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> It's been well past ten years since Mark >Calaway entered the business of professional >wrestling. It's been about sixteen. In thise sixteen >years, he has made a impact just as big as Vince >McMahon, if not bigger. Deidrui is right, there really >is no way to put how we feel about this man into >words. There is no one word, phrase, or otherwise we >can use to describe the impact he's had on us. But >every Legend has a beginning. So let us start from >there. > It began at Survivor Series, right? We all saw the >same thing: a man, wearing a trenchcoat, coming out of >a hearse. We wanted to know where he got his persona >from. Well, didn't we already know this man? The same >man who went hunting for souls, and gained followers >along the way? Were we not already informed of a >similar person? Yes, we were. We were, or most of us >were, familiar with the man that was created my >Stephen King's ingenius mind; The Gunslinger. We knew >the history of Roland Deschain. We knew his past, and >his lifelong goal. So we had a bit of backround on The >Undertaker then, did we not? > We all wondered who this man was and what was going >on. Well, this man made quite an entrance, and he's >made a bigger entrance into our lives. We've watched >this man take beatings and give them back. We've >watched him suffer, look (sadly and with vengeance) >into the face of defeat a few times, and we've been >there with him every step of the way. We've felt his >pain, suffering, his happiness. Mark Calaway has made >quite a gimmick for himself in the WWF/E, and he's >made himself quite a name around the world. Very few >people don't know him, whether it's onscreen or >offscreen, while his career was pointed at basketball >or pro-wrestling. He's given this business his all, >and we've given him our all. The fact of the matter >is, that even though he would come out different each >time, as the Lord of Darkness, as the American Bad >Ass, or just as The Undertaker, he's always been the >same man in our hearts. We've cheered him on every >night, and we wanted to see him more and more as the >years rolled on. He was a part of us, like our family >and friends were a part of us, like our hearts were a >part of us. We needed him. This man fueled our souls. >Both the young and the old were ecstatic when he >appeared, ghastly-looking but handsome at the same >time. > There have been many people asking why Mark Calaway >means so much to us, why we care so much and cheer >until we're hoarse, why more people are watching >Monday Night RAW, and buying more tickets to see all >the main events. Because of the impact he's made on >us. He's the one part of us that we're all missing in >or hearts, deep down. For some of us, he stands for >the injustic we've had to suffer, and are able, now, >to raise our heads high and forget about it. For some, >it's the missing figure in our lives. For others, it's >like the one thing we're so afraid of, the Freddy >Krueger, the Michael Myers, or even the Beetlejuice we >want to see even though we're afraid of the nightmares >afterwards. > This man has given his job all he has. He's given the >gimmick of The Deadman more life than anyone ever >could. He's put his heart and passion into playing >both the face and the heel we've come to love and >wanted to watch, just to escape the madness of >everyday life. > That day that Owen Hart passed away, I have no doubt >that Mark Calaway wanted to refuse to be in the ring. >It had pained us so, to see such a great man pass >away, but it probably pained Mark even more not to be >able to mourn properly because he had a job to do. I >don't think any of us could have experienced any of >the hurt that the Calaways experienced from Owen's >death. These two families were very close. > This man has probaby been the backbone of half of the >industry's greatness since he appeared. He formed >great alliances, made horrible fueds, and some of the >best matches we still see today. Casket matches, >Buried Alive matches, Hell In A Cell, and even Inferno >matches. We've seen this man buried, stuck in a casket >and (not long ago) burned alive in the cakset, but >still he lives to this day, escaping all these said >horrors and beating down every opposition to come in >his way. Who could forget that fued he had with Mick >Foley, when he was still Mankind? Or that time during >Badd Blood, when he fought Shawn Michaels in a Hell In >A Cell, then got backstabbed by his own manager, to >get beat by his own 'half-brother'? Which by that >moment, sparked off one of the best fueds we've come >to know, and still talk about today: Kane v. The >Undertaker. Two beasts of destruction, that when >paired together, were undefeatable. > Ten years is a long time to keep a gimmick such as >his up, but once again, Mark Calaway has pulled it off >and impressed us. He's shown us both the side of him >that doesn't take any crap from people, and the side >that we all love, the side of a man that cares deeply >for what he stands for, and what he loves. And he's >made us love him even more when he pronounced all of >us his Creatures of the Night. > There HAVE been rumors that Mark will retire, but I, >and many of my own friends, have reason to believe to >he will not leave, at least not until he's good and >ready to hang up his trenchcoat and settle down for a >peaceful life with his wife and children. > Mark Calaway has instilled a place for himself in his >Creatures' hearts, and there is no possible way that >ha can make us let it go. I myself, have watched this >man wrestle from about 1996, when I was four, and he's >captured my heart in a way no other man, legend, or >Phenom ever will. Right now, it's been a full ten >years, and I still get excited to see this man >onscreen, to hear a single mention of his name, or his >voice. He's made himself a legacy that cannot be >destroyed, and when he does decide to retire, we will >still be watching the shows, hoping for a glimpse of >The Man From The Darkside. We will always hope for one >more chance to see him. I myself am hoping to get a >chance to see him before he retires. My chance to go >to Wrestlemania 23 has been taken away, but I will do >whatever I have in my willpower to get a single look >at this man. For he has not just gained my heart and >soul. He has gained my respect, just for being >himself, and putting life and passion into the one >part of all of us that we truely did not discover >until he came along. > Thank you Mark Calaway.

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