As reported on Thursday via the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, former WWE magazine writer Brian Solomon pitched an idea back in 2002 for Brock Lesnar, who was debuting with WWE at the time, to be used as a bad ass gay character.
Former WWE creative team member Seth Mates took to social media to address the report, pointing out that anyone in WWE could pitch ideas and were always welcome to do so. He confirmed that such a pitch was made, but claimed it wasn’t necessarily “on the table” as the previous report claimed.
Additionally, Mates claimed some of the facts were off, such as the writer who pitched it and when it was pitched.
Below are Mates’ comments:
ANYONE within WWE could pitch ideas to creative; just because they did does not mean that certain ideas were ever actually on the table
— Seth Mates (@SethMates) July 30, 2015
Some bad info out there today, including the names of those who did pitch, when it was done, etc … though yes, there was such a pitch
— Seth Mates (@SethMates) July 30, 2015