In this week’s episode of Cold As Balls, Kevin Hart shares some tales from the darkside with future WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker. Not one to shy away from competition, Hart challenges The Undertaker to a thumb wrestling match.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Mark Calaway is best known for his career in the WWE as The Undertaker. A career lasting from 1990-2020, Calaway was longest-tenured wrestler in company history at 30 years, The Undertaker was one of the most prominent figures of the Attitude Era, a boom period in the company’s business in the latter 1990s. His character transitioned into a biker in the early 2000s, before returning to a refined version of his original horror gimmick in 2004. The Undertaker was heavily observed as a focal point of WWE’s flagship annual event, WrestleMania, where he became esteemed for The Streak, a series of 21 straight victories. He is also known for his pairing with his in-storyline half-brother Kane, with whom he has alternatively feuded and teamed as The Brothers of Destruction since 1997. Within the company, The Undertaker has won the WWF/E Championship four times, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, the Hardcore Championship once and the World Tag Team Championship six times. He won the Royal Rumble match in 2007. He is also one of WWE’s most prolific pay-per-view performers, headlining several pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania on five occasions.
The Undertaker retired from professional wrestling in 2020, and made a farewell appearance at that year’s Survivor Series event, 30 years to the day after he made his debut for the company. Although he remains retired, he is still signed with WWE.
In naming him the second greatest wrestler ever, IGN described The Undertaker as, “one of the most respected wrestlers, and characters, in the business; treated with actual reverence. Like a cherished, invaluable artifact”.
Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition recognized Undertaker as having the most consecutive victories at WrestleMania in 2016.
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