5 Times Vince McMahon punished WWE Superstars for breaking WWE rules

Modified Feb 01, 2019 15:42 GMT

Vince McMahon angry is not a person WWE Superstars want to meet

#4 Paul London

Paul London was fired for smiling at the wrong time

In WWE, your career depends completely on timing, not only in the ring but off-stage as well. WWE Superstars are expected to maintain their characters properly when they are on camera. In truth, this includes a lot of acting as well. If you smile at the wrong moment, then you could end up spoiling your career.

This is a lesson that Paul London learned the tough way. Vince McMahon was marching to his limousine during a segment, where he was going to fake his death in front of the WWE Universe in kayfabe.

For this, he walked past a lot of wrestlers backstage on the way to the limo. One of these stars was Paul London. London was smiling at the wrong time, and the fixed smile was what cost him his career. Every Superstar was sombre except for him. McMahon was enraged about it and fired him.

About the author

Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 8 years. He's been an Assistant Content Manager for the team during the past 3 years as well. Banerjee has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

In his free time, Anirban is an avid reader and spends hours lost in books.

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