10 Rejected Wrestler Names WWE ACTUALLY Pitched
2. Adam Hole (Mr Kennedy)
John Laurinaitis signed the wrong one-legged wrestler, took Jim Ross' remarkable Talent Relations legacy and lost an entire generation of wrestlers with his own warped version of it, and once pitched Adam Hole as a wrestler's name because it would read like "A-Hole" and that might make a few people laugh once.
The creative team had agreed that Ken Anderson was an a*shole, see, and, in conjunction with Anderson himself all got together to try and label a performer that was fast becoming a Vince McMahon pet project.
Jim Ross revealed Laurinaitis' inane suggestion during an episode of his podcast centred around the man that eventually became Mr Kennedy. The name - inspired by McMahon's middle name - would have taken on greater significance had the company managed to get through the father and son storyline between them in the middle of a nightmarish 2007. Utlimately, it became something Kennedy had to leave behind when he departed WWE two years later.
Something about the original pitch must have stuck too - Mr Anderson embraced being an a*shole as a key part of his persona upon signing with TNA.