How many undertakers in wrestling

Urban legend also claims that he was called Kane for the first few weeks that he appeared on TV. That much is true. The name was later given to the Undertaker's fictional brother. The man playing the part of the Undertaker today is rumored to be a different person than the one who started out as the Undertaker, but this isn't true either. Mark Calaway has always portrayed the Undertaker, although at one point a story was introduced alleging that there was a fake Undertaker.

The wrestler who portrayed the fake Undertaker in was Brian Lee Calaway's cousin , but the scenario was just that: He portrayed a phony Undertaker. This story is false.

Mark Calaway actually replaced Sid in the Skyscrapers. The two were never on the team at the same time. The masked Skyscraper was played by Mike Enos.

Legend maintains that Kane and the Undertaker are brothers in real life. This is not true either. They've been portrayed as half-brothers in various wrestling storylines, but they're not related. This is one of the few legends that are true: Sara was the wife of the Undertaker. WWE fans were introduced to the character of Sara in They were informed that she was the wife of the Undertaker, and Sara Frank was indeed the wife of Mark Calaway in real life.

The Undertaker debuts at Survivor Series Symbolized by the original western look with a black overcoat, stetson hat with a grey ring, black leather gloves, later changed to grey leather gloves and grey boot spats. This persona was born at the Undertaker's debut at the Survivor Series. He was a quiet character, originally managed by Brother Love , until he aligned himself with Paul Bearer during a segment of the Brother Love Show.

This was the beginning of a long time partnership that would have many twists and turns in nearly all of the Undertaker's facets. The persona itself can be split into two halves — the original heel attitude from his debut, including his brief feud with Hulk Hogan which saw him win the WWF Championship in late and his later face turn following the rescue of Miss Elizabeth from the hands of Jake "The Snake" Roberts just before WrestleMania VIII in During this time he introduced the " Casket match " which not only put fear into the hearts of his opponents but also eventually led to the demise of the "Western Undertaker" when he kayfabe died and "ascended to the heavens" as a result of him being entombed in a casket at the Royal Rumble.

The Undertaker returned at Summerslam with an updated attire, now utilizing the color purple for his leather gloves, boot-covers, and tie. His return saw him facing Ted DiBiase 's fake " Undertaker ", who was distinguishable by his grey accessories.

This persona continued through to the Undertaker's revenge on Yokozuna , the man who "killed off" the previous incarnation. It was during this era that he was forced to wear a grey Phantom of the Opera-style upper-face mask after an attack by King Mabel and Yokozuna that left him injured with a legit fractured orbital bone and by bringing the "Era of Darkness" for the rest of this era.

Although the Undertaker won the match, The Executioner interfered and with the help of several other heels, buried the Undertaker alive, signaling the end of another era. The Undertaker was "re-born" a month later, this time descending to the ring from the rafters in black leather attire with bat-like wings. He only wore these wings once, but was dressed completely in black. In addition to a new outfit, the Undertaker would also come out with a black teardrop below his right eye, and his long hair combed back and wet, instead of in front of his face and scraggly like before.

His run as the " Lord of Darkness ", on the February 5th edition of Superstars he was going to unlease the "new age of Darkness" upon the WWF could be distinguished not only by his second world title and his new leather accented wrestling gear, but it was also during this era when he displayed his devastating supernatural powers such as creating lightning and starting fire by pointing his finger.

It was in this persona that the Undertaker fought in the very first Inferno and Hell in a Cell matches. However, when the Undertaker fought Sycho Sid in the main event of WrestleMania 13 after the event he proclaimed to be a Knight for the creatures of the night for the WWF Championship, he came out in his original "Western Mortician" look with grey gloves and boot covers.

An attempt of a character shoot was made in this persona, showing The Undertaker with normal clothes and speaking normally, but he was much into character. Towards the end of , while feuding with his kayfabe younger brother Kane and Stone Cold Steve Austin , the Undertaker began speaking of the "dark days" and a "Ministry of Evil" that would soon be taking over the WWF.

This was the first sign of the Undertaker becoming more demonic than ever before and soon he would put together his Ministry of Darkness stable. During his time with "The Ministry" as well as the months he spent prophesying it beforehand he began using his TX "symbol" more and more, not only wearing the emblem on his tights, but attempting to "crucify" his enemies on the cross as well as being seated on a throne in the style of that same symbol, in a flaming area of a building used as the dark temple in his Ministry entrance video.

After being Buried Alive at the December Rock Bottom pay-per-view and missing a month, 'Taker returned shortly before the Royal Rumble draped in a black hooded robe with a "Satan-like" goatee. He continued with The Ministry and this look and was portrayed as a super-heel. He kidnapped Stephanie McMahon and attempted to wed her but the ceremony was interrupted by Steve Austin.

The Undertaker often claimed he was answering to a Higher Power, eventually revealing Vince McMahon as his "higher power". However, The Undertaker had also suffered a groin tear and was seen limping in several matches. In his last month, The Undertaker was hardly in any matches and often sat at the announcer table and provided commentary.

He was scheduled to participate in a six-man match at Unforgiven against Triple H, Big Show, Mick Foley, The Rock and Kane but his groin injury had worsened so much that he had no choice but to leave before. From these legendary statistics, few of them stick out. It takes a great wrestler to pull off a hokey undead zombie wrestler. Fortunately, Mark Calaway played the character to perfection.

His popularity led him to the WWE Championship within a year of debuting. He beat Hulk Hogan for the title at Survivor Series and did not stop at that.

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