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Vince McMahon is a legend in his own right. He is cynical, and that is why people feel intimidated by his presence. The one thing that makes him a successful sports entrepreneur is his ability to connect with the wrestlers and make them feel special.
Some of the famous wrestlers recalled their first meeting with the Chairman and shared their thoughts. While some were excited, others were slightly nervous.
Here is the list of six wrestlers who shared their experience of first meeting with Vince.
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#6 John Cena
The first time John Cena met Vince McMahon was at Chicago, Illinois in 2002. He was scheduled to fight his debut match with Kurt Angle because The Undertaker could not compete against King Kurt due to sickness. The company management thought it was appropriate for him to meet the Chairman before the fight.
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Cena sported ugly, long, super-dyed blond hair at that time. During their meeting, one of the management person asked Vince, “What do you think?” He turned around and said, "Cut his hair." Vince had the look of disgust on his face.
Cena was quickly taken away from the Chairman's room and was given a haircut soon after.
#5 Daniel Bryan
Daniel Bryan first met the Chairman in 2008 when he had just fought Lance Cade in an untelevised match. Shawn Michaels had put in a word of appreciation for Bryan which is why Vince asked for a meeting with the American Dragon. He was aware Vince had a weakness for people who dressed well hence he bought a $500 suit for this meeting.
Bryan told this in an interview, “He asked me things like, ‘What would you like to see happen?’ I told him that I’d like to come in and be a top guy, but I had concerns about not being very big. I have a very self-deprecating sense of humor and think of myself as a humble person, so it’s hard for me to say that I’m good at something. Vince said, ‘Shawn tells me you’re very good.’ And I just said, ‘Well, I’m okay.’ And I could tell instantly he disliked that. It was very awkward and very uncomfortable."
#4 Alexa Bliss
Five-time Women's Champion Champion, Alex Bliss is a powerhouse performer. Everyone in the company knows Vince is a big fan of her. During their first meeting, they discussed her hair color.
She spoke with Dirt Fork, "I had my hair extensions and was painting them pink with hair dye. I’m sitting there in makeup, painting my hair extensions and Vince walks by and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, hi’. And he was like, ‘Hello’ and looks at my hair and asks me what I’m doing and I said, ‘I’m painting my hair extensions’ and he was really funny about it and said, ‘You think I need pink in my hair?’. I was like, ‘Yeah, that would be awesome’."
#3 Sheamus
Sheamus is a four-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion who became a part of the WWE main roster in 2009. The Irishman has 4.88 million Twitter followers and is known for pummeling the likes of Randy Orton, Big Show. Daniel Bryan. Triple H, and John Cena. In an interview with The42, he recallled his first meeting with the Chairman.
"The first time I met him I actually went to shake his hand and I kind of gave him a lame handshake and he pulled his hand away, and he goes, 'That's not a handshake! Give me a proper handshake!' ... He's just a very intimidating man, especially now I know him, but it's great; he's given me a great opportunity to have a lot of fun."
#2 Luke Harper
Huberboy rose to stardom when he won the tag team championship in both NXT and WWE's main roster. He had been a part of WWE main roster since 2013, but it was not until 2014 that he met the Chairman. At that time, he and Erick Rowan were involved in an unforgettable rivalry with The Usos over the Tag Team titles.
Recalling the time when he first met Vince, he told on Talk Is Jericho, “My first real one was, we started doing the Uso feud like maybe a year into our thing. And I don’t know if it was the two out of three falls match or the one before at Money In The Bank, where we killed it. And we came to the back and he stood up and he hugged each one of us and he goes, ‘You go to that locker room and you tell these motherf*****s to follow that!’”
#1 The Big Show
The Big Show joined WWE from WCW in 1999. He met the Mac Daddy for the first time in New Orleans. He said it was a nice feeling and Vince made him feel special.
In an interview with WWE.com, Big Show said: “The first time I met Vince McMahon was in 1997 at the Consumer Electronics Show in New Orleans. I went by the WWE booth and he was standing out in front with a suit on, shaking hands I was The Giant in WCW and I walked by and introduced myself, but Vince knew who I was already. I said, ‘It’s a pleasure to meet you.’ I remember he had a firm handshake, a big smile on his face and looked me in the eye.”
