This article is about the professional wrestler.

For other uses, see Undertaker

(disambiguation).

The Undertaker

Calaway in 2014

Birth name Mark William Calaway

Born March 24, 1965 (age 56)

Houston, Texas, U.S.

Residence Austin, Texas, U.S.

Jodi Lynn
Spouse(s)

(m. 1989; div. 1999)

Sara Frank
 (m. 2000; div. 2007)

Michelle McCool

(m. 2010)
Children 4
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Cain the Undertaker[1]
Commando
Mark Callous
Mean Mark Callous
Mean Mark[2]
Dice Morgan[3]
The Master of Pain[3]
The Punisher[3]
Kane the Undertaker
Texas Red[3]
The Undertaker
Billed height 6 ft 10 in (208 cm)[4]
Billed weight 309 lb (140 kg)[4]
Billed from Death Valley[4]
Houston, Texas
Trained by Buzz Sawyer[5][6]
Debut June 26, 1987[3][7]
Retired November 22, 2020[a]

Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by the ring

name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best
known for his career in WWE from 1990 to 2020.
Calaway began his career in 1987, working as various gimmicks for World Class
Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and other affiliate promotions, and he
became USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion and WCWA Texas
Heavyweight Champion during this time. 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.
Calaway was rebranded as "The Undertaker" in the WWF, and gained significant
mainstream popularity as a horror-themed, macabre entity who employed scare
tactics and held links to the supernatural. The longest-tenured wrestler in
company history at 30 years, The Undertaker was one of the most prominent
figures of the Attitude Era, a boom period in the company's business in the latter
1990s. His character transitioned into a biker in the early 2000s, 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. He is also known for his
pairing with his in-storyline half-brother Kane, with whom he has
alternatively feuded or teamed as The Brothers of Destruction since 1997. Within
the company, The Undertaker has won the WWF/E Championship four times,
the World Heavyweight Championship three times, the Hardcore
Championship once and the World Tag Team Championship six times. He is also
one of WWE's most prolific pay-per-view performers, headlining several pay-per-
view events, including WrestleMania on five occasions.[b][10]
Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,[11] The
Undertaker retired from professional wrestling in June 2020, and made a farewell
appearance at that year's Survivor Series event, 30 years to the day after he
made his debut for the company.