10 Shocking Vince McMahon Moments You Totally Don't Remember

3. Vince Shows You What Blowing A Gasket Actually Looks Like

Vince McMahon
WWE

Vince McMahon wants you to think of him as a genu-wine businessman.

He isn't a carny. He isn't a wrasslin' promoter. He makes movies in the entertainment business and he wants you to know that. He presented a facade in the days when he used to do media by attempting to present himself as a well-to-do, articulate fellow who happened to reimagine wrestling as sports entertainment. If you didn't like his programming, you were calmly and kindly asked to exercise your parental responsibilities and change the channel.

"Calmly" and "kindly" was the idea, but this was challenged at various* points - and HBO's Bob Costas summoned the beast within quite spectacularly in 2001. That interview allowed fans to glimpse what Vince looks like when a performer fails to adequately recite a promo word for word or whatever the f*ck pisses the man off to high heaven.

Taken to task by Costas for "pumping [coarse content] into the water supply" Vince pointed aggressively in Bob's face, called him pal, and generally acted like his pacifier had fallen into a drain.

Really, Vince threw the pal out of the pram whenever a camera was in his face outside of WWE TV, which leads us to...

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!