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Former WWE creative writer Brian Gewirtz was recently interviewed on Edge and Christianâs podcast, E&Câs Pod Of Awesomeness. During the interview Gewirtz explained why he felt intimidated by a lot of performers, fear Edge and Christian doing comedy wouldn't work and more. Below are the highlights courtesy of WrestlingInc.
Feeling intimidated by a lot of performers in the company:
âYeah, I mean, [Edge, Christian, The Rock, Chris Jericho, and Kurt Angle] was probably the starting five of my first go around. I think, like, Al Snow and Steve Blackman too. Yeah, itâs a great starting line because, as a writer and everything, youâre supposed to write for everybody, but, like, human nature gets in the way. I mean, I was intimidated by a lot of people and if nobody was⊠I always figured, like, Triple H is very intimidating, and he was a big star, and he always seemed to put his material together himself, so itâs like, âokay, great â heâs all set.'â
âRock, I had met at MTV before coming [to WWE], so I kind of knew him, and, well, he helped get me an interview with WWE in the first place, so we clicked right away and Mick [Foley] too, and Jericho. And this was at a time too when Jericho was going through a period where it was, like, âIâm losing to Viscera on [WWE Sunday Night] Heat? What the hell is going on?â That type of thing. And then, [Edge and Christian], I think [clicked right away as well]. Weâre around the same age. I pretended to like hockey a little bit to open the door.â
WWE higher-ups not wanting Edge and Christian to do comedy out of fear they wouldnât be taken seriously:
âYeah, that was a big back-and-forth that I used to have when the subject of Edge and Christian came up and it was âtheyâre too goofy â theyâre too goofy; theyâre never going to be main eventers if theyâre going to be doing this type of ridiculousnessâ and my argument was, and Iâm sure it was not eliquated in a nice, mature way at the time. It was probably more like, âyouâre stupid!â and running away or something like that. But the point that I did eventually get across was, âitâs like, well, youâve got to start somewhere, right?â Like, [Edge] went from silent rage and puffy shirt, and evil vampires, and running around the subway for some reason, and now, [he has] got an identity.â
Comedy being a key starting point for many future main eventers:
âNobodyâs saying you have to be this forever, but now youâre more comfortable on the mic and you can go out there and cut a promo.â Gewirtz added, âbut, no, itâs all that stuff though that gave you the ammunition to eventually evolve, that was my roundabout point, to eventually evolve into âThe Rated-R Superstarâ and, I canât really peg [Christianâs] character into one little catchphrase. I donât want to say âThe One More Match Guyâ because that doesnât really do [him] any justice. I guess âCaptain Charismaâ. Thatâs true.â
You can listen to Gewirtzâs interview on E&Câs Pod Of Awesomeness by clicking this link here.
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