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Pro wrestling stalwart Undertaker broke through his ‘Deadman’ persona before retiring from the WWE in 2020. He took AJ Styles in a Boneyard match in his final bout before hanging his boots from the world of wrestling at WrestleMania 36. Since then, we have seen a more human side of the Undertaker where he is a family man with his wife and daughter.
Similarly, on Instagram, Undertaker’s wife and former WWE Divas Champion Michelle McCool-Calaway posted a video of the pair taking part in the viral ‘Tortilla Slap Challenge’. In this challenge, both participants fill their mouth with water and play rock, paper, scissors. Each player slaps the other with a tortilla until one of them spits the water out. The one who holds water for a longer time wins.
In the video, Undertaker and Michelle McCool take their positions only to start bursting into laughter after the first slap. The couple can’t contain their laughter as after just a few slaps Michelle gives up and spits out the water, but The Undertaker does his best to hold it. In the caption of the video, Michelle McCool-Calaway revealed how the pair was pushed to take this challenge by their daughter.
Mark Calaway, the man behind the Undertaker made his Pro Wrestling debut on 19 November 1990 as ‘Cain the Undertaker’ at WWF Survivor Series. He eliminated Koko B. Ware with the Tombstone piledriver and then also eliminated Dusty Rhodes. After a successful debut, the WWF decided to drop ‘Cain’ and continue with Undertaker.
He made his WrestleMania debut in WrestleMania VII, as he defeated "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and started his undefeated streak at the event. He also defeated Hulk Hogan to win his first WWF Championship at Survivor Series. Since then, he went on to become the face of WWE.
He has had timeless classic bouts with stars like Shawn Micheals, Triple H, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho etc. The last match of his career came as he defeated AJ Styles in a Boneyard Match in Wrestlemania 36.