MLW CEO Court Bauer recalled a meeting with Vince and Linda McMahon during his first week on the job as a creative team member for WWE while speaking on an AdFreeShows podcast.
Here’s what he had to say about it:
“We had a show in Las Vegas,” Bauer said. I was told, ‘You’re going to be on the corporate jet. You’re going to Vegas,’ … I had no idea who was on this jet. I get on the jet and I see Vince and Linda and as soon as I get on, the accordion stairs flip up and I sit down. Oh s***. It’s me and the McMahons, we’re flying to Vegas.”
Bauer then described how Vince quickly got into work talk, and the two of them worked on shows together.
“I had lovely discussions and conversations with Linda and she just, she could talk about anything,” Bauer said. “[Vince and Linda] didn’t really talk to each other, which was interesting. Then he was like, ‘Well, you have the show, let’s go over it’ … He just went through the shows and would ask once in a while what I thought of something and would change up shows and I said, ‘Oh, this is great’ … I go in [to the creative meeting], I say, ‘Hey guys. Nice to meet you. I’m Court Bauer, made some changes to the show and we’re going to go through it,’ and as soon as it came out of my mouth, I’m like, ‘S***,’ and I see their faces. They’re looking at me and I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m the a****** you’re going to hate.’”
