In the past, The Undertaker has spoken about turning down a move to WCW during the Monday Night Wars, when WWE was on the decline and struggling.
While speaking on his Six Feet Under podcast, Undertaker explained his reasons for not doing so. He said,
“If you can make as much money, or more money, and do less work in a job that requires physical output in your body – your body is your tool – it’s something you have to really sit down and evaluate. If my situation had been different, if WCW hadn’t told me that I wasn’t going to draw any money [during his WCW run from 1989-90], I don’t know what I would have done. I don’t. The fact that they told me, ‘You’re never going to make money,’ that was always the chip I carried on my shoulder.
“I remember Nash calling me, ‘I think I can get you this if you want to come down.’ ‘Wow, that’s a lot more money than I’m making right now.’ I thought about it and was like, ‘No.’ That’s what it came down to for me. Vince [McMahon] gave me the opportunity. I just couldn’t [jump ship]. I would have made more money. I would have worked a lot less. I probably would have been in a situation where I would have been welcomed back, maybe not. But the fact that I stayed, got my ass kicked, we all got ours asses kicked, and then turned it all around and made the greatest comeback ever, it was really rewarding.”
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