Hornswoggle Reveals He Received A Standing Ovation From Vince McMahon & Triple H For WeeLC

Former WWE star Hornswoggle has spoken about the backstage reaction to his WeeLC match with El Torito from the Extreme Rules 2014 pre-show. 

According to the one-time Cruiserweight Champion, everyone involved with the bout went into it with the intention of elevating it from the throwaway comedy it was planned to be. 

Speaking with WrestlingNews.co's Steve Fall, Hornswoggle noted that he considered it his career highlight and received rare praise from influential backstage figures, saying: 

"It was supposed to be presented I believe as a joke and a comedy thing, but we had the best match on the card that night including Evolution vs The Shield in a Street Fight. We killed it and I know we did, and I'm going to tell everyone we did. That might not have been a good move on my end, but I didn't care at that point. We all had the mindset, all the 3MB guys and the Matadores and Torito, we all had the mindset, and everyone helping us, agenting and producing the match, had the mindset of, shove it up their ass. If we're going to be honest, shove it up their ass. If they want us to be a Ha Ha comedy thing, let's just go out there and kill it. It was the greatest thing I'll ever do in my career. That was the first time I ever got a standing ovation in Gorilla, including Vince and Triple H, so that was a pretty cool thing".

Hornswoggle was released on May 6, 2016. He has since made sporadic appearances for WWE, while working primarily on the independent scene. 

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