“It Was So Close”: Former WWE Star Reveals a Bizarre Idea Vince McMahon Was on the Verge of Approving

Vince McMahon was an incredible wrestling promoter. He had an astute business mind which saw him make millions for the WWE wrestlers and the company itself.

Former WWE superstar John Morrison recently commented on the plans McMahon had for him prior to his release and how the “drip sticks” almost became a popular merchandise.

Morrison returned to the WWE in 2020 for a second stint with the company. During his second run, he re-formed the tag team with The Miz and the duo even won the Tag Team Championship for a third time. They also wrestled a tag team match against Grammy winner Bad Bunny and Damien Priest at WrestleMania 37.

Recently, Morrison revealed that McMahon actually wanted to sell ‘drip sticks’

Vince McMahon liked Morrison’s drip stick idea

During an appearance on “The Ten Count” podcast, Morrison said he was looking to alter his entrance to include the use of “drip sticks”.

Morrison explained McMahon saw the idea of selling “drip sticks” as great, but it had to be eventually shot down.

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The former tag team champion said, “First of all, I wrote, ‘I’m gonna moisten someone up with my drip stick,’ you know, in a promo as it’s kind of a joke. So Vince reads that and goes like, ‘Drip stick? We’re gonna make a fortune on these drip sticks. He loves it”. 

He further explained the reason the idea was dropped. “I wanted to have my entrance and then stand in the turnbuckle and everyone shoot me with the drip sticks. It was going in that direction until people realized the arena then would be soaking wet and the water would be everywhere. And then [Vince] decided we can’t sell drip sticks. It was so close, but I think that would have put it over the top.”

Morrison introduced the “drip stick” and WWE even filed a trademark of the same name. He also took the moniker of ‘Johnny Drip-Drip’ and used a ‘drip stick’, but it never became part of an official merchandise.

It is no surprise that the ex-WWE CEO almost approved of this bizarre idea. WWE fans are no stranger to seeing such over the top gimmicks on TV before.

Surely, the ‘drip stick’ would’ve been one of their more outlandish ideas. Would it have worked? What do you think?

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