5 best real-life Vince McMahon stories

#1 Vince McMahon vs Frank Shamrock

Vince McMahon doesn't step back from death-defying confrontations

Vince McMahon is known to go all-out in putting on a show for the fans, which includes roping in mainstream celebrities as well from time to time. Circa Wrestlemania 25 the WWE brought Hollywood star and former amateur and professional boxer Mickey Rourke for a cameo appearance alongside Chris Jericho.

As per Jericho's account of the entire saga, in the leadup to the event, he had Rourke so angry and agitated that the latter felt he was walking into a real-life fight aka shoot situation against Y2J. Therefore, the actor chose to bring former UFC Light-heavyweight Champion Frank Shamrock with him, just in case matters got out of hand and he had to take on a few WWE wrestlers.

On that note, Jericho speaking to veteran professional wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, revealed that he clarified the entire situation with Rourke before their face-off at Wrestlemania 25, and when Y2J let Vince in on the entire fiasco, the WWE boss bragged that he, Jericho and Dean Malenko could easily beat Rourke and Shamrock in a real fight.

In fact, McMahon referred to the widely-feared MMA legend, Frank Shamrock, as a "midget". For those unaware of the MMA icon's fighting skills, please watch the video below:

Vince was 64 years of age at the time! Thankfully, common sense prevailed and Frank refrained from engaging McMahon in a real fight.

Wacky, aren’t they? The tales we just skimmed through are simply few of many hundreds that further accentuate how Vince, in real life, is eerily similar to the villainous Mr McMahon character we booed during the Attitude Era. Never change, Boss!

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