Vince McMahon’s reputation as one of wrestling’s most eccentric personalities has spawned countless anecdotes, and JBL shared a particularly bizarre one involving Booker T.
Speaking on the “Something to Wrestle” podcast, JBL revealed that McMahon made Booker T apologize for a joke that Vince himself had concocted.
According to JBL, McMahon had come up with a simple “dad joke” and passed it to Booker T to use. Booker repeated the joke, but someone later called Vince to bring it to his attention, asking if he’d heard what Booker said. Vince, apparently forgetting he’d written the joke, asked for clarification.
When told the details, McMahon decided Booker should issue an apology. JBL said:
“Vince does so much in a day, he forgets things. He fed Booker a joke—a typical dad joke—and Booker repeated it. Then someone called Vince and said, ‘Did you hear the joke Booker told?’ Vince said, ‘No,’ but they explained what Booker said.”
Booker T, unaware of the absurdity, apologized as instructed. When he returned to McMahon, Vince—still oblivious—praised him for addressing the issue, claiming Booker had already apologized earlier. This left Booker baffled, thinking it might be an elaborate rib.
“Here’s the kicker—Vince was the one who gave Booker the joke in the first place. But Vince had Booker apologize for it. When Booker came back, Vince didn’t even remember the whole thing. Vince said, ‘Hey Booker, you already apologized for that joke earlier.’ Booker’s reaction was, ‘Is this a rib? This cannot be real.’”
Despite the confusion, Booker apologized again, claiming the joke might not have been appropriate. Vince thanked him for “handling the situation” and acted as though he was forgiving Booker for a misstep. JBL concluded that Vince never realized he was the original source of the joke.
“Booker apologized again, said it was a little inappropriate or whatever, and Vince thanked him, saying, ‘Thanks for taking care of that. No big deal.’ Vince acted like he forgave him for something Vince himself told him to say. Booker came back, shook Vince’s hand, and everything was fine.
To this day, Vince has no idea he was the one who came up with the joke in the first place.”
This story is another in a long list of odd tales about McMahon’s antics.
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