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#2 Backstage reason why Vince McMahon once stopped released WWE Superstar’s vignette

Reason why WWE Chairman Vimce McMahon scrapped an entire vignette — Reason why WWE Chairman Vince McMahon scrapped an entire vignette

Former WWE Superstar Fandango discussed the interesting backstage incident during a recent interview. He revealed that Vince McMahon once stopped his vignette because he didn’t like how Fandango pronounced his name in the video.

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Despite investing a lot of money in the production of the said video, the WWE Chairman scrapped the whole thing when he was unsatisfied with the results.

"We actually filmed a whole — Vince [McMahon] paid to rent out the whole Highline Ballroom, dance ballroom in New York City. We went there and filmed vignettes for a couple days and there’s this super expensive set and he didn’t like the way I said ‘Fandango’, so he scrapped the whole thing and he came and produced the vignettes himself. So, me not pronouncing the name the way he thought in his mind actually turned into a gimmick, into a shtick that we did on TV," said Fandango. (H/T Post Wrestling)

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Fandango's release earlier this year marked the end of his 15-year run in WWE. He is currently performing in the independent circuit under the ring name Dirty Dango. As for Vince McMahon, he is seemingly particular about every single detail of production and is believed to have the last say on everything that makes it to television.

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