The Undertaker protects wife Michelle McCool from shark in bizarre encounter

Wrestlers aren’t the only things The Undertaker can stand up to.

When duty called on Sunday, the legendary WWE fighter — whose real name is Mark Calaway —wasted no time protecting his wife, Michelle McCool, from a shark that was swimming dangerously close to her at the beach.

“I was simply enjoying a book on the beach when this ‘vegetation’ looked a lot like a shark…..so I text hubby @undertaker,” McCool tweeted Sunday to her followers.

“Kinda digging that last picture …A LOT #myprotector.”

McCool said she was surprised to see the shark so close to land.

“Guess I wasn’t big enough to scare him away but you are,” McCool said in a video that featured the predator lurking near the shore.

McCool, who has been married to The Undertaker, 58, since 2010, was a two-time WWE Divas champion, as well as a two-time WWE Women’s champion.

In an exclusive interview with The Post in 2020, she said she admires her husband’s strength behind the scenes.

“He’s more mentally tough than anybody I’ve ever met,” McCool said. “I think a lot of stubbornness plays into effect, too. I speak from experience from that too. But I just always tell him, ‘Whatever you want to do, I’m here for you. I’ll work out with you. I’ll cook healthy meals, whatever it takes to get you physically emotionally and mentally ready.’”

McCool initially joined WWE in 2004 after participating in the WWE Diva Search, first debuting with the character of a personal trainer before transitioning to a teacher.

“I was in that in-between era where we had to fight for what we wanted and we got very little at the time, so it was a constant fight,” McCool said. “It makes me proud that we didn’t just fold over. I think we did have a huge part in this whole evolution that happened. Being the first-ever Divas champion, the first one to win the Women’s and Divas championship was really cool.”