WWE legend The Undertaker lifts the lid on the man behind the myth ahead of one man show

With over thirty years in the game of professional wrestling, The Undertaker is a figure that epitomised millions of people's childhoods. The phenom has had a deep and illustrious career that saw him rack up multiple titles and go on the legendary run of 21 wins at wrestling's biggest show, Wrestlemania.

However, those days are seemingly behind him and the once terrifying, mysterious and demonic figure has hung up his long black leather coat and black Stetson hat. Now he goes by his real name Mark Caloway, a 58-year-old father of three from Houston, Texas.

Ahead of his popular tell-all one man show which will be coming to the Albert Hall in Manchester in July, the Manchester Evening News got a chance to sit down with the former American Badass to talk about what he does in his down time, and one of his greatest matches of all time that took place right here in the UK.

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With a beautiful backdrop of bright blue skies, gigantic trees and faraway mountains, Caloway looked at peace and relaxed wearing his iconic black bandana across his head and a plain black t-shirt, as we spoke to him from his home in the US.

Now more content with spending time in nature with his family and watching sports, his life is a long way away from pyrotechnics and epic showdowns with the likes of Shawn Michaels, John Cena and The Rock.

Mark is still adjusting to retired life and getting to grips with deconstructing the myth of The Undertaker by telling fans about stories of the backstage. But it seems not everyone is happy with his new found candidness, according to Mark.

"It's so funny, because I was the last guy that put that kind of effort into protecting the business and