Hornswoggle was first introduced to the WWE Universe as “Little Bastard,” and that gimmick transitioned itself into the Swoggle character we know today. There was a plan for a big twist for Little Bastard’s storyline, one where he wouldn’t be a bastard again, because Vince McMahon was supposed to be his father.
While speaking to Wrestling News, Swoggle explained how that WWE angle was nixed. It all circled around his suspension after popping dirty on a wellness policy exam.
“The only reason that I didn’t end up becoming the son was I got suspended literally like five days before they were going to do the reveal in Green Bay, because the reveal ended up happening in Green Bay.
“I got suspended. I was part of that Signature Pharmacy (story). There was like, nine or ten of us that got busted for getting performance-enhancing supplements off an internet website, which kind of wasn’t how that all went down.
“I remember that particular instance. I came home. They had already told me a few months before, Stephanie had come up to me and said, ‘Hey, we’re gonna do this thing. I want Vince to tell you. Vince thinks this is going to be good. He’s excited about it. I went in and he pitched me the whole idea. ‘We’re gonna have this big investigation and you’re gonna be my son.’
I flew home on a Wednesday. I got a call from Johnny’s secretary in the office. ‘Hey you need to come to the airport to come to Stamford. Vince wants to talk to you.’
I go back to the airport and fly back to Stanford. A car picks me up and I go to Titan Towers. There’s eight other guys in the office.
He said, ‘We instituted this Wellness Policy. On such and such a date, it says here that you received some growth hormone.’ I was like, ‘It says in our policy that you’re not allowed to order this stuff off the internet. I didn’t order it off the internet. I saw a doctor.’“Well, the doctor ended up ordering it off the internet, so they suspended me for 30 days and fined me $10,000.”
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We’ll never know how WWE would be different today if Swoggle was, in fact, revealed as Vince McMahon’s son.
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