Pat Buck was one of the main producers for WWE, being part of several top matches and feuds. He left WWE after WrestleMania 38, where he produced Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns alongside Michael Hayes. He is now part of AEW, but that doesn’t mean he has no bizarre stories to share when it comes to working under Vince McMahon.
Pat Buck signed with WWE as a producer in August 2019 and has extensive experience working with Vince McMahon. While speaking to Sam Roberts, Pat Buck stated that he heard that Vince McMahon was not happy with Buck’s choice of suits.
Buck accused McMahon of ruining his suits, as he recounted the time he took a bump from Sheamus and Drew McIntyre on the December 8th 2020 episode of Monday Night RAW.
Pat Buck also recalled how his suit was destroyed on a segment on the July 27th 2020 edition of Raw, where Buck got involved in a brawl between Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax and got attacked by Jax.
”Go to WWE, I had a lot of suits already and, you know, I’m wearing them through the rotation and there was one time in particular, I wore a suit and during the meeting, apparently Vince [McMahon] told one of the writers, “Pat dresses too flashy.”
Word got back to me, not through that person but like, “Hey, letting you know, Vince thinks you dress too flashy” and at that time, I was wearing kind of a dialed back, navy blue pinstripe suit. So now I have two choices. I can either show up with boring, boring, boring suits or I gotta amp it up so I went that direction.
I’m gonna find the most unique looks or kind of go out there and add some color to it and I chose that path so, which did lead to me going through a table on Raw for really no reason and I knew Sheamus and Drew [McIntyre] were gonna do that. It kind of made sense but what I did notice, they were trying to rip the suit before they did that and I went, “I think there’s a bounty on this suit.”
Again, this is during the COVID — not even the ThunderDome era yet — It was P.C. era and Vince [McMahon] had an idea of kind of like, “Let’s have a suit out there that she [Jax]can throw around” and I believe the first person pitched was Chris Park. He’s a big boy. Maybe it doesn’t mix very well and then, “Well I don’t know if that really —” “Well there’s Pat.” “Okay, sign me up. I’ll do it…”
The first time it happened with I think Nia and Shayna [Baszler]. Yeah, Shayna was involved too and she ripped my suit and then we had to do a second take, and I went, “I don’t have a suit.”
I didn’t pack two suits with me so then I just had my dress shirt on. That got ripped off, whatever and then she came back and then did it again but, yep, there’s been I think a love-hate my — which is ironic because if anyone dresses loud, it’s the Chairman of the Board…But I didn’t back down. I kept amping ‘em up and you know, trying the best I can.”
Vince McMahon is known for his peculiarities, especially bordering on an insane level throughout his life. Regardless, Vince McMahon no longer has any active involvement in WWE as he once did and fans are glad about that fact.
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