10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Oct 14)
9. James Ellsworth Worded His Own WWE Raw Promo
Bringing back enhancement talent matches regularly was one tweak made to WWE programming post-WWE Draft. The very first episode of Raw following the brand extension featured a rebirth for the monstrous Braun Strowman. Debuting a Reverse Chokeslam, Strowman completely annihilated one James Ellsworth. Curiously, the jobber was allowed to cut a short promo before the match.
In the midst of his brief interview with Byron Saxton in-ring, Ellsworth said that any man with two hands stood a fighting chance against the huge beast he was about to face. There was a spirited feel to the promo, the mic time did a wonderful job of adding context and weight to the beating that was about to come.
Behind the scenes, it was Ellsworth himself who pitched the line to WWE management. Whilst the creative team did want the jobber to talk, writers didn't really have any concrete ideas of what he could say. Speaking to WZ Weekly, Ellsworth himself revealed that it was he who came up with the underdog line.
After some deliberation, management agreed that the 'any man with two hands' line was a good one.