Last week it was reported that the WWE board was investigating allegations of misconduct against Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis, and it was later reported that Stephanie McMahon would be assuming the role of interim Chairwoman and CEO of WWE while Vince steps aside.
McMahon and Laurinaitis have been hot topics over the last few days, and during an appearance on Wrestling Shoot Interviews former WWE star Dutch Mantell opened up about Johnny Ace’s backstage reputation.
“Well, I heard more about Laurinaitis than I did about Vince. Because Laurinaitis is, I mean, I heard all kinds of stories about him. You know he would leave the TV, and then he would somehow meet up later, that was his own private time, and the diva he met with, it was her own private time too. That was kind of hush hush, but he had quite the reputation from what I hear. Now, did I do it? No. First of all, I was too freaking old, and second of all, and it’s you got to actually work at a little bit. I didn’t feel like working but see, Laurinaitis is in the position he was in, you know, he could just tell those girls anything, especially a new girl.”
“And as soon as the girl had something to do with Laurinaitis, all the other girls knew it. So he’d put her on an island by herself, which actually caused more problems than what promotion or a move up the card could cure. So, when you look at these big Divas, there’s no telling how they got there. I mean talent might have been one reason, something else may be on another reason. Allegedly, allegedly, that’s my favorite word allegedly, I heard a lot about Mr. Laurinaitis.”
It was recently reported that John Laurinaitis was not at the Friday Night SmackDown tapings last week, and he’s not expected to be at the Monday Night Raw tapings tonight. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
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