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‘I Ain’t F*cking Saying This’: Ex-WWE Star Had to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ With CEO Vince McMahon to Cut His Own Promo

Published 05/19/2022, 7:30 AM EDT

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WWE boss Vince McMahon is very particular about what WWE superstars say in their promos. For years, Vince McMahon’s decision to provide incredible promos to his employees has worked properly. However, very few would go up and stand up to Mr. McMahon if they did not like the promo that WWE writers gave.

Among a very few, was former WWE star Enzo Amore (nZo) who got into a battle because he disliked the promo that Vince McMahon’s company provided. Amore didn’t want to follow the script handed to him and even confronted the WWE head honcho about the same.

 

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The script was eventually changed when Amore got into a creative fight with the WWE boss. And according to nZo, his hardship against Mr. McMahon made him deliver one of the best-ever promos.

Enzo Amore indulged in a creative fight with WWE boss Vince McMahon

Five years ago, Enzo Amore and former WWE star Big Cass were best friends and had a good run on WWE programming. In 2017, Mr. McMahon’s WWE produced the Great Balls of Fire pay-per-view. The company split up Enzo Amore and Big Cass to face each at the event.

During an exclusive interview with Inside The Ropes, Enzo Amore recalled how he was handed a ‘dreadful script.’ So, he handled the matter with Vince McMahon and gave him an earful.

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“So that’s what I used in the promo, and I had to fight tooth and nail with Vince McMahon, who handed me the sh*tty promo. This writer handed me a sh*tty promo. I marched into Vince’s office at Great Balls of Fire, and I said, I ain’t f*cking saying this,” Enzo Amore said.

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According to nZo, the feud between him and Big Cass received a massive pop by the WWE Universe. So he wanted to create a big out of the fantastic rivalry between two former best friends. However, when the time came to cut promos, Enzo Amore and Big Cass were given cold treatment.

Mr. McMahon’s grant allowed nZo to cut the best-ever promo!

Enzo Amore realized he couldn’t go inside the squared circle with an awful script. So, he fought with Mr. McMahon till the end. Former WWE Superstar marched into Mr. McMahon’s office because the script was awful; expectedly WWE boss didn’t like Amore’s behavior at first.

But Mr. McMahon couldn’t deny nZo in the end because even he knew that the script was horrible. So the WWE boss granted Enzo Amore to change his official promo on live television.

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Enzo added, “He [Vince McMahon] didn’t want to do it. I fought again, I fought again. And Vince said, ‘okay.’ And I went out there, and I delivered what I believe to be one of my best promos ever.”

 

The former WWE superstar was among the very few in the company who could get his promo changed by battling with Mr. McMahon. Not only could he get his promo changed, but also Amore was given the freedom to cut a promo of his wish.

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Akash Dhakite is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Since he was three years old, Akash has been a fan of WWE, which gives him an ascendancy of knowledge about this sport. He grew up watching John Cena and to ‘Never Give Up’ is something that he has learned from him.
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