![]() In 1988, Calaway joined the Continental Wrestling Association, wrestling under several gimmicks. PWInsider 's Mike Johnson stated, "Undertaker using some of Jardine's style eventually morphed into this story that he was trained by Jardine." He wreslted in Durban South Africa losing to Tiger Singh on August 22, 1987. While never trained by Jardine, Calaway was an admirer of his work and would emulate Jardine's top rope walk. Two myths have circulated regarding Calaway's beginnings in the industry, the first being that he made his in-ring debut in 1984, and the second being that he was trained by former WCCW colleague Don Jardine (aka The Spoiler). He was accompanied to the ring by Percival "Percy" Pringle III, who would later serve as his manager in the WWF as Paul Bearer. Performing under a mask as Texas Red, Calaway wrestled his first match on June 26, 1987, for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), losing to Bruiser Brody at the Dallas Sportatorium. Professional wrestling career Early career (1987–1990)Ĭalaway began training under Buzz Sawyer in late 1986 he disliked Sawyer, who reportedly lacked commitment and provided a limited education. ![]() In 1986, Calaway dropped out of university to focus on a career in sports and briefly considered playing professional basketball in Europe, before deciding to focus on professional wrestling. In 1985, he enrolled in Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, where he majored in sport management and played as a center for the Rams in the 1985–1986 season. He graduated in 1983 and began studying on a basketball scholarship at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas. He attended Waltrip High School, where he was a member of the football and basketball teams. He has four older brothers named David, Michael, Paul, and Timothy (died March 2020, age 63). Mark William Calaway was born in Houston, Texas, on March 24, 1965, the son of Frank Compton Calaway (died July 2003) and Betty Catherine Truby. He also won the Royal Rumble match in 2007. During his wrestling career under The Undertaker gimmick, Calaway 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 is also known for pairing with his in-storyline half-brother Kane, with whom he had alternatively feuded and teamed off and on with as the Brothers of Destruction from 1997 through 2020. Calaway later resurrected Deadman Undertaker in 2004, with residual elements of American Badass Undertaker remaining.įor the better part of his career, The Undertaker was 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. In 2000, Calaway expanded on The Undertaker, fleshing out the gimmick with a human side, biker identity, dubbed "The American Badass". The longest-tenured wrestler in company history at 30 years. As one of WWE's most high-profile and enduring characters, The Undertaker is famed for his undead, funereal, macabre "Deadman" persona, which gained significant mainstream popularity and won him the Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Best Gimmick a record-setting 5 years in a row. He signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989 for a brief stint, and then he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, turned WWE) in 1990.Ĭalaway was rebranded as "The Undertaker" once joining the WWF. ![]() Ĭalaway began his career in 1987, working under various gimmicks for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and other affiliate promotions. ![]() Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Calaway spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for WWF/E, and is best known for his critically acclaimed "Deadman" Undertaker gimmick, for which he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022. Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by the ring name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler. ![]()
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![]() With all this done, the driver software was installed into the Windows 8 OS and the timing mode set up. In order for these to function, a USB cable must be connected from the computer to the display (yes, Viewsonic supplied one). That would have been the end of the needed connections, if not for the fact that the TD2740 has capacitive touch screen capabilities. Since HDMI also drives audio, there wasn’t any need to plug a stereo mini-jack audio cable between the computer and the display in order to access the built-in speakers. There is no DVI port, so older PC’s will require an adapter if the higher resolution capabilities are to be used. A third input alternative would be to use the DisplayPort port, but getting such a cable is left up to the user. Viewsonic conveniently provides both the HDMI as well as a D-Sub VGA cable which could have been used instead. Swiveled so as to access the back panel, I noticed the choice of input sockets and went with plugging an HDMI cable from the computer into it. It was removed from its box and placed down in front of the keyboard on a desk. Setting up the TD2740 literally took 5 minutes. ![]() Speaking of quality image, see how some of the best computer monitors are leading the way. The ViewSonic TD2740 27″ 10-Point Multi-Touch Consumer/Commercial Display has no problem with that it provides a quality image with finger-tip accessibility as well as conventional mouse tracking. ![]() Large screen monitors are no longer prized for their size alone and now must have more than just a high-resolution screen inside of a well designed chassis. ![]() |