John Morrison returned to WWE in 2019 after having been gone for 8 years. During his absence, Morrison was involved in many film projects. These included his own Boone: The Bounty Hunter film.
Morrison was recently interviewed by TV Insider and spoke about working with scripted promos in WWE.
“Sometimes it’s improv, but I would call it more collaborative,” Morrison said about the creative process he and the Miz have in WWE. “We’re not going to talk or say anything without producers, agents, writers, Vince [McMahon]. As soon as we get anything, we read it and talk to each other. We may say, ‘These lines are crap. Let’s fix it the best way we can and then go talk to them about our fixes.’ It’s not good to be thrown into an office and just say something is garbage.”
Morrisson continued to talk about what he feels is the best way to handle things if they end up with lines they don’t like.
“You may say, ‘You know what I like better is this other option.’ We constantly do that. A writer or Vince may agree and say, ‘This is better. But you know what would be even better? This.’ It then evolves…”
Morrison continued to say that they work hard but also have a lot of fun with the promos and backstage segments they do.
“Also, something that is lost on so many people is it takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable and be affected by something. Just being cognizant about that, which I wasn’t during the first run. Doing improv and saying things. We are having fun, but we also work really hard on the promos. Everything you see on TV, it’s a process.”Â
