Mace and Mansoor were released from WWE on Thursday.
Taking to Twitch immediately following their departures, the two men opened up on their time in WWE, being contacted and told they were being fired, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the stream below:
Mace on being contacted and told he was released: “When everybody messaged us, they messaged us together, as we share one brain cell. We figured they would call us both at the same time. My firing story is, I was driving my beautiful daughter to school. We were going through a dead zone. There is a dead zone between my house and her school. I didn’t get anything. You had informed me that you were fired. I thought I was safe. I had driven through a dead zone, apparently, I should have stayed because when I left the dead zone after dropping off my daughter, I had received a text that said, ‘Call me back.’ I called back and it starts off with small talk. I have Twitter. I know why you’re calling. You’re not calling to say hello. That was it. Unexpected? In, maybe not today.”
Mansoor on the release: “Unexpected in the sense that, I won’t get into it…it sounds egotistical. I personally felt like there was a lot of untapped potential. After the time we stopped traveling, when we were banned from TV. Not going to get into that, that’s for my book. Right after the time we stopped traveling, we put together these….we flew to Stamford to meet with the creative team of Raw and we presented two pitch videos.”
Mansoor on being contacted about his release: “My close personal friend CM Punk. No, it was head of talent relations. They left me voicemail saying ‘Call me back when you can.’ Why? Maybe they’ll forget to fire me. I did contract the Coronavirus. My family got the Coronavirus. My little boy Dingo didn’t get it. I get a text saying, ‘call me back.’ Why delay the inevitable. He was a nice guy. I have no heat with him.”
Mansoor on their pitch to be heavies for another star: “People liked the Fixers idea. One of the directions people thought it could go is we could be Miz’ new stable. I thought that would have been great. Miz is awesome. He’s always been great to us. I showed him the video and he said it was great stuff. Everyone seemed to like it. It just didn’t pan out for some reason. We weren’t going to stop sending ideas.”
Mansoor on their pitch to work with Cody Rhodes: “One of the ideas we had in Maximum Male Models. This almost happened, not this angle, but we did almost work with Cody Rhodes. I wanted him to hit me with the Cross Rhodes and it would break my nose. Then, I could do Undashing. I wanted to wear the mask like him and do the angle where I thought I was the ugliest person in the world and a horribly disfigured mutant. Everyone kept saying, ‘we want Male Models to have more edge. We need more aggressive and viscous. What can we do?’ I kept saying, ‘Break my nose. I’m this viscous goblin.’”
Mansoor on how Vince McMahon’s exit affected them: “Everything happened in the company where Vince left, Hunter took over. That was like three weeks after we debuted. I don’t know if there has ever been worse timing. When we were approached to do Maximum Male Models. I’m not going to give the whole story, saving it for my book. It was given to us like, ‘Here is the golden goose. If you guys grab the reigns on this and commit to it, you’re going to be rich for a very long time because this is Vince’s baby. He has wanted to do a male model act for eight months. He wanted this so bad.’ Every week, we were supposed to do a new fashion show. We would go to the mall and buy the clothes. It was on us to buy the clothes. They gave us $2,000 to buy stuff. The rehearsal for the first fashion show was surreal. People were made to leave for us. For thirty minutes we rehearsed… It’s very rare for Vince to come out in rehearsals. He stays in his office. He came out for this. ‘Is this our ticket to superstardom?’”
Mansoor on the original plan for Otis’ involvement with the group: “The plan was, Maxxine was going to entice Otis to join us. We were going to have Otis as a Maximum Male Model while Chad Gable is like, ‘they’re just using you Otis, I’m your real friend.’ The idea was, one day, it was Otis’ big debut as a Maximum Male Model. He was finally going to graduate and come out for a fashion show. Right before he comes out, Chad was going to go, ‘they’re setting you up for a trap.’ Otis is like, ‘You don’t want me to be happy.’ He comes out, strikes a pose on the platform, and we dump slime on him. We had been begging writers to bring back slime. Chad was going to come out, we kick his ass, Otis makes the save, it leads to a match…
“Sadly, the week after we did the segment where we took pictures of Otis, we were supposed to do a match with the Good Brothers, it got cut and pushed back. We get pulled into a person of high rankings office…I’m not going to say what he said. I’ll save it for my book. We were essentially told we were going to have to revamp the Maximum Male Model and adjust, and until then, we would be off TV. We would get cut from being in the background of segments. It all came to a head when we were in the Andre Battle Royal. Producer Jason Jordan comes up with the spot where we get eliminated by Otis and Chad, Maxxine is celebrating, we question her. ‘Great, our story is going to continue.’ No, we were not supposed to be in that match. When that spot aired, the person in the office who told us we weren’t supposed to be on TV stood up and said, ‘Who the hell let the models on?’ It happened again because we were in the battle royal for the IC Title shot. We do a spot with Dexter Lumis and Johnny Gargano. The same thing happened. ‘Who let the models be in the match again?’ Once that happened, we stopped traveling, it was over. Then came the process of pitching stuff because we were told we would be repackaged. Obviously, that didn’t happen.”
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Mace and Mansoor, two professional wrestlers, were recently released from WWE, sparking a wave of discussions and revelations about their time in the company. In a Twitch stream following their departures, the duo shared their experiences, including being contacted and told they were being fired, as well as their ideas and pitches that didn’t come to fruition.
Mace, reflecting on his release, revealed that he was driving his daughter to school when he received a text message asking him to call back. Knowing the nature of the call, he realized he was being let go. Mansoor, on the other hand, mentioned that he felt there was untapped potential for his character and expressed surprise at the decision. He also mentioned contracting COVID-19 and how it affected his family.
During their time in WWE, Mace and Mansoor pitched various ideas to the creative team. One of their concepts involved becoming heavies for another star, such as The Miz. They also had a pitch to work with Cody Rhodes, where Mansoor would have played a disfigured mutant character. However, these ideas didn’t materialize, and they continued to send in new concepts.
The departure of Vince McMahon, WWE’s chairman and CEO, had a significant impact on Mace and Mansoor. They were given an opportunity to be part of a male model act called Maximum Male Models, which McMahon had been eager to create. The duo was excited about the potential success of this act but faced setbacks and changes in direction.
One of their plans involved Otis joining the Maximum Male Models group, with Chad Gable expressing concern for his friend. However, due to various circumstances, including matches being cut and changes in storylines, their involvement in the group was ultimately halted.
Despite their efforts to pitch new ideas and be repackaged, Mace and Mansoor were eventually released from WWE. Their Twitch stream shed light on the challenges they faced and the creative process within the company.
The release of Mace and Mansoor from WWE has sparked discussions among wrestling fans and industry insiders. It highlights the unpredictable nature of the wrestling business and the challenges faced by performers in trying to make their ideas come to life. As they navigate their post-WWE careers, fans will undoubtedly be curious to see what lies ahead for Mace and Mansoor.