9. The Spoiler Taught The Undertaker How To Walk The Ropes
It's pretty fitting that the move that The Undertaker later referred to as "Old School" was taught to him by an old-school "giant," "The Spouker" Don Jardine. Jardine was a Torontonian who broke into wrestling in 1955, making him a 30-plus year veteran at the time that The Undertaker was breaking into the World Class promotion in the late 1980s as "Texas Red." Working in the territory as a top babyface, Calaway and Jardine wrestled mainly on house shows, meaning that The Undertaker probably took "Old School" tens of times to the point that when he had the opportunity to break out in WCW in 1989 as "Mean" Mark Callous, using the rope-walking chop was a no brainer.
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Working in the territory as a top babyface, Calaway and Jardine wrestled mainly on house shows, meaning that The Undertaker probably took "Old School" tens of times to the point that when he had the opportunity to break out in WCW in 1989 as "Mean" Mark Callous, using the rope-walking chop was a no brainer.