10 Ridiculous Wrestling Storylines You Won't Believe Were Pitched

6. The New Day Are Militant Black Heels

As a company largely aiming their product at young children, World Wrestling Entertainment should really know better than to pitch a group posing as militant black racists who feel hard done by in the wrestling world. Let's face it, racism is an angle which seldom works in grappling circles nowadays, it's a hard sell to convince people to invest in such a heavy topic. Before 'The New Day', the group comprising of Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods made their debut, the idea was reworked so that the faction were happy, smiling babyfaces who wanted to excite crowds with their clapping and high-flying moves. As the story goes, that wasn't the original idea. The New Day have transitioned into being entertaining heels, oblivious to fan dislike at their arrogance, but imagine the response had WWE wheeled them out in their prototype form? Similar to The Nation Of Domination from the mid-90's, The New Day were supposed to be more aggressive in their approach, using their skin colour as a means to belittle fans for treating them differently. It's a good thing this idea was scrapped and left on the cutting room floor, because it would have been disastrous.