Houston reporters think wrestling is real

Posted by Chris Spags on June 24th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

People often like to mock Southerners but, well, it’s pretty well-deserved. Some Houston station is reporting that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was hurt last night on RAW. See the clip below and make your own call. Hint: IT’S NOT REAL YOU FING DOLTS.

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was injured in a freak accident in San Antonio Monday night.

Just moments after giving away $500,000 in “McMahon’s Million Dollar Mania,” McMahon was crushed by a large electric sign that fell from the AT&T Center.

The extent of his injuries was unclear, but he was rushed to the hospital.

WrestleMania officials planned to update fans on McMahon’s condition at a press conference in Houston Tuesday.

WWE stars were scheduled to be on hand at the Toyota Center before filming SmackDown and ECW at the arena.

You know when sets collapse, I’d like to think that they actually, you know, hit the person they’re collapsing on. Granted, Vince McMahon has had a bad run of luck this past year…his limo was blown up last June….oh, until that whole messy (literally and figuratively) Chris Benoit double-murder thing happened. Then he was ok. Whew, good thing these real life situations are so reversible!

Fun Chris Fact: I try not to divulge personal work stuff here, but it’s totally relevant so whatever. I worked for WWE’s PR department last year during the time Vince’s limo blew up. I will preface this by saying that I greatly enjoyed my time at WWE and was treated extremely well. It was an awesome experience and made me even better at what I do. But holy crap that was f’ing ridiculous. I had to pretend TO LEGITIMATE MEDIA that Vince McMahon has actually been blown up in a limo accident. Actually, no, I couldn’t say “Vince McMahon”. I had to say “MR. MCMAHON” (because that’s the character). I remember talking to a producer at Extra about it and he was like, “Funny stunt after that ending of The Sopranos, eh?” And I replied, in a complete stoic delivery, “Funny? Sir, this is tragic.” Granted, as you know by now, I relish in being a douchebag, but as a PR person, I’m pretty good. So I felt annoyed and sad that day. Not to mention that I received calls from legitimate newspapers (granted, most were small town), asking if Vince was okay. Seriously people? Seriously?

Anyway yeah, sure hope Vince is okay. Stupid media.

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