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#4 Vince McMahon’s surprise reaction to unplanned title change in WWE

Vince McMahon loved R-Truth's title win

Back in 2019, R-Truth defeated Shinsuke Nakamura on WWE SmackDown to win the United States Championship. It was recently revealed that the finish to this match was botched and the title was never supposed to change hands. However, Vince McMahon loved the surprising outcome and found it “phenomenal” that R-Truth pinned Nakamura for the title on the Blue brand.

Can you believe @RonKillings pulled this off?! #SDLive #USTitle pic.twitter.com/JyhY9ELw3O

— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2019

Former WWE official Chioda recently shared details about the match and revealed how the miscommunication between him and R-Truth led to an unplanned finish. He also disclosed McMahon’s reaction to the match while speaking with Wrestling Shoot Interviews and said:

“Vince loved it,” Chioda said. “R-Truth tells me the wrong f***ing finish. ‘You said you were only getting schoolboyed once!’ And he was like, ‘Oh, my bad, dawg, I’m sorry, man.’ He had the US title or something, 24-hour title… US title, I think. So it was kind of funny. I thought I was gonna get a bunch of heat coming back and Vince was like, ‘That was phenomenal, I loved it!’ I’m like, ‘What? Okay, great.’”

That #USTitle looks good on you, @RonKillings! 🇺🇸#WWEVancouver pic.twitter.com/jmoGnyr0kM

— WWE (@WWE) February 4, 2019

R-Truth went on to keep the title for 35 days before losing it to Samoa Joe in a Fatal Four-Way match. He didn’t make many appearances with the United States Championship and was only involved in a couple of defenses.