UNDERTAKER COMPLETE LIFE INFORMATION
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Born: March 24, 1965 (age 50), Houston, Texas, United States
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Full name: Mark William Calaway
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Height: 2.08 m
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Spouse: Michelle McCool (m. 2010), Sara Calaway (m. 2000–2007), Jodi Lynn (m. 1989–1999)
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- AGE OF UNDERTAKER
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March 24, 1965 (age 50 years)
Born: March 24, 1965 (age 50), Houston, Texas, United States
Full name: Mark William Calaway
Height: 2.08 m
Spouse: Michelle McCool (m. 2010), Sara Calaway (m. 2000–2007), Jodi Lynn (m. 1989–1999)
March 24, 1965 (age 50 years)
Calaway was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Frank Compton Calaway (died July 22, 2003) and Betty Catherine Truby. He has four older brothers: David, Michael, Paul, and Timothy. He is of Irish and Native American descent.[7][8] He graduated from Waltrip High School in 1983, where he was a member of the basketball team.[9] He also played college basketball at Texas Wesleyan University during the 1985–1986 season.[10]
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1984–1989)
On February 2, 1989, managed by Dutch Mantell, he debuted as The Master of Pain, a character fresh out of the Atlanta State Penitentiary after serving five years (much in solitary confinement) for killing two men in a fight.[11] After his second match the next week, he stayed in the ring, challenging USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler to an impromptu match. The Master of Pain easily dominated Lawler until Mantell entered the ring and called him off, saying they'd done what they'd wanted. Lawler agreed to a title match, and on April 1, The Master of Pain won the title. He held it for just over three weeks before Lawler became the first man to pin him, winning it back.
While performing as The Punisher, Calaway won the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship on October 5, 1989, when Eric Embry forfeited the title.[12]
World Championship Wrestling (1989–1990)
In 1989, Calaway joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a villain and adopted the ring name Mean Mark Callous, a name devised for him by Terry Funk.[13] He was portrayed as a morbid character; he wore predominantly black ring attire, and was described by announcer Jim Ross as having a fondness for pet snakes, and the music of Ozzy Osbourne.[14] Callous was promptly drafted into the Skyscrapers tag team to replace an injured Sid Vicious, and made his debut on Jan 3, 1990 in a match later televised against Agent Steel & Randy Harris.[15] The new team gained some notoriety at Clash of the Champions X when they beat down The Road Warriors after their match.[16] However Callous' partner Dan Spivey left WCW days before their Chicago Street Fight against the Warriors at WrestleWar 1990. Callous and a replacement masked Skyscraper went down to defeat in the Street Fight and the team broke up soon afterwards.[17] As he went into singles competition, Callous took on the guidance of Paul E. Dangerously and defeated Johnny Ace at Capital Combat and defeated Brian Pillman at the Clash of the Champions. In July 1990, he wrestled against Lex Luger for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash, but was pinned by Luger. Callous would then face Brian Pillman, Paul Orndorff, and Doug Furnas on the house show circuit before giving notice to WCW on August 27.[15] His final match was on September 7 at a WCW Worldwide taping in Amarillo, TX where he defeated Dave Johnson.
During his time in WCW, Calaway briefly wrestled in New Japan Pro Wrestling as Punisher Dice Morgan. After leaving WCW, he briefly returned to the USWA to participate in a tournament to determine the new USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion; he defeated Bill Dundee in the first round, but lost to Jerry Lawler in the quarterfinals. In October 1990, he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE
WWF Champion (1990–1994)
Calaway made his WWF debut as Kane the Undertaker at a taping of WWF Superstars on November 19, 1990. His original version of the Deadman depicted him in a trench coat, gray-striped tie, and gray-ringed, black stetson hat with gray gloves and boot spats. He was portrayed as impervious to pain, something accomplished by Calaway not selling his opponents' attacks. Calaway made his official on-camera debut on November 22 at Survivor Series as a heel when he was the mystery partner of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar team.[18] Approximately one minute into the match, the Undertaker eliminated Koko B. Ware with his finisher, the Tombstone Piledriver. He also eliminated Dusty Rhodesbefore being counted out. During the match, Calaway was referred to as the Undertaker, neglecting the Kane name, which was dropped shortly after the event. At the same time, the Undertaker switched managers from Brother Love to Paul Bearer — a histrionic, ghostly character, almost always seen bearing an urn, which he used to revive the Undertaker's strength whenever Undertaker fell victim to his antagonists. During his heel run, Undertaker would place his defeated opponents (almost always jobbers) in abodybag and carry them to the back.[19]
He made his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania VII, quickly defeating "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka.[20] He began his first major feud with the Ultimate Warrior, when he attacked the Warrior and locked him in an airtight casket on the set of Paul Bearer's Funeral Parlor interview segment. After a year of battles with the Warrior, Randy Savage,[18] Sid Justice, Sgt. Slaughter, and Hulk Hogan, he defeated Hogan to win his first WWF Championship at Survivor Series with the help of Ric Flair, and thus became the youngest WWF Champion in history until having this record broken by Yokozuna in April 1993 at WrestleMania IX.[21] WWF President Jack Tunney ordered a rematch for This Tuesday in Texas six days later, where the Undertaker lost the title back to Hogan.[21]
In February 1992, the Undertaker's ally Jake "The Snake" Roberts tried to attack Randy Savage's manager/wife Miss Elizabeth with a steel chair when the Undertaker stopped him, becoming a fan favorite for the first time. The face turn was solidified on a subsequent episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, where Roberts confronted the Undertaker on the "Funeral Parlor" set over that incident (aired on Saturday Night's Main Event). After demanding to know whose side the Undertaker was on and getting the reply "Not yours!", Roberts attacked both Bearer and the Undertaker, only for the Undertaker to stand his ground and run Roberts off. The Undertaker defeated Roberts at WrestleMania VIII.[20] He then feuded extensively with wrestlers managed by Harvey Wippleman throughout 1992 and 1993, such as Kamala, Giant González and Yokozuna. Also in this time he headlined the first episode of Monday Night Raw on January 11, 1993 with a victory over Damien Demento.[22] He faced González at WrestleMania IX, which is notable as Undertaker's only disqualification win at WrestleMania after the use of chloroform. His rivalry with Yokozuna culminated in a WWF Championship casket match at the 1994 Royal Rumble. During the match, champion Yokozuna sealed the Undertaker in the casket with the assistance of several other villainous Wippleman-managed wrestlers to win the match. The Undertaker appeared from inside the casket on the video screen, representing his spirit, warning that he would return.[23] The Undertaker did not appear in the WWF for seven months after his loss to Yokozuna. In reality, he was given time off to allow a back injury to heal.[24]
World Heavyweight Championship reigns (2007–2010)
The Undertaker won his first Royal Rumble match in 2007,[82] in doing so becoming the first man to enter the Rumble at number 30 and win the match.[83] He then began a storyline with Batista, whom he defeated at WrestleMania 23 to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. At Backlash in a Last Man Standing match, they had a rematch that ended in a draw when neither man was able to answer the ten-count, resulting in the Undertaker retaining the Championship. On the May 11 episode of SmackDown!, the Undertaker and Batista participated in a steel cage match that ended in a draw when both men's feet touched the floor at the same time. After the match Mark Henry made his return and assaulted the champion, who was already exhausted and had been busted open during the course of the match.
As bad as things were for Undertaker, they were about to get worse thanks to someone who was not even part of SmackDown. As Henry was leaving the ring area Edge, who at the time was a member of the Raw roster, came to the ring carrying the Money in the Bank briefcase he had won from Mr. Kennedy on May 7. Edge handed the briefcase to referee Jim Korderas, who after some reluctance called for the bell forcing Undertaker into a second title defense. Although he kicked out of two quick pin attempts by the challenger, Undertaker was felled by Edge's spear and lost the title. Edge then struck the fallen Undertaker with the briefcase in his postmatch celebration.
During Calaway's rehabilitation, Henry quickly defeated local jobbers and bragged about his assault on Undertaker, until vignettes began playing promoting the Undertaker's return. The Undertaker returned at Unforgiven, defeating Henry and again on SmackDown! two weeks later.[84] Batista and the Undertaker reignited their feud at Cyber Sunday with the fans choosing the special guest referee Stone Cold Steve Austin, but Batista retained the world title.[85] They battled again inside a Hell in a Cell at Survivor Series where Edge returned and interfered to help Batista retain the World Heavyweight Championship.[86] In response to this, the Undertaker delivered a Tombstone piledriver to General Manager Vickie Guerrero, on the next SmackDown!, sending her to the hospital. Returning Assistant-General Manager Theodore Long declared a Triple Threat match for the title at Armageddon, which Edge won.
At No Way Out, the Undertaker defeated Batista, Finlay, The Great Khali, Montel Vontavious Porter, and Big Daddy V in an Elimination Chamber, to become the number one contender for Edge's World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV. He defeated Edge at WrestleMania with his Hell's Gate submission hold, to win his second World Heavyweight Championship in his 16th WrestleManiawin.[87] In a WrestleMania rematch, the Undertaker defeated Edge once again at Backlash to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.[88] Vickie Guerrero announced that the Undertaker's Hell's Gate was an illegal hold and stripped him of the title. The Undertaker battled Edge for the vacant title at Judgment Day, which he won by countout. Vickie ordered that the title remain vacant, because titles cannot change hands in this way. Edge and the Undertaker faced each other again for the vacant championship at One Night Stand in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, which the Undertaker lost after interference from La Familia. As a result of the stipulation, Undertaker was forced to leave WWE.
On the July 25, 2008 episode of SmackDown, Vickie Guerrero announced that she had reinstated the Undertaker, and that Edge would face him at SummerSlam in a Hell in a Cell match,[89] which the Undertaker won. After the match, the Undertaker chokeslammed Edge from the top of a ladder and through the ring canvas.[90] Following this match, Guerrero tried to make a peace offering with the Undertaker on SmackDown by apologizing, but the Undertaker told her that he is not the forgiving kind. At Unforgiven, as the Undertaker approached the ring to "take Guerrero's soul" and take her in a casket, the Big Show, who appeared at first to aid the Undertaker, betrayed and assaulted him.[91] As a result of this altercation, the Undertaker and Big Show faced each other in a match at No Mercy, where the Big Show knocked the Undertaker out with two hook punches in the forehead and a punch to the back of Undertaker's head.[92]At Cyber Sunday, the Undertaker defeated the Big Show in a Last Man Standing match after applying Hell's Gate. Then the Undertaker was engaged in a short feud with Jeff Hardy who interfered during his match with Vladimir Kozlov. But the feud ended when Jeff Hardy defeated the Undertaker in an Extreme rules match the following week on Smackdown due to the interference of The Big Show.[93] The Undertaker then went on to defeat the Big Show at Survivor Series in a casket match, to end the feud.[94] At No Way Out, the Undertaker was part of the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match; however, he was unsuccessful at winning the match.The Undertaker also had a brief feud with Vladimir Kozlov when undertaker was defeated by kozlov on a feb,27 episode of Smackdown the feud ended when Undertaker defeated kozlov in a rematch 2 weeks later. He then became embroiled in a long time feud with Shawn Michaels overhis WrestleMania undefeated streak and the fact that the Undertaker had never defeated Michaels in a singles match previously. The feud culminated in a match at WrestleMania XXV which the Undertaker won.[95] Their match was highly acclaimed by critics and audiences alike and is now considered by many to be one of the greatest WrestleMania matches of all time. On the April 24 episode of SmackDown, Big Show defeated him in a singles match by knockout after the match, Undertaker attacked Big Show. After SmackDown, Undertaker took another hiatus from WWE on April 25, 2009.
After the four-month hiatus, the Undertaker returned at SummerSlam in August by attacking CM Punk, who had just won the World Heavyweight Championship from Jeff Hardy in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.[96] At Breaking Point, the Undertaker faced Punk in a submission match. The Undertaker had originally won the match with his Hell's Gate submission hold, but the match was restarted by SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long, who ruled that the ban placed on the move by Vickie Guerrero was still in effect. Punk went on to win the match with his Anaconda Vise when referee Scott Armstrong called for the bell, despite Undertaker never submitting in a recreation of theMontreal Screwjob, which took place in the same venue in 1997.[97] On the September 25 episode of SmackDown, Theodore Long announced that the ban had now been officially lifted, after being released from a casket that the Undertaker had apparently placed him in.[98] The feud between the two continued and at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, the Undertaker won the World Heavyweight Championship from Punk in a Hell in a Cell match.[99] The Undertaker successfully defended the title against CM Punk onSmackDown, in a Fatal Four Way match at Bragging Rights, and in a Triple Threat match at Survivor Series.[100][101] He faced Batista at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs for the championship, and won when the match was restarted by Long, after Batista had originally won after utilising a low blow.[102]
At the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, a pyrotechnics malfunction momentarily engulfed the Undertaker in flames on three occasions during his ring entrance. He was able to continue with his scheduled match, with first- and second-degree burns on his chest and neck that, according to a WWE spokesman, "looked like a bad sunburn".[103] He lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Chris Jericho after interference from Shawn Michaels;[104] Jericho has told on multiple occasions how the pyrotechnician responsible was immediately escorted from the arena, and relieved of his employment with WWE, at the behest of the Undertaker.[105][106]
After a hiatus (which included wrestling two matches on Raw), he returned to SmackDown on May 28, defeating Rey Mysterio to qualify for a spot in the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view to compete for the World Heavyweight Championship.[107] During the match, the Undertaker suffered a concussion, broken orbital bone, and broken nose; he was visibly bleeding profusely on camera by the end of the match.[108]To cover for the injury, Kane revealed the Undertaker had been found in a vegetative state;[109] Mysterio took his place in the match and won the World Heavyweight Championship. While attempting to learn which superstar had attacked the Undertaker, Kane defeated Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Kane and Mysterio continued to clash as they accused one another of being the assailant behind the attack.[110]
At SummerSlam, the Undertaker returned to confront Kane and Rey Mysterio, only to be overpowered and Tombstoned by Kane. With Kane revealed as his attacker, the two feuded for the next few months over the World Heavyweight Championship. After losing to Kane at Night of Champions, Paul Bearer returned as Undertaker's manager on an episode of SmackDown.[111] However, Bearer attacked him at Hell in a Cell to help Kane win once again. The feud ended at Bragging Rights when The Nexus helped Kane defeat Undertaker in a Buried Alive match. In reality, he needed medical treatment for his injury.
Defending and ending of the Streak (2011–2014)
Main article: Undefeated WrestleMania streak of The Undertaker
After the 2011 Royal Rumble, promotional videos began airing, showing the Undertaker entering and standing within a Western-style old house on a rainy desert. Each promo ended with the date 2–21–11 being "burned into" the screen. On the February 21 Raw, the Undertaker returned. Before he could speak, Triple H also returned and confronted him. The two challenged each other to a match at WrestleMania in a unique interaction involving no verbal or physical exchanges, which was later announced as a No Holds Barred match. On the March 28 episode of Raw, the two had a last confrontation with the presence of Shawn Michaels before WrestleMania that involved praise, demonstrations of respect, and conflicts. At WrestleMania XXVII, the Undertaker defeated Triple H via submission, but had to be carried away from the ring on a stretcher.[112]
On the January 30, 2012 episode of Raw, the Undertaker returned after a ten-month hiatus to confront Triple H.[113] On the February 13 episode of Raw, Triple H refused the Undertaker's challenge for a WrestleMania rematch.[114] After the Undertaker accused Triple H of living in the shadow of Shawn Michaels on the February 20 episode of Raw, Triple H accepted the challenge on the condition that it be a Hell in a Cell match; Michaels was later inserted as referee in the match. At WrestleMania XXVIII, Undertaker, debuting his new look, a mohawk, defeated Triple H to extend his streak to 20–0. After the match, Undertaker and Michaels carried Triple H to the entrance stage, where the three embraced.[115] Later in 2012, the Undertaker appeared on the 1000th episode of Raw on July 23 to help Kane, who had been confronted by Jinder Mahal, Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks, Hunico, Camacho, and Drew McIntyre. The Brothers of Destruction overcame and dominated the six other wrestlers.[116][117]
The Undertaker's next television appearance was on Old School Raw on March 4, 2013, where he opened the show by performing his signature entrance. CM Punk, Randy Orton, Big Show, and Sheamus fought in a Fatal Four-Way match to determine who would face him atWrestleMania 29, which Punk won. Following this, Undertaker made another entrance and stared Punk down.[118] After the real-life death of Paul Bearer on March 5, 2013, a storyline involving Punk regularly spiting the Undertaker through displays of flippancy and disrespect towards Bearer's death began.[119] Punk interrupted the Undertaker's ceremony to honor Bearer on Raw, stealing the trademark urn and later using it to attack Kane, humiliate the Brothers of Destruction and mock Bearer.[120][121] Undertaker defeated Punk at WrestleMania 29 to extend his streak to 21–0 and then took back the urn.[122] The following night on Raw, Undertaker came out to pay his respects to Paul Bearer, but was interrupted by the Shield, who attempted to attack Undertaker before Kane and Daniel Bryan made the save.[123] Undertaker wrestled his first Raw match in three years on the April 22 episode, teaming with Kane and Bryan against the Shield in a losing effort.[124] Four days later, he wrestled his first Smackdownmatch in three years, defeating Shield member Dean Ambrose via submission. Afterward, Undertaker was attacked by Ambrose and the rest of the Shield, who powerbombed him through the announce table.[125]
On the February 24, 2014 episode of Raw, the Undertaker returned to confront Brock Lesnar and accepted his challenge for a match atWrestleMania XXX.[126] After a long and grueling match, during which Lesnar hit the Undertaker with three F-5s, Lesnar won the match by pinfall, ending the Undertaker's streak in what was described as "the most shocking result in WWE history".[127][128] Following the match, Undertaker was hospitalized with a severe concussion.[129] In December 2014, in an out-of-character interview, Vince McMahonconfirmed that it was his final decision to have Lesnar end the Streak, and that the Undertaker was initially shocked at the decision. McMahon's reasons for making the decision were that it would make a huge deal out of Lesnar to set up the next WrestleMania eventand that there were no other viable candidates to fill Lesnar's role.[130]
Feud with Bray Wyatt (2015)
In February 2015, Bray Wyatt began a series of cryptic promos which would lead to Fastlane, where Wyatt challenged Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 31. The Undertaker accepted the challenge on the March 9 episode of Raw, playing mind games of his own.[131][132] Undertaker would then make his first official appearance since his loss at WrestleMania XXX, sporting longer hair, defeating Wyatt at WrestleMania 31.
Undertaker character
The Undertaker gimmick has two polar opposite identities. The first is the "Deadman", an undeadand macabre entity full of scare tactics. The Deadman has come in several different versions following the original. The Undertaker's on-camera debut at Survivor Series 1990 saw the introduction of the original Deadman. Here, he portrayed a Western mortician, donned in black attire with gray accessories and impervious to pain. Not long after his debut, he began being accompanied to the ring by the ghoulish manager, Paul Bearer, who carried an urn which contained his "powers". By SummerSlam 1994, he began appearing as a mystic, chilling superhuman represented by cool colors, replacing the gray with purple and utilizing blue fog for the first time. At Survivor Series 1996, the Deadman transformed into the gothic "Lord of Darkness". By January 1999, he began appearing as the ritual-performing dark priest of a stable called the Ministry of Darkness. From May 2000 to November 2003, The Undertaker abandoned his undead persona, instead adopting the gimmick of a biker, commonly referred to as "The American Bad-Ass". This gimmick ended atSurvivor Series 2003, when he was buried alive by Kane. Undertaker returned at WrestleMania XX to get revenge on Kane, with many of his original scare tactics associated with his Deadman persona.
The Undertaker is connected with various specialty matches, including the Casket match, the Bodybag match, the Buried Alive match, theHell in a Cell match, and the Last Ride match. In 1997, the Undertaker gimmick was embellished with a dramatic pre-wrestling personal life that enhanced the character with a youth backstory. A key part of this backstory is the character's half-brother, Kane, who was introduced in 1997 and has both feuded and allied (as a tag team called the Brothers of Destruction) with the Undertaker. His undefeated streak atWrestleMania became a driving point for storylines. Over time, he became less impervious to pain, having to be stretchered out after his match at WrestleMania XXVII,[112] and eventually gaining a loss at the hands of Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XXX.
Personal life
Calaway married his first wife, Jodi Lynn, in 1989. They had a son, Gunner Vincent, born in 1993. The marriage ended in 1999. Calaway married his second wife, Sara, in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 21, 2000. In 2001, Sara made televised appearances with the WWE (then known as the WWF (World Wrestling Federation)) as part of a feudbetween Calaway and Diamond Dallas Page, in which she was acknowledged as being Calaway's wife. The couple had two daughters together: Chasey (born on November 21, 2002) and Gracie (born on May 15, 2005). In 2007, he and Sara were divorced, and he became romantically linked to former wrestler Michelle McCool, whom he married on June 26, 2010, in Houston, Texas.[8][133] On August 1, 2012, it was announced that they were expecting the couple's first child.[134] Kaia Faith Calaway was born on August 29, 2012.[135]
Calaway is an avid boxing fan and carried the Flag of the United States while leading Team Pacquiao to the ring during the Pacquiao vs. Velázquez fight in 2005.[136] He was also in attendance at the Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson fight in 2002.
Calaway is also an avid mixed martial arts fan and has attended several Ultimate Fighting Championship shows, including a show where Calaway verbally confronted then UFC fighter Brock Lesnar after Lesnar lost to Cain Velasquez, and his striking gloves and Hell's Gate submission (a modified gogoplata) were also inspired by mixed martial arts. During a Calaway interview conducted by an internet show after UFC 121, Lesnar walked past him staring. Calaway answered Lesnar's stare by saying "You wanna do it?".[8][137]They eventually fought at Wrestlemania 30 in 2014, where Lesnar finally gave Calaway a loss at a Wrestlemania event. He is close friends of actor Tony Longo and mixed martial artists Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn, and Matt Hughes.[8]
Calaway invests in real estate with business partner Scott Everhart. Calaway and Everhart finished construction on a $2.7m building in Loveland, Colorado, called "The Calahart", a portmanteau of their last names.[138] Calaway 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.[139]
Other media
Calaway made his feature film debut as Hutch in the 1991 film Suburban Commando. He had guest roles on Poltergeist: The Legacy and Celebrity Deathmatch. In 2001, Calaway appeared out of character on the Canadian sports show Off the Record with Michael Landsberg.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Suburban Commando | Hutch | |
1999 | Beyond the Mat | Himself | Documentary |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Soul Chaser Demon | 2 episodes |
1999 | Downtown | The Undertaker | Episode: "The Con" |
1999 | Celebrity Deathmatch | The Undertaker | Voice Episode: "Halloween Episode I" |
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE
- Chokeslam[2][3] – 1990–present; usually used as a signature move
- Hell's Gate/Devil's Triangle[140] (Modified gogoplata)[141] – 2008–present
- Last Ride[3] (Elevated powerbomb)[2][8] – 2000–2003; used as a signature move thereafter
- Tombstone Piledriver (Kneeling reverse piledriver),[3] most often followed by a "Rest in Peace" pin – 1990–present
- Triangle choke[2] – 2002–2003; used as a regular move until 2006
- Early career
- Callous Clutch[142]/Iron Claw[2] (One-handed clawhold) – used rarely as a signature move in WWE
- Flatliner Fist[7] (Heart punch)[2]
- Heatseeking Missile[2] (Ropewalk diving elbow drop)[143]
- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE
- Signature moves
- Back body drop, as a counter to an oncoming opponent[2]
- Ballistic punching combination,[2] often finished with a throat thrust
- Bear hug hold transitioned into a vertical running thrust spinebuster to the ring post
- Belly-to-back suplex
- Big boot[2]
- Chokehold[32] – 1990–1995; used rarely thereafter
- Cravate hangman
- Elbow drop
- Fallaway slam
- Fujiwara armbar[141]
- Knee lift to the opponent's midsection[71]
- Multiple clothesline variations[2][8]
- Old School[144] (Arm twist ropewalk chop)[2] – adopted from Don Jardine[145]
- Tope Suicida (Over the top rope suicide dive)
- Reverse STO[2]
- Running DDT[2]
- Running leg drop, sometimes to an apron-hung opponent[2][146]
- Sidewalk slam[2]
- Snake Eyes,[141] followed by a running big boot[2]
- Soup Bones (Several body hooks and punches to the midsection of a cornered opponent, often finished with a throat thrust)[2]
- TCB – Takin' Care of Business[7] (Standing dragon sleeper)[2] – used rarely
- Vertical suplex, sometimes from the top rope
- Wrist lock hold transitioned to an elevated arm wrench or followed by multiple shoulder blocks
- Nicknames
- Entrance themes
- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE
- "Funeral March" by Jim Johnston (November 19, 1990 – January 22, 1994)[149]
- "Graveyard Symphony" by Jim Johnston (November 19, 1995 – July 20, 1998; January 11, 1999 – March 22, 1999)[149]
- "The Darkest Side" by Jim Johnston (July 26, 1998 – December 13, 1998)[149]
- "Ministry" by Jim Johnston (March 28, 1999 – September 23, 1999)[149]
- "American Bad Ass" by Kid Rock (May 21, 2000 – December 4, 2000)[149]
- "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" by Limp Bizkit (December 10, 2000 – May 6, 2002; March 30, 2003)[149]
- "Dead Man Walking" by Jim Johnston (May 19, 2002 – September 19, 2002)[149]
- "You're Gonna Pay" by Jim Johnston (September 22, 2002 – November 16, 2003)[149]
- "Rest in Peace" by Jim Johnston (March 14, 2004 – February 21, 2011; January 30, 2012 – present)[149]
- "Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold This Body Down)" by Johnny Cash (March 7, 2011 – April 3, 2011)[150]
- World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE
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