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Ahead of tonight s episode of WWE Raw, Bleeding Cool has scored an EX-X-XCLUSIVE interview with the Higher Power running the show behind the scenes tonight.
– During this week’s edition of his own weekly podcast, WWE SmackDown broadcaster Pat McAfee Below detailed a segment from SmackDown that got dropped from last week’s Throwback episode at the last minute. As noted, WWE released a clip showing McAfee arriving to arena dressed as Vince McMahon. According to McAfee, more material was planned after that clip, but it got dropped. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):
Pat McAfee on the sketch being cancelled: “On Friday, to commit to a bit of being Vince McMahon on SmackDown Throwback, I was bullied into shaving my face. Michael Cole was one of the leaders of that bullying. I thought it was Be A Star. Michael Cole goes, ‘You could commit and shave your face.’ Cole had an awesome look as well, which didn’t make it to air. He had the frosted tips and he committed to 1999 Michael Cole. We had the wig, which was too small for my head and it felt like my forehead was in a rear-naked choke. We had the suit, the tie, I wore dre
Ryback Discusses His Friendship With Rod McMahon, & More );
During the latest episode of his podcast, Ryback commented on his friendship with Vince McMahon’s brother, Rod McMahon. As we reported here on eWn, Rod passed away at the age of 77 last Wednesday. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On first meeting Rod: “I communicated with him, I don’t wanna say a ton, but pretty regularly because he was a buyer of Feed Me More Nutrition. We would email and I have his number. I met Rod, a great guy, and my condolences to everybody, to the whole [family], Vince and everyone because when you’re dealing with death, it sucks. Rod was very health conscious which is why he liked the supplements with the whole deal of not using artificial sweeteners or colors. I met him in Houston. I believe it was a pay-per-view with me and Curtis Axel, RybAxel, it was a four-way tag team match, I think with Cody and Goldust, Rey Mysterio and maybe Big Show? But it was a four-