WWEki Leaks from former creative member John Piermarini

[Coco]

* 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.

* The storyline between Daniel Bryan and The Bella Twins was actually first pitched by The Bella's. WWE has planned to run with a similar storyline for Evan Bourne before he was injured.

* There was talk that Drew McIntyre would be the man to take out the Undertaker before it was changed to Nexus.

* On the Undertaker, the plan right now is for him to wrestle Wade Barrett at WrestleMania 27, but of course this could change.

"As much as it seems Christian turns into the fan favorite choice to win Money in the Bank Match each year it’s not going to happen. Christian is seen as a good hand that can help some of the younger talent and does not have a lot of support from higher ups to be a Main Event guy. Edge vs. Christian as a Main Event program has been pitched to death and rejected every time."

"Before Christian was injured a story was being developed to turn Christian heel and work a program with Matt Hardy. The seeds were being dropped on Smackdown at the time Christian was injured."

"Walking into the arena that day Drew McIntyre was set to win the Money in the Bank briefcase. But Drew wasn’t the Superstar who was originally set to win. That was Kane, but was changed later after Kevin Dunn agreed with my philosophy that it would benefit a younger guy to carry that briefcase for a while. So it was set one week before the Pay-Per-View, Drew was to win Money in the Bank. While in the production meeting hours before the show a case was made to have Kane win the briefcase and cash in that night. The thought process? Sheamus was retaining the WWE Title; Miz was winning the RAW Money in the Bank (more on this later) and certain people felt like the average fan would have the feeling too many heels won. Keep in mind Kane would turn heel by defeating one of the most popular WWE Superstars in WWE by cashing in. None to less, the feeling was that this was the first ever Money in the Bank PPV and something needed to happen to brand this PPV as 'anything can happen.' I gave the argument that the current storyline had Kane wanting to capture the holy grail for his brother and by doing so tonight took away any future story you had with Kane trying to take it off a someone who may have 'took out' Undertaker. I added Kane should challenge Mysterio at Summerslam and go over there."

"Vince’s philosophy on Daniel Bryan is he isn’t an ass kicker but he can beat you because he can capitalize on your mistakes. In this instance, it works. On the other hand Vince thinks John Morrison can’t kick anyone’s ass in a real fight therefore he can’t be a top babyface. Morrison has the chance to take the ball and run with it, but he is running uphill."

To borrow a line from a great scholar, discuss.

 

[ABMorales787]

Skip Sheffield? The fuck?

 

[Coco]

I can see it.

 

[Daniel]

I really can't.

 

[Coco]

You can't see that company pushing that man that hard? Really?

 

[ABMorales787]

Yeah, I guess they'll have to push him. Because I really can't see him moving too far on his own.

 

[Remix]

Disagreed Killjoy. The man can talk and for a guy his size is pretty damn good in the ring. Compare him to a tosspot like Mason Ryan and you'll see what I mean.

 

[a0161613]

I can see them pushing him but this the company that has pushed many men like him before and they have failed at a main event level.

 

[Smooth Sexual Chocolate]

Skipp Sheffield is boss, he was EASILY my second favorite Nexus member. Dude looked like he would seriously fuck you up and he was funny.

 

[The Doctor]

YYYWID

 

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I see alot of stories getting rewritten. Also i made a thread earlier with the link to this guys site.

 

[TSG]

If these are actually true, I need to seek a job with WWE and set their heads on straight about how Christian Cage could carry a World Title and be extremely crebible and over. Looks like that'll never happen though.

 

[Daniel]

I can't see Skip Sheffield getting pushed to that extent. It's the name, the look, the mic skills. They don't say top face to me.

 

[TSG]

Also, Skip Sheffield is a better heel than face to me.

 

[JGlass]

I can definitely see Skip being one of the top babyfaces in the company. He's got the look, he can get the crowd behind him, he's outgoing, and I think he's pretty decent in the ring, he just needs to get a little more experienced.

The whole Daniel Bryan/John Morrison not being able to kick someone's ass thing is bizarre. Vince judges wrestlers by their ability to win a real life fight? Professional wrestling is nothing like real fighting. And on that note, Christ Jericho doesn't look like he could beat half of the guys on the WWE roster in a fight, yet he was one of the company's top stars.

Great post Coco, really interesting insight into what goes on behind the scenes.

 

[UltimateHitman]

Maybe they could have him drop the Skip part and just go by Sheffield. That just has a better ring to it.

By the by, I personally would have liked to have seen a McIntyre/Taker feud.

 

[shattered dreams]

If someone thinks Skip Sheffield has the it factor then WWE is in even more trouble than I thought.

 

[Coco]

I can't see Skip Sheffield getting pushed to that extent. It's the name, the look, the mic skills. They don't say top face to me.

To be fair, people are ready to buy a guy named Dolph Ziggler as a main eventer. Dolph. Ziggler.

 

[Alex]

That Usos idea sounded rather racist to me

 

[ABMorales787]

Disagreed Killjoy. The man can talk and for a guy his size is pretty damn good in the ring. Compare him to a tosspot like Mason Ryan and you'll see what I mean.

Right. So Skippie Sheffield could be almost as big John Cena. Isn't that what they tried with Hillbilly Jim and Hulk Hogan? Glad to see how well that idea went.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

That Usos idea sounded rather racist to me

Not really. In fact it's the total opposite. They're trying to dismiss all the other stereotypes and have them come across as perfectly normal Americans because that's what most American-Samoans are like (I would assume) not savages like Umaga.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Fucking Evan Bourne. He's meant to be the shit idea magnet - a sort of shield to protect better wrestlers. He can't even do that properly. His tights are still cool though.

 

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To be fair, people are ready to buy a guy named Dolph Ziggler as a main eventer. Dolph. Ziggler.

Our world heavyweight champ is called edge and our WWE champion is called the Miz. Dolph isn't that bad.
As for Skip - I can believe it.

The Morrison one sounds like a complete load of shit for several reasons:
1. If the past is any example(Matt Hardy), JoMo would've been fired for fighting.
2. If JoMo did stand up to Batista than what would he do? Batista would laugh in his face and embarass him.
3. If you were Vince and one of your lower mid-cards talked shit to one of your company's biggest draws what would you do?
4. Batista would've destroyed him.(Don't bring up Booker T please.)

On a side note: It has become painfully clear that WWE creative has NOTHING for DBD.

 

[El Rev sXe]

Sheffield as a top face? I think he screams top heel.

VKM, wft? JoMo would win a real fight therefore he isn't top draw material? What the fuck is that? John Cena can kick almost anyyone's ass. There's absolutely no logic there.

 

[JGlass]

VKM, wft? JoMo would win a real fight therefore he isn't top draw material? What the fuck is that? John Cena can kick almost anyyone's ass. There's absolutely no logic there.

WOULDN'T win in a real fight.