10 Wildest Wrestling Hoaxes Fans Actually Fell For
2. Vince McMahon Was Going Blind
In 2015, rumours circulated that Vince McMahon was losing his eyesight.
An episode of Raw emanated from Montreal, after which Vince participated in a dark segment celebrating Pat Patterson. A fan in attendance claimed, fuelling the rumour, that Vince needed a spotlight to guide him to the ring and, upon exiting, handlers from the crew helped him leave by flashing torches to light the way back to the Gorilla position, as if he were a raccoon being driven away from somebody’s backyard.
This was immediately denied by WWE, and Vince displayed no signs of blindness during his subsequent public appearances. You could argue that Vince’s hearing wasn’t what it was - that perhaps he simply couldn’t register, what, several years’ worth of toxic or muted reactions to virtually everything he promoted.
Or maybe he didn’t give an iota of a toss.
Even if he was going blind, he’d have no-sold it (provided of course he wasn’t forced into a position in which he attempted to evoke sympathy from the public). Vince would have literally screamed at a wall with no clue what he was doing, and everybody would have been too scared to say anything.
Which is what he did with functioning vision.