5 Interesting facts and stats about Undertaker

He had a memorable debut against a legendBeing in the wrestling business for 25 years is exceptional.However, being at the top of the mountain throughout those 25 years is simply a miracle. Undertaker is just that, a miracle. He has been around in the business for so long and has done so many things that others would simply dream of. And throughout his lengthy career, Taker has gone through some memorable milestones and built up some pretty interesting numbers.As this year, we are celebrating his 25th years in WWE; it would only make sense to look back into some of the facts and stats from his legendary career. So here goes.

#5 15 Championship reigns in WWE

During his 25 year career with the WWE, Undertaker has had 15 Championship reigns to his name.

His first championship win came over Hulk Hogan at the 1991 Survivor Series. Since then, Taker has been piling up championships. He has won the WWE championship four times, while winning the big Gold belt three times.

Taker has also held the WCW Tag Team championship and Hardcore Championship once. He is a six-time WWE tag team champion. He won the title Twice with Big Show, once with Steve Austin, once with the Rock and twice with Kane.

Apart from these, Taker also won the Royal Rumble back in 2007.

#4 2 Championship reigns outside WWE

While he had 15 championship reigns inside WWE, Taker had two reigns before joining the promotion.

The first ever major championship for Taker came in 1989. He was wrestling as The Master of Pain during that time and was being managed by Dutch Mantell (Zeb Colter). He defeated Jerry Lawler to win the Unified World Heavyweight Championship of United States Wrestling Association.

Lawler would later win back the title, but it was a good reign to say the least.

The other title came for Taker when he was wrestling as the Punisher. He won the WCWA Texas Heavyweight championship in the same year when Eric Embry forfeited the championship.

#3 5 PWI, 11 Wrestling Observers, 11 Slammy Awards

Undertaker has achieved a lot during his career and this includes the long list of awards.

He has been awarded 5 times by the Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Taker won the Feud of the year award in 1991 for his battle against Ultimate Warrior. He then won the PWI match of the year award on four separate occasions.

Apart from these, he won the Wrestling Observers award on 11 separate occasions.

His awards include, the best match, the best heel, the best gimmick, five-star match, and some forgettable ones including most overrated, worst worked match and worst feud. And though it is not as highly regarded as PWI or Wrestling Observers, Undertaker has also won 11 Slammys.

#2 31 Years Not 25

WWE is celebrating Taker’s 25th year anniversary this year.

It is to be noted that it is the 25th anniversary of his run in WWE and not his professional wrestling career. In fact, Undertaker has been a pro wrestler since 1984. He started his career at WCCW and then jumped to many other promotions before settling down in WWE at 1990.

He was initially introduced as Kane the Undertaker in a house show, but WWE later decided to remove the ‘Kane’ part. The official debut of Taker in WWE, as we know, came at the 1990 Survivor Series. And in 1984, his debut was a special one as well and that will be the talking point of our last slide.

#1 The untold debut

The Survivor Series outing of 1990 is officially recognized as Undertaker’s debut in WWE but before he did that, his professional wrestling debut happened in 1984 as mentioned in the last slide.

And his opponent was apparently a legend who was widely recognized during the territory days: Bruiser Brody.

Brody, who is still categorized as one of the best brawlers that wrestling has seen, gave Taker the loss that day, but stepping into the ring with Bruiser Brody for a debut was indeed a big thing. Taker wrestled under the name Texas Red during that time and the match took place in World Class Championship Wrestling.