Top WWE NXT Star Joe Gacy appeared on the “Out of Character” podcast, where he talked about a variety of topics such as working with Ava (The Rock’s daughter Simone Johnson) in the WWE NXT brand as she's part of his Schism faction as well as how they got together and came up with this idea of like a cult type of group even before he made his WWE NXT TV debut.
Joe Gacy said:
“Funny story about Ava Raine. Before I even debuted on TV, me and her got together and came up kind of with this idea of like a cult type group. Originally, it was me, her, and this other guy. We were basically pitching for us to be, the original idea was almost like a House of 1000 Corpses type family group with like a culty edge, but then things didn’t I guess work out exactly, and then 2.0 started, so I think that maybe changed some of the ideas. When 2.0 happened, I feel like some of that idea maybe kind of went out the window because it was like an overhaul repackaging of the brand itself. So she kind of like, I guess the idea of her and me joining together was kind of put on the backburner. Then when it was just me, Rip, and Jagger, she actually came up to me at the PC one day and said, ‘So did you hear what’s going to happen’, and I said, ‘No.’ She was like, ‘So I’m gonna join you guys’, and I said, ‘That’s awesome’, because originally it was going to be me and her trying to do something anyway. So I’m glad it finally panned out on TV.”
You can check out Joe Gacy’s full comments at this link. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
