Tag: The Undertaker

The Undertaker (real name Mark Calaway) is an American professional wrestler who was the longest-serving talent in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Throughout his legendary career, he has won multiple world championships and has faced many iconic rivals from Mankind (Mick Foley), Stone Cold Steve Austin, and The Rock, to John Cena, Batista, and CM Punk. He also owns the record of having the longest undefeated streak at WWE’s flagship event, WrestleMania—21 straight wins.

Along with Dave Grohl, The Undertaker is The Deranged Writer’s personal hero.

Song of the Moment LIX: Limp Bizkit’s “Build a Bridge”

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

After running errands around Ortigas for almost the whole day, I went to Oversight, ordered my favorite affogato, and updated my trusty journal/planner. I felt so much better after that, and now I’m excited (and a bit nervous) for my birthday tomorrow. Thank you, my favorite cafe. I might drop by there again tomorrow.

While I was drinking my affogato and writing, I also listened to music on Spotify for 30 minutes before my wireless earphones ran out of power. I was listening to Jewel’s “Intuition”, Hanson’s “I Will Come to You”, and then Limp Bizkit’s “Build a Bridge”. The latter is my favorite Limp Bizkit song because it sounds so different from their signature nu metal sound and the longing, determined lyrics (especially the chorus) moved me. “Build a Bridge” also reminded me of WWE Survivor Series (2003), one of the best Survivor Series events (in my opinion) and the end of American Badass/Big Evil Undertaker.

Even though it’s gonna crumble down (Gonna crumble down)
I’ll keep buildin’ till you come around (Till you come around)
Even though it’s gonna fall apart and break my heart (Break my heart)
I’ll keep buildin’ till I die
Limp Bizkit’s “Build a Bridge”

After listening to “Build a Bridge”, I decided to listen to a few more WWE-related songs like one of WrestleMania 21’s theme songs, 3 Doors Down’s “Behind Those Eyes”, and two of WrestleMania 23’s theme songs, Saliva’s “Ladies and Gentlemen” and Default’s “The Memory Will Never Die”… and then my earphones ran out of power. Oh, well. At least I’m happy now.

And tonight, I will give “Build a Bridge” another listen. Maybe three more or four.

An audio of Limp Bizkit’s “Build a Bridge”

1 day before my birthday… I mean, less 30 minutes to go before my birthday. Hell yes! See you tomorrow!

Header image: Klas Tauberman of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

Published on December 4, 2024 at 11:41pm. Edited at 11:45pm and 11:51pm.

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!