Great North Wrestling have released the following video with former WWE superstar and UFC Hall of Famer Dan “The Beast” Severn discussing why he left the WWE and the idea that he had to start shooting on wrestlers in the Royal Rumble match.

Severn commented on joining the WWE as a babyface and that a road agent pitched an idea to him to tattoo “666” on his forehead and become a disciple of The Undertaker, however Severn had no interest in the angle and noted that he lived in a small town and didn’t want any repercussions from it, stating that the road agent then told him that they could start using him poorly and have him lose matches, but that Severn shot back stating that the road agent could ask him to lose a match, but what would happen if he would turn fantasy into reality and make those wrestlers look silly.

Severn noted that the Royal Rumble pay-per-view was coming up and he thought about approaching Eric Bischoff and WCW about shooting in the Royal Rumble match, busting everyone up every 90 seconds and said that while the WWE could eventually get enough people to get him out of the ring, he would still be in the arena and noted that doing that could have been worth millions and while some people wouldn’t have booked him after that, others would have and paid him that much more, but noted that things ended up working out amicably.