It’s a fact of life when you are a WWE Superstar: you will be interviewed constantly. It doesn’t matter if you’re having a bad day or whatnot, being interviewed is part of the game. Many Superstars are on their best behavior when they are promoting the WWE, but there are times when sometimes they are rubbed the wrong way by the interviewer.
It is not near as much havoc as it used to be back in the day, but every once and again you might hear about a story. It can still happen and nobody is safe. Talk about intimidation.
5. Big Show takes his frustration out backstage
Andrew Green was working as a backstage correspondent the night of Royal Rumble back in 2013. He was scheduled to interview the Big Show, who was not in the best of moods after losing to Alberto Del Rio.
Big Show appeared to rough up Green, putting his hands on him and shoving him against an equipment truck during the incident. Green later quit and filed a lawsuit against Show and WWE for negligence and assault, leaving the shaken journalist emotionally distressed.
4. Intelligent questions, please
While WWE was in Mexico several years ago, Randy Orton had no time for simple questions. El Furby proceeded to ask such questions like what was for breakfast, and from there it didn’t get better.
El Furby started asking about Orton’s injuries and he went off on the reporter. Orton dared him to ask the question to his face again and again, making others that were around presuming the confrontation was legit. Orton was seen doing a “cut” signal with his hand, which threw people off. Considering his known temper, it’s hard to say whether it was staged or not.
3. It wasn’t such a good morning for Kuwait
Perhaps one of the more famous stories comes from when WWE was touring the country of Kuwait years ago. Both The Undertaker and Vader appeared on “Good Morning Kuwait” to promote their match at a live event that was to take place.
Vader lost his cool on the host when he asked if they acted because pro-wrestling was fake. The Undertaker answered the question but Vader decided to exemplify if pro-wrestling was fake or not.
He flipped over a coffee table and then grabbed the host by the collar while asking if that felt fake. Meanwhile, Taker watched the incident unfold right in front of him, not even lifting a finger. Vader was later arrested and put on house arrest for ten days.
2. Not even journalists are safe from CM Punk
CM Punk has quite a reputation for being a jerk to others; it’s not a secret that he isn’t the friendliest guy. So now that he is in transition to UFC, the wrestling questions really don’t sit well with him.
As he told one reporter for Complex, he was insulted that the journalist would ask him about being intimidated coming into UFC. Punk is not shy about making his feelings known, but it’s best to stay away from pro wrestling questions. A happier Punk makes a better interview. I think.
1. The boss is in the hot seat
In 2001, Vince McMahon sat down with famed journalist Bob Costas to talk about the XFL, a football promotion that he started at that time. During the interview, Costas asked McMahon if he would fix a game to boost ratings to which McMahon didn’t take kindly to. From there McMahon got more confrontational and agitated which lead to the men snipping at one another. Safe to say that didn’t go over well at all.
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