5 Times Vince McMahon rejected ideas pitched by WWE Superstars

Two Superstars who had their ideas rejected by Vince McMahon
Two Superstars who had their ideas rejected by Vince McMahon

#4 Jack Swagger

Jack Swagger
Jack Swagger

Jack Swagger was a mainstay in Vince McMahon's promotion for around a decade and won the World title on one occasion during his stint. He was granted his release by WWE in early 2017, after which Swagger put his focus on MMA, in addition to competing on the independent circuit. Swagger was a guest on Edge and Christian's podcast, E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, last year. Among other things, the former WWE Superstar recalled pitching an idea to Vince McMahon that was rejected. It all began when Vince McMahon caught Swagger in a backstage area.

I knew I was gonna do MMA. Before I left, Vince caught me in the hallway and he told me that they were wasting me. I said, ‘Man, that’s awesome to hear. Thank you for saying that. I’ll be in your office next week with ideas. I pitched to him an idea about leaving and having to go fight MMA, and then come back, but have a little controversy between us or something. He didn’t really want to do anything about it.

Swagger is doing fine for himself in MMA and is currently working for AEW as well. He is a part of Chris Jericho's heel faction named The Inner Circle.

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