ESPN anchor and former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman was pranked so badly and perfectly by Vince McMahon that the WWE Chairman actually left Coach crying backstage as a result.
In an interview with Back Sports Page, Jonathan Coachman tells his story of the hilarious Vince McMahon prank over a $10 office gambling pool that Coach thought was going to get him fired or possibly even land him in jail.
In his own words, Coachman tells his story as follows:
"Basically, Jerry Brisco came up to me in 2001 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and he said he wanted me to run a football pool. $10 to pick all the games, and everybody did it. And I started on a Tuesday, it was a Smackdown taping, I'll never forget it. I had my own room I did interviews in, and all the sudden two cops show up. They were very serious, and said I understand you're running a gambling pool. You sold one to one of our undercover cops here. It's a felony in North Carolina and we're going to have to take you in."
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Coachman then talks about how the cops stop right in front of Vince McMahon's office and in the room are Vince, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, The Rock, Kevin Dunn and set-up man Jerry Brisco. Coach recalled that McMahon got right in his face and chewed him out in front of everyone:
"He was cursing, telling me my priorities were bad, and spending company time to run a gambling pool. This entire riff lasted 45 minutes. At the end of the office bit, the officer said it was $1,500 to get me out, and Vince said F-no, he's on his own. They handcuffed me, and I asked if there was anything I could put over my face. Vince threw me a pair of sweaty gym shorts that got stuck on my face."
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After all of that, the Vince McMahon prank still wasn't over, and Jonathan Coachman recalls seeing The Undertaker after leaving Vince's office, then getting escorted out of the building in front of fans and everything. Said Coach:
"They walked me out, and all the fans could see me and they drove me about a mile down the road, and got a call on the radio that they had to come back to pick up something. They turn around, come back, and everyone's there with Vince in front of everybody laughing their asses off. Greatest rip in the history of the business, and for about 10 minutes I literally walked to a place in the building and started crying. I thought my career was over. I thought how can I tell my dad I got fired over a $10 football pool."
That is an amazing prank by Vince McMahon on the then-26-year-old Coachman, and another reason I would be scared to travel with the WWE crew full-time.
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