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Tyler Breeze Says The Fashion Police Gimmick Was Killed By Accident

Tyler Breeze believes one of his most popular gimmicks was killed by accident.

Prince Pretty was recently a guest on In The Weeds podcast. Among other things, he told the origin story of the Fashion Files skits with his former partner Fandango, that became widely popular at one point before being pulled off the air abruptly.

According to the former NXT star, the gimmick was not something that was pitched by writers. The whole thing was born out of the duo’s desire to do something to get back on TV. They used spare cameras available in the social media department to film some early vignettes they released online.

Fandango and Breeze got their wish as the duo were put back on SmackDown when the skits went viral. Though, despite the big numbers on social media, Vince McMahon was seemingly never a fan of the whole thing:

“To this day, I think it got cancelled by accident because there was a pay-per-view coming up, and we werenâ€t booked on it, but they had a Fashion Files. So Vince said, ‘Why do we have one?

Like, why are we doing this? Because they donâ€t have a match on the pay-per-view, so why are we doing it?—

That Was The End Of It: Tyler Breeze

Tyler Breeze explained that it was the SmackDown head writer at the time who put them on the show. McMahon originally questioned their presence on the episode, but decided to keep the skits going upon learning that it was their best-performing social media video of the week.

After the incident of the PPV, however, the members of the creative team freaked out. They misinterpreted the boss’ directions and killed the whole thing:

“And I think all the writers freaked out, and they went, oh God, he hates it. Never do it again. Then we never did another one after that. And that was the end of it.

And I was pretty sure it was just a mistake. Iâ€m pretty sure he just said donâ€t do it before a pay-per-view where theyâ€re not wrestling.”

Overall, the Fashion Police gimmick lasted about eight months before being retired quietly. You can check out their first SmackDown vignette below:

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Drew McIntyre Reveals Terrible Gimmick Pitched To Him In First Run

Drew McIntyre’s first WWE run could have looked very different.

The former World Champion recently appeared on the No Contest Wrestling podcast. He talked about things such as his upcoming Saturday Night’s Main Event match with Cody Rhodes, having a world title run during the pandemic and more.

During the talk, McIntyre was also asked about his ‘Chosen One’ gimmick and if the company had any other plans for him before that. Drew revealed that there were multiple ideas floated around. One of them was for the Scottish star to debut as ‘The Runway Man’, pitched by the then talent relations head John Laurinaitis:

“I was listening to him describe the character and thought, ‘oh no, oh no, oh no.†Then he went ‘the name, the Runway Man, youâ€re going to have your own model runway and youâ€re going to walk down like a model.†And youâ€re like, oh my goodness.

I was picturing in my head, basically all my dreams were going to hell. The lifeâ€s work of a Scotsman, it was all going down the toilet.”

I Think He Read Me: Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre originally made his WWE debut in October 2007. He wrestled a few matches on the main roster before being sent down to FCW. The wrestling veteran reappeared on SmackDown a couple years later in August 2009. A month later, then WWE Chairman Vince McMahon promoted him on-screen as a future main eventer, which was the origin of his Chosen One gimmick.

Explaining how he managed to avoid becoming The Runway Man instead, McIntyre claimed that Mr. McMahon had seen the trepidation on his face when they went in to pitch the gimmick:

“The next meeting after Johnny was to go to Vince himself and pitch this idea, and I kind of sat silent and Johnny pitched it to Vince, and I think Vince saw my face the whole time.

He just said, ‘what do you think?†(I was like) ‘Whatever you need me to do; Iâ€ll make it work.†But I had my head down the whole time. and I think he read me like he doesnâ€t want to do this.”

Apart from this, Drew McIntyre discussed being released from WWE in 2014 and revealed what he was planning before the company brought him back in 2017. You can check out his remarks here.

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Natalya On New Gimmick: HHH Didn’t Want To Throw Me Into Stuff That Didn’t Matter

Natalya feels extremely liberated by exploring her “Nattie†side.

The WWE Superstar spoke with Chris Van Vliet on his Insight podcast about her new gimmick, which sees her take on a more aggressive side outside of WWE as the “Lowkey Legend, Nattie.†Natalya said that the character emerged organically, noting that it came to her after she had finished writing her new book.

“I had signed this new contract with WWE. And I think with Triple H, I think he really wanted to find the right thing. I think he didnâ€t want to just throw me in stuff that didnâ€t matter. I think he really wanted to find the right thing. The thing with him is that I believe heâ€s a forward thinker. So he was like, we just canâ€t rush into it. We just have to find the right thing for you.

“And because I had expressed when I was signing my new deal, I was like, I [have] to grow. This isnâ€t just about money for me. This is about growing. I have to grow, I have to evolve. I feel like Iâ€m in the best shape of my life; I love wrestling and I need something to dive into.â€

Natalya didnâ€t know exactly what to dive into

She felt like she was in a creative rut around WrestleMania season, noting that she didnâ€t know where she fit in despite being an 18-year veteran of WWE.

“So Josh Barnett and I got to talking, and he was like, ‘Letâ€s do Bloodsport.†I was like, Iâ€d love to do Bloodsport. We got to talking about me doing Bloodsport, and I said, Iâ€m going to ask for permission. I walked up to Triple H. He was at the ringside. He was doing a rehearsal for Monday Night Raw. Walked up to him [and] I told him, ‘Listen, Iâ€ve spoken to Josh Barnett. Iâ€d love to do Bloodsport.†And Hunter was like, ‘Sure.â€

“I was so afraid that he was going to say no, because I was like, I really, really, really want to do something Mania weekend. I need to do something; my creative juices are just feeling so stifled. He said yes right away. And heâ€s like, yeah, absolutely, absolutely, no problem at all. And I know that the company really respects Josh, and theyâ€ve let talent work and do stuff at Bloodsport before. He said yes, so supportively that I was like, I remember that day. I was so excited. I ran up to TJ, and I was like, Hunter loved it. He was like, Yeah, go for it. So I took that as a this is my mission to build something that Iâ€ve never built before.â€

Natalyaâ€s book, The Last Hart Beating,will be released on October 28.

Read More: WWE Raw Results: Review, Grades, Card For Oct 20

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Styles-Cena, Rock with an MMA gimmick in WWE, Jericho-WWE return, Oba Femi’s future, Fletcher or Logan? (?? min.)

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Konnan Was Fired By WWE For Failing To Debut This Bizarre Gimmick

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In the early 1990s, WWE owner Vince McMahon developed a fascination with pushing cartoonish characters like The Ultimate Warrior and Doink the Clown. One character who made a brief series of appearances was Max Moon, a masked wrestler who wore armor made to resemble a robot. Though he wasn’t the only one to don the Moon mask, the character was the vision of Konnan, who had pitched the idea to McMahon in 1991.

At the time, Konnan was a major star in Mexico. In addition to wrestling for CMLL, he was acting on a soap opera and preparing to release a hip-hop album. He came up with the Max Moon character and was able to pitch it to McMahon in a meeting, and the wrestling executive approved. An elaborate costume was created, and Konnan began making live appearances in WWE as Moon in early 1992.

According to Konnan, he gave up on the idea rather quickly, mostly because he grew tired of the intense travel schedule when he was doing perfectly fine just wrestling in Mexico. For that reason, he simply stopped showing up to tapings and was soon fired by McMahon.

Rather than giving up on the character, however, McMahon simply found someone else to play Max Moon. Wrestler Paul Diamond had been working under the name Kato, wearing a mask and tagging with Pat Tanaka in a team called The Orient Express. McMahon pulled Diamond from that gimmick into Max Moon, but he was never heavily pushed and his time with WWE ended in February 1993.

After leaving WWE, Konnan had continued success in Mexico, helping get Lucha Libre AAA off the ground, where he remains to this day. He’d make the jump over to wrestling regularly in the United States a few years later, but it would be for WCW.

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