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Former WWE Superstar Matt Morgan recently shared insights about Vince McMahon's decision to give him a stuttering gimmick in 2005. McMahon pitched the idea, highlighting the contrast between Morgan's physical presence and a verbal imperfection. Despite Morgan's background in public speaking, he questioned the logic of the gimmick, but McMahon was insistent.
Morgan actually revealed that McMahon had initially considered giving the stuttering gimmick to Brock Lesnar before settling on Morgan. He said,
"He goes, 'Could you imagine? You, six feet, whatever you are, six ten, six eleven, you've all these physical, body perfections, and you have that Achilles' heel to you that nobody sees coming. And you start to stutter.' And I'm like, 'With respect sir, I graduated top of my class in college with a public speaking degree. Are you sure?"
He continued, "Vince trying to sell the stuttering character, he actually wanted to put this on Brock Lesnar as God as my witness. He wanted to find somebody that's jacked and has all these great physical attributes. That looks like a warrior as he put it. But that when they opened their mouth there was this verbal imperfection. Coach, we could have had 'The next Big Stutterer.'"
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