Doudrop Details Vince McMahon's Initial Pitch For Her WWE Character

"Oh man, you have completely stunned me with that."

by Andrew Pollard
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In a recent interview with Wrestling Inc., WWE superstar Doudrop has detailed Vince McMahon's initial pitch for her main roster character.

Of course, as Piper Niven, Doudrop had been in the WWE system since early 2019. Upon her arrival to the Raw brand in June of last year, though, McMahon wanted the Scot to embrace her happy, dancing side.

As Doudrop explained:

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"It was really funny because he wanted me to come out and dance. I was like, 'I don't know if you looked all up in that CV, but it did not say dancer'. I was kind of like, 'What am I doing? I don't like this'. Then one day I got backstage and he goes, 'Goddammit, I see you out there shaking your ass all afternoon. Why can't you do it out there [in the ring]?'

The former Viper continued on:

"I was like, 'You've absolutely got me over a barrel there', because seeing me when I am rehearsing... When he said that, he was like, 'I just want the people to see your personality that we see back here'. I was like, 'Oh man, you have completely stunned me with that'. I totally got what he meant, and from that point that's when I started to get more comfortable with jumping around and dancing."

That main roster bow for Doudrop would seen her introduced as the muscle for Eva Marie's 'cup of coffee' return to the company, before she eventually split from the Red Queen and embarked on her own path.

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As for that path, a heel turn soon followed when Doudrop attacked Bianca Belair. Whilst her battles with Belair went in favour of the E.S.T., Doudrop did recently find herself challenging for the Raw Women's Championship at this past weekend's Royal Rumble premium live event. There, she came up short against Becky Lynch, with Big Time Becks hitting a second-rope Manhandle Slam to put away her opponent.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.