10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Oct 13)

5. Carmella Pitched The James Ellsworth Alliance To WWE Creative

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James Ellsworth has Carmella to thank for extending his unlikely WWE run. Maybe WWE's creative team would've come up with something for the chinless wonder following his involvement in the AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose feud last year anyway, but there were no guarantees. James must be thankful then for Carmella's intervention.

On WWE's European tour last November, Carmella approached Ellsworth and said she wanted to pitch a storyline to creative that would see her and James join forces as friends. Ellsworth was all ears, likely because he knew that prolonging his stay on the main roster would be tough after wrapping up his current story.

Ellsworth revealed that it was Carmella who proposed the alliance on Jerry Lawler's Dinner With The King podcast this week. Those goofy segments during which 'Mella and Jimmy' visited clothing stores didn't come from WWE's writing team. They were actually Carmella's ideas.

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