Undertaker Nixed WWE Storyline For Michelle McCool

WWE’s backstage atmosphere is all about politics, and this story is no exception. Freddie Prinze Jr worked as a writer in WWE for a bit, and he has a lot of stories to tell now that he has safely created distance from Vince McMahon’s company.

During Wrestling With Freddie, the Scooby-Doo actor recalled one time when he was working on a story, but it was canned. Michael Hayes had to inform Prinze that Michelle McCool talked to her significant other and then he spoke to Vince McMahon about things. That led to the story being nixed.

“He [Hayes] goes, ‘Well, Michelle said that you and her talked and she didn’t really like the story, so it’s gone,’” Prinze Jr. said. “He goes, ‘Freddie, she talked to Undertaker, Undertaker talked to Vince, the story’s gone.”

Prinze didn’t totally leave the pro wrestling world. He is going to open his own promotion and has a plan of action. Generating funds for that venture also encouraged him to take more acting gigs.

The Undertaker had a significant amount of pull in the WWE locker room back in the day. The same is likely true now, even though he isn’t around nearly as much as he used to. It just goes to show that it’s all about who you know.

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