You might not know that Vince McMahon has a real-life brother: Roderick James McMahon III. According to former WWE writer: Court Bauer, Vince’s brother almost played a role on WWE television.

Bauer was recently a guest on The World According To Wrestling podcast. He shared that during the Mr. McMahon death storyline in 2007, his brother Roderick was supposed to get involved but the plans were scrapped. Here is the story:

“I always think what could’ve been because we were gearing up to do something with Vince’s little known brother Roderick. His family was going to come in the following week and be part of the funeral for Vince McMahon and I was always pushing that I would love to get another side of the McMahon family involved with WWE. I think it would’ve been fascinating because people forget that Vince has a brother and I think that that story would’ve been amazing.”

Bauer continued:

“How Vince the tycoon he is, the ruthlessly aggressive guy, you know, took over the family business, poor brother, what happened to him? And now there’s a refresh on the McMahon dynasty and all of the rivalries and stuff you could tell now, all of these new stories that are there because Roderick has children that you could play with in this setting.”

So why was the storyline scrapped? The Benoit tragedy happened and changed the plans for the angle:

“But that was all scrapped when the Benoit family tragedy happened so… it’s one of those stories like a lot of wrestling. What could’ve happened.”

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[h/t to Wrestling INC]