10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Jan 19)

3. Messing With His Pencils Infuriated Vince McMahon

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It's well-known that Vince McMahon can't stand smoking and he doesn't put up with sneezing. Bruce Prichard has shared details on both these idiosyncrasies on his Something To Wrestle With show. On the latest edition, Prichard decided it was time to tell all on a little rib he and Pat Patterson used to pull on Vince constantly.

Vince is a super-organised person who likes his working area to stay as he left it. In particular, he was once fond of arranging his collection of yellow pencils in order of sharpness. If they were ready to use, they'd be stored in the box point up. If not, they'd be put in with the eraser facing up instead.

Thrilling, we're sure you agree. That's not the entertaining part however.

Bruce and Pat would mess with McMahon by breaking the led in his pencils just enough that they'd shatter when he went to use them. Vince was in on the gag, but he didn't find it funny. Prichard remembered hearing the boss repeatedly cuss them out for mucking around with his tools.

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