10 Absolutely Incredible WWE Backstage Vince McMahon Stories
6. Jonathan Coachman: Pranked
Jonathan Coachman, per Back Sports Page, was the subject of the most elaborate rib in the history of wrestling.
As per the orders of the boss man, Gerald Brisco invited the 'Coach' to run a football betting pool in 2001. Coachman agreed; Brisco was his superior. Almost instantly, two cops commandeered Coachman and told him what he was doing was illegal. He was going down. The cops stopped by Vince McMahon's office - absolutely not within any acceptable procedure, but the man was sh*tting himself, so you can't blame him for buying it - at which point Vince tore him a new one in front of Triple H, Stephanie, The Rock, Kevin Dunn and Brisco. The whole thing apparently lasted 45 minutes, surely 40 minutes longer than would have been funny.
Not true, apparently; Coachman, dumb enough to request that his face was to be covered with sweaty gym shorts, was subsequently driven a mile down the road only to be returned to the scene to find Vince et al. "laughing their a*ses off."
Coachman was one of few dissenting voices who spoke out against accusations of WWE's toxic bullying culture - even though this convoluted insanity reduced him to tears before it was revealed as a rib. Incidentally, WWE and his latter employer ESPN have a loose working agreement. Man, Justin Roberts was such a square for falling for the classic steal-your-passport-and-maroon-you-in-a-foreign-country prank!