Over the years fans have seen some interesting characters appear on WWE programming, and in the mid-2000s the world was introduced to Big D**k Johnson. The character was played by former WWE writer Chris DeJoseph and it was inspired by Chris Farley.
During a recent episode of the Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard podcast, Bruce explained that he and Triple H came up with the character then claimed that everyone involved with creating Big D**k Johnson almost got fired.
“I’ve always gotten along with Chris (DeJoseph). Chris is a nice guy… (Prichard laughed when asked what he thought of DeJoseph as ‘Big Dick Johnson’). Um… I mean, Paul Levesque and I might have kind of come up with that a little bit. It was… God, what was his name?… Chris Farley. Patrick Swayze thing, yes, and I’m looking at it and first time that we did it, he did it with Vince (McMahon) with the oil and everything. Almost got him fired, almost got all of us fired after that one.”
Obviously things turned out alright for Triple H as he not only got to keep his job, but he ended up reaching a very high level in the company as he’s currently the Chief Content Officer. As for Chris DeJoseph he’s no longer with WWE. After finished up his first run with the company DeJoseph went on to work with Lucha Underground and MLW before returning to WWE in 2019. However, his second run didn’t last long as he was let go in 2020.
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