Vince McMahon Was Not a Fan of WWE’s Fashion Files Skits

Former WWE wrestler Dirty Dango (Fandango) recently spoke to Steve Fall and revealed some interesting behind-the-scenes details about the popular Fashion Files segments.

According to Dango, Vince McMahon was not a fan of the Fashion Files segments and did not understand any of the references. McMahon only continued with the segments due to the social media buzz it was generating and the fans’ positive response.

Dango explained that the Fashion Files segments started as dot com segments where they would grab one of the WWE.com guys and start cutting promos. The segments then organically grew into the Fashion Files, where they dressed up as cops and ordered gear from Amazon.

The segments started to gain traction online, and the social media team loved working with them. The production team then decided to put the segment on television due to its popularity.

However, Dango revealed that from day one to the last day they did it, Vince McMahon did not laugh once and did not understand any of the jokes. He did not get any of the pop culture references or movie references in the segment.

Dango said that there were people in Gorilla watching the segment, and everyone would pop while the segment was airing except for McMahon, who would just look around. He also explained that the dry sense of humor just wasn’t McMahon’s thing and that it was understandable because he was a 70-something-year-old guy.

“We would come to TV every week and grab one of the dot com (WWE.com) guys and just start cutting promos. Then it kind of organically grew into the Fashion Files. We would dress up as cops and we ordered gear from Amazon. It started to get a lot of traction online and the social media guys loved working with us. I think it got back to the production meeting and they said, ‘Listen, they’re doing these dot com segments and they’re getting a lot of social media buzz.’ They would go off social media attraction and stuff. They said, ‘Let’s put the segment on television.’ So that’s how the Fashion Files started.”

“From day one to the last day we did it, Vince did not laugh once. He did not understand any of the jokes. He didn’t get any of the pop culture, like any of the movies, he did not understand it. He didn’t like it, but he knew the fans liked it so he kept it on his show. He didn’t understand any of it. There would be people in Gorilla watching the segment and everyone would pop while the segment was airing and Vince would just, I guess this is what they would tell us, Vince would just look around. The dry sense of humor just wasn’t his thing, which if you’re a 70-something-year-old guy, you’re probably not getting Twin Peaks jokes. It’s understandable. It’s nothing against him, but he didn’t like it at all, but he knew that some people did.”

Despite McMahon not being a fan of the segment, he knew that some people did like it, and that was enough for him to continue with the Fashion Files. The segment became popular among fans and was one of the highlights of SmackDown Live during its run.

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