Jim Ross Refutes Report of Gay Brock Lesnar Character Pitch, Chris Jericho Trains with the Tough Enough Contestants (Photos & Video)

By Nick Paglino

Jim Ross Refutes Report of Gay Brock Lesnar Character Pitch

Last week, the Wrestling Observer reported that a pitch was once made in WWE for Brock Lesnar to debut as a gay character on WWE TV, and the idea was later shot down.

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Jim Ross posted the following comment on the Q&A section of JRsBarBQ.com in response to the report:

“Another ridiculous tale from the IWC. That one is truly absurd.”

As noted, former WWE writer Seth Mates also took to Twitter to refute certain aspects of the story, noting that some of the information reported by The Wrestling Observer was incorrect.

Chris Jericho Trains with the Tough Enough Contestants

The following has been posted on Twitter, featuring Chris Jericho training with the WWE Tough Enough crew today. Jericho also spent the night in the Tough Enough barracks with the contestants:

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.

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