8 Times The McMahons Took Unnecessarily Stupid Risks
McMadness.
We've all had those difficult days at the office. You're bogged down with a constant stream of work that like persistent acne never seems to clear, the printer's jammed, and to top it off, some cad's stole your sandwich. And the café's closed for a training day, the fifth of the year. How hard can pouring coffee be?
To make matters worse, none of this is being helped by your boss being an utter bell-pepper. So you know how it goes: you march in there, have it out with them, and end the day nutting them one in the bonce. Who hasn't told that story at some point or another?
This past week on SmackDown, Vince McMahon, ever the thesp, recreated that classic anecdote. Except he actually took Owen's forehead square in the face for real. Why? Because Vince McMahon is a lunatic, that's why. And do you know something about lunacy? It tends to run in the family.
Shane McMahon, legendarily, is just as up for putting his comfortable life at risk. And to what end? What do these chaps have to prove? Jumping off things is best left for bouncy castles and burning buildings. Try telling that to these mad bastards though.
8. Vince Sees Red
Tom Prichard tells the story that before Vince's big blow-off with Steve Austin on 14 February, the chairman went up to his most trusted allies and demanded they fashion him a sword. You know, so he could produce colour.
That's right: not a blade, but a sword. The boss' coterie have a sticky reputation for sycophantic behaviour, but gladly on this occasion they outright ignored their chief's instructions and instead gave him the usual apparatus, avoiding a hideously bloody outcome for all.
Not to say Vince didn't gush like a volunteer at a phlebotomists' training school. He was more red than an old newspaper, but he'd go a step further four years later, as he violently bled for the cause during his showdown with The Undertaker at Survivor Series 2003. It looked like an explosion in a cranberry factory, with the crimson juice oozing onto every surface, staining the floor, ring, and The Undertaker's undoubtedly expensive leather pants. No wonder he was cross. Truly sickening.
Looked good, though.