The Undertaker has been introduced as the primary inductee into the WWE Corridor of Fame’s Class of 2022.
The Deadman will likely be enshrined within the hallowed corridor throughout the 2022 WWE Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony as a part of WrestleMania Week, Friday, April 1 at American Airways Middle in Dallas.
The occasion will stream stay solely on Peacock within the U.S. and WWE Community in every single place else.
As well as, for the primary time in historical past, WWE will current each Friday Night time SmackDown and the 2022 WWE Corridor of Fame Ceremony stay on the identical evening at American Airways Middle, giving all followers in attendance an unprecedented alternative to witness each occasions for one worth.
In a unprecedented profession that spanned three many years, The Undertaker loomed over the WWE panorama like a menacing shadow, spelling out doom for individuals who dared cross him. Imbued with seemingly mystical skills and preternatural in-ring ability, the legendary Phenom operated on his personal stage.
First launched at 1990’s Survivor Sequence, The Demon of Dying Valley was quickly battling with Hulk Hogan, then on the prime of the meals chain in WWE. This conflict set the tone for Undertaker’s dominant profession. Nobody was too huge, and nobody was secure from his gloved grip.
A multi-time WWE and World Heavyweight Champion, a seven-time tag crew titleholder and a Royal Rumble Match winner in 2007, Undertaker has cemented his place among the many biggest within the sport. A real in-ring pioneer, he was a part of many WWE firsts, together with the first-ever Casket Match at Survivor Sequence 1992, the first-ever Buried Alive Match in 1996 and the inaugural Hell in a Cell Match in 1997.
However there was one achievement that stood out above all others that’s unlikely to ever be topped. Since WrestleMania VII in 1991, The Undertaker maintained a profitable streak on The Grandest Stage of Them All that grew to an astounding 21-0, with milestone victories over the likes of Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Randy Orton, Diesel, Kane and so many extra. Solely Brock Lesnar proved able to up-ending The Final Outlaw in his yard, snapping The Streak in an earth-shocking upset at WrestleMania 30. The long-lasting Famous person closed the guide on his Showcase of the Immortals profession with an astonishing 25-2 file, most just lately scoring an unbelievable victory over AJ Kinds in a Boneyard Match.
Undertaker’s incomparable profession concluded at Survivor Sequence on Nov. 22, 2020 when The Deadman retired, fittingly on the identical occasion he debuted and precisely 30 years to the day he first stepped right into a WWE ring.
Within the face of all challenges, The Deadman would rise time and time once more, stronger and mightier than ever to function sports-entertainment’s grim reaper of justice along with his title completely etched like an epitaph on the historical past books of WWE. No grave might maintain him, no god might declare him and no satan would have him. Ultimately, there would solely be one appropriate resting place for the almighty Deadman: the WWE Corridor of Fame.
Don’t miss The Undertaker take his place in sports-entertainment historical past throughout the 2022 WWE Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday, April 1, streaming stay solely on Peacock within the U.S. and WWE Community in every single place else.
This text was initially posted at WWE.com and was republished with permission.