{"id":16507,"date":"2020-06-22T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=16496"},"modified":"2020-06-22T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T09:12:27","slug":"retirement-announced-wwe-legend-the-undertaker-retires-after-three-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wwe\/retirement-announced-wwe-legend-the-undertaker-retires-after-three-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement announced: WWE legend The Undertaker retires after three decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary wrestler Mark William Calaway, popularly known as by his ring name The Undertaker, on Monday announced that he is bidding adieu to WWE.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old confirmed his decision to end his in-ring career after three decades during the fifth and final installment of\u00a0 his documentary \u2018Undertaker: The Last Ride\u2019 on WWE Network\u2013the glimpse of which was also shared by the wrestler on his official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can never appreciate how long the road was until you\u2019ve driven to the end. #TheLastRide\u00a0@WWENetwork,\u201d he tweeted along with the video.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, The Undertaker referred to his Boneyard bout against American wrestler AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36 earlier this year as the \u201cperfect ending\u201d to his illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p>The wrestler said that he has no desire to step in the ring again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was ever a perfect ending to a career, that right there was it. If (WWE chairman) Vince (McMahon) was in a pinch, would I come back? I guess time will only tell there. In case of emergency, break glass, you pull out The Undertaker. I would have to consider that. Never say never, but at this point in my life and in my career I have no desire to get back in the ring,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/undertaker\/status\/1274706319438680064<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) too took to Twitter and seemed to have confirmed The Undertaker\u2019s retirement from the sport by sharing some pictures of him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a look at the tweets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThankYouTaker?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThankYouTaker<\/a> for\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/otUvugelL3\">pic.twitter.com\/otUvugelL3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1274801769982439426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThankYouTaker?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThankYouTaker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheLastRide?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheLastRide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOP8n9yOo2\">pic.twitter.com\/rOP8n9yOo2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1274874088994082817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/undertaker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@undertaker<\/a> has some \"thank you\"s of his own to give.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThankYouTaker?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThankYouTaker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheLastRide?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheLastRide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FPNvtnUzXI\">pic.twitter.com\/FPNvtnUzXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1274870902489038850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Born on March 24, 1965 in Texas, The Undertaker began his professional career in 1987, working as various gimmicks for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and other affiliate promotions.<\/p>\n<p>He made\u00a0his WWE debut in 1990\u2019s Survivor Series event and went on to become on of the most iconic stars of the WWE as his \u2018The Deadman\u201d avatar gave chills to his competitors as well as spectators.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\n<p>Widely regarded as the greatest wrestler of all-time, The Undertaker is a seven-time\u00a0world heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>The Undertaker bagged a total of six tag team titles in his 30-year long career. He is also a one-time champion of\u00a0Royal Rumble (2007) and a 12-time Slammy Award winner.<\/p>\n<p>He registered back-to-back 21 victories in WrestleMania\u2013a streak which was eventually broken by Brock Lesnar in 30th edition of the showpiece event.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Lesnar, only Roman Reigns has managed to beat The Undertaker in WrestleMania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widely regarded as the greatest wrestler of all-time, The Undertaker is also a seven-time world heavyweight champion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":37367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}