Vince McMahon originally rejected an act's WrestleMania gear and title win pitch before approving them
Added 2021-08-05 16:06:37 +0000 UTCMatt Cardona spoke with Wrestling Perspective Podcast for a talk that will go live Friday evening. Check out their Twitch at https://m.twitch.tv/wrestlingperspectivepod. Please credit Wrestling Perspective when aggregating this story
Cardona noted that Vince McMahon originally rejected Curt Hawkins' New York Jets themed-WrestleMania 35 gear, as wrestlers had to submit their gear ahead of time for approval. Cardona and Myers got a meeting with Vince to get it approved, and also pitch them winning the tag titles, which Cardona says he didn't like. McMahon did approve the gear, and a few days later someone else called Cardona and Myers to tell them they'd be winning the titles at WrestleMania
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Talent has to get approval for just about anything that changes their look (tattoos, changing hair style/color, gear) because of the licensing deals, specifically for the action figures and (to a lesser extent) video games. The latter isn't as big of a concern because they can always add outfits and new looks via DLC purchases.
Doug McCloud
2021-08-06 18:22:01 +0000 UTCI kind of understand why gear has to be pre approved, but it’s still dumb that gear has to be pre approved 😂
Damian Bushay
2021-08-05 16:13:02 +0000 UTCI mean, I hate the Jets too..
Damian Bushay
2021-08-05 16:12:32 +0000 UTCNow I’m totally done! Vince hates the Jets 😢😢
2021-08-05 16:10:48 +0000 UTCWell I’m glad that worked out because I was there for that title win!
Shaun V.
2021-08-05 16:10:33 +0000 UTCInteresting... thanks for the post!
Supersaurus
2021-08-05 16:08:23 +0000 UTC
