Mark Calaway – The Diary of The Deranged Writer

XVII: The Deranged Writer’s Favorite Outfits of The Undertaker

This post is a part of 14 Days of The Deranged Writer (2024 edition).

What is the reason The Undertaker lasted in WWE for 30 years? He has more than 1 look. He has the ability to evolve his character and look while retaining his dark, evil core, and you can tell what era he was in just by looking at his outfit.

Old Western Mortician with the grey gloves? 1990 to 1994. Rebirthed Deadman with the purple gloves? 1994 to 1996. Lord of Darkness with the gothic attire? 1996-1998. Hooded Ministry leader? 1998 to 1999. American Badass with the biker attire and bandana? 2000 to 2001. Big Evil with the short hair? 2001 to 2003. A hybrid of the Deadman and the American Badass with a long leather coat, black hat, and gloves? 2004 to 2019. A mixture of all his personas and his real-life self? 2020. All these eras and outfits made The Undertaker fresh and relevant for a long time until his retirement in 2020.

And today, November 22, 2024 (34 years after The Undertaker’s WWE debut), I will talk about my favorite Taker outfits: the ones from the Rebirthed Deadman, the Lord of Darkness, and the Hybrid.

10-Minute Warning CLI

Hello. Here I am again, struggling to complete my monthly blog count. But then again, why am I beating myself up again? This is my blog and I’m not a writing machine. I need to take it easy and cut myself some slack sometimes.

But wait. I think I can catch up on my blog count when I start the 2024 edition of “14 Days of The Deranged Writer”. In the aforementioned blogging series, I will blog for 14 days straight, starting from November 22 to my birthday, December 5. And to start the series, I will talk about my favorite attires of my all-time favorite professional wrestler, The Undertaker (who made his WWE debut on November 22, 1990).

See you tomorrow!

IV: Happiest Birthday, Undertaker!

Today, March 24, 2023, is the 58th birthday of my favorite professional wrestler of all time, Mark Calaway AKA The Undertaker. In light of such an occasion, I was planning on writing a lengthy post covering his career and persona evolution. But then I decided to do the extensive post later (perhaps on November 22, Taker’s WWE anniversary), keep it simple, and say: Thank you, Undertaker.

Thank you, Undertaker, for making my childhood awesome. Before I became hooked on Batman, Power Rangers, and Kamen Rider Black, I was hooked when I saw you for the first time, donning the black hat, coat, purple gloves, and all, slowly walking to the purple-lit wrestling ring. You are a haunting yet cool comic book character that came to life, and at first glance, you became my favorite wrestler right away. You are the reason I started loving professional wrestling.

Thank you, Undertaker, for all the matches and memories you were a part of. Most of my favorite matches feature you and my other favorite wrestlers – notably Edge, CM Punk, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, and Mankind, among others. And those favorite matches of mine show how powerful yet athletic you are even if you are a superheavyweight. And all of your entrances (especially that WrestleMania XX entrance) are my favorite wrestling moments. Even your simple entrances on either Raw or SmackDown with fog and purple lights are already epic.

And thank you, Undertaker, for showing me the light through your darkness. You are the definition of turning something negative into something positive. You, alongside Batman, are the very reason I don’t fear the dark. Thank you.

Happiest of birthdays, Undertaker! You deserve a nice retirement after 30 years of wrestling for the fans. You deserve all of your accomplishments. And you deserve to be in the WWE Hall of Fame. Enjoy your day, sir!

Header image: WWE. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2022.