5 WWE Superstars who were allegedly refused a pay raise

#1 WWE legend The Undertaker

While the other Superstars in this list were refused a pay increase in WWE, The Undertaker’s pay raise request actually came way back in 1990 during his run with WCW.

Speaking to Sports Illustrated in June 2020, the man behind the ‘Taker character, Mark Calaway, recalled the time that he asked three of WCW’s higher-ups – Jim Herd (Executive Vice President), Ole Anderson (Booker) and Jim Barnett (Senior Adviser) – if he could earn more money after spending almost one year with the company.

“I’d only been there for just under a year, and I was only looking for a little bump in my contract. 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.’”

The WWE icon, who went on to debut in Vince McMahon’s company later in 1990, added in an interview with Sam Roberts that he has had those words from WCW officials in his head for the last 30 years, which is why he still brings it up in interviews today.