Leaked Original Plans for Christian, Usos & Plans for Skip Sheffield

[The Whole F'N Show]

- Former WWE creative team member John Piermarini has started his blog in which he has released a ton of scoops regarding things that occured in the company during the two years he was employed. The blog has since been pulled (the Website does say it will be back soon) but we have managed to retain some of the things Piermarini said. Below are some notes:

* Vince McMahon feels that powerhouse Skip Sheffield could become a top babyface behind John Cena.

* Michelle McCool's real-life relationship with The Undertaker was in no way the reason behind her push with Lay-Cool.

* There were plans to turn Christian heel before his pectoral injury. The idea was that he would feud with the now departed Matt Hardy.

* On the Uso's WWE introduction and promo, Vince McMahon didn't understand the hip hop culture and the appeal of the tag-team. The original idea for the Uso's was to present them as the opposite of what you would expect from a Samoan superstar - intelligent, educated and wearing boots while competing.

You're thoughts

 

[KnowYoRole]

- Former WWE creative team member John Piermarini has started his blog in which he has released a ton of scoops regarding things that occured in the company during the two years he was employed. The blog has since been pulled (the Website does say it will be back soon) but we have managed to retain some of the things Piermarini said. Below are some notes:

* Vince McMahon feels that powerhouse Skip Sheffield could become a top babyface behind John Cena.

* Michelle McCool's real-life relationship with The Undertaker was in no way the reason behind her push with Lay-Cool.

* There were plans to turn Christian heel before his pectoral injury. The idea was that he would feud with the now departed Matt Hardy.

* On the Uso's WWE introduction and promo, Vince McMahon didn't understand the hip hop culture and the appeal of the tag-team. The original idea for the Uso's was to present them as the opposite of what you would expect from a Samoan superstar - intelligent, educated and wearing boots while competing.

You're thoughts

Wasn't he feuding with Alberto Del Rio before he injured his pectoral? I don't see how that makes sense.

I wonder why Vince thinks Skip could be a top babyface behind Cena. If anything, I would think he likes him better as a heel after seeing him in the Nexus. Anyway, if this report is true, then would this mean a push for Skip Sheffield when he comes back? I hope so.

I can buy the report about Michelle Mccool. She is a decent microphone worker, a good in ring talent (for a diva) and it does seem like she works hard and has passion for what she does.

As for the Uso's, it did look like that character was the route they were going before they inexplicably got put on the backburner. It's a shame they haven't been getting more exposure, because i feel they would have turned out to become a success.

 

[The 5th Horsemen]

As for Sheffield - He had 2 things going for him that McMahon probably liked; a bald head and black trunks.

Michelle McCool is attractive, good on the mic and pretty good in the ring. She was/is deserving of her push.

Personally, I'd like to see Christian and Edge team together again kinda like HBK & Triple H did. Reports are that Edge doesn't plan on doing this much longer. Teaming together might extend that a little longer, then Christian could finish out as a singles competitor as either a face or heel.

The Uso's aren't bad, just haven't had the right story yet.

 

[King Booka]

Skip needs to stay heel. Why break something thats not broke.

McCool, good on the mic, good wrestler, draws heat. In the diva divison! Yeah thats good enough.

Christian- I wrote an article about how the internet ruin Christian run as a heel, upon his post tna return. So its funny that he gets another shot at a heel run and gets another setback . Christian needs to go heel if he has any chance of surpassing mid-card status.

Uso's - Will be future WWE Tag team champion. But when they eventually drop the beltst, the E will split them, have them fued with one another, then fire one and bury the other.

 

[MargeraRVD316]

Sheffield...ehh he wasn't really that big of a star in my opinion, but then again he was in Nexus, and Nexus doesn't have individuality for each member, they're all one.

Michelle McCool is perhaps THE BEST Diva on the mic atm, have you heard Natalya and other Diva's like Melina? Layla and Michelle McCool are pushed for a reason, they are truly the best diva talkers on the roster at the moment.

The plans to turn Christian heel and have him fued with Matt Hardy had to have been in July. Hardy started screwing the WWE over in a way in late August. He even stated in one of his videos that he was supossed to work a match with Christian, but for some reason WWE Pulled the plug on it. Alberto Del Rio arrived the Smackdown after Summerslam, and they didn't have anything to do with Christian or Mysterio anymore, so they let Alberto put both of them out to get him more over as a heel(taking out two of the faces, Mysterio is a huge draw for Children and every wrestling fan knows who Christian is). So really the reason Christian wasn't turned heel was because of Matt Hardy screwing WWE over and leaving for Total Nonstop Shit.

As For The Usos, they are what, 1/3 of the tag teams left in WWE? I can really only count Marella and Kozlov, and Slater and Gabriel apart from these two. Their gimmick as "educated Samoans" would have worked out quite nicely IMO. That's realistic, they were planning on breaking the stereotype, and making it more realistic that not every single person of a same race is the same.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Sheffield is big, jacked up and looks like a mean son of a bitch, which must be why Vince likes him...we all know he gets a hard-on for body-builder guys. Although, to me, Skip seems a ready-made monster heel, like a Brock Lesnar type.

Christian as a heel would work, but there are so few main event level faces on Smackdown that Captain Charisma should have been moved up to the top of the card as a face.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Skip Sheffield was doing well I thought as the muscle of Nexus. The few times we heard him on the mic, I thought he did quite well. He spoke somewhat softly in the promos with an ominous tone and he most definitely looked the part. His facial expressions were great too, especially when he was getting ready to his his big clothesline finisher. Looked like a rabid dog on a chain on the verge of breaking loose. I don't know about him being a #2 babyface, however. Maybe Vince does know something about him that we haven't really had a chance to find out since he's been laid up injured for so long.

I'm not all that surprised to hear his comments about Michelle McCool. I agree that much of her time as part of LayCool hasn't exactly been stellar but you have to take into consideration what the WWE gave her to work with. Over the past few months, we've started to see something of a shift among the Divas into something more serious and more relevant. Considering how shitty the Divas have been overall and the exceptionally limited direction that's dogged it for so long, I think she did a good job and I think she's done a great job over the past few months.

Christian is a great overall worker in my view. He works as a face or a heel. Maybe him getting injured was a good thing for him as it saved him from wallowing in a lackluster feud with a mediocre talent like Matt Hardy. It's possible that the WWE could put him in a program with Alberto Del Rio when he returns since the WWE worked the injury into helping build up Del Rio. I'd definitely prefer that over watching Christian waste his time with Matt Hardy.

When the Usos debuted, I was legitimately interested in them. Their introduction and debut promo was well done, both of them did a good job on the mic, they had charisma and they've shown to be pretty good in the ring. I think Vince dropped the ball with these two, but I can't say that I'm surprised because Vince just isn't a tag team wrestling kind of guy.

 

[Hulk Hogan's Brother]

* Vince McMahon feels that powerhouse Skip Sheffield could become a top babyface behind John Cena.

I liked Skip Sheffield. I though he was underrated by the IWC just like most big men are. He was decent on the microphone and seemed more than legit in the ring. I liked his intensity. I think that he could have been a great midcard face had he gone up against Wade Barrett.

* Michelle McCool's real-life relationship with The Undertaker was in no way the reason behind her push with Lay-Cool.

I agree. She was always annoying even as a "loving life" face. And as we all know Lay-cool took "being annoying" to another level. Its her natural ability to be annoying. It has got nothing to do with her marriage to The Undertaker

* There were plans to turn Christian heel before his pectoral injury. The idea was that he would feud with the now departed Matt Hardy.

I don't think that this was a great idea. Christian, at this stage of his career plays a much better face than he plays a heel. I liked his brief feud with Del Rio and it also helped Del Rio get over a bit. Matt Hardy is as insignificant as they come and a feuding with Matt wouldn't really have helped Christian in any way. Niether would it have done any good for Matt.

* On the Uso's WWE introduction and promo, Vince McMahon didn't understand the hip hop culture and the appeal of the tag-team. The original idea for the Uso's was to present them as the opposite of what you would expect from a Samoan superstar - intelligent, educated and wearing boots while competing.

This was an awesome idea and The Usos as the Anti-Samoans could have been huge. But the problem is that WWE don't have much of a tag team division. This would have led to three a few matches with the Hart Dynasty before them being relegated to Superstars. Oh Wait! That has already happened!

Sad as it may sound this gimmick, while an excellent one, would have done nothing for The Usos.

 

[NWannabe]

* On the Uso's WWE introduction and promo, Vince McMahon didn't understand the hip hop culture and the appeal of the tag-team. The original idea for the Uso's was to present them as the opposite of what you would expect from a Samoan superstar - intelligent, educated and wearing boots while competing.

You're thoughts

The Day WWE gets their collective head out of it's giant ass and realizes that not just white people are distinct amongst their own ranks....well, I'll be shocked. Because it's just not happening. Otunga notwithstanding because he is an exception due to being high yellow and married to someone kinda famous.

 

[Hitman-HBK United Inc.]

A Christian heel turn would've been good. Yeah, Matt Hardy has touched on that in some of his ramblings as of late. I'll cheer for the man regardless, but he's a million times more "Charismatic" (yes pun intended) when he is a heel. He's funnier, and his matches actually turn out better it seems, at least that's how I felt watching him in TNA.

 

[SnoopDoggVsChavoLOL]

I dont know what other people feel but Skip and Gabriel were the most talented ppl in Nexus back when Nexus was interesting. I feel Skip brought strength to the group. He was big stronga nd that lariat was leathel. basically I feel he would be better as a heel as a good face should have good Mic skills. His gimmick of the cowboy was one of the worst ever gimmicks I have seen. (After Connor O'Brian being a rat... wtf seriously?) Anyway change his gimmick and push him for a midcard. Look at the reaction then go from there. I feel he has potential to be a world champion. He is what Vince likes in superstars. Big and strong.