Trivia / Dan Severn

• What Could Have Been:
  • He left WWF because they wanted to turn him into an Undertaker acolyte and wrestle with a "666" painted in his forehead. Severn refused as he lived in a small town and didn't want any repercussions from it.
  • Severn once thought about approaching Eric Bischoff and proposing him to shoot on the participants of the 1999 Royal Rumble in exchange for a payment. Severn was apparently ready to shoot on anybody, but it fortunately never had to happen.
  • TNA was given exclusive control of the NWA titles not long after Severn gained the World Heavyweight Championship in Zero 1. Since he could not make it to the first TNA taping, Severn was stripped of the belt.
  • He was originally supposed to fight Maurice Smith at UFC 15 for the heavyweight championship, but he fought in Pride 1 against Kimo Leopoldo a week before the event and was too banged up from that to compete. He got replaced by Tank Abbott and blacklisted from the UFC as a result.
  • According to Ken Shamrock, Severn actually asked to be part of the Lion’s Den before his UFC debut and even sent him a tape that showed off his skills. Ken for his part asked Dan to come in for the infamous tryouts, but Dan didn’t want to do those and eventually got into the UFC his own way.
  • He could have faced his friend Don Frye for the UFC Superfight Championship since Don won Ultimate Ultimate 2, but Don broke his hand in his fight with Tank Abbott, so it never happened.

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