WWE Allegedly Didn’t Bring Daffney In Because They Didn’t Like Her Screaming

Daffney is no longer with us and her loss was a tragic one for the pro wrestling community. So many remember her fondly and also pulled for her success in the pro wrestling business. Chris Jericho remembers a time when he brought her up, but WWE had an interesting reason for not agreeing to bring her in.

During Figure Four Daily, Lance Storm recalled a time when Chris Jericho tried to pull for Daffney to come into WWE. The powers that be at the time reported back to Y2J that it just wasn’t going to work out, because they didn’t like her screaming gimmick.

“I can’t recall a time I didn’t see her where she appeared happy, where she was smiling and making everyone around her smile and be happy as well. Not that I knew her that well, but there was also the connection in that Jericho knew her really well because she, at one point, was married to Jericho’s bandmate from Fozzy. The one story about Daffney I think is funny is Jericho tried to get her into WWE post Invasion.

I remember him telling me that he went and suggested her, and the response he got from whoever it was in the office that he talked to said, ‘Yea, we really don’t like that screaming thing.’ He said, ‘Well then tell her not to scream.’ It’s like she doesn’t have to scream. It’s not the only thing she knows how to do.”

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Daffney is gone, but she isn’t forgotten. Losing such a vibrant life was a hard reminder that mental health should be taken very seriously. She had a lot of potential, but her life was also filled with hardship. Those who remember her will always remember the happier times above anything else.

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Thanks to Wrestling News for the quote