| “ | Rest... in... peace. | „ |
| ~ The Undertaker's catchphrase. |
The Undertaker is a professional wrestler in WWE. Like many wrestlers, he has been both a protagonist (face) and antagonist (heel) in the past, though most of the time he is an anti-hero.
Biography[]
The Undertaker was born on March 24, 1965 in Death Valley in a funeral parlor He was the eldest son of Paul Bearer and his unknown mother. the youngest being Kane in the family. Undertaker would always be yelled at within the family. His parents would always get yelled at when Kane did bad things his parents would say he is the eldest and he should have known better.
Twelve years later in May 19, 1977, Undertaker would set their funeral parlor on fire leaving his Mothers Dead leaving Paul and Kane alive after that Though there was no proof the authorities did not arrest him because of that I.
He started his career in the then-WWF in 1990 as a heel when he was a mystery partner brought in to fight in a Survivor Series match by Ted DiBiase Sr.
It was implied that the Undertaker was undead and possessed supernatural powers. A few months later he was given a manager, Paul Bearer. He was a heel for more than a year until his partner Jake the Snake attacked Miss Elizabeth. Undertaker stopped him, and when Jake asked who's side he was on, he replied: "Not Yours".
From then on, although he used heel-like tactics against his opponents he was a face. In 1998, The Undertaker turned heel again by reuniting with Paul Bearer to form the Ministry of Darkness, a cult. This was his second-longest streak as a villain. His Ministry of Darkness, after first trying to conquer the WWF, joined Vince McMahon's Corporation to become the Corporate Ministry.
This lasted until the end of 1999, and after a leave of absence, he returned with a biker gimmick, where he went back and forth from being a heel and a face. His return to the dark side came when his brother Kane buried him alive, and he returned from the dead at WrestleMania 20 in 2004. Though occasionally still committing villainous acts, he remained a face until 2017.
From 2018 and 2020, he appeared sporadically but leaned toward being a heel. He began another feud with Triple H. While Triple H used any means needed to win, he was very civil after the match but Taker & Kane still clobbered him and Shawn before taking their leave. It led to an official battle, Brothers of Destruction vs. DX with the latter victorious.
Taker later attacked AJ Styles which led to a feud between the two that became personal when AJ talked about his wife, Michele. As a result, Undertaker reemerged as Big Evil and eventually defeated Styles at WrestleMania 36, burying him alive and riding off on his motorcycle.
Villainous Acts[]
- Killing his parents by setting a fire in their funeral home in Death Valley. He almost killed his little brother Kane.
- Kidnapping the wrestlers and managers (including Stone Cold Steve Austin, Stephanie McMahon and Theodore Long)
- Stole the WWF Championship from Hulk Hogan with Ric Flair's assistance.
- Locked The Ultimate Warrior in a casket, causing him to pass out due to lack of air before it was pried open again.
- Helped Jake "The Snake" Roberts ruin Randy Savage's and Miss Elizabeth's wedding.
- Taunted his opponents by building them caskets before his casket matches, especially when his opponent has a phobia of them.
- Forming the Ministry of Darkness.
- Attempting to embalm Steve Austin alive.
- Performing a Satanic bloodletting ritual on Dennis Knight, turning him into the deranged Mideon.
- Defeating Big Bossman in a Hell in a Cell match by hanging him by the neck.
- Burning Stephanie McMahon's Teddy Bear during the Inferno Match against Kane.
- Kidnapping and almost forcing Stephanie McMahon to marry him.
- Joining the Corporate Ministry with Shane McMahon.
- Interfering the Iron Man match between Triple H and The Rock at Judgment Day 2000 after he was warned not to interfere with the match by Shawn Michaels.
- Tied Hulk Hogan to his motorcycle and dragged him through the backstage area until Hogan crashed into a pile of boxes.
- Buried his manager Paul Bearer in cement in 2004 because he was a weakness.
- Dragging Edge through a pit in the ring to Hell.
Wrestling Moves[]
Finisher[]
- Tombstone Piledriver - kneeling reverse piledriver (1990–present)
- Chokeslam - inherited from Kane (1990–present)
- The Last Ride - (2000–present)
- Hell's Gate - (2008–present)
Other Media[]
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009[]
IN WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009, The Undertaker appears as an anti-hero and a playable wrestler. Here, he disliked The Boogeyman who has hired Santino Marella and Finlay as Nu School, he manages to save Kane from Nu School's mind control devices, when Kane was destroyed by Boogeyman, he plots to avenge his brother by brainwashing one of the members of Nu School into turning him into a zombie to defeat a member of Nu School, the brainwashed member of Nu School was turned back to normal by The Phenom. The Undertaker later defeated Boogeyman in a Hell in a Cell match and seals him into the casket.
Escape the Undertaker[]
Undertaker returns as the main antagonist of the Netflix interactive special Escape the Undertaker. In this special, the New Day decides to go to the Undertaker's mansion in order to obtain his Urn and use it's power. The Undertaker, at first, decides not to let them in, but sensing their souls as good food for the urn, he opens the mansion doors and lets them in. He begins to toy around with the New Day through the use of his traps, and keeps eyes on them through his security cameras.
During the special's climax, the Undertaker appears in all of their visions of their greatest nightmares. He then faces off against the trio as they try to take his urn, with the Big E deciding to destroy the urn instead of taking it for it's power. With the urn destroyed, the Undertaker vanishes, leaving behind his hat. He later appears during the ending, congratulating the viewer for successfully escaping his mansion.
Fall Guys[]
In Fall Guys, a costume of the Undertaker appears as one of the three WWE-themed cosmetics (alongside costumes of Xavier Woods and Asuka) introduced in the game's first F2P season.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- The Undertaker on Heroes Wiki
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