5 current Superstars who once rejected WWE

#4 Abyss and #3 Sonjay Dutt

Abyss

Two of the most important Superstars in TNA/Impact Wrestling's history, Abyss and Sonjay Dutt recently signed with the WWE as backstage producers. Abyss had been with TNA since 2002 and was a loyal servant of the promotion, while Dutt debuted way back in 2003.

WWE were reportedly interested in both stars for quite some time, which has been acknowledged by both of them in the past.

Abyss revealed in an interview that WWE had offered him a contract with a possible match against The Undertaker, which he rejected: "There was interest from (WWE). I was at a time in my career where my contract was coming up. But I decided to stay with TNA. It was definitely an offer there in 2006 to work with Undertaker, but again, I was such a big part of the beginning of TNA, I was such a home-grown talent, a base talent who they were building around, I decided to stay," said Abyss.

Dutt also spoke in an interview where he said that he wanted to be in a promotion where he was not bound to a contract which is why he stayed at Impact Wrestling.

Triple H had this to say following the signing of both Superstars earlier this year: "I've heard of them, I know of them. So many people speak highly of them and their jobs over the years, from a talent standpoint and other standpoint, so, I'm looking forward to working with them and seeing where they best fit through all of this, as we all are."