Monday’s Raw opened with a bizarre scene in which Mr. McMahon — two weeks removed from kicking Roman Reigns in the balls and getting Superman Punched in the face — feigned a neck injury in an attempt to get Reigns arrested. Not like he had footage of Roman jumping in the air and punching him in the face or anything, but stay with me. Stephanie McMahon showed up and started ordering police around, and the situation escalated until Vince was the one being arrested and taken away in handcuffs.
According to TMZ, the least realistic arrest in the history of television was realistic enough to make WWE fans contact the NYPD with a “flurry of calls.” There’s a reason why WWE says injured wrestlers have been taken to a “local medical facility” instead of “the hospital,” and it’s to avoid situations like this. We’re not sure if the calls were in defense of McMahon — I mean, the guy who arrested him fast forward through his Miranda rights, and I’m 99% sure those weren’t even real cops — or an effort to get McMahon saddled with as many charges as possible.
In case you missed it, here’s the “mugshot” aired on WWE TV shortly after the incident:
Come on, this all seems on the level.
