William Moody

William Moody went to Mobile's Catholic School, and later graduated from the McGill Institute. After enlisting in the U. S. Air Force and completing basic training, he recieved his honorable discharge and went straight into a Funeral Director service job. Moody was a regular at Gulf Coast Wrestling events in Mobile, Alabama while growing up. He got to know many of the wrestlers, as well as the front office personnel and later became a ringside photographer. Though known through most of his career as a manager, Moody started out as a wrestler. In June 1974, he made his wrestling debut, wrestling as "Mr. X" (under a mask) in Greenville, AL. He continued to wrestle later known as "The Embalmer".

In April 1977, he began his managerial career as Percy Pringle III.

Moody married and he and his wife Dianna, welcomed their son Michael in 1979. He left the wrestling business and went back to school and earned his Funeral Director/Embalmer's Certification from San Antonio College.

In 1984, Moody returned to wrestling again as Percy Pringle and worked for Fritz Von Erich's World Class Wrestling Association. During this time he managed the likes of Rick Rude, Blackjack Mulligan, The Great Kabuki, Lex Luger and even Steve Austin.

On December 22, 1990, he joined the World Wrestling Federation and would be known as "Paul Bearer". His charge this time was The Undertaker. Moody worked for the company for ten years, most of the time managing The Undertaker, but also managing Kane and Mankind (Mick Foley). He also worked as a road agent for the time he was not on television.

In 2001, William's wife Dianna was striken with breast cancer and he cut his time with the WWE back to care for her.

Announced that his contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is going to expire on October 14, 2002 and has decided to quit working for the WWE.

Though released by the WWE following his brief return in 2004, he revealed that the WWE have signed him to a "WWE Legends" contract allowing for merchandising and guest appearances. [June 2005]