5 Ideas rejected by Vince McMahon that could have been huge hits

#2 Vince McMahon rejects idea for a Dean Ambrose and AJ Lee pairing

Vince McMahon and Dean Ambrose rarely saw eye to eye, if his post-WWE interviews are any indication. This one's a bit interesting, as fans are aware that Dean Ambrose benefitted from coming up to the main roster as a part of The Shield. On the other hand, one look at the following angle will make you think about the tons of possibilities that could have come out of it.

Dean Ambrose and AJ Lee's characters are similar to each other in more ways than one. Back in 2012, Lee portrayed the character of a mentally unstable woman who did everything in her power to exact revenge on her co-workers for the way they treated her. A former writer had pitched an idea to Vince McMahon, which would see Ambrose align with Lee on WWE TV.

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"My idea was for Bryan's plan to have AJ committed actually succeed. We'd take her off TV for a little while before bringing her back in dramatic fashion. She would return with her new boyfriend (Ambrose), whom she had met while both were patients in the institution. Ambrose and AJ would wreak havoc, becoming WWE's version of Bonnie and Clyde (or Mickey and Mallory, to use a less-dated analogy). Vince McMahon had a different vision. The WWE Chairman and CEO loved the AJ character and decided to make her the new "RAW" general manager after she called off the wedding to Bryan. AJ as GM didn't get over, and her run as an authority figure lasted just three months."

Vince McMahon decided to make AJ Lee the new RAW GM, following which she started forced CM Punk and Daniel Bryan to participate in matches, in an attempt to exact revenge on the duo. Lee's GM character didn't last long. When one thinks of the craziest personas in WWE history, Dean Ambrose and AJ Lee's names are bound to come up. Even though Ambrose coming up to the main roster with The Shield was the right decision, fans can't help but wonder what he and Lee could have done as a pair of crazy maniacs.

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