Bully Ray Pitches The WORST IDEA EVER For Top WWE Babyface (WWE News)

Bully Ray thinks it's about time one of WWE's best promo men lost his voice. The Hall Of Famer pitched via a recent edition of Busted Open Radio that LA Knight stop talking completely. No, it's nothing to do with Triple H creatively campaigning against one of his best babyfaces for absolutely no reason, and more to do with Bully thinking LA's fans would "feel sympathetic for him" if he couldn't cut his usual promos on the live mic.

Ray has described this as "a blood feud". He reckons it'd be a fabulous idea if someone else on the WWE roster "put [a] steel chair on his neck - take another steel chair and smack it into the legs of that steel chair, and drive the lip of the chair into his larynx, crushing his larynx. So, he can’t talk anymore".

Obviously, that'd remove what's arguably Knight's biggest asset: His wildly popular "YEAH" catchphrase and some of his cutting comments over the microphone. Bully then believes it'd be cool if a heel "makes fun of him" for being unable to address the people. Instead, fans in attendance at WWE shows would have to shout "L...A...Knight...YEAH!" for him, because he couldn't.

According to the ex-Dudley Boy, "The people would f***ing blow" once LA finally started speaking again, especially if WWE managed to build anticipation for that moment.

Opinion: There Is Some Merit To Bully's Pitch (No, Really!)

Despite the title, there are definitely worse ideas than this one in wrestling history. Seriously, hyperbole aside, there is at least some merit to Ray's pitch. The big burning question is whether or not there's any point to it, but that could easily be argued for a lot of things in the industry anyway!

Kane earned huge pops during the 'Attitude Era' when he finally started talking (aided with a voice box at first). Infamously, Vince Russo also planned to make Edge a mute character who just didn't cut promos at all before the future 'Rated-R Superstar' debuted back in 1998. In other words (ahem), workers who don't really speak is nothing new for the biz.

Bully's plot does have a twist though, because it'd strip away a part of the show WWE fans greatly enjoy. They'd be teased and teased with the prospect of Knight's promos coming back, then they'd get to revel in that moment with one of their favourites.

Hmm, who are we kidding? It's a tough sell to make this sound passable. That balance is vital though. After all, this is a company that once had wrestlers fight over bracelets, shampoo ads and even a ring jacket. Perhaps nothing is off limits creatively.