WWE has witnessed numerous botch endings to the matches. Recently, former WWE referee Mike Chioda recalled how WWE Chairman Vince McMahon had reacted to R-Truth accidentally winning the United States Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura back in 2019. It took place on an edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown.
Mike Chioda reveals Nakamura was supposed to retain WWE US title
It was noted that due to a miscommunication with Chioda, it was R-Truth who unexpectedly won the match to become a two-time United States Champion.
Chioda recently spoke to James Romero of Wrestling Shoot Interviews, and said that Truth was responsible for the botched move. But, he also revealed that WWE’s Chairman “loved” the surprise outcome. Vince McMahon Sad Firing Message To Lana Leaks
“Vince loved it. 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.’
The finish to the match saw R-Truth do schoolboy roll up on Nakamura. Chioda had counted to three and signaled for the bell to ring.
Can you believe @RonKillings pulled this off?! #SDLive #USTitle pic.twitter.com/JyhY9ELw3O
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2019
Truth’s 35 days reign ended after Samoa Joe won a Fatal 4-Way match by beating him, Andrade and Rey Mysterio, to become the United States Champion.
