It was not The Undertaker but THIS wrestler who fought Akshay Kumar in 'Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi'

Earlier this week, superstar Akshay Kumar took to his social media to celebrate 25 years of release of his film ‘Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi’. Akshay shared a meme which said, “Raise your hand if you have defeated The Undertaker,” and below it were photos of wresters Brock Lesnar, Triple H and Roman Reigns along with a photo of the actor himself.

In ‘Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi’, Akshay had a fight scene with The Undertaker - Mark Callaway. In his Twitter post, he revealed that the person who fought with him in the movie was wrestler Brian Lee, not Undertaker. He wrote, “A fun fact though: it was wrestler Brian Lee who played The Undertaker in the film.” 

A hilarious note to mark 25 years to the release of #KhiladiyonKaKhiladi tomorrow!
A fun fact though: it was wrestler Brian Lee who played The Undertaker in the film  pic.twitter.com/w7J5z3QGBQ

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) June 13, 2021

Brian Lee was a temporary replacement to The Undertaker - Mark Callaway. He got the tag of 'Undertaker Impersonator' and thus, bagged the Bollywood film. It was easy to mistake Lee as the action scene did not focus much on the face. 

Vince McMahon had brought Brian Lee to the WWF (World Wide Federation). Brian was a replacement to Mark, who was suffering an injury. Once Mark recovered from his injury, he fought Brian and led to the latter's retirement from WWF. Brian was then a part of other matches like SMW and ECW, where he fought Tommy Dreamer.

After three decades, The Undertaker aka Mark announced his retirement last year in November with a final match in the ring. He said, "For 30 long years, I've made that slow walk to this ring and have laid people to rest time and time again. Now, my time has come. My time has come to let The Undertaker rest... in... peace.” 

'Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi' directed by Umesh Mehra also starred Rekha and Raveena Tandon in the lead roles.