Luke Harper (aka Brodie Lee) was recently a guest on Chris Jericho’s podcast, Talk is Jericho. During the podcast, Jericho and Harper discussed how difficult it is to pitch ideas to Vince McMahon while he is eating. Below are some of the highlights from the interview (via 411 Mania).
Chris Jericho first shared a story about pitching an idea to Vince while he was eating a steak. Here is what Jericho said:
“You learn something about the timing of when to go into Vince’s office. I had one of the greatest ideas I’d ever come up with. It actually involved The Wyatt Family. I won’t get into the whole thing, but for Summerslam, it was Shawn Michaels, and Wyatt Family attacks me, and there was no one I could trust except for the one man I know I could go to the death with, and [I] call Shawn Michaels. I had it all plotted out, and Vince, when I pitched it to him, was eating a steak, and I had asked three different people, ‘Has he eaten already?!’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Has he eaten already?!’ ‘Yes.’ As soon as I got in there, he was extra hungry that day and started eating a second meal. And he was not paying attention to anything. I gave him the whole thing. Silence. He just looks up to me and goes, ‘Bad cow.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ ‘Bad cow. This steak is tough.’ I’m like, ‘What about my great idea?’ He’s like, ‘What else you got?’ I should’ve known!”
Luke Harper then spoke about his experience pitching ideas to Vince while he was eating:
“I’ve pitched many a things to him where he’s just chowing down on a salad or something, and like you hand it to him, ‘Yup. I’ll look at these on the plane.’ And you walk out, you’re like, ‘You’re not gonna f***ing look at those.’”
Jericho joked that if Harper had gone in 20 minutes later or earlier, Vince would have said that it was a great idea. Harper responded by saying:
“Exactly, and that’s just the thing. I used to have people tell me too, like, ‘Hey man, he literally just got in there. He’s not eating anymore.’ And then you run in there, and it’s like, nope, he’s eating again. [Jericho mentions someone else might be there, like Triple H] There’s always something going on.”
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On a related note, Harper recently revealed two ideas that Vince McMahon shot down for his character. You can read more about that here.
