3 WWE Superstars who were secretly behind famous wrestling ideas

When it comes to WWE, it is usually the higher power who decides what will happen on WWE TV. In particular, the CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon is the one who finalises everything before it happens on TV.

For example, booking Brock Lesnar to defeat The Undertaker at WrestleMania 30 or to have Batista win the Royal Rumble one week after returning to WWE, these were all decisions made by Vince himself.

Being in the business, WWE superstars also sometimes have ideas regarding their storylines or anything else. Often they don't get their voice heard, and have to simply follow what they are being told to do. But sometimes their ideas are too good for WWE to ignore.

There have been instances in WWE history where superstars came up with genius ideas that became famous. In this article, we take a look at 3 WWE Superstars who were secretly behind famous wrestling ideas.

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#3 The Shield - CM Punk

CM Punk had the original idea for The Shield

CM Punk claimed that he was the one behind the idea of The Shield. He said this on the Art of Wrestling Podcast which is hosted by his friend Colt Cabana. When CM Punk pitched this idea to the WWE, they wanted the trio to consist of Punk, Big Show, and Daniel Bryan. But CM Punk didn't want that.

He didn't want the Big Show because he had a great feud with him whilst he was the leader of The Straight Edge Society. And he didn't want Daniel Bryan because he thought they should be kept away from each other (similar to Bret and Shawn).

CM Punk wanted Seth Rollins and Kassius Ohno (Chris Hero) to join him in The Shield from NXT. But since Triple H is in-charge of NXT, he refused the idea of pushing Kassius. Later, Kassius was released, and WWE decided to have Roman Reigns join The Shield instead.

Punk claimed that it was his original idea, but WWE stole it from him. He wanted two guys to act as his protectors, but that never happened. Sad that you can't do anything when your boss doesn't agree with you.

#2 Money in the Bank - Chris Jericho

Y2J came up with this historic match type

It was WrestleMania 21, and Chris Jericho had nothing to do on the show. He was frustrated and came up with the idea of the Money in the Bank ladder match. Jericho pitched this idea to the then General Manager of RAW Eric Bischoff. Although obviously, it wasn't Eric who gave Jericho the green light, it was Vince McMahon.

Jericho thought this as a great opportunity for the upper mid-card superstars to be a part of WrestleMania. Because not everyone had a match for the biggest show of the year.

Jericho's original idea was that the winner of this match would get a title shot the very next night after WrestleMania. But Vince changed it, and since then we have the 12-month rule in which a superstar can cash in anytime and anywhere.

At that time, this match was exclusive to the RAW brand, and Edge was the one who won the inaugural match at WrestleMania 21. Edge kept his contract for a while, and cashed in on John Cena at Elimination Chamber 2006 to become the new WWE Champion.

#1 Elimination Chamber - Triple H

The Game created Eliminated Chamber

If you ever wonder how WWE came up with the idea of Elimination Chamber, you must know that they didn't. It was Triple H who was behind the idea of this genius match type. Eric Bischoff announced this idea on WWE TV back in November 2002.

Triple H said that he envisioned the idea of having a square cage with four more squares inside it. Two superstars will start the match and every two minutes, a cage or pod will open. Every superstar who gets pinned will be eliminated, and the last-man-standing would be the winner.

Considering that Triple H thought of this brilliant idea, exemplifies why he is so good at doing what he does now.

Triple H has himself taken part in six Elimination Chamber matches, and has won four of them. He holds the record for most wins in this match type.

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