Original Higher Power idea was Christopher Daniels

[héad.casé]

On the subject of The Corporate Ministry, Prichard said that rumors claiming that 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase and Jake 'The Snake' Roberts were originally meant to be The Higher Power are false. Rather, Christopher Daniels was Vince Russo's pick to be The Higher Power; however, McMahon nixed those plans because he thought Daniels was too small for the role.

"The original idea was 'The Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels. And then Vince saw him and said, 'absolutely not'. [McMahon did not like Daniels'] size. [He] just didn't see it." Prichard continued, "Chris was working out in California and Chris was working indies and different things an I was a big fan of Chris Daniels too at the time. I liked the 'Fallen Angel' gimmick and I want to say we had Chris under a developmental deal for a little while. [He] just didn't see it. He just looked at him and he didn't see it. He was dead from the get-go."

Prichard suggested that Daniels' height was the primary problem, as being "juiced to the gills" as podcast co-host Conrad Thompson put it, would not have changed McMahon's opinion.

"Height, height, height, and again, first impressions of Vince looking at him. And I don't know where Vince saw him or what the presentation was at all, but all of a sudden, it was, 'nope, not him - don't have anything for him.'"

www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/0106/620965/bruce-prichard-on-who-was-slated-to-be-the-higher-power-and-why/

[Mozenrath]

I love Daniels, but I get the feeling that'd have gone over pretty terribly.

[Push R Truth]

I prefer my belief that it was supposed to be Green DX Kane

[Pushed to the Moon]

I like the thought of Daniels being backstage in the robe and Vince seeing him and saying "Him?! f*** it I'll do it myself!" and ripping it off him and storming out to the ring.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

He was....what? 20?

[Jacy Derangement Syndrome]

Jan 6, 2017 15:47:33 GMT -5 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger said:

He was....what? 20?

It's Christopher Daniels, he was at least 135 years old at this point.

[msc]

Daniels has his moments but the 1999 WWF crowd would have shit on that.

[chronocross]

I like Daniels but I couldn't see that working at the time, it would have ended horribly.

[Bo Rida]

Sounds like it was made by names being thrown into one of those automatic newz generators. I got:

On the subject of The Nexus, Bob Backlund said that rumors claiming that Booker T and Scott hall were originally meant to be The Bigger Picture are false. Rather, Chad Gable was William Regal's pick to be The Bigger Picture; however, Pat Patterson nixed those plans because he thought Gables was too small for the role.

"The original idea was 'The Bigger Picture' Chad Gable. And then Pat saw him and said, 'absolutely not'. [Pat Patterson did not like Gables'] size. [He] just didn't see it." Bob Backlund continued, "Chad was working out in California and Chad was working indies and different things an I was a big fan of Chad Gables too at the time. I liked the 'Bigger Picture' gimmick and I want to say we had Chad under a developmental deal for a little while. [He] just didn't see it. He just looked at him and he didn't see it. He was dead from the get-go."

Bob Backlund suggested that Gables' height was the primary problem, as being "juiced to the gills" as podcast co-host Conrad Thompson put it, would not have changed Pat Patterson's opinion.

"Height, height, height, and again, first impressions of Pat looking at him. And I don't know where Pat saw him or what the presentation was at all, but all of a sudden, it was, 'nope, not him - don't have anything for him.'"

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Did he even have the Fallen Angel gimmick back in '99?

[thecrusherwi]

The only thing worse than it being the beyond-obvious choice of Vince, is selecting a guy that no one had ever heard of at the time. That would've been a disaster.

[thegame415]

-after reading this, I'm actually happy it was Vince. I never got the love for Daniels. Let alone, who the hell even knew who he was?

[Deleted]

They cut to the back and see Taker in a dark room talking to a guy sitting there facing the other way Dr. Claw style. All you really see is an arm holding what appears to be an Appletini.

[BorneAgain]

It it had been Bad Influence era Christopher Daniels, with him taking down the hood, screaming "It's me Austin!" followed by Appletini sip, the WWF boom period probably would been extended another couple of years.

[Renslayer]

he more I think of it, the more I've come to the conclusion that nobody would've been a good pick for the Higher Power. Dibiase couldn't wrestle anymore. Trusting Jake with that could've had disastrous consequences. No one (well, at least I didn't) knew who Daniels was in 99. It shouldn't have been Vince. They were in a true no win situation

[Mister Pigwell]

Jan 6, 2017 15:47:33 GMT -5 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger said:

He was....what? 20?

Wiki has him listed as born in '70, so he was almost pushing 30 at the time.

Dude is deceptively old.

[Mozenrath]

Jan 6, 2017 16:51:02 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

Jan 6, 2017 15:47:33 GMT -5 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger said:

He was....what? 20?

Wiki has him listed as born in '70, so he was almost pushing 30 at the time.

Dude is deceptively old.

Even in like 2005 or whatever, Punk and Samoa Joe would call him Grandpa Daniels in their shoot, along with calling his daughter Cactus because of Punk not knowing how to hold a baby right, so Daniels chastised him not to hold her like she was a cactus.

[ben:friendship frog]

It should have been The Jackyl imo

[Mister Pigwell]

Damn he's only 5 years younger than Taker.
I'm both shocked Daniels is that old and Taker is that young.

[BlackoutCreature]

I like Daniels, but this would've been a disaster. With the build-up for it fans were expecting somebody with name value to them. Daniels was a nobody at the time, and size or not, he doesn't exactly have a look that's gonna wow people out of the gate.