10 Times Vince McMahon HATED What He Was Seeing

5. A Random Rhyno Vs. Tajiri House Show Match

Vince Rhyno Tajiri
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No, the above pic is not from the house show match in question. Yes, Tajiri's bemused expression totally fits.

In 2003, McMahon interrupted a match between Tajiri and Rhyno, cancelled it and arrogantly moved on to the next 'Bikini Contest' segment. Rhyno's recollection of this is fascinating; he told Wrestling Inc that there was a major miscommunication beforehand. An agent (one he wouldn't name) had told him to sit on a hold whenever fans chanted "Boring".

Vince disagreed. He got flustered when Rhyno worked a lengthy head lock, and decided to stroll out, scrap the match and then chew both out later. Backstage, he told Rhyno that said agent couldn't have been a 'top guy", because "top guys save their money and don't become agents". It was a startling response, one Rhyno had no answer for.

McMahon didn't like that the guys were doing little to stem the chants, but he did seem remorseful about causing embarrassment after the fact. Rhyno's pay off for the show was larger than usual, and he believes Vince felt bad about what happened.

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