10 WWE Gimmicks Wrestlers Refused

3. Ken Anderson's A-Hole

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At one point in time, Ken Anderson looked destined to be a main event player for WWE under his Ken Kennedy moniker. For whatever reason, it never quite worked out like that for the hugely charismatic grappler - but it actually could've been a hell of a lot worse.

Speaking to Wrestling INC, Anderson revealed at one point he was offered the chance to become a character called Adam Hole - or A-Hole, for short.

From Anderson himself:

"I had my meeting with Vince and Stephanie and Kevin Dunn and Johnny Ace, to figure out what my new name was going to be and how we were going to move forward. You know, I started out as Mr. Anderson in the WWE and then, like, three weeks later Vince talked me into changing my name. So we're all sitting around discussing this and he goes, 'Do you have any catchphrases?' And I said yeah, 'Nice guys finish last and thank God I'm an as*hole'. Johnny Ace goes, 'Wait a minute, wait a minute. Well, let's say your name was, like, Adam Hole. Nice guys finish last, thank God I'm an A-Hole.'
Vince looked over at me and he goes, 'What do you think?' I said, 'You know, it's interesting but I feel like that's sort of a flash in the pan-type gimmick that's only going to stick around for a few months, at most'."

Luckily for Ken, Vince completely agreed that this was "a f**king terrible idea" - and thus, Mr. Anderson became Mr. Kennedy.

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