Troll King Help me out here (other WWE fans read as well)

[Adamant]

Is Vince McMahon actually dead or is this just a big hoax? Usually it's pretty evident what's going on but if this is in fact a hoax they're doing a good job of it.

[stark]

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Did Vince McMahon, who’s bluffed and blustered his way into the ringmaster’s role of the testosterone-fueled soap opera that is professional wrestling, really fall for the old bomb-in-the-limo trick? Though World Wrestling Entertainment would have you believe otherwise, the answer is no. “No one was in any danger,” said Steve Poremba of Monday night’s WWE RAW spectacle at the Wachovia Arena, though he would not elaborate until WWE had sent out a news release. Despite articles on the wrestling federation’s Web site that firefighters and federal agents are investigating, workers at the Luzerne County 911 Center confirmed that it was “a stunt” and that no emergency vehicles were called to the arena on Monday night. FBI officials have not yet returned a call. But fans from across the country have been contacting local media to confirm reports that McMahon, the chairman of the board of WWE, was blown up in a fiery limo-bombing on his very own “Mr. McMahon Appreciation Night,” which was televised on USA Network. McMahon had walked out of the building to the waiting vehicle, so fans inside the arena saw the same televised live scene. Only it was wasn’t live. Supervised by Zenith Pyrotechnology, based in Deer Park, N.Y., the explosion was actually filmed at the arena late Saturday night, the footage of the burning hulk taped Sunday night and the whole mess spliced together, said Andy Kratz, the township’s zoning officer. “They did it, I believe, at 11 o’clock at night until 3 a.m. so no one would be around,” he said, adding that it was done in a section generally blocked from public view by the building and surrounding land features. The pyrotechnics company had to get permits, which Kratz said they did about a week ago. “We have pyrotechnics shows in the arena all the time” for wrestling and ice skating, among other things, he said. “They say they do this quite a bit,” but usually not outside. Representatives of the pyrotechnics company have not returned calls for comment. The stunt seems to be part of an ongoing story of McMahon’s spiral into insanity, which wwe.com has been supporting with repeated updates of the faux-bombing story. “Over the last few weeks on WWE programming, the swaggering, well-off billionaire seemed to unravel right before the eyes of millions. … Mr. McMahon even cited the looming of a “black cloud” last week – a cloud very similar to the post-combustive smoke that billowed above his limousine tonight,” the Web site reported. “The ominous reality is that what was brushed off as incoherent ramblings of a broken man and former ECW World Champion actually may have proven to be an exercising of a recently discovered sixth sense.” WWE representatives have not yet returned a call for comment.

fake'd

[Scurvy]

too bad :-/

[Xog]

it was a fake i would have heard it and there would be massive coverage on the news.

[Dameon Angell]

Wow, you actually bought a WWE Storyline these days?

[Troll King]

Of course it's fake. I can't believe someone even has to ask. Why else would they spend the last 5 minutes of the program showing him walking to his limo with footage that was obviously pre-taped? Why bother with the "Vincent Kennedy McMahon Appreciation Night" gimmick for the show if there wasn't some big twist at the end? Why would Jonathan Coachman specifically redirect Vince towards the limo? The whole evening was set up to start a "who was behind it?" angle, with anyone from Jesse Ventura to Donald Trump to Bret Hart set up as possible suspects. Hell, it was pretty much a copy of the Simpson's "Who shot Mr. Burns?" cliffhanger.

[kthx]

Why would anyone watch such a terrible show in the first place! OMGBOMBZOR

[Noah]

It's the only soap opera containing actors beating eachother up with cool-looking moves.

[kthx]

It's two steroided out bitches on stage with each other slapping each others chest and face before they eventually start basically making man love to one another for about 10 minutes before the pre-decided winner knocks out the enemy. It is absolutely terrible. I would rather watch Jerry Springer for my weekly hour of white-trash fun.

[DJSlayer]

Btw Troll it wasn't all pre-recorded him getting into the limo. It was all live until he got into the limo, then it switched to some pre-recorded shit. Also there are people that after the show, saw him getting into another limo and leaving the studio, how's that for fake?

What are the bets WWE resorts to some shitty fued with the Undertaker when he's back from being injured. "I'm the only deadman here!" lol

[megaman89]

i live 30 mins from wilkes-barre!

ps. wrestling sucks, grow up

[Troll King]

I'm so glad I don't decide whether or not I like watching wrestling on the opinions of those who criticize it, especially when I consider how much I usually value the opinions of those particular people in most other situations.

[Adamant]

Yeah I didn't actually see the ending or what happened so that's why I asked. Up until today they were pretty convincing on the WWE site but now it's obvious that it's not true and I was also skeptical because of the lack of coverage in the media as someone already stated.

[geekbot]

I saw the sign guy on Deal or No Deal. That's all I know about the WWE. That episode was pretty entertaining though.

[Nickname]

i admit to watching the draft episode but not the ending. I still know most of the wrestlers..well anybody but the ecw guys really, and i enjoyed watching the actual 'draft' aspect of the show, but that was about it.