Mosh has opened up about one of the most insane WWE gimmicks he was made to play.
The former members of The Headbangers recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet for a new interview. He discussed things such as his new book, guest coaching at the WWE Performance center and more.
During the talk, he was also asked about the Beaver Cleavage character, which only survived a month but left a lasting impression on fans. Talking about the origin of it, Mosh mentioned that Bruce Prichard was huge fan of the TV series Leave It to Beaver, but he is unsure if the character originated in his mind:
"Bruce Pritchard was a huge Leave It to Beaver fan. So everyone wants to blame it on Russo. I mean, Russo helped with the vignettes, and he was there when we did all the vignettes. But I don’t know who actually came up with the idea of, let’s have a Leave It to Beaver character, and we’re going to insinuate that he’s having sex with his mother."
I'm Gonna Be On TV: Mosh
The Beaver Cleavage character was introduced in May 1999, when Mosh's tag team partner Thrasher was out with an injury. It started with black-and-white vignettes on WWE TV, showing the former WWE star and his 'mother' dubbed Mrs. Cleavage, exchanging sexual innuendos. The whole thing was quickly scrapped after just 4 vignettes and one match, with Beaver identifying Mrs. Cleavage as his girlfriend, Marianna Komlos in a worked-shoot promo.
Revealing his initial reaction to the gimmick, Mosh said that he was actually on board with it. He mentioned that guaranteed contracts were not a thing at the time. So he was ready to do anything to be put back on the road where he could start making money again:
"When it was presented to me, I was like, okay. I was home, Glenn was hurt. He was rehabbing his knee. I’m gonna get used, I’m gonna be on TV. If I’m on TV, then I go to house shows. I make money when I’m on house shows, because back then, we didn’t have a guaranteed contract. So I’m like, sure, whatever. I’d never done singles before; other than those three matches I had my first when I first started down at Monster Factory. I was like, Yeah, this will be cool."
Mosh later discussed the gimmick being written off after only five weeks. He mentioned that it was around the same time as Owen Hart's passing, and the company was also facing some sexual harassment charges, so the decision was made to kill the character.
