Vince McMahon is nuts, isn't he? Like completely off his head batsh*t crazy. Whether it's making his employees kiss his backside live on global television or beating the tar out of his daughter on pay-per-view, the actions of Vince McMahon are questionable at best. Case in point, that time he wrestled 'God'. The match in question saw Vince teaming up with his son Shane to take on Shawn Michaels and the man upstairs at Backlash. For weeks, Vince and Shane had been mocking Michaels and his religion, with the chairman of the company going as far as to invent his own religion - the Church of McMahonism. Right, so, the match... The McMahons came out first and Vince did his best introduction of 'God', who was represented via a giant spotlight and entered to Ernest 'The Cat' Miller/Brodus Clay's 'Somebody Call my Mama'. Naturally, the holy one didn't play a part in the actual match, as it was essentially a handicap contest with HBK taking on Vince, Shane and the entire Spirit Squad. It was meant to be hilarious and, clearly, Vince was having the time of his life, but others didn't see the funny side of mocking the all-mighty for the purposes of furthering a wrestling angle. Writer Keith Olbermann, for example, named Vince McMahon as his 'Worst Person of the Week', penning that:
Vince McMahon, the man who actually somehow worsened the reputation of pro-wrestling, has done it again, claiming that a week from Sunday his organization will televise a tag-team match featuring McMahon and his son Shane versus wrestler Shawn Michaels and God. Yes, all-mighty.
Other commentators also felt that Vince was going too far and several sponsors and interest groups weren't happy with the company's creative direction at the time. The whole thing was dropped shortly afterwards to clear the way for the triumphant return of DX.
