5 things you never known before about the undertaker

For the past quarter of a century, The Undertaker has been an apparatus in the WWE. Regarding life span and drawing power, there are not very many if any that can coordinate The Deadman. WWE was amazingly that they picked Mark Calaway to play the character in 1990. No one else could have made it work other than him.

While The Undertaker has a standout amongst the most well-told backstories in WWE history, there is almost no we think about the man playing the character - Mark Calaway. Here are 5 things you without a doubt didn't think about the man.

#1. He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

While he may very well imagine when he sends his adversaries to 'hellfire' in the WWE, the Undertaker is an authentic renegade, all things considered, as well. He has been preparing under the amazing, Rolles Gracie, for quite a while and was granted his dark belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2011.

In spite of the fact that he never made the hop to the UFC, it is sheltered to state that he could have effectively done as such on the off chance that he needed to. Toward the day's end, CM Punk got the chance to battle in the UFC regardless of being only a blue belt in BJJ and with no other combative techniques foundation to talk about.

The individuals who are normal watchers of the UFC will be comfortable with seeing Calaway in the group amid the huge occasions. He even prodded a battle with Brock Lesnar in 2010 when the two had an encounter at UFC 121.

#2. He had dreams of being a basketball player

Let's just say The Undertaker originally had plans of sharing a court with Michael Jordan instead of sharing a ring with Stone Cold. He first got into the sport when he was in high school and even managed to get a scholarship at Angelina College for basketball.

He would later go on to play for Texas Wesleyan University and dropped out to focus on the game full time. At one point in time, he even had plans to go to Europe to pursue the sport. Luckily he got into wrestling before going ahead with his plans of leaving for Europe and the rest, as they say, is history.

#3. He is scared of cucumbers

Fell free to do a Stone Cold impressed and go 'What?' after reading this one. Yes, the man who struck fear into the hearts of his opponents over a quarter of a century really is scared of a vegetable. If reading it feels weird, trust me, writing it is not any different.

In an episode of his podcast, legendary wrestling manager Bruce Prichard revealed about the irrational fear of cucumbers that The Deadman has. He also went on to reveal how Owen Hart would exploit this fear and put cucumbers into Taker's bags to spook him out. I'll give you a moment to let all this sink in.

#4. He had his own backstage group called the 'Bone Street Krew'

Throughout the years, The Kliq has picked up reputation as the backstage group that used to run things in the WWE, thinking back to the 90s. Something most fans don't know is that The Kliq was not by any means the only backstage group in the WWE at the time.

The Undertaker had his very own group known as the 'Bone Street Krew'. That is the thing that the notorious 'BSK' tattoo on his stomach remains for. The gathering was made trying to handle the developing impact the Kliq.

The gathering involved The Undertaker, Paul Bearer, Mr. Fuji, Savio Vega, The Godfather, Yokozuna, Henry Godwinn, Mideon, Brian Adams, Rikishi and James Harrison. Clearly, The Undertaker puts stock in amount over quality.

#5. He wrestled as Mark Callous in WCW before turning into The Undertaker in the WWE

Today it is difficult to consider Mark Calaway as whatever else other than The Undertaker, however he had really experienced various contrivances previously unearthing the Deadman character on his landing in the WWE.

The Commando, 'Signify' Mark Callous, Dice Morgan, The Master of Pain and Texas Red are simply of the names he passed by before striking gold as The Undertaker. He was entirely WCW before consistently making it to the WWE. However, his keep running as 'Signify' Mark Callous was unmemorable to the point that the organization didn't have any issue releasing him to the WWE after only a year.

It is protected to state that 'Signify' Mark Callous could never proceed to have a two-decade-long winning streak at Wrestlemania.