Vince McMahon ‘hated WWE match between Cesaro and Gran Metalik on SmackDown so much he tried axing it during break’
VINCE MCMAHON reportedly hated one match on SmackDown so much he wanted to axe it DURING a commercial break.
One half of former tag team champions Cesaro were taking on the Lucha House Party’s Gran Metalik.
The Swiss Superman secured the win after hitting his trademark Neutralizer.
However, Ringside News claims WWE’s former billionaire boss McMahon was not a fan of the action at all.
And he disliked what he was seeing that much he wanted to cut the end of the match well ahead of time.
They claim McMahon began screaming into the headphones from his backstage position in gorilla for those at ringside to tell the referee to instruct the stars to speed up the contest to get it done earlier than planned.
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And they state the 77-year-old requested for it to finish while an advertisement break was on during the live broadcast, which would have left SmackDown viewers confused over its ending.
However, that failed to materialise, although he is believed to have cut four minutes from the segment.
The report states McMahon was “screaming on headset that he hated the Cesaro match” and he also wanted to “go home” during the break.
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It remains unknown what exactly he hated about the bout.
Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura defend their titles against Lucha House party at the upcoming Clash of Champions pay-per-view.
The event takes place on Sunday at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.
McMahon stepped away from being WWE SEO earlier this year after 40 years.
The company launched an investigation over claims he paid an ex-employee $3m to stay quiet about an alleged affair.