10 Worst WWE Moments Of 2007
3. The Infamous Limo Explosion
During a creative meeting one day, Vince turned to Bruce Prichard and said: 'I can't be on TV if I'm dead'. It's not the sort of thing one expects to hear their boss say, especially not when he's been one of the most pivotal characters on your product since late-1997. However, McMahon was reportedly sick of the writing team leaning on him for segments and skits, so he decided to write himself out.
The 11 June 2007 Raw became infamous for the way it ended. A weird segment showed Vince departing the arena as WWE's roster waved him off, then he looked around all shifty before entering the limo. It blew up a few seconds later, and WWE's official website was festooned (festooned, we say!) with stories and debate about exactly what had happened. This was supposed to be the final time McMahon was ever seen on TV.
In theory.
He was forced to scrap the whole death thing due to revelations about the Chris Benoit tragedy. WWE acknowledged that it was a work. Everyone knew that anyway, obviously, but they had to explain Vince sticking around on-screen somehow. The PR machine was also working overtime to try and smooth over fallout from the Benoit situation once more details came to light.
Park that for one second, if possible. From a creative standpoint, McMahon's on screen demise made no sense. WWE...weren't going to launch into a 'whodunit' angle to find out who had murdered the boss of the entire organisation? It's unthinkable to picture them leaving that plot thread along for longer than a few weeks.
Vince likely would've ended up back on telly anyway, thus making the dramatic explosion even sillier. There's no plausible way he could've survived it.