10 Weirdest Jobs Wrestlers Had Before They Were Stars

5. The Undertaker: Debt Collector

Becky Lynch
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As hard as it may be to believe, The Undertaker didn't always earn his money by dumping cowering opponents on their backs/heads in a wrestling ring.

Before he became a wrestling icon, Calaway dabbled in bouncing. That wasn't his only occupation of choice before making the jump over to professional wrestling, however, as the star also worked as a debt collector for a while. Talking about the job on Jimmy Kimmel back in 2003, 'Taker confessed that he had to do a few things he wasn't proud of and slap people around a little bit in order to ensure they coughed up the money they owed to the folks who employed 'The Deadman'.

You'd think that the image of a highly intimidating eventual World Champion standing at your door would be enough to make people immediately pay up what they owed. Yet, Calaway admitted on Kimmel that some people still didn't feel the need to hand over the dough, as they "figure you're going to be a nice guy and it just doesn't work out that way sometimes."

He may have found his calling in the squared circle in the end, but 'The Phenom' has continued to collect debts from a multitude of wrestling greats over the last 30 years.

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