5 Matches that Vince McMahon got angry about

In WWE, there's only one man whose attention you really need to get, and one man who you need to impress to make it to the top - Vince McMahon. However, given that WWE is on the road every week of the year and matches happen as often as they do, wrestlers are bound to make mistakes and have bad matches.

One thing that fans should know is that there are no real days off for Vince McMahon. He's essentially backstage for every episode of RAW, SmackDown and PPVs. Being in gorilla position, he takes note of everything going on and is always in the ears of the commentators, rectifying them or telling them what to plug in when.

He's known to be a micromanager of sorts, which is why you can imagine that he has very high expectations of his performers. However, not every match is going to live up to expectations, and no matter how much experience or skill a superstar has, a dud match is something that's bound to happen to anyone the longer they wrestle.

It doesn't even have to be just a dud match that annoys McMahon. It can be an incident mid-match which he deemed inappropriate. We look at 5 such instances where Vince McMahon got angry during a match.

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#5. Chris Jericho vs Batista - Steel Cage match RAW 2008

In their world title match on RAW in a steel cage, Batista decided that blading wouldn't be too bad an idea, deciding to do so without McMahon's knowledge. After the match, McMahon was infuriated with him and took him to his office to give him a earful.

Batista was fined a 100,00$, while Chris Jericho, referee Mike Chioda and Dean Malenko (the match agent) were fined around $6,500 each. Batista ended up paying all of their fines, and while he may have understood being berated for his actions, he disagreed with the hefty price.

#4. Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens - WrestleMania 33

The Chris Jericho-Kevin Owens storyline was one of the most interesting ones in 2016/2017. Their alliance essentially helped carry RAW during Owens' Universal Championship reign. The culmination of their feud was much anticipated, especially given the heat that Owens got after turning on Jericho.

Their match, however, didn't necessarily deliver as hoped. Going on second on the WrestleMania 33 card, they probably didn't get the match that they had hoped for, and when Kevin Owens went to Vince McMahon after the match asking "Are we good?", McMahon responded with a simple "No".

He wasn't happy with the match at all and was likely angry about the way it went down. Owens naturally took that very personally and was disappointed by it, but chose to use it to better himself.

The match at the following year's WrestleMania turned out to be a much better one for Kevin Owens, even if he was on the losing end of things.

#3. Ric Flair vs Randy Savage - WrestleMania VIII

The unfortunate reality is that the Ric Flair-Randy Savage feud in 1992 didn't draw as well as WWE had hoped at the time. It was a heated feud heading into WrestleMania VIII, with Ric Flair claiming that Miss Elizabeth had been with him before Savage, going as far as to doctor photos.

Their match itself was quite good, but similar to Batista and Chris Jericho, there was blading that happened that infuriated McMahon. Mind you, this was when WWF was still PG, and five years away before they started pushing the envelope.

Ric Flair's face was covered in crimson red, and after the match, he was fined a lot of money and both he and Savage were blasted for disobeying the rules.

Ironically, Bret Hart had bladed in his match with Roddy Piper that same day, but he managed to convince McMahon that it was an accident.

#2. Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James

Prior to 2016, Mickie James vs Trish Stratus was considered one of the all-time great women's matches in WWE. It was the period of time when Stratus was wrapping up her career (she would retire a few months later), and Mickie James was the woman who would be carrying the torch going forward.

This resulted in a "crazy stalker" storyline, where James had continuously stalked Stratus. It culminated in a fantastic match, but what happened at the end infuriated Vince McMahon. James had made the "V-shape" with her fingers and did a rather crass gesture and she even grabbed Stratus' private region when trying to counter a finish.

James revealed later on that though she thought McMahon would love it, he was infuriated and berated her in gorilla position after the match in front of everybody. It's still a very revered match though, even by WWE.

#1. Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose - TLC 2018

The most recent entry on this list, the rumor mill was going abuzz about the fact that Vince McMahon was furious at the Intercontinental Championship match. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins' rivalry was years in the making and had a really good build-up, with fans anticipating what would happen in the grudge match.

Except, it didn't feel like a grudge match at all. It felt like an absolute dud of a match. To start off with, it was placed in an extremely unfavorable part of the card. With the crowd being hot for the matches prior, they were already slightly burned out.

To add to it, the pace of Rollins-Ambrose never really got off, and the crowd was mellowed down throughout the match. With a feud being built as possibly the most important on the card, McMahon was understandably frustrated that the payoff of it didn't go as expected.