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Mark William Calaway[citation needed] (born March 24, 1965)[3][4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Undertaker. He is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its SmackDown! brand.
Mark Calaway | |
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Born | (1965-03-24) March 24, 1965 (age 59) Houston, Texas |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | (The) Undertaker Kane The Undertaker The Punisher[1] "Mean" Mark Callous Texas Red The Commando Punisher Dice Morgan |
Billed height | 6 ft 10.5 in (2.10 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 299 lb (136 kg)[2] |
Billed from | Death Valley (1990-1999, 2004-present) Houston, Texas (1984-1990, 2000-2003) |
Trained by | Don Jardine |
Debut | 1984 |
As of 2007, Calaway is one of the senior performers in WWE, having joined in 1990. He is one of only two wrestlers to have appeared on the very first episode of RAW who are still with the company today. The other is Shawn Michaels.[5]
Calaway began his wrestling career with World Class Championship Wrestling in 1984. He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989. When WCW did not renew Calaway's contract at the end of 1990, he joined the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in November of that year.
He is undefeated at WrestleMania with a 17-0 record, and is a five-time world champion (four-time WWE Champion and two-time World Heavyweight Champion).[6][7] He was also the winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble.[8]