Todd Grisham recalled one of his biggest blunders on commentary that led to Vince McMahon screaming at him through his headset. The incident occurred during a John Morrison match, where Grisham attempted to incorporate a factoid from WWE Magazine to add depth to the character.
Grisham mentioned on air that Morrison, a top heel at the time, enjoyed writing poetry. This detail did not sit well with the WWE Chairman.
“So he’s in the ring and I go, ‘John Morrison, Starship Pain, he’s a big fan of poetry, and wrote a poem about the finisher Starship Pain,’” Grisham said. “Vince goes insane in my ear. ‘Did you just say that our number one heel is an effing poet, you stupid F! What the f*ck! Shut up. Just shut up. Don’t say anything else! Jim Ross, you call the rest of this fight. I don’t wanna hear another effing word out of you.’”
The reprimand was so severe that Grisham was forced to remain silent for the duration of the match.
“So literally, the match starts, and I don’t say a single word for like five minutes, and then the match ends, and we gotta do a promo going to the next fight, and he goes, ‘Okay, you can talk now.’ I’m like, ‘Coming up next, Shelton Benjamin goes one-on-one with The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.’ But he was so angry at me over that.”
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