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#4 Edge mute and deaf gimmick
WWE Hall of Famer Edge, who made his WWE debut way back in 1996, is mostly known for being part of a tag team alongside friend Christian, as well as his great singles run later on.
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But things could've been different for Edge if his first gimmick was used by the WWE. WWE's then chief writer Vince Russo wanted Edge's character to be a mute and deaf as he thought that Edge wouldn't be great on the mic.
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"Russo wanted to write me as a deaf mute because he didn't think I could talk," he said. "It was his idea, so obviously he didn't think I liked his idea and thought I'd screw with this kid. (The idea would have made me) dead in the water," said Edge in a podcast interview with Chris Jericho for Talk is Jericho. (H/T WrestlingInc for the transcription)
Thankfully, WWE did not go ahead with the gimmick and we got to witness the Rated-R Superstar wow audiences for years.
