JTG Almost had an Imaginary Friend/Muppet Gimmick
May 10, 2015 17:26:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2015 17:26:02 GMT -5
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JTG's been on a few interview shows this week plugging his new book, and talking about a lot of heat he got, most of which he didn't deserve.
On Dropped Muppet Gimmick
“I thought I was a rich man. I’ll tell you how rich I thought I was. When Vince approved the gimmick, when he told me that he loved it, I took my wife out to Mr. Chow when I got home because I just saw money,” JTG said.
“It was my idea, the Idea stemmed from this character I used to do in promo class. WWE Superstars, before Raw, some Superstars were called in early to the show—like maybe an hour early—and we would have hands-on classes with Vince McMahon and we did promo classes where it was kind of like improv and working on promos.”
“He would give us an exercise where he would say ‘say anything and you have to cut a promo on it.’”
“i can’t remember what word he gave me, but there was a few times where I started talking to myself and it was highly entertaining, and I created a new character with a double personality. His name was Self.”
“The idea was for the muppet to look exactly like me,” JTG said. “The premise behind the whole Self-Muppet idea was for it to be seen and heard by the WWE Universe, but not seen by anybody backstage. For example, if me and you were talking backstage, Self would be insulting you but you couldn’t hear him. Only me and the WWE Universe, he was kind of like my conscience.”
“I thought I was a rich man. I’ll tell you how rich I thought I was. When Vince approved the gimmick, when he told me that he loved it, I took my wife out to Mr. Chow when I got home because I just saw money,” JTG said.
“It was my idea, the Idea stemmed from this character I used to do in promo class. WWE Superstars, before Raw, some Superstars were called in early to the show—like maybe an hour early—and we would have hands-on classes with Vince McMahon and we did promo classes where it was kind of like improv and working on promos.”
“He would give us an exercise where he would say ‘say anything and you have to cut a promo on it.’”
“i can’t remember what word he gave me, but there was a few times where I started talking to myself and it was highly entertaining, and I created a new character with a double personality. His name was Self.”
“The idea was for the muppet to look exactly like me,” JTG said. “The premise behind the whole Self-Muppet idea was for it to be seen and heard by the WWE Universe, but not seen by anybody backstage. For example, if me and you were talking backstage, Self would be insulting you but you couldn’t hear him. Only me and the WWE Universe, he was kind of like my conscience.”
JTG's been on a few interview shows this week plugging his new book, and talking about a lot of heat he got, most of which he didn't deserve.
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