Vince McMahon wanted male star to compete in iconic women’s WrestleMania main event

”
], { type: “text/html” }
);
const iframe = document.createElement(“iframe”);
iframe.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
iframe.style.cssText = “width:100%;height:100%;border:0;”;
container.appendChild(iframe);
attachIframeMessageListener(iframe);
}
const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries, obs) => {
const entry = entries[0];
if (entry.isIntersecting) {
obs.unobserve(entry.target);
requestIdleCallback(() => {
initWidget(entry.target);
}, {
timeout: 200
});
}
}, {
root: null,
rootMargin: “300px 0px”,
threshold: 0.01
});
requestIdleCallback(() => {
$all(“.nl-inline-form-container”).forEach((c) => {
observer.observe(c);
});
});
})();

Speaking on a recent episode of Rewind Recap Relive, Reginald disclosed that Vince McMahon wanted him to be a part of the bout, making it a triple threat match for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship. The 33-year-old noted that he would have received a lot of heat from the fans had it happened.

“I almost main-evented WrestleMania. If I would have been in this match, I’d have had so much heat from everyone because this was a huge match. Think about a match that happened during my Reggie time with two women, that was a big match. A singles for the title. Vince wanted a Triple Threat between Sasha, Bianca and myself,” Akeem said.

Reggie pointed out that he was in an alliance with Carmella at the time, and Vince McMahon proposed a romantic angle between him and Sasha Banks, which would eventually lead to the announcement of the triple threat match.

“I was with Carmella, and Carmella was feuding with Sasha, then Bianca came into the picture and Vince was saying something like, ‘Hey, I want you to play the room, like you are in love with Sasha, so you’re gonna buy her a puppy, and she’s gonna love the puppy’. This is basically me getting away from Carmella because Sasha had beaten Carmella so many times and I just got enamoured with Sasha so Carmella fired me, and I was supposed to fall in love with Sasha. So Vince calls all of us in the office; me, Sasha and Bianca. We have some producers and writers there. He says, ‘This is what I’m thinking, Reggie buys her a dog, she loves you, and you’re playing in the middle every week, but you have an endgame. You will come out and announce that this is a Triple Threat,'” he added. [H/T: WrestleTalk on X]

You can check out the entire interview in the video below:

Reginald reveals how Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks reacted to Vince McMahon’s pitch

Continuing on with the story, the former WWE 24/7 Champion stated Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks had the same look on their faces after listening to Vince McMahon’s booking idea. Reggie added that he was also confused.

Reginald further stated that Vince McMahon told him and Sasha Banks that they had great chemistry together but could not explain what made him think so. He added that WWE finally dropped the idea and went forward with the one-on-one match for the gold instead.

“When he said that, Sasha had a look on her face, and Bianca had the same look on her face, and I’m just like, ‘I don’t know what the hell is happening, I’m not gonna look at anyone or say anything.’ Vince said, ‘Sasha and Reggie, you guys have great chemistry,’ and Sasha kept asking Vince, ‘What makes us have this chemistry.’ We didn’t get an answer, it was just ‘chemistry.’ Lo and behold they came to their sense, that would have been stupid to throw me in that match, and they went on to have a match that’s gonna live in WWE history for a long time. Can you imagine?” [H/T: WrestleTalk on X]

Vince McMahon’s original pitch for the triple threat match would have robbed the fans of one of the most engaging matches at The Show of Shows.

`;
if (index == 3 && isOpera) {
storyHTML += `

`;
}
recommendedArticlesContainer.innerHTML += storyHTML;
});
}
}
function getStoryActionHTML(story, storyTitle, permalink) {
if (shouldHidePostActions) return “”;
return `

`;
}
function recommendedArticles() {
var baseUrl = “https://cf-gotham.sportskeeda.com/recommendations/post/news-vince-mcmahon-wanted-male-star-compete-iconic-women-s-wrestlemania-main-event?lang=en&category=wwe”;
pureJSAjaxGet(baseUrl, function(data) {
renderRecommendedArticles(data);
if (isOpera) {
renderOperaFeedAd();
}
}, function() {}, false);
}
var options = {
root: null,
rootMargin: “0px 0px 70% 0px”,
threshold: 0.1
};
var observer = new IntersectionObserver(function (entries) {
entries.forEach(function (entry) {
if (entry.isIntersecting) {
recommendedArticles();
observer.unobserve(entry.target);
}
});
}, options);
var targetElement;
if (showAlsoReadSection && !showAlsoReadSectionV2) {
targetElement = document.querySelector(‘.also-read-articles-container’);
} else {
targetElement = document.querySelector(‘.recommended-posts’);
}
if (targetElement) {
observer.observe(targetElement);
}
function renderOperaFeedAd() {
var operaFeedArticleAd = $(“.opera-article-feed-ad”);
if (!operaFeedArticleAd) {
return;
}
var firstScript= document.createElement(‘script’);
firstScript.setAttribute(“type”, “text/javascript”);
firstScript.setAttribute(“src”, “https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1883810847636355”);
firstScript.setAttribute(“async”, true);
firstScript.setAttribute(“crossorigin”, “anonymous”);
operaFeedArticleAd.appendChild(firstScript);
operaFeedArticleAd.innerHTML += `

`;
var secondScript = document.createElement(‘script’);
var secondScriptCode=””;
try {
secondScript.appendChild(document.createTextNode(secondScriptCode));
operaFeedArticleAd.appendChild(secondScript);
} catch (e) {
console.error(e);
}
}
})();

Fetching more content…