The Undertaker Reveals Why He Turned Down WCW

The Undertaker has spoken about turning down a move to WCW during the Monday Night Wars, referencing a phone call from Kevin Nash trying to persuade him to make the jump from WWE.

It's a story he has mentioned before, specifically last year to Ariel Helwani. Now, on his Six Feet Under podcast, Undertaker explains his reasons for not doing so:

"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."

H/T to Fightful.