https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgA_QNln5E4 The Undertaker. The Master of Pain. Punisher Dice Morgan. Those are the last three men I'd want to come across in a darkened alley. What? They're all the same guy? Wow. Though he's been The Undertaker since 1990 (well, that or "Cain the Undertaker"), Mark Calaway went through a bunch of monikers before arriving in WWE, and all of them befitted a man of his stature and imposing nature. In Memphis, he arrived on the scene as The Master of Pain, beating Jerry "The King" Lawler to a pulp shortly before defeating him for the USWA Championship. In Dallas, he worked as The Punisher, then went to New Japan, where he tacked on the even-more-intimidating "Dice Morgan." He also wrestled as The Commando (not of the "Suburban" variety). Like I said, these are some bad-ass ring names, and that's not even counting "The American Bad-Ass." Of course, his original ring name was Texas Red, taken from the Marty Robbins song "Big Iron." In the song, Texas Red is an outlaw who kills twenty men before finally being taken down by a ranger. Hmmm
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