During an interview with SK Wrestling’s Bro Show, it was revealed by DDP that Vince McMahon wanted the late Scott Hall to portray a GI Joe-type character when he first joined the company in 1992.

Hall however had the idea for the Razor Ramon character which Vince liked and the company rolled with that: 

"They wanted him to be – Vince told him he wanted him to be a GI Joe character,” DDP said. “That was Vince’s idea. That was what Scott told me. I don’t know… it came out of his [Scott Hall] mouth. And he said [to Vince McMahon] ‘You know, I got this other idea.’ And when he gave it to him and rolled into character, Vince’s like, ‘That’s it!’"