6 Wrestlers Once Considered To Be "The Next Undertaker"

6. Kevin Thorn

WWE was so convinced that one-time indie star Kevin Fertig could fill The Undertaker's shoes that they hired him twice. The first time round, he was Mordecai, the right-hand man of God himself, who came to SmackDown in 2004 on a mission to bring "sinners" to justice.

With an all-white costume (including comically bright hair, beard and eyebrows), it seemed inevitable that his path would cross with that of The Undertaker (who wore black) but he was taken off TV before they had the chance to lock horns.

A couple of years later, though, he was back, this time as vampire Kevin Thorn - who accomplished little, apart from perhaps bringing a slither of credibility to the "Sci-Fi" vibe early ECW seemed to be shooting for.

He was supposed to be a dangerous oddball - except that he was neither dangerous nor an oddball (in fact, he had plenty of friends in ECW's short-lived "New Breed" stable).