In case you didn’t know…
Since leaving WWE in April 2019, Jon Moxley has been very outspoken about the way that his Dean Ambrose character was booked by Vince McMahon and WWE’s creative team.
One of Moxley’s most notable comments came when he said on ‘Talk Is Jericho’ that he was given a “goofy” promo to read which referred to the people of Los Angeles as “smelly”, “foul” and “disgusting”, while he was also asked to say a line about a “pooper scooper”.
When he attempted to change the wording of his promo that day, Moxley said he received the following memo back from McMahon:
As well as Moxley, other former WWE Superstars, including five-time Intercontinental champion Wade Barrett, have mentioned following their departures from the company that they had to read a word-for-word script and they were not given creative freedom to say what they really wanted.
The heart of the matter
Drew McIntyre has revealed that his promos are not memorised directly from a script and he tries to take the John Cena approach of putting his own spin on his character and promos.
He told Sam Roberts:
The former Raw Tag Team champion added:
What’s next?
Drew McIntyre is set to face Roman Reigns in one of the featured matches at WWE Stomping Grounds on June 23.
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