Some things WWE does, doesn’t make the most sense to those involved.
IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion Mickie James recently spoke with Metro UK and would delve into some of her rejected pitches to WWE, notably a feud with Chelsea Green, which was similar to James’ historic feud against Hall of Famer Trish Stratus.
“For me, I felt like it was the perfect set of business but didn’t seem to hit on that level, and whatever. I don’t wanna say, “I get it” because I don’t get it. I know that that story would have been money and I know that would have ended up probably rivaling Trish and I’s angle, because it was going to mimmick and mirror it, but in a different capacity so well.”
James would then admit that there were other ideas that she pitched to WWE and the company decided to use some of those pitches to other talent.
‘There’s been a lot of times where I’ve pitched ideas and they’ve went to somebody else. Or I’ve itched ideas and I thought they were really good, and they – that’s always the most disheartening thing. When you pitch an idea and you know and believe it’s really good, and they kinda ho-hum it, or they’ll thumbs down it a bit but then they used the exact same idea for someone else. There’s a lot of stuff – and I don’t sit here and like to give away all the stuff behind the scenes, because there’s a but of magic to it. But at the end of the day, I’ve been in wrestling for a very long time so I’ve seen that and had it happen to me a fair about of times.”
Both James and Green were released by WWE in April 2021 but both wasted no time in making their mark on the pro wrestling scene outside of the company. James produced and performed at NWA’s first all-women’s pay-per-view event ‘Empowerrr’ and defeated Deonna Purrazzo to secure her third IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Championship while Green has become a staple of independent wrestling promotions, most notably competing in GCW alongside real-life partner, former GCW World Champion Matt Cardona.
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