This might be a weird ego thing, or it might just be the showman in Vince McMahon. There could be a lot of reasons why Vince McMahon would encourage his fellow announcers back in the day to make fun of him. It drew heat and made the characters seem believable. After all, he was a pretty easy target. But one request Vince threw out there is still puzzling to us.
Vince McMahon would allegedly ask his fellow announcers to make fun of his “wig,” Jim Cornette recently recalled if he remembers McMahon asking him to explicitly make fun of his hairpiece on a recent episode of Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru.
“I don’t think so, I mean it may have glossed over like ‘hey make fun of my clothes or my hair’ or whatever but not specially. Well, that’s not a wig!” Cornette exclaimed and he is correct. Vince McMahon doesn’t wear a wig and as had his real hair since the beginning (unless you count when President Donald Trump shaved his head at WrestleMania 23).
Maybe McMahon wanted the audience to always be questioning something, but Vince would apparently make calling out “his wig” a thing.
Cornette’s co-host The Great Brian Last recalls “that’s the story though. [Vince] apparently like the heel commentator referring to [his hair] as a wig and then he would get all outraged. Jesse [Ventura] did it and then [Roddy] Piper I think at some point — I think it was Piper, could have been one of the other guys said ‘yeah, right before we were about to go to air Vince said ‘feel free to make fun of the wig.” And it’s not a wig.”
Cornette went on to say how he must have had a different dynamic with Vince on commentary than others. After all, Jim didn’t need assistance in coming up with ways to come at McMahon when the cameras were rolling.
It’s been a busy week full of news. If you’d like to catch up on some of the top stories from this week, check out some of the links below:
- WWE Officials reportedly pitching ideas for Enzo Amore to be moved off Raw
- Did AJ Styles botch the US Title match finish at Battleground after all?
- What is WWE planning for Jinder Mahal vs Shinsuke Nakamura at SummerSlam?
- SPOILER: Is Brock Lesnar really leaving WWE after SummerSlam?
- Matt Hardy says the “Awakening and Enlightenment has begun,” big things could be on the way
- Is Jon Jones looking for a big WWE payday with Brock Lesnar feud?
- (Updated) Championship contender for SummerSlam possibly injured on Raw
- Austin Aries’ hilarious reaction to Shinsuke Nakamura’s WWE Title shot at SummerSlam
- WATCH: Matt Hardy says “it’s happening” and makes huge Broken reference
- JBL confirmed story about Enzo Amore’s backstage heat on Bring It To The Table, says he won’t last long
- John Cena lands lead role in Transformers spin-off “Bumblebee” movie
- WATCH: Chris Jericho in heated F-Bomb altercation in New York City
- Bram lost his cool during an indie match and destroyed Ravie Davie’s face
