Why Vince McMahon Cancelled A WWE Main Event Mid-Match

Vince McMahon wasn’t a fan of logic.

While it’s impossible to look back on Vince McMahon’s WWE tenure outside of the numerous allegations of abuse laid at his door, his management style was already known to be unusual.

McMahon regularly pushed and then dropped plans for wrestlers on a whim, and as the years passed, long-term planning seemed to go out of the window.

Furthermore, it was no secret that the former WWE boss would often rewrite shows in the minutes before they went on the air. Although it seems that even if a match made it into the ring, there was no guarantee it would reach its planned conclusion.

Vince McMahon Changed Match On The Fly

During an episode of his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T was recently joined by The Undertaker. The pair looked back on The Deadman’s illustrious career while giving their thoughts on the wrestling landscape in 2024.

As the conversation rumbled on, ‘Taker broke down one particularly bizarre incident while working with McMahon in the early 90s. The veteran recalled his former boss stopping a televised match between Ric Flair and Randy Savage for the World Championship after he decided he didn’t like what he saw.

He then decided to send ‘Taker and Scott Hall to the ring, despite the fact they’d already wrestled in a dark match.

In the middle of the match, Vince didn’t like the way the match was going. So he stops the match right in the middle and sent the dark match, who was Razor [Ramon] and I, and he says ‘Y’all just go until I tell you to go.’

Poor Scott, man, he is just wearing me, he’s hammering me whack and boom, and he’s so blown up because I ain’t selling s**t.

With Hall struggling to last the pace, he begged his opponent to allow him a rest hold before they were finally told they could end the action.

He goes, ‘Taker, can I please put you in a rear chin lock?’ I was like ‘Alright man, alright.’

It was shortly thereafter that we finally got the cue that we could go home, he was heaving he was breathing so hard.

During the same interview, The Undertaker expressed his concern for today’s wrestlers who perform an increasingly athletic and often risky in-ring style.

H/t to ITR Wrestling