More WWE stars have contacted Fightful Select regarding Vince McMahon ‘s behavior on WWE SmackDown on Friday, where he opened the show with a brief promotion on WWE’ s signature “Then. Now. Together. Forever”.
As noted, there are allegations against Vince McMahon, who is said to have paid $ 3 million to a former WWE employee to cover up an adventure. There is an ongoing investigation by the Board of Directors into this and other misconduct.
A Smackdown talent said they were expecting a day full of events, but noted that no one knew what Vince would say. However, he was not “sold” by the fact that he was being investigated, and he was especially jovial.
The person said that the show was much more relaxed than usual at the time it started, with another adding that Vince was “happy” and it was great to see that many were expecting a tense atmosphere. Vince was said to be very practical on Friday even more than usual. A longtime staff member said he thought this was McMahon’s way of establishing that he still runs the show.
“He’s basically showing through his promotion that he’s in charge of what’s in front of him and that he’s not running away,” another talent said.