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#1 Vince McMahon “freaked” after seeing Jameson for the first time in 22 years

Vince McMahon hired comedian John DiGiacomo to play a WWE personality in the late 1980s and early 1990s. DiGiacomo, known to WWE fans as Jameson, managed The Bushwhackers and appeared on The Bobby Heenan Show.

Speaking to Pro Wrestling Defined’s Jonathan O’Dwyer in 2021, DiGiacomo revealed that his son appeared on WWE television at Extreme Rules 2014.

While backstage at the pay-per-view, the former WWE comedy character bumped into Vince McMahon for the first time in 22 years. The WWE Chairman “freaked” and gave him a big hug after realizing who he was talking to.

“Vince looks up at me from being down on one knee. He says, ‘You must be the father?’ I said, ‘Yeah, Vince, you recognize me?’ He’s like, ‘Ah yeah, you look so familiar.’ So I made the Jameson face, like this [cross-eyed], and he freaked. Big hug, lifted me off the ground, ‘Oh my God!’ Telling me, ‘I’ve gotta take you around. There’s still people here in TV from when you were here. They’d love to see you. Oh my God!’” DiGiacomo said.

DiGiacomo’s son played the role of the demonic child who helped Bray Wyatt defeat John Cena in a steel cage match. The appearance was set up by an agent, according to DiGiacomo, and not through his WWE connections.