5 things about the Undertaker that WWE doesn't want you to remember

Work a handful of dates, wrestle just a couple of matches, make a random non-WWE appearance here and there throughout the year and get paid handsomely for doing so little. Doesn’t it seem like a dream job for a wrestler? Well, that’s the case with the Undertaker.

When this guy makes an appearance on your screen, you drop everything and just be captivated by the aura the Deadman creates. A veteran of 26 years in WWE and 32 years in the wrestling world, the Phenom has etched great memories in every wrestling fan’s mind.

Over a career that long and for a character that iconic, there are incidents that played out unintentionally or simply just happened.

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For a company that celebrated the 25^th Anniversary of the Undertaker at Survivor Series in 2015, it’s no surprise that the promotion definitely wants you to remember the Phenom in a certain way. With that said let’s take a look at the things WWE wants you to forget about The Undertaker.

Honourable Mentions

Before we make it to the main list, here are the honourable mentions that didn't make it.

D/Q victory over Giant Gonzales at Wrestlemania 9: Undertaker has beaten all his Wrestlemania opponents, except for Brock Lesnar. But when he came face to face with a much larger man Giant Gonzales he didn’t win clean. Gonzales used a chloroform soaked cloth to knock the Undertaker unconscious.

WWE’s YouTube channel shows you how the match started but refrains from showing the conclusion of the match.

Undertaker has missed WrestleManias: Undertaker has been absent from WrestleMania 10 and WrestleMania 2000 due to injuries. WWE wants you to believe that since Takers debut he has been an integral part of every Wrestlemania, but that isn’t completely true.

Brother Love managed Undertaker when he debuted: Be it for the shortest time, the red-faced preacher did manage Undertaker. WWE doesn’t completely shy away from this fact but glorifies the late Paul Bearer’s association with the Deadman over Brother Love’s.

#1 Killing his parents

Origin stories are a thing of the past in the WWE. The debut of Kane, Undertaker’s half-brother was exciting time during the attitude era. This was when Paul Bearer accused the babyface Undertaker of being responsible for the fire that brought down the funeral home ultimately killing his parents and Kane.

Turning heel a year later, The Undertaker admitted to starting the fire that engulfed his house, on national TV. WWE made him admit to a federal crime!! So much for kayfabe. Following these events, the Deadman tapped into his Dark Lord persona and started the Ministry of Darkness and went on to do more heinous deeds.

The promotion definitely doesn’t want the WWE universe to remember the Phenom as an arsonist for sure.This coming Wrestlemania, we might see the last of the Deadman. Through the ups and Down in his lengthy career, he has garnered the admiration and respect of the everyone he has worked for and in front of.

Undertaker retiring will surely be the one thing the WWE Universe would like to forget.

#2 Cain the Undertaker

Undertaker wrestled his first match in WWE as ‘Cain the Undertaker’ on Wrestling Challenge (the equivalent of modern day WWE Main Event) on November 11^th, 1990). However, the first name, Cain, was dropped a week later when Undertaker debuted as the mystery partner of the Million Dollar man Ted Dibiase in the Survivor Series match.

The name ‘The Undertaker’ stuck and the rest is history. Check out ‘Cain The Undertaker’ in action:

The name ‘Cain’ was resurrected when Glen Jacobs’ character Kane debuted in 1997. The Big Red Machine was the kayfabe half-brother to the Undertaker.

You can hear the announcer introducing him as Cain the Undertaker, as well as Brother Love addressing the Undertaker as Cain from the ringside.

#3 Mohammad Hassan

WWE loves to forget their less successful gimmicks

Back in 2004, WWE wanted to bring back the Middle Eastern heel gimmick. Enter Mohammad Hassan, but seeing he couldn’t garner enough heat as an anti-American, WWE soon booked him on the lines of a terrorist (what were they thinking?).

It makes this list only because he was in a feud with the Undertaker when the London bombings happened, and WWE had to let go of the character altogether. The Undertaker power bombed Hassan through the stage at the Great American Bash 2005, and that was the last WWE universe saw of him.

It was believed that WWE was willing to put the world title on Hassan. WWE today wouldn’t want to be related to any controversial terrorist angle and hence wants you to forget about anything that was related to the character: Mohammad Hassan.

#4 Anything before WWE

WWE acquired WCW and uses its history for guys like Booker T, Sting or Goldberg. But they never mention the Undertaker being part of WCW before his WWE days. Mark Calaway wrestled for six years in different promotions before WWE. He was on the WCW roster for a year as a part of The Skyscrapers alongside Sid Vicious and others.

He wrestled under the ring name ‘Mean Mark Callous’. He was also managed by the likes of Teddy Long, Dutch Mantel (Zeb Colter) and even Paul Heyman, at various points in his career. Undertaker was briefly associated with the NJPW before joining the WWE.

WWE made Mark’s career; he owes his success to the Undertaker character and WWE. The Undertaker is a true WWE ‘guy’, and his character foreshadows everything he has done in the past.

#5 Trying to kill/sacrifice people

Oh, the rating wars! The edgier content and the ‘push-the-limit’ bookings, didn’t stop WWE from trying to do controversial stuff even with the Undertaker. As the leader of the Ministry of Darkness, he was into the weird tradition of sacrificing people.

He used to perform rituals followed by some mumbo-jumbo incantations and hung people on the Taker symbol as sacrifices. He somewhat succeeded with Stone Cold Steve Austin, then with Stephanie McMahon. Ken Shamrock and Christian were also to be added to the list amongst others.

Moving on from the sacrifices, he went on to killing or tried killing, various people on screen.

The hanging of Big Bossman, after their Hell In A Cell match at Wrestlemania 15; driving his motorcycle after Vince McMahon on full throttle; drowning Paul Bearer in a cement tank at Great American Bash 2004; Last Riding Edge through the ring, then setting him on fire during the Hell In A Cell match at Summerslam in 2008 are just a few examples of the Dead Man’s nefarious on-screen activities.

Not to mention the multiple Buried Alive matches, where he has died and resurrected several times. Well, I guess this proves that he who is already dead cannot be killed after all!!