Bull Buchanan said he got the idea to Vince McMahon’s ear, and later heard from Shane McMahon that Vince loved the idea and saw it as a “home run.” Eventually, Buchanan took the idea to Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE’s developmental territory at the time, where he tweaked the idea with Jim Cornette.

“[Cornette] came up with an angle where I was stalking David Flair and I stole his dog out of his apartment and stuck him out in the middle of a cornfield […] It was great stuff,” Buchanan said.

After some more time in OVW, stalking and feuding with the likes of Flash Flanagan and Doug Basham, Buchanan made his way back to WWE’s main roster. However, he noted that at the time, he was primarily working house shows and dark matches, before receiving a pitch to put him back on TV as Jamie Noble’s cousin.