The Undertaker and Heidenreich at the Royal Rumble, where Undertaker sealed Heidenreich in a casket for the victory. In this form, he took on a wicked, demonic presence, much more so than ever before. [83], Following his WWF Championship win at WrestleMania 13, Paul Bearer attempted to rejoin The Undertaker as his manager. [67], Following the death angle at the Royal Rumble during The Undertaker's absence, the WWF promoted reported sightings of him through video clips of random people claiming to have seen him. [87] In late 1997 at In Your House Badd Blood, Bearer unleashed a vengeful Kane: the fire-personified, juggernaut half-brother of The Undertaker, who was fit with a mask to conceal the scarring from The Undertaker's arson. The two finished construction on a $2.7 million building in Loveland, Colorado, called "The Calahart" (a portmanteau of their last names), in 2007. Your login session has expired. At first, The Undertaker thought that Timothy was alive and was sent to a hospital. The completed Ministry of Darkness consisted of The Brood (Christian, Edge and Gangrel), The Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq), Mideon and Viscera. Timothy Calaway Obituary (1956 - 2020) - Bastrop, TX - Austin American [45] In his own rendition, he was garbed in a black trench coat; gray-striped tie; black-ribboned, black stetson; gray boot spats; and gray gloves[299] (black gloves for first few appearances before gray). According to Bruce Prichard, Calaway requested this metamorphosis of character since he wanted to be "the bikerhe wanted to be the guy that he is in everyday life". This was a, Calaway announced his retirement on June 21, 2020, during the final episode of. [87] (Note that it would not be until a year and a half later from this point, in latter 1998, in which The Undertaker would shamelessly confess to intentional acts of arson to the funeral home that killed his parents and scarred his brother). [152] In a rematch with Angle (similarly described as underrated and among The Undertaker's top matches that utilized the wrestling styles of their previous encounter on the March 3 edition of SmackDown!) Just over three weeks had passed when Lawler became the first man to pin him, giving it back to him. One final ride together, old-timer!!![279]. Also Read l Mark Calaway brother:Undertaker Recalls Heartbreak Of His Brother's Death. As for his siblings, he has four older brothers named David, Paul, Michael, and Timothy. However, when he asked his niece which hospital Timothy Calaway was admitted in, his niece said, he didn't make it. 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Later that night, after Undertaker and Lesnar brawled throughout the arena and had to be separated, a rematch was scheduled for SummerSlam in August, where Undertaker controversially defeated Lesnar. In interfering in this match, Mankind proved to have mystifying horror tactic capabilities that matched The Undertaker's, mysteriously appearing from inside the casket and sealing The Undertaker inside. [350] Shawn Valentino of Pro Wrestling Torch said "The Undertaker may have been the greatest character in the history of professional wrestling". [167] At WrestleMania 23, Undertaker defeated Batista to win his first World Heavyweight Championship and extend his Streak to 150. [366] Calaway married his second wife, Sara Frank, in 2000. In 1986, Calaway dropped out of university to focus on a career in sports and briefly considered playing professional basketball in Europe, before deciding to focus on professional wrestling. Timothy "Tim-Tool Man" Calaway, 63, of Bastrop passed away on March 24, 2020. [124], The Undertaker's next storyline began at the Royal Rumble in January 2002, when Maven eliminated him from the Royal Rumble match by hitting him with a dropkick from behind. The storyline intensified as the two tried to get into the head of one another with dark mind game tactics and use of caskets, leading to a handicap casket match at No Mercy, in which The Undertaker lost to Randy and his father "Cowboy" Bob Orton. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. PWI Staff. 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. . 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts. The Undertaker Body Measurements Height Weight Shoe Size Biceps Age [233], In February 2015, Bray Wyatt began a series of cryptic promos which led to Fastlane, where Wyatt challenged Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 31, which Undertaker accepted. "Wrestling's historical cards" (p.108109), 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts.