Some facts about the Undertaker backstage

The undertaker is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most respected backstage talents in the history of the company. Taker (real name Mark Calaway) made his professional wrestling debut back in 1984. He signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) back in 1989 but would sign with WWE just one year later. Originally, he made his debut under the name Kane The Undertaker on an episode of WWE Superstars in 1990. He finally made his TV debut at the Survivor Series pay-per-view (PPV) later that month as The Undertaker. From then on out, The Undertaker would slowly evolve as one of the greatest entities WWE has ever seen. He amassed a tremendous undefeated streak at WrestleMania that lasted over several decades and reigned as the promotion's world champion on multiple occasions as well. He was part of various tremendous feuds against the likes of Shawn Michaels, Mankind, Randy Orton, Edge, Kane, Batista, and plenty more. Not only did he captivate the WWE world with his 'Deadman' gimmick, but he also got extremely over with his 'American Badass' gimmick - a biker character that showed more of what Calaway was like outside the ring. Throughout his near-30 year career in WWE Taker has had the opportunity to work with a number of people backstage, including referees, announcers, interviewers, etc. Sean Mooney, a former TV announcer and interviewer, was one of those people. He recently did an interview with Total Wrestling Magazine to talk about his time in the business, and revealed what "The Deadman" was like behind the curtain (quotes via Wrestling Inc.): "You can always tell how good not just a performer is but how they conduct themselves with how long they last in the WWE. Mark [Calaway] coming in was very gracious to have that opportunity. He was this tremendous athlete, you could tell. "The way he conducted himself through the years, same along the lines of John Cena, I've never heard a bad word about Mark. I've never heard a bad word about Cena from all the people that work with him. That just shows, for them to last in that company, you have to have all of that. "It's not just being a great performer, you also have to respect the people and conduct yourself in a certain way. I think when he first came in he was a very young man at the time. He'd done a lot of work before but not at that level. "It took him a while to really get a hold of that character, but once he did there was no stopping him. I think it still remains as one of the greatest gimmicks ever. I remember the reaction that he would get when he would come into the arena. "When the lights went out you could hear the gasp because people knew what was coming. If you were thinking about a character where you're going to call him The Undertaker, you'd think he was going to be this dastardly heel. "Look how that turned out, he's beloved by fans. It's one of those things where you never really know how people are going to react to something." What are your thoughts on Mooney's comments regarding what The Undertaker is like backstage? Have YOUR say in the comments section below and the fourth episode of GiveMeSport’s WWE podcast is here!