10 Important Steps In The Undertaker's WWE Evolution

7. From Mortician To Dead Man

Despite the Undertaker€™s now-legendary status, it didn€™t start off that way. When he debuted, Undertaker was one of the many €œeveryday professions as wrestlers€ characters that came to the squared circle during the first half of the 1990s. At the time, he was, after all, a Western mortician; his ring name was his literal job title. It wasn€™t until roughly 1994 that the Deadman truly came to being. He began using the color purple for his gloves and boot spats, and he began looking less like a mortician and more like something supernatural. It was also during this period that one of the Undertaker€™s biggest mind games took place: when he lost to Yokozuna in a Casket Match at the 1994 Royal Rumble, he €˜ascended to the heavens€™ while vowing to €˜never rest in peace€™. It should also be noted that this version of the Undertaker looked different from the Western mortician not just in terms of attire, but also in terms of his facial appearance. This stems from the injury he sustained at the hands of Mabel, who broke his orbital bone. Taker was out of action for a while, and briefly wore a Phantom of the Opera-like mask. Once the mask was removed, and the Undertaker resumed wrestling without it, one could notice that his face literally looked different from before. This is because his orbital bone and cheek bones had to be surgically reconstructed. Though it seems in the grand scheme of things, this marked another evolution in the Undertaker: this €˜new€™ face would be the one that fans would most likely remember when thinking of the Undertaker.