Mansoor Recalls Vince McMahon Changing Raw After WrestleMania 39 An Hour Before The Show

Raw after WrestleMania 39 was reportedly heavily changed by Vince McMahon as he was backstage at the event. 

WWE announced its deal with Endeavor earlier in the day on April 3, and McMahon stated he could no longer get “in the weeds.” Despite his comment, he reportedly made changes to matches, segments, and the order of things for the April 3 episode of WWE Raw. 

One change was the addition of Omos, who was not originally booked to compete. 

Speaking on Twitch, Mansoor recalled sitting with Omos when he was informed of the change. 

“Raw after Mania. Card is up, show is rehearsed. Hunter [Triple H] has been running the show for a while. Mania was a huge success. We weren’t on it because we were told we were being taken off TV right before. We’re sitting backstage and in catering with Omos. He’s got some disgusting slop on his plate. He gets a call, answers the phone, gets up and runs out. We’re looking at him, we’re with Tyson Kidd [TJ Wilson]. Ten minutes later we’re like, ‘did [Omos] just leave his pile of food here?’ It was a call saying, ‘Omos, you’re booked for Raw in an hour, you need to go get your gear.’ He didn’t bring his gear because he wasn’t supposed to work the show. He had to run back to his hotel and get his gear from when he worked Mania. Vince came through and just changed the whole show an hour before. Suddenly, the first match after WrestleMania was Omos squashing Elias, for no reason,” said Mansoor. 

Mansoor and Mace commented that MVP told Omos to “always bring your gear.” 

Omos lost to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 39. The loss to Omos was the last singles match Elias would have on WWE TV.

Elsewhere during the stream, Mace and Mansoor discussed their release from WWE, which occurred on September 21. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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