WWE Chaiman Vince McMahon and his son Shane McMahon are known for doing crazy things and having unique storyline ideas in WWE. WWE Executive Director Bruce Prichard recently opened up on one such storyline that McMahon had come up with back in 2006, where he and his son Shane did something crazy.
Bruce Prichard defends Vince McMahon
Prichard defended McMahon’s idea to use ‘God’as a WWE character in 2006. As crazy as it sounds, at WWE Backlash 2006, Shane and Vince McMahon had teamed up to face Shawn Michaels and God in a No Holds Barred tag team match.The storyline revolved around Vince McMahon poking fun at HBK.
Prichard on his Something to Wrestle With podcast gave his take on the storyline. She lauded the storyline and believes it was was entertaining and should not have been taken seriously by WWE fans. Cody Rhodes ‘Buried’ By Top AEW Star?
He said:
“It’s entertainment! It is parody,” Prichard said. “Again, this is entertainment and this is parody, and it’s okay for movies and all that to do it but not do it here? Religious people that have lived their entire life under that and have grown up that way [might have been offended]. But I do think that based in entertainment and parody, this was entertainment. For those that took it seriously… well, then, sorry.”
Prior to the match, Vince had also criticized God’s slow entrance and encouraged his opponent to dance to the ring instead. Prichard further revealed whether he thinks the storyline would work in the present day.
He said:
“I think when you view it in glasses of many years later, maybe not,” Prichard added. “But in the time, when you’re living it in the time, it was parody and entertainment that I found very entertaining. I wouldn’t do it today, no.”
Following the interference of The Spirit Squad, the team of Shane and Vince McMahon emerged victorious against Michaels and his partner, God which was represented as nothing but the spotlight.
