101 Shocking Wrestling Plans You Won't Believe Almost Happened
60. Adam Hole, Bay Bay!
Daniel Bryan as Lloyd Boner, Steve Austin as Fang McFrost and Mr. Kennedy as Mr. A Hole. All of those things nearly became reality in WWE between the mid-90s and Kennedy's ascent to glory in the mid-2000s. Before he debuted, John Laurinaitis suggested calling him "Adam Hole" (shorted to "A Hole) because it made him laugh.
He argued that it would've fit the abrasive, in-your-face and obnoxious stylings of Kennedy. Fair enough, but was there really a spot at the top of the tree for someone with such a literal and on the nose name? It'd be like calling The Undertaker "D. Ed Mann" instead of The Undertaker, or Doink 'K. Lowen'. OK, maybe not that last one - even Johnny Ace would tut at that nonsense.
Get back on that skateboard you couldn't ride in WCW and beat it, John!
Thankfully, WWE saw sense and went with Mr. Kennedy instead. That opened the way for the man himself to repeat his name ("...Kennedy") after finishing up a promo/interview, which was one of his most charming traits. Seeing him say, "....Hole" wouldn't have landed the same way. Of course, knowing this company, they'd have put him in an onscreen relationship with one of the Divas so she could tell other women to "leave my Hole alone".
Right, this is getting out of hand. It's a good thing nobody brought this up when Adam Cole was signed in 2017. He avoided becoming "Mr. A Cole" or having the "C" changed to "H" so he could take up the Hole role.