If Summerslam 2014 went according to original plans

[Jindrak Mark]

Yeah yeah yeah Daniel Bryan gets squashed by Brock instead of Cena. But also the Wyatt Family would have faced Cena, Big Show and...Justin Bieber.

I'm surprised I've barely heard about this but according to Big Show it came close to happening.

Speaking on Talk is Jericho last year, Paul Wight (formerly Big Show) explained that he was going to team with Bieber at SummerSlam eight years ago.

The former WWE Champion said that the plan for was him to team with Justin Bieber and John Cena to take on The Wyatt Family in a big celebrity match on the show:

"Years ago, for one of the SummerSlams in LA, I had worked out with a very good friend who was working with Scooter Braun and Justin Bieber. It was going to be John Cena, The Big Show and Justin Bieber vs The Wyatts at SummerSlam.

Paul Wight spoke about just how big the deal was, noting that Bieber "was excited and wanted to work" with WWE:

"Bieber was on board. He was excited and wanted to work out with John and I. This was a really, really big deal.”

The match didn't end up happening, with Wight explaining that despite being one of the most recognisable faces on the planet, someone in WWE didn't think Bieber would relate to the audience:

“One of the people that were making decisions said, ‘I just don’t see how Justin Bieber is going to relate to our audience.’ It’s like, does anyone not see the amount of eyes that Justin Bieber would bring to that match? I think WWE offered to help promote his album or something.

That is somehow even more random than Umaga v Jackass in terms of celeb Summerslam matches that fell through.

I'm trying to imagine the spooky Wyatts selling a dropkick or something from Biebs. It would probably be more surreal than seeing Hogan writhing in pain from a Jay Leno armbar.

[HIM]

That would have been terrible. That's one of Bieber's worst years. Dude was in his prime in 2015 but 2014? Man was getting punched by Orlando Bloom and shit.

[Jindrak Mark]

Mar 11, 2024 20:43:54 GMT -5 HIM said:

That would have been terrible. That's one of Bieber's worst years. Dude was in his prime in 2015 but 2014? Man was getting punched by Orlando Bloom and shit.

The crowd would have hated him with a passion. It's just a question of if they thought the publicity it would get would be worth the live crowds shitting all over it.

I just remembered Daniel Bryan v Charlie Sheen is another celeb match that almost happened at a Summerslam in 2012.

[ChitownKnight]

Mar 11, 2024 20:47:45 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Mar 11, 2024 20:43:54 GMT -5 HIM said:

That would have been terrible. That's one of Bieber's worst years. Dude was in his prime in 2015 but 2014? Man was getting punched by Orlando Bloom and shit.

The crowd would have hated him with a passion. It's just a question of if they thought the publicity it would get would be worth the live crowds shitting all over it.

I just remembered Daniel Bryan v Charlie Sheen is another celeb match that almost happened at a Summerslam in 2012.

They could have had Bieber come in as a heel. Works for Logan Paul

[fg]

Mar 11, 2024 20:47:45 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Mar 11, 2024 20:43:54 GMT -5 HIM said:

That would have been terrible. That's one of Bieber's worst years. Dude was in his prime in 2015 but 2014? Man was getting punched by Orlando Bloom and shit.

The crowd would have hated him with a passion. It's just a question of if they thought the publicity it would get would be worth the live crowds shitting all over it.

I just remembered Daniel Bryan v Charlie Sheen is another celeb match that almost happened at a Summerslam in 2012.

That latter match would have been bad.

So us fans were WINNING when we didn’t get that one. Hehehe (Remember Charlie Sheens old catchphrase from 10 years ago?)

[Jindrak Mark]

Mar 11, 2024 20:59:23 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Mar 11, 2024 20:47:45 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

The crowd would have hated him with a passion. It's just a question of if they thought the publicity it would get would be worth the live crowds shitting all over it.

I just remembered Daniel Bryan v Charlie Sheen is another celeb match that almost happened at a Summerslam in 2012.

They could have had Bieber come in as a heel. Works for Logan Paul

I'm not sure Bieber or his team would've agreed to him being a heel but him being a little prick and hiding behind heel wrestlers like Kevin Federline did would've probably gotten the babyface who kicked his ass huge pops.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Mar 11, 2024 20:43:54 GMT -5 HIM said:

That would have been terrible. That's one of Bieber's worst years. Dude was in his prime in 2015 but 2014? Man was getting punched by Orlando Bloom and shit.

The Bieber turnaround didn’t start until he dropped “Cold Water” with Major Lazer. That’s when he broke from babyish bubblegum into more club friendly music.

[HIM]

Mar 11, 2024 21:13:19 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Mar 11, 2024 20:43:54 GMT -5 HIM said:

That would have been terrible. That's one of Bieber's worst years. Dude was in his prime in 2015 but 2014? Man was getting punched by Orlando Bloom and shit.

The Bieber turnaround didn’t start until he dropped “Cold Water” with Major Lazer. That’s when he broke from babyish bubblegum into more club friendly music.

It took a while for him to break out of his old image. I think in our generation we hadn't seen kids mature to adults musically in that way at that level but hey he did it.

Reminds me of what people back in the day thought of MJ when he went from the Jackson 5/Jacksons to being a solo star. I wonder if it was jarring for them.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Mar 11, 2024 21:32:55 GMT -5 HIM said:

Mar 11, 2024 21:13:19 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

The Bieber turnaround didn’t start until he dropped “Cold Water” with Major Lazer. That’s when he broke from babyish bubblegum into more club friendly music.

It took a while for him to break out of his old image. I think in our generation we hadn't seen kids mature to adults musically in that way at that level but hey did it.

Reminds me of what people back in the day thought of MJ when he went from the Jackson 5/Jacksons to being a solo star. I wonder if it was jarring for them.

As much as MJ grew to hate the press, the Jacksons were lucky in that era not to have a TMZ following them around in the late 70s and early 80s, and plus their image was extremely tightly controlled, so things like Joe and Katherine’s marriage problems and Michael wanting to go solo wasn’t in the headlines as much as Bieber’s public mental breakdown did.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I remember this rumour at the time, and I 100% agree with the person in the company who said the fans would have hated it and him

That said it likely would have got a lot of attention

[Cvslfc123]

As if the Wyatt Family's aura needed to be destroyed any more by Cena.

[ben:friendship frog]

Bray trying to brainwash the Beliebers would have been some excellent television.

Cena, Beiber and Big Show in 2014? The Wyatt Family would have been over like Austin in 98.

[Savage Gambino]

Mar 12, 2024 3:10:29 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

I remember this rumour at the time, and I 100% agree with the person in the company who said the fans would have hated it and him

That said it likely would have got a lot of attention

To compare it to Umaga vs the Jackass crew, at least there's some overlap between people who like wrestling and people who like Jackass. There's almost no overlap between people who liked Justin Bieber in 2014 and people who like wrestling. Hell, if there was any overlap, it would be between people who hated Bieber in 2014 and people who like wrestling, but there was no way either side was letting him work as a heel.

Yeah, I'm with the nameless WWE exec on this one, it just wouldn't have worked.