5. Vince McMahon Didn't Have A Clue About Mainstream Publicity
In the Attitude Era, the hottest thing at that time on MTV was Tom Green. He was light years ahead of the Reality TV boom that would follow many years later. I wanted him to be revealed as the man responsible for Raw's GTV! Unfortunately, the idea never came into fruition because Vince McMahon had NO IDEA who TOM GREEN was! So instead of GREEN TV, it became GOLDUST TV. That wasnt the first time that Vince wasnt exactly up on his pop culture. A few years later I had shot pre-tapes with Dancin Steve Richards and the Blue Meanie as a parody of the Blair Witch Project. We called it the Blonde Bitch Project. The idea was to take an entertaining shot at Sable who had abruptly decided to leave the company at the time. Once again, the pre-tapes never saw the light of day because Vince had no idea what the Blair Witch Project was. The pre-tapes, that never aired, were shot ON LOCATION at WWE writer Ed Ferraras house... and backyard. But wait... there are even YET MORE EXAMPLES of Vince McMahons little knowledge of the HERE and NOW. Here are a few more gems! A friend of mine in the Public Relations Department at the WWE, pitched Vince to have legendary Eagles guitarist JOE WALSH perform Rocky Mountain Way at WrestleMania XI. Vince respectfully declined because he had never heard of the song, Rocky Mountain Way, or its singer/writer JOE WALSH!!! Last, but not least, upon his arrival in the WWE, we shot a series of vignettes with Val Venus and LEGENDARY porn star Jenna Jameson. We even went as far as even having Jenna BUCK NAKED in Bruces Prichards Jacuzzi with Val. Upon seeing the footage, Vince decided against airing them, because in his words, Jenna was ugly.
Former head of creative for the WWF and WCW during the most crucial period in wrestling industry history. Currently working on pyroandballyhoo.com, writing weekly slideshows exclusively for WhatCulture.com.
