WWE Chairman Vince McMahon seems to avoid unwanted delays during his work and wants to get the job done in time. During the latest episode of The Kurt Angle Show, the Olympic gold medalist recalled taping the memorable cowboy hat segment from the July 5th, 2001 episode of SmackDown.
The hilarious segment saw Stone Cold Steve Austin gifting Vince and Kurt Angle cowboy hats, and the Olympic Gold Medalist seemed goofy during the segment.
Kurt Angle revealed that Vince McMahon was legitimately annoyed with them during the taping of the segment as they started cracking up multiple times. WWE ‘Botched’ Smackdown Title Change Leaks
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Vince wanted to wrap things up as early as possible but the stars were delaying in shooting the segment. McMahon had then told Austin and Angle that they would be fined $2000 for each failed take and it was then the stars became more serious and completed the segment without laughing anymore.
WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle also added that Vince McMahon was serious about issuing fines. He said:
“And I was doing the same with him. There were a lot of instances where, you know, we had to break the pre-tape and do it over again because we were laughing so hard. Vince was getting pissed off. Vince decided, ‘Listen, if you guys continue to laugh during the pre-tapes, before I yell cut, I’m going to fine you $2000 for each one. So, we got really serious about the pre-tape even though they were supposed to be funny. We had to, you know, be more serious about what we needed to do and what we needed to accomplish. We decided we weren’t going to laugh anymore, and we were able to get the pre-tapes done a lot quicker then.”
You can check out the segment below:
