Recently, on the WWE Network, the company posted a match featuring “Mean” Mark Callous from his WCW days. This match was long before we knew him as The Undertaker.

The Network has a dedicated channel called “Before The Undertaker: The Best of ‘Mean’ Mark Callous”. This page is used to display all the struggle years of Mark Callaway in the business.

This throwback match was against another former WWE superstar, the late Brian Pillman, and showed the true versatility of Mark Callaway. The moves used in this match were nothing similar to the ones he used in the WWE.

No Big boot, no Old school, and especially not that brawling style which Undertaker adopted much later in his life.

For those who always wished for fantasy paring of The Undertaker and Paul Heyman, this series is a goldmine. Back in WCW, Mean Mark was managed by Heyman, then known as Paul E Dangerously.

The Undertaker has attained immortal status in the world of pro wrestling. However, back in the 1980s, he himself never imagined having such an illustrious career.

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The Undertaker was once told no one will pay to watch him wrestle

The deadman once narrated a story to Sports Illustrated about his WCW days. He spoke about what happened when he went to ask for a pay raise.

“People laugh when they hear this now. I went into my meeting with WCW focused on renegotiating my contract. Jim Herd, who was running WCW at the time, was there, as was Ole Anderson, the booker, and Jim Barnett. I’d only been there for just under a year, and I was only looking for a little bump in my contract.

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“I got looked straight in the eyes and heard, ‘Mark, you’re a great athlete, but no one is ever going to pay money to see you wrestle.’”

This definitely came as a shocker to WWE fans worldwide. It is hard to believe someone thought the Deadman would not make a career.