The Colons Nearly Threw Up After Vince McMahon Told Them To Dress Like Hugh Hefner

Vince McMahon is the Chairman of WWE and oversees everything that goes on in the company, right down to the most minute of details. He is also behind the recent mass releases in NXT, actions Triple H has no say in whatsoever. McMahon is larger than life and is known to do the craziest of things, many of which are true. That includes his legendary midnight workouts.

The WWE Chairman is also known for his bizarre requests and directions for a WWE Superstar’s gimmick and it seems former WWE Superstars Epico and Primo Colon had a firsthand experience of that.

While speaking on the That’s 90s Wrestling Podcast, The Colons stated that McMahon wanted them to be the “Puerto Rican Playboys,” where they had ring gear that looked similar to what Playboy founder Hugh Hefner would wear.

“One of the many times we got heat, they came up with this gimmick. We were supposed to be the Puerto Rican Playboys. We’re in the office and Vince goes, ‘Yeah you guys are good-looking. You’re Puerto Rican, I want you guys to dress like Hugh Hefner.’ It was like a mix of Hugh Hefner and Goldust. ‘You’re gonna wear black and gold.’

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Me and Primo looked, we almost threw up right there. ‘Here’s your gimmick,’ they had gear and everything. We had the black and gold robe like Hugh Hefner. And we were gonna be in Goldust’s color scheme. ‘Oh god please.’

In the end, the gimmick was nixed entirely as Vince McMahon believed it wouldn’t be appropriate for WWE television.

h/t to SEScoops for the quotes.

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