10 Unusual Demands Made By Wrestlers

4. Vince McMahon In Well-Reasoned Thought SHOCKER

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It's difficult to imagine Vince McMahon actually coming up with a halfway reasonable thought, chiefly because he's barely capable of formulating them in his bizarre backstage segments with Austin Theory.

The man is barely audible, and clearly needs multiple takes to get his words out. Given the wider state of WWE television - which is largely dreadful - it really does feel that Vince can't do anything not involving Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns. Who are mostly Paul Heyman projects, anyway.

At Crown Jewel 2021, Riddle, in his guise as WWE's resident sh*t for brains, rode into the show on a camel. Randy Orton reportedly fancied doing the same thing, until, of all people, Vince McMahon pointed out that it made little sense within the dynamic of their partnership.

Riddle is the blithering dipsh*t, Orton the man who suffers his buffoonery because he has developed a soft spot for his partner beyond reason. McMahon reminded Orton that the whole bit works as a result of the contrast provided by Orton's straight man deadpan.

Anti-dive Randy Orton failing to understand basic storytelling?

Hey. Those are Vince McMahon's words.

Tell him to touch grass.

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