Former WWE Announcer Says His Most Challenging Interview Was With Donald Trump

Former WWE announcer Sean Mooney was recently a guest on the “Wrestling Life Online” podcast, and offered a candid look into his tenure with the wrestling giant from 1988 to 1993. Mooney, shared insights into the high-pressure world of live wrestling broadcasts, including what he considers his worst interview experience and the guiding philosophy of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

Mooney’s career with WWE was marked by numerous high-profile events, but one particular incident stands out in his memory. This interview, which should have been a career highlight, turned into a moment he’d rather forget.

One of the first interviews I ever did on the pay-per-views was WrestleMania V in Atlantic City and I did an interview with Donald Trump.

The veteran announcer didn’t mince words about his performance, and described a perfect storm of mishaps that plagued the segment.

I look at that as one of the worst interviews I ever did. I stumbled through his name, I had this stupid earpiece that was falling out and I’m trying to keep it in.

Despite his nervousness, Mooney persevered through the interview. This ability to continue in the face of adversity was, as he revealed, a core tenet of WWE’s production philosophy, instilled by none other than Vince McMahon himself.

Vince McMahon had a motto that he would say at every production meeting that ‘nothing can go wrong’. He would say that every time. When things go wrong, you’ve gotta figure out a way to get through it.

This approach was put to the test countless times during Mooney’s tenure with WWE.

You look at the countless interviews we did, well things went wrong but you never stopped and you got through them.

Perhaps most intriguingly, Mooney revealed McMahon’s perspective on how these moments of imperfection were perceived by the audience.

Vince would say and anybody who’s on the other side looking in is gonna think ‘I think they meant to do that.’

Vince McMahon Was Furious After This Donald Trump WWE Humiliation

Vince McMahon was left furious after being embarrassed when Donald Trump proved that his was bigger in front of several WWE stars. It was revealed by Armando Estrada that McMahon was left seething after Trump outshone him with the size of his limo, when both were travelling to the airport one time.

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