March 24
Mark William Calaway's Birthday
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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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