3 Times Vince McMahon interrupted his own WWE show (and 2 times he wanted to but didn't)

#3 Vince McMahon interrupted Rhyno vs. Tajiri

Vince McMahon sent Rhyno and Tajiri backstage

If you regularly read articles about Vince McMahon and the real-life stories behind WWE matches, there is a good chance that you might have heard about the 2003 live event match between Rhyno and Tajiri.

The match came at a time when Vince McMahon had made the unusual decision to run WWE live events from the backstage area – something he usually leaves to producers.

Before the match, Vince McMahon stressed to Rhyno that he could not afford to make any mistakes against Tajiri, while a producer told the one-time United States Champion to try to frustrate the crowd even more if they began to chant “Boring!” at any stage.

When the “Boring!” chants began, Rhyno followed the advice he was given and started to put Tajiri in a submission move. But, as he would find out, it proved to be a bad decision, as Vince McMahon himself walked down to the ring and ordered both Superstars to go to the back.

Rhyno said on Talk Is Jericho in 2020 that he received double pay for that show, presumably because Vince McMahon felt bad for not allowing the “boring” match to finish.