JBL has remembered his interactions with the late AEW star Pac, and the plan that Vince McMahon had for him in WWE.
Following Pac’s unhappy passing, JBL recalled on the “One thing to Wrestle” podcast how nice a wrestler he was, in addition to McMahon’s authentic plan for him. The Corridor of Famer mentioned that McMahon wished Pac to painting the superhero cartoon character Mighty Mouse, however this plan could not come to fruition as a result of presence of Rey Mysterio, whom he believes was WWE’s equal of Mighty Mouse.
“Yeah, I actually loved Neville. I at all times referred to as him Neville, so I by no means was used to calling him Ben,” JBL mentioned. “When Neville got here in, man, he was unbelievable. I imply, simply unreal. You understand, Vince cherished Mighty Mouse, and he wished Neville to be Mighty Mouse, however he already had one in Rey Mysterio.”
JBL mentioned that Pac would’ve been the proper match for a Mighty Mouse character in WWE. The WWE Corridor of Famer additionally touched upon Pac’s recognition throughout his early years within the firm, recalling how he garnered an enormous variety of social media impressions, and echoed the feelings of a lot of his friends by praising Pac’s character.
“And I keep in mind a number of occasions within the conferences, , desirous to place Neville extra as Mighty Mouse, which clearly he is good for that. You understand, it was one thing that he may have finished that, that superhero, the superhero that might do issues. He was good for that,” he added. “I used to be sitting there in the future [in the creative meeting], they usually talked about how a lot [social media] impressions he was getting. He was getting double the impressions of everyone else when he got here in. Neville was a world-class expertise and a very good man. Neville was at all times so nice to speak to.”
Pac walked out of WWE in 2017 earlier than a “WWE Uncooked” present, and reviews from the time instructed that his determination displeased McMahon.
