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Early career

He began his wrestling career in 1984 by training and wrestling at the Dallas Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas with Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). Calaway would later go on to wrestle in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), winning the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship and USWA Texas Heavyweight Championship.

His most famous match in WCW was against Lex Luger for the NWA United States Title (Mid-Atlantic version) at the 1990 Great American Bash, which he lost when Luger pinned him after a clothesline. At the end of 1990, WCW declined to renew Calaway's contract, and he signed with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

World Wrestling Entertainment

1990-1994
Calaway debuted in the World Wrestling Federation as The Undertaker (A character based on a Chicago area independent wrestler named Clyde.) on November 22, 1990 at Survivor Series 1990. Before Callaway debuted, he appeared as Kane The Undertaker in different house shows but the "Kane" was soon dropped, ironically, later becoming the name of his storyline half-brother, Kane. Between December 1991 and September 1993, the Undertaker did not lose a single match.

2006
At the 2006 Royal Rumble on January 29, 2006, Undertaker returned during Kurt Angle's celebration of his title defence against Mark Henry. He entered on a white horse and made his intentions known by destroying the ring with lightning bolts.

Personal life

Calaway is of Irish and Native American descent. One of the five sons of Frank and Catherine Calaway, his four brothers are David, Michael, Paul and Timothy. He graduated from Waltrip High School in 1983 in Houston, Texas, where he played for the school basketball team. He attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas and later graduated from Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas. He went on to study a degree in Sports Management at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was also a member of the basketball team.

He collects Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and purchased his first brand new motorcycle after defeating Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at the 1991 Survivor Series. He enjoys listening to heavy metal bands such as AC/DC,Black Sabbath,Guns N' Roses,and Metallica. His "American Bad Ass" persona closely reflected these aspects of his personality, and was partially inspired by them. Calaway also enjoys country music and blues music. He is also a big fan of the Mixed Martial Arts, boxing and basketball.