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A year after making his WWF debut, The Undertaker made his first major mark in the company defeating [[Hulk Hogan]] at the [[1991]] [[Survivor Series]] to win his first of four [[WWE Championship|WWF Titles]]. He would drop the title a week later to Hogan at a one time only pay per view entitled Tuesday in Texas. It would be six years before The Undertaker would win another WWF Title. His second WWF Title victory came at the expense of [[Sid Eudy|Psycho Sid]] at [[WrestleMania 13]]. He would hold on to the title until August 3rd, [[1997]] at [[SummerSlam]] when he would lose the title to [[Bret Hart]] with some help from HBK [[Shawn Michaels]]. This match led into a classic feud with HBK that would culminate in one of the most memorable gimmick matches ever, [[Hell in a Cell]]. The Undertaker would win his 3rd WWF Title at the infamous 1999 pay per view, ''Over the Edge'' defeating [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] in a match that had both [[Vince McMahon|Vince]] and [[Shane McMahon]] as guest referees. Austin would regain the title from the Undertaker a month later. His final WWF Title came in [[May 2002]] beating the same man he defeated for his first title 11 years earlier, Hulk Hogan at [[WWE Judgment Day|Judgment Day]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. He would later lose it to [[The Rock (entertainer) |The Rock]] at [[WWE Vengeance|Vengeance]] in a Triple Threat Match also involving [[Kurt Angle]].
Over the course his long WWF career The Undertaker would go on to have a number of memorable feuds that gave birth to some of the most classic [[gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] matches of all time. In 1994 he feuded with then WWF Champion [[Rodney Anoai|Yokozuna]] that presented two of the most memorable [[Casket Match]]es in WWF history at the [[1994]] [[Royal Rumble]] and 1994 Survivor Series. His [[1997]] feud with Shawn Michaels gave fans the first ever [[Hell in a Cell]] Match in [[October 1997]] which is only overshadowed by a [[1998]] Hell in a Cell Match with [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] that has left fans with the enduring image on Mankind being thrown from the top of the cell. The Undertaker has also participated in some of more classic Buried Alive Matches with Mankind, Steve Austin, and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
The Undertaker's [[gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] has changed over the years. At first he appeared as a 'normal' undertaker; a silent giant who was subservient to [[William Moody (WWE)|Paul Bearer]]. As with many wrestlers in the cartoonish ''Rock and Wrestling'' era, he had an over-the-top gimmick—namely an undead zombie wrestler (complete with thick gray, then purple gloves) with vague occult powers, most notably being able to control darkness and light and gain extraordinary recuperative power from the ash urn that Paul Bearer carried.
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