Torrie Wilson On How She Felt Kissing Dawn Marie, Who Came Up With Al Wilson Storyline

Torrie Wilson recently spoke with The Wrestling Classic (h/t Ringside News) and discussed her infamous storyline with Dawn Marie and Al Wilson (who was her real-life father). Wilson confirmed that Paul Heyman came up with the story, and that she actually was the one opted to use her father instead of an actor. She also noted how uncomfortable she felt kissing Dawn Marie during their infamous hotel segment. Highlights of her comments are below.

On who came up with the storyline: “Paul Heyman actually… that was his idea. I know him and Dawn Marie were really close. She had come over from ECW, and oddly enough, I was in Idaho visiting my dad when I got the call from Paul Heyman. He was just like, ‘I have this storyline idea. We can totally get an actor to play your dad if you want, but if you want your dad to be in the storyline, we’re happy to use him too.’ And I was like— I mean, I didn’t think twice about it, ’cause I was like, what a cool experience for my dad to have.”

On kissing Dawn Marie on TV: “I still… like, I do remember I was very uncomfortable with kissing Dawn Marie. And I do remember, like, I think we had champagne or something there, and I was like trying to like numb my senses a little bit.”

On how she was mortified by stuff she did in WWE for a long time: “For a long time I didn’t really want to even see it—I was kind of mortified. But now I’m kind of in on the joke and I just appreciate it for what it was.”