History WhatCouldHaveBeen / TheUndertaker

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Platform/{{Twitter}} that there was discussion to have Kaval, better known as Wrestling/LowKi, become Undertaker's secret long lost son. Ultimately, the idea wasn't discussed for long nor was it pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval became the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool [[Wrestling/LayCool and]] Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Platform/TwitterX that there was discussion to have Kaval, better known as Wrestling/LowKi, become Undertaker's secret long lost son. Ultimately, the idea wasn't discussed for long nor was it pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval became the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool [[Wrestling/LayCool and]] Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Twitter that there was discussion to have Kaval, better known as Wrestling/LowKi, become Undertaker's secret long lost son. Ultimately, the idea wasn't discussed for long nor was it pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval became the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool [[Wrestling/LayCool and]] Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Twitter that there was discussion to have Kaval (better known as Wrestling/LowKi) become Undertaker's secret long lost son. Ultimately, the idea wasn't discussed for long nor was it pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval became the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool [[Wrestling/LayCool and]] Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

** Wrestling/BobbyLashley was heavily considered to challenge him and possibly end the streak at ''Wrestlemania 24'', but Lashley leaving the WWE before then put an end to those plans.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Twitter that there was discussion to have Kaval (better known as Wrestling/LowKi) become Undertaker's secret long lost son. Ultimately, the idea wasn't discussed for long nor was it pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval would go on to become the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool [[Wrestling/LayCool and]] Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Twitter that there was discussion to have Kaval (better known as Wrestling/LowKi) debut as Undertaker's secret long lost son. Ultimately, the idea wasn't discussed for long nor was it pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval would go on to become the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool [[Wrestling/LayCool and]] Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Twitter that there was discussion to have Kaval (better known as Wrestling/LowKi) debut as Undertaker's secret long lost son. However, the idea wasn't pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval would go on to become the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool [[Wrestling/LayCool and]] Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Twitter that there was discussion to have Kaval (better known as Wrestling/LowKi) debut as Undertaker's secret long lost son. However, the idea wasn't pitched to Vince [=McMahon=]. Hilariously enough, Kaval would go on to become the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool and Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

* Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz revealed on Twitter that there was discussion to have Kaval (better known as Wrestling/LowKi) debut as Undertaker's secret long lost son. However, the idea wasn't pitched to Vince McMahon. Hilariously enough, Kaval would go on to become the NXT rookie of Taker's wife Wrestling/MichelleMcCool and Wrestling/{{Layla}}.

Wrestling/TheUndertaker is one of the longest-tenured characters in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, if not all of pro wrestling, (and so is the career of the man who portrays him, Mark Callaway) so of course he's bound to have lots of these.

** According to Wrestling/KurtAngle, he was considered to end Undertaker's streak at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 22'' in a match for the World Heavyweight Championship instead of at ''Wrestling/{{No Way Out|Wrestling}} 2006''. Undertaker was willing to take the loss because he hadn't had a 5-Star ''[=WrestleMania=]'' match and the writing team was willing to do it to keep Angle looking strong as champion.

* Mark Calaway originally wanted to be a pro-basketball player.

* The Undertaker's original manager, back when he was "Kane the Undertaker" (get a load of ''that'' name)? '''''Brother Love'''''. Now just imagine how the character would have evolved if Brother Love had ''stayed'' his manager.

* Mark almost became Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker! Vince [=McMahon=] wanted Mark to debut by being hatched from the egg as "The Eggman" (yes, written like ''that'' [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]]), but was persuaded by Wrestling/PatPatterson to take up the Undertaker persona he had created.
* The Undertaker long knew he was taking some time off in 2000 to heal up from some injuries, and wanted to come back with a new gimmick, as he felt the Deadman had run its course. This ultimately led to Bikertaker. One of the ideas bandied about was that Jake Roberts would "save" the Undertaker and he would come back wearing all white and basically be a reverse of his Phenom character. Taker rejected this, as it would have been worse than the deadman character, and ultimately the biker gimmick was born.

** Several fans have remarked about what might have been had the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior resolved his differences with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon after the 1991 Wrestling/SummerSlam and continued his feuds with Undertaker and Wrestling/JakeRoberts. These hardcore fans wanted to see -- after disposing of Roberts -- a final, ultimate showdown pitting Warrior and a still-heel Undertaker at [[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania VIII]], with Warrior gaining a decisive victory. Surely, Undertaker's push would have been squashed (as his credibility as an unbeatable, more-dire-than-usual force would have been destroyed) and certainly there would never have been anything close to resembling "The Streak," much less Calaway remaining with WWF/WWE all these years, and certainly not as the Undertaker.
** Thrice over at [=WrestleMania=] 21:

*** The second plan was for Taker and Kane to reunite to face Heidenreich and Snitsky. Taker refused as he wanted to face Wrestling/RandyOrton so he could help build the future of the company.

** According to Wrestling/KurtAngle, he was considered to end Undertaker's streak at [=WrestleMania=] 22 in a match for the World Heavyweight Championship instead of at No Way Out 2006. Undertaker was willing to take the loss because he hadn't had a 5-Star [=WrestleMania=] match and the writing team was willing to do it to keep Angle looking strong as champion.
** Wrestling/TommyDreamer mentioned that he had worked out a deal for Wrestling/{{Abyss}} to come to WWE, and they were even considering him as an opponent for The Undertaker at ''[=WrestleMania=] 23''. Unfortunately, Abyss got cold feet about leaving TNA, and backed out of the deal at the last minute.
** Twice over at [=WrestleMania=] XXVII:
*** Wrestling/{{Sting}} was approached to wrestle the Undertaker, but turned it down because he disliked Vince [=McMahon=]'s treatment of former WCW talent. The fact that the Undertaker's eventual opponent that year Wrestling/TripleH used part of Music/{{Metallica}}'s "For Whom the Bell Tolls" for his entrance was taken as proof of this, as for a while in the late 90s in WCW, Sting had used a live version of "Seek and Destroy" as his entrance theme, and it's assumed that WWE had already paid for the rights to use a Metallica song and decided to use it regardless of Sting appearing.
*** There were also plans to have Wrestling/WadeBarrett vs. Undertaker at quite early on, which appears to be evidenced by the rather sudden beatdown by The Nexus upon the Undertaker at Bragging Rights 2010.

*** ''[=WrestleMania 32=]'': Cena was still recovering from his latest injury (although he briefly showed up to help Wrestling/TheRock fend off the Wrestling/WyattFamily), resulting with Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon taking over in Cena's place.

*** Wrestling/{{Sting}} was approached to wrestle the Undertaker, but turned it down because he disliked Vince [=McMahon=]'s treatment of former WCW talent.

** Plans were for Undertaker to originally face Wrestling/JohnCena at [=WrestleMania=] 32 onwards, and Taker himself handpicked Cena to potentially be his final opponent. However, there are two separate reasons why it was called off:
*** ''[=WrestleMania 32=]'': Cena is still recovering from his latest injury (although he briefly showed up to help Wrestling/TheRock fend off the Wrestling/WyattFamily), resulting with Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon taking over in Cena's place.
*** ''[=WrestleMania 33=]'': Vince replaced Cena with Wrestling/RomanReigns because he wanted to build on future stars instead. Cena brought this up and lampshaded it during a ''[=SmackDown!=]'' segment with Wrestling/TheMiz and Wrestling/{{Maryse}}.

* Mark almost became Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker! Vince [=McMahon=] wanted Mark to debut by being hatched from the egg as "The Eggman", but was persuaded by Wrestling/PatPatterson to take up the Undertaker persona he had created.

*** The original plan was for Taker to feud with then newcomer [[TheFundamentalist Religious Zealot]] Wrestler, Mordecai. Vince, Taker, and Mordecai were all set on the idea, but the plan was scrapped after Mordecai was fired for getting involved in a bar fight.