Back in 2001, Vince McMahon did an interview on the HBO show, On The Record with Bob Costas.
The interview included a heated exchange between the two due to both the XFLâs decline in viewership and Costasâ issues with WWE's programming.
The New York Post reports that in a new book by Jim Miller, âTinderbox: HBOâs Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers,â Vince McMahon is quoted as saying the following:
âOnce we were doing the interview, he kept interrupting me and interrupting me, and bringing up topics that had nothing to do with what we were supposed to be talking about. He kept trying to do the âI gotchaâ kind of thing. It was clear he didnât want to hear any of my answers.
âThe other problem was that Bob is so freaking pompous. The entire time he acted like he was above me and was just using me to show how great he was. I was sitting there really pissed off and started thinking, I wish he wasnât 5-feet high and 140 pounds. If he was 6-5 and 295, he would deserve to get the sât beat out of him. I could have really given them some great television.â
Costas recalled how the post-interview went.
âHe stormed off and you could hear the doors slamming behind him. It takes some strength, by the way, to slam the doors of the studio. Those doors arenât like the door to your kitchen. I could hear them slam.â
âThe following day the phone rings, and itâs McMahon. âBob, letâs make it two out of three. You took last night. I want a rematch.â I said, âGreat.â We did another one a year later that was less heated, was still a good exchange, but it wasnât as memorable as the first one.â
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