‘Thoughts were there,’ The Undertaker reveals he considered moving to WCW

WWE legend The Undertaker has revealed that there was a time in his profession when he considered leaping ships to rival firm WCW.

Undertaker, actual title Mark Calaway, has been with the WWE since his debut in 1990, making him the longest-tenured celebrity, however again within the 1990s, when the Monday Night Wars have been at its peak with Raw and Monday Nitro doing face to face battle on the prime time TV slot, the Deadman defined the explanations that pushed him near becoming a member of Ted Turner’s firm.

“Yea, there was a time I was so frustrated with our creative direction. We had a bunch of really goofy characters. They (WCW) are down there doing real angles. It was common knowledge that they opened up the checkbook,” Undertaker stated on Sam Roberts’ “Not Sam Wrestling” podcast.

“I was hearing guys talking about the money they are making. You would be able to get a good check and stay at home most of the time. Those thoughts were there. But, when it got down to it, I said I can’t. Obviously, I’m not the best businessman but something inside me said you can’t leave here.”

The Undertaker has been loyal to Vince McMahon and the WWE, regardless that his contemporaries have been switching to WCW one after the other. It started with WWE’s largest celebrity Hulk Hogan’s transfer in 1994, adopted by Lex Luger, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and even Bret Hart shifting to WWE. But Taker, regardless of being conscious of the profitable supply that awaited him at WCW, made up his thoughts to stay with the WWE, regardless of the corporate scuffling with TV scores.

In reality, WCW beat WWE in TV scores for 84 weeks in a row. But as soon as WWE broke its rival’s successful streak, WCW lagged behind and ultimately ran out of enterprise in 2001.

“One, when I was there, and although the management had changed at this point, I went in to renegotiate a contract. I had been there for 8 or 9 months. My deal was coming up. I was trying to get a little bump in the money. I was on the bare minimum deal. I wasn’t looking to break the house,” Undertaker revealed additional.

“I went in and met with Jim Herd, Ole Anderson, and Jim Barnett. They looked at me straight in the eyes, and said you are a great athlete, but nobody will ever pay to see you wrestle. My loyalty to Vince was stronger than the short-term cash I could have made if I left.”