TNA agent Tommy Dreamer was recently on Steve Austins Podcast. In the interview Dreamer talks about his ECW days, WWE and TNA. Tommy Dreamer makes an interesting revelation during the TNA talk where he reveals he was close to signing Abyss to a WWE contract back when Dreamer worked in WWE developmental.
Dreamer mentions that his intentions were to bring Abyss into the WWE and pitch an Abyss vs The Undertaker match down the road. Dreamer reveals Abyss turned down the offer and opted to stay in TNA and that he believes that Abyss may have had a case of stage fright.