Vince McMahon Used To Be Deeply Annoyed By London Crowd During WWE Events
Raucous London crowds at WWE events used to annoy Vince McMahon
Much has been said of Vince McMahon’s very particular whims and preferences, with the former WWE Chairman having a very specific vision for WWE and its stars during his tenure in charge of the ‘sports entertainment’ behemoth.
One thing McMahon couldn’t always fully control - try as he might - was the WWE audience itself, and UK crowds in particular drew Vince’s ire, according to former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. on a recent episode of the Wrestling with Freddie podcast:
"I think London was the audience that made cheering heels acceptable and cool. I feel like they started that before AEW did, before WWE fans in America were starting to get hip to heels. In London, they were just like, 'Look, we get these f*****s once a year. We're cheering for whoever we want. If we like both dudes, both dudes are getting songs. If we don't, they're getting booed. That's it. We don't care how you book it.' I saw it firsthand when Jeff Hardy and Undertaker went at it over there when I was at the company. I was like, 'Man, they're just cheering for whoever they want.' It p***** Vince off. He didn't like that," said Prinze Jr.
A SmackDown TV taping in Liverpool in 2014 also drew McMahon’s ire, with Vince coming out during a commercial break to chastise the capacity crowd after they didn’t react to the product as he wanted them to.
H/T: Fightful
