Ryback Reveals Details Behind Unorthodox Brock Lesnar – WrestleMania Angle He Proposed to Vince McMahon

October 18, 2016

Former WWE star Ryback was the recent guest on Busted Open radio, which you can listen to in full at this link.

During the appearance, Ryback talked more about his experience in WWE, leaving the company, comments about him made by CM Punk and more.

Especially of note in the interview is Ryback revealing the details behind an unorthodox angle he proposed to Vince McMahon, which would have culminated in The Big Guy facing Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.

Ryback revealed he went to Vince with the idea, and told him that if built properly, the angle between him and Lesnar could lead to WrestleMania breaking all-time event records. Ryback furthered that the idea would see him leave WWE for about 6 month, and go back to his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada and join an MMA fight camp. Ryback would remain in the fight camp, full-time, for about 6 months, leading fans to believe he was finished with WWE and training full-time for an MMA debut. Instead of having an MMA fight, however, he would return to WWE in a surprise move and challenge Brock Lesnar to a fight at WrestleMania.

Ryback then explained that the idea “went over Vince’s head”, and he questioned whether or not Vince might be out of touch for not biting on the idea which he said he said he had been advocating for nearly three years.

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.