10 Amazing Backstage Vince McMahon Stories

7. Vince Hates Sneezing But Loves Farts!

It€™s fairly well known that McMahon hates sneezing. It€™s assumed that it€™s the involuntary nature of a sneeze€ there€™s no controlling it, and anything Vince can€™t control, he despises. He€™s been known to cut promos on a sneeze, ranting and raving about it, seeing it as a sign of weakness and showing incredible frustration with himself. There€™s actually a well-known condition whereby one can experience these kinds of negative emotions based on fairly ordinary noises like sneezing, coughing, chewing gum, sniffing, whistling €“ even laughing. It€™s called misophonia, and it€™s still being investigated today: the jury€™s out as to whether it constitutes a brain disorder or simply a mental conditioning issue. One thing that McMahon doesn€™t have a problem with is farting€ far from it, in fact. CM Punk€™s told the story of having to share a room with Undertaker, JBL, Edge and Vince when the company was performing at a Tribute To The Troops special in Iraq. Insomniac at the best of times, crammed onto a bunkbed above a snoring JBL in the spectacular bedroom of one of Saddam€™s old palaces, Punk was reflecting on his strange life choices when he heard someone let one rip€ followed by a distinctive, deep hurr hurr hurr laugh as the boss giggled at his own emissions. That kind of explains poor Natalya€™s horrendous farting gimmick. And of course, Jim Ross tells the story of McMahon trying to upset Gerald Brisco€™s notoriously tender stomach by letting off toxic farts in the Gorilla position€ and ending up accidentally following through mere seconds before he was due to walk out in front of thousands of fans. There€™s no word on whether that€™s the origin of Vince€™s famous power walk to the ring, sadly.