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The Undertaker Reveals Why He Never Went Back To WCW In Its Prime

Published 11/22/2020, 10:41 AM EST

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The Undertaker will close the chapter of his thirty-year long career this Sunday on Nov. 22 at Survivor Series. Hyping the final farewell, The Undertaker is doing interviews and media more than he has ever done.

The Undertaker on WCW

‘The Deadman’ joined ESPN MMA Journalist Ariel Helwani for an interview on YouTube, where he discussed several topics from the world of pro-wrestling to MMA. Among the many questions asked, Helwani asked Taker if there was a time when WCW had ever pitched to him or was he ever interested to join them.

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The Undertaker admitted that he did have a couple conversations with Kevin Nash who had already jumped ship to WCW. Nash had mentioned about the grand payday and everything on offer but despite the poor creative in WWE at the point; The Undertaker stayed on for two major reasons.

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Taker states the two reasons he never left WWE

The Undertaker said, “There was the two reasons. Obviously I’ve already stated you know that WCW had already told me, you know, that I would never draw money. Um, you know, no one would ever pay money to see me wrestle and uh, you know, that always, that was always in the back of my…it’s in the back of my head right now. Anytime I even talk about that, I always think about that. And then second of all, there was Vince [McMahon] who gave me an opportunity.”

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“So I’m coming off of ‘you’re never gonna draw money, no one’s ever gonna pay money to see you wrestle’ and the most successful company in the world is offering me a job and giving me an opportunity to prove the world wrong and um, you know with him giving me that opportunity, and then that was long before I knew what kind of friendship that we would develop and how close that we would come through the years, but you know, there were probably chances if I had to go and make a really significant payday and you know probably still have been welcomed back later on to WWE, but it just wasn’t in the cards for me.”

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This answer from The Undertaker truly shows how dedicated he was to make a name for himself. The Undertaker created a niche for himself unlike any other. As for a fun fact, Taker’s career lasted more than twice the number of years WCW was in business!

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Ishan Chavan is a WWE and AEW author at EssentiallySports. Being a Journalism graduate, Ishan has over six years of experience in the Media Production Industry, having worked with Viacom 18's streaming platform, Voot. A wrestling fan since childhood, Ishan's favorite wrestlers are Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, and Chris Jericho as he feels these three have the perfect blend of wrestling and promo skills, especially Jericho.
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