"Stephanie liked the ia" - When WWE discsed bookg Brock Lnar as a gay character

Contents:

• WWE NEWS: BROCK LNAR'S CHARACTER ULD HAVE BEEN GAY AS PER FORMER WWE WRER
• BROCK LNAR WAS ALMOST GAY
• WWE ONCE DISCSED BOOKG BROCK LNAR AS A GAY CHARACTER
• "STEPHANIE LIKED THE IA" - WHEN WWE DISCSED BOOKG BROCK LNAR AS A GAY CHARACTER
• WWE ALMOST MA FAMO WRTLER BROCK LNAR GAY
• REPORT: WWE ONCE PCHED AN IA FOR BROCK LNAR TO DEBUT AS A GAY CHARACTER ON TELEVISN
• BROCK LNAR ORIGALLY SUPPOSED TO PLAY "TOUGH GUY GAY" CHARACTER?
• BROCK LNAR WAS TO HAVE GAY WWE CHARACTER
• ALISTAIR OVEREEM LLS WWE “GAY” AMID BROCK LNAR RETURN

WWE NEWS: BROCK LNAR'S CHARACTER ULD HAVE BEEN GAY AS PER FORMER WWE WRER

As far back as 2002, WWE had plans to make Brock Lnar an openly gay character, but their blueprt was way more progrsive than you'd expect.

While the plan was to always build Lnar as a domant force wh WWE, apparently the ia of makg The Beast a homosexual wrtler was legimately discsed.

BROCK LNAR WAS ALMOST GAY

Havg Lnar pict a gay man on WWE televisn would have been an addn to the character he was already playg—if you n ll his current persona a character and not jt an extensn of himself—stead of an alternative.

WWE ONCE DISCSED BOOKG BROCK LNAR AS A GAY CHARACTER

Intertgly enough, Lnar wouldn't monstrate any stereotyp that are attached to beg gay.

"STEPHANIE LIKED THE IA" - WHEN WWE DISCSED BOOKG BROCK LNAR AS A GAY CHARACTER

Solomon revealed he me up wh the ia for Lnar to play the role of an openly gay ass kicker. The boss's dghter thought that addg a homosexual angle to their product would make the pany appear more progrsive.

WWE ALMOST MA FAMO WRTLER BROCK LNAR GAY

Instead, a watered-down versn of the gimmick was eventually ed on Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo what eventually played out as a very offensive angle that saw both characters adm they were not gay.

While hearg the news that this homosexual Brock Lnar angle was discsed 15 years ago, may be a blsg disguise that the ia never saw the light of day.

Although Brian Solomon clearly had the bt of tentns and claimed that Lnar would not have monstrated some of the offensive stereotyp that are associated wh gay men, 's likely that others the pany back then uldn't be tsted to be que as tactful. In a recent terview that former WWE wrer Brian Solomon had wh the Wrtlg Observer, Solomon revealed that he pched an ia to Stephanie McMahon about Brock Lnar's character beg gay.

REPORT: WWE ONCE PCHED AN IA FOR BROCK LNAR TO DEBUT AS A GAY CHARACTER ON TELEVISN

Solomon stated that Lnar wouldn't exhib any of the stereotyp of certa gay men such as "prancg around", but would be a plete a** kicker. Acrdg to Solomon, Stephanie liked the ia of a "strong gay character" as would make the WWE look good wh the progrsive muny. There's a good si and a bad si to the ia of Lnar's character beg gay.

Is Brock Lnar Gay? Siarly, you should not make homophobic ments, pecially when there is a microphone ont of your face.

It has created a pletely new dimensn through which homophobia and other exampl of ignorance n be intified and shamed. Wh all this md, athlet still make homophobic ments terviews and via Twter and other social media outlets. Here is our list of twenty athlet who have monstrated textbook homophobia.

BROCK LNAR ORIGALLY SUPPOSED TO PLAY "TOUGH GUY GAY" CHARACTER?

This may be a dishonorable mentn and isn't directly homophobic, but Matt Mrne lived up to his nickname "meathead" when he went off on transgenr fighter Fallon Fox 2013.

Whether or not you're a champn boxer, you still n't get away wh anythg remotely homophobic.

BROCK LNAR WAS TO HAVE GAY WWE CHARACTER

He was mis-quoted some publitns as havg quoted a le om the Book of Levic that said gay men should be put to ath; he had not. He ma a homophobic remark back 2012 when he tweeted:. " Not the bt rponse to accatns of gay bashg.

The gay F-bomb, not the curse word. He may have been one of the bt guards of all time, but even Iverson isn't above takg some flack over a homophobic a seri of them.

ALISTAIR OVEREEM LLS WWE “GAY” AMID BROCK LNAR RETURN

His rhym were also scribed as highly misogynistic, so much like most of rap, offend gays and women. In a heated exchange of words wh a ller to the show, he ed the words "gay-ass f*****".

He would later apologize to the gay and lbian muni along wh listeners, but kept his head high through the negative prs, tweetg "Wanna brg me down but I'm OK. There was the sexual asslt se, obvly, but he also ma a few anti-gay slurs and ments. His most notor occurred when he lled a game official a gay slur durg a game back 2011.