Wild Cruiserweight Title Program Pitch From 2007 (Patreon)

One of the most random stories I've come across was that of a pitched Cruiserweight Title switch from 2007. When speaking to Taylor Wilde, I asked her about a series of house shows she competed on in WWE in January of that year. She worked under a body suit and a mask as a ninja, facing men. The idea -- put forth by Dean Malenko and Jamie Noble -- was that she would eventually win the cruiserweight title from Shane Helms, who didn't like the idea. Taylor said this was the reason it was kiboshed, and that she met with Vince McMahon, and he was initially in favor of it.

We asked Shane Helms about it, who confirmed the pitch was real, and that he didn't like it. However, he said that it didn't get much past a pitch in that regard, and that originally fans weren't supposed to know if the character was a man or a woman underneath the ninja garb.