Former WWE Creative Writer Addresses Report of Gay Character Once Pitched for Brock Lesnar, Clarifies Details

July 30, 2015

As noted, The Wrestling Observer reported earlier today that former WWE Magazine writer Brian Solomon once pitched an idea for Brock Lesnar to debut as a gay character, and the idea made it all the way to the writer’s room before eventually being shot down.

Former WWE writer Seth Mates commented on the report on Twitter, and noted that while the idea was in fact pitched for Lesnar, some of the details reported were incorrect, such as the writer who pitched the idea being Brian Solomon. Mates also noted that anyone can pitch ideas in WWE, but that doesn’t mean it was close to actually happening.

Mates Tweeted the following:

ANYONE within WWE could pitch ideas to creative; just because they did does not mean that certain ideas were ever actually on the table

— Seth Mates (@SethMates) July 30, 2015

Some bad info out there today, including the names of those who did pitch, when it was done, etc … though yes, there was such a pitch

— Seth Mates (@SethMates) July 30, 2015

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.