" 6 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BRIAN LEE - IMPOSTER UNDERTAKER "
1) From Stardom to Sidewalk In WWE
The early 90s was a strange time in the WWE. Wacky characters galore as our screens were packed full of brightly colored WWE superstars.
One such character was Brian Lee Harris.
In 1994, he briefly joined the World Wrestling Federation to perform as an impostor version of The Undertaker.
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, who originally introduced The Undertaker into the WWE at Survivor Series 1990, claimed
to have found The Undertaker, who disappeared after losing a casket match to Yokozuna at the 1994 Royal Rumble
. Shortly after this, Lee began became the member of Million Dollar Corporation and wrestled as “The Undertaker”
DiBiase claimed that he had convinced The Undertaker to come back with his vast amounts of money.
For several weeks, Lee wrestled matches as The Undertaker while Bearer "made contact" with the real Undertaker
and promised to produce him at SummerSlam in August 1994.
Finally at the event, Lee's impostor Undertaker faced off against the actual Undertaker and was defeated.
After the match, DiBiase fled from ringside while The Undertaker rolled the impostor into a casket that was taken away
Although the idea was for Lee to continue portraying the impostor Undertaker for some time afterward and to have more matches against the actual Undertaker,
the WWE dropped the storyline after SummerSlam. For reasons unknown, he was released immediately from WWE
2) First Wrestler To Be Managed By Sunny
Even though Brian made his professional debut in United States Wrestling Association in 1988, he rose to fame in early 90’s
1992 saw Lee debut for the newly formed Smoky Mountain Wrestling as “Prime Time” Brian Lee.
He would earn the distinction of being the promotions first Heavyweight Champion when he defeated Paul Orndorff in a tournament final.
He would also become the first wrestler to be managed by Tammy Sytch, later known as Sunny.
3) Improper Use Of Mark Calaway’s Name
According to the Jim Cornette and Paul Bearer shoot, Brian Lee made a habit of claiming to be the undertaker whenever he found himself in trouble, which was often.
There was an incident where the police were summoned to Lee’s residence due to a domestic disturbance call.
Lee immediately started telling the cops that he was the “The undertaker Mark Calaway“.
A local newspaper then ran a story about the incident as “WWE wrestler arrested for domestic violence”
The actual undertaker was completely unaware of any of this until someone asked him about the incident
Needless to say, Taker was none too pleased to hear that a person whom he had considered a friend was beating his old lady then claiming to be him
4) Return to WWE
In 1997, Lee returned to the WWE as "Chainz", a member of the biker faction Disciples of Apocalypse (or DOA) along with leader Crush and his cousins, the Harris Brothers, who were renamed Skull and 8-Ball.
The foursome feuded with Los Boricuas, the Nation of Domination, and the Truth Commission during the WWE's "Gang Warz" storyline.
Lee remained in the WWE until the summer of 1998 when he was released once again.
5) Stint In Other Promotions
TNA
After several years out of the spotlight, Lee debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2002, teaming with Slash as the Disciples of The New Church under the leadership of manager Father James Mitchell.
On November 13, Lee and Slash won the NWA World Tag Team Championship when they defeated America's Most Wanted ("Cowboy" James Storm and "Wildcat" Chris Harris), thereby ending their undefeated streak.
The later lost the titles back to AMW on January 8, 2003.
Lee left the company soon after the title loss and only appeared from time to time on smaller independent events. He is currently a regular for NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling.
ECW
By early 1996, Lee had began appearing for the Philadelphia upstart promotion ‘Extreme Championship Wrestling’.
He performed initially under the guise of “Prime Time” Brian Lee and was allied with Raven as a hired bodyguard for his stable.
He had great feuds with Tommy Dreamer, Terry Funk
He also became a part of the latest incarnation of Triple Threat with Shane Douglas and Chris Candido
During this time a masked wrestler began stalking Douglas. The big reveal disclosed that it was Lee under the mask and he was attacked and kicked out of the group,
with his place taken by Bam Bam Bigelow. Lee left the promotion soon after.
6) His Wrestling Cousins
After this short stint with the WWF lee returned to SMW and also had a stint at the United States Wrestling association where he teamed with his real life Twin cousins Ron and Don Harris
Surprisingly he is also a distant relative of the Real Undertaker, Mark Calaway