Ex WWE Superstar Calls Vince McMahon Out For Being ‘A Fragile Billionaire’

Vince McMahon is known for a lot of things, and his legend precedes itself in many ways. You can actually click here for a list of insane Vince McMahon legends that turned out to be true.

While speaking to Wrestling Then And Now, former WWE Superstar Paul London recalled having an awkward encounter with Vince McMahon while working as a plant in the crowd. After a show, he tried to shake McMahon’s hand but grabbed two fingers instead. That didn’t help matters at all for London.

The former Tag Team Champion also recalled being called into McMahon’s office for allegedly leaking his then-girlfriend Ashley Massarro’s photoshoot for Hugh Hefner’s magazine, which he did not do. London then disclosed that he got more heat from McMahon for smiling during a backstage segment in 2007 before the latter’s car exploded on Monday Night RAW.

Then things came to a head when he was busted smiling before Vince McMahon’s legendary limo explosion segment. That was something that McMahon actually yelled at London over.

“They then pulled everyone they weren’t doing anything with around, and they said, ‘You know, we have this segment. We need to pre-tape it. Vince is gonna be in the ring and he’s gonna be acting very queer, very odd, something is off with him. (…) ‘When he comes back here we’re gonna have everyone lined up. Now, if he looks in your face just kinda just don’t say anything but just kinda play off of him. We don’t know what’s going on. He’s just gonna be acting very queer.’ So, that was it. They had filmed the limo explosion the night before. Didn’t mention any of that to us. Didn’t say anything.”

Paul London had no idea what the plan was, because he was just given a very simple direction. Little did he know, but smiling at Vince McMahon was the worst choice he could have made.

“They then pulled everyone they weren’t doing anything with around, and they said, ‘You know, we have this segment. We need to pre-tape it. Vince is gonna be in the ring and he’s gonna be acting very queer, very odd, something is off with him. (…) ‘When he comes back here we’re gonna have everyone lined up. Now, if he looks in your face just kinda just don’t say anything but just kinda play off of him. We don’t know what’s going on. He’s just gonna be acting very queer.’ So, that was it. They had filmed the limo explosion the night before. Didn’t mention any of that to us. Didn’t say anything.”

“We did it nine or 10 times. He looked in my face each time. Each time I had the big old grin on my face, and he was like, ‘Okay, thank you. We’re done.’ And then it wasn’t until like Khali’s manager or something pointed it out, like, ‘Oh, excuse me sir, do you think somebody’s gonna notice this?’ and pointed it out. (…) He power walked over to me, he said, ‘Why were you smiling?’ [London replied] ‘I don’t know what’s going on. Whatever is going on, you don’t kill like the village idiot. Like, I don’t know anything.’ He’s like, ‘I don’t get that [angry tone],’ and he walked off. He was so just upset and bothered. I thought like, ‘God, this is the most fragile billionaire I’ve ever met.'”

The whole Vince McMahon limo explosion storyline was scrapped when Chris Benoit’s unspeakable tragedy took place. Now, that segment lives on in infamy, and Paul London will certainly never forget it.

We will have to see if Vince McMahon returns to WWE television again, or is killed off. Odds are, those days are past us, but you can never say never in WWE.

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