Paul London has recalled getting in trouble over a famous Vince McMahon segment.
The former WWE star spoke to Chris Van Vliet for a new interview recently. He talked about things such as his start in wrestling, facing Brock Lesnar in his main roster TV debut, and more.
During the interview, the former Cruiserweight Champion also recalled being part of the infamous Vince McMahon limousine explosion segment. Paul London revealed that the talent part of the segment were not told what it was actually about. The 45-year-old noted that the only instruction they were given was that McMahon would be acting 'very bizarre and very queer' and they were to play it off if the boss looked at any of them:
"I’m like, What are y’all doing? So that was the only description. They filmed the limousine explosion the night before. Didn’t tell any of us that was what was happening. Didn’t tell us anything other than he was bizarre, odd and queer. So every take he looked in my face. I’m sitting here thinking, whatever is up this guy’s ass is making him so bizarre."
How Sensitive Millionaires Are: Paul London
The former champion noted that he already had some heat with the office at the time and revealed that he got in more trouble for smiling during the segment. He blamed the Great Khali's former manager, Ranjin Singh, for pointing his expression out to McMahon, and discussed how people like Vince are so sensitive despite their wealth:
“Yeah, it’s funny, it’s cute how sensitive millionaires are. If you think about it, the money, the power, the image, the persona, all of this becomes a big smokescreen. That becomes an illusion that you use as leverage to create some sort of fear, or try to keep everyone on their heels so they’re easier to move around. I don’t know, whatever you want to call it, but extremely sensitive, like very easy to hurt their feelings.”
Apart from this, London discussed his Royal Rumble elimination by Gene Snitsky, his match with John Cena on Velocity and more.