FRANCINE REVEALS THE INSANE GIMMICK WWE OFFERED HER
- 01/29/2009 (12:58:46 pm)
- WorldWrestlingInsanity
LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER HER DEBUT, WHY SHE TURNED THEM DOWN AND MORE
FRANCINE REVEALS THE INSANE GIMMICK WWE OFFERED HER LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER HE DEBUT, WHY SHE TURNED THEM DOWN, AND MORE
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com
She's the undisputed Queen of Extreme. Now, as she embarks on the most extreme path any woman can take - motherhood - the lovely Francine has joined ClubWWI.com for an uncut 40 minute shoot that any fan of ECW can't miss.
Francine is well known for being a trendsetter for the age of beautiful women in the business who weren't just pretty faces. The first graduate of ECW's House of Hardcore training school has plenty to say about her past in the business. From her first day of training to her last day of WWE, Fran hits every high point and low point from her career on ClubWWI.com including: What Vince McMahon Admitted To Her About ECW, The Angle WWF Pitched Her in 2001, Why She Turned Them Both Down, Which McMahon Was An ECW Fan, How Paul Heyman Got Her on WWE TV, What The Office Said About It, Hiding In WWE's Locker Room With a Book, New ECW vs. Original ECW, Why She Never Would Have Left ECW, Loyalty In Wrestling, Her Pregnancy, Rick Rude, Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sensational Sherri, Tod Gordon, Staten Island Supersign and More.
One subject that comes up often on Club interviews is original gimmicks. In this case, James Guttman20asked Francine about WWE. Why did she never jump from ECW to join them? Was she ever approached? If so, what was the pitch? The Queen of Extreme explained the first time New York came calling….
"I didn't care if they offered me $10,000,000. I always wanted to stay with ECW. As a matter of fact, less than a year - I wasn't even with ECW for a year - and WWF was calling me because they wanted me to do a thing with Brother Love. The pitch was that they were going to call me "Sister Love" and paint me red. I was just going to walk with Bruce Prichard (Brother Love) to the ring. And the guy - it was so long ago - it might have been Ed Cohen. He's not there anymore, the man I was dealing with, and he would call me and say, 'We're always using models who are just in town. Why not just use the same girl over and over. And we heard good things about you.' And I was still really really green. I don't think I was in the business a year and I was still at my other job. And when I was at my other job, they would call and talk to my mom. My mom would say, 'Oh. That guy Ed called. He's such a nice guy. Maybe you should leave ECW. There's more money to be made in WWF. ' And how do you explain? My mom knew nothing about the business. I'd say, 'I like it here. I'm just getting accepted here.' …and that was the first time I was called."
Francine went on to explain the second=2 0time WWE came calling in 2001 after ECW's demise and the angle they wanted her to work. You can hear it all in her uncut 40 minute ClubWWI.com shoot!
Aside from Francine over 150 star interviews are available on ClubWWI.com for less than five dollars a month. Among the other guests you can hear from are: Jesse Ventura, Bobby Lashley, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler, Vince Russo, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch, Eric Bischoff, Nikita Koloff, Nunzio, Dangerous Danny Davis, Ronnie Garvin, Jim Mitchell, Ahmed Johnson, Bobby Heenan, Terri Runnels, Kevin Nash, The Iron Sheik, Balls Mahoney, Sid Vicious, Paul Bearer, Brian Knobbs, Bruno Sammartino, Bryan Clark, Sean Mooney, Scott D'Amore, Tito Santana, Al Snow, Tod Gordon, JJ Dillon, Charlie Haas, Tom Prichard, Jacques Rougeau, Paul Roma, Jim Powers, Tammy Sytch, Too Cold Scorpio, The Honky Tonk Man, Ole Anderson, Kid Kash, Ivan Koloff, Jackie Gayda, Mr. Hughes, Scotty 2 Hotty, Dawn Marie, John Heidenreich, Jimmy Hart, Jimmy Valiant, Rick Martel, Bad News Brown, Nick Bockwinkel, Dory Funk Jr, Diamond Dallas Page, Rob Conway, Sylvain Grenier, Mike Bucci, Samu, Erik Watts, Buff Bagwell, Christian Cage, Jazz, Demolition Ax and Smash, Koko B. Ware, Ricky Morton, Lance Russell, Bruce Hart, Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes, Damian Demento, Fred "Shockmaster" Ottman, Justin Credible, Cpl. Kirchner, One Man Gang, Scott Steiner, Shawn Stasiak, Ted DiBiase, Ivory, Chris Masters, Elix Skipper, Kamala, Samoa Joe, Giant Bernard, Bill DeMott, Juvi "Juice" Guerrera, Nora "Molly Holly" Greenwald, Ni ck Dinsmore, Harley Race, Bull Buchanan, D-Lo Brown, Road Warrior Animal, Missing Link, Rikishi, Slick, Nidia, George Steele, Christy Hemme, Disco Inferno, Paul Ellering, Vito, Steve Blackman, Bushwhacker Luke, AJ Styles, Chris Daniels, Dennis Stamp, Shawn Daivari, Kevin Sullivan, B.G. James, Ron Killings, Zach Gowan, Dan Severn, Earl and Dave Hebner, Baron Von Raschke, Spike Dudley, Rodney Mack, Downtown Bruno, Larry Zybszko, Rick Steiner, Mae Young, and many, more.
James Guttman's second book, "World Wrestling Insanity Presents: Shoot First…Ask Questions Later," is available at www.BarnesandNoble.com or wherever books or sold.
Tags:
