Last week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown had a “Throwback” theme and Pat McAfee was dressed like Vince McMahon but, there could have been an additional skit with McAfee that fans did not get to see.
McAfee arrived at the arena in a wig and a Vince McMahon suit circa 1988. Later, speaking on his podcast, Pat McAfee joked about being bullied into shaving his face by Michael Cole to commit to a bit that would later be canceled.
(H/T: Cultaholic for the transcription)
“On Friday, to commit to a bit of being Vince McMahon on SmackDown Throwback, I was bullied into shaving my face. Michael Cole was one of the leaders of that bullying. I thought it was Be A Star.
“Michael Cole goes, ‘You could commit and shave your face.’ Cole had an awesome look as well, which didn’t make it to air. He had the frosted tips and he committed to 1999 Michael Cole. We had the wig, which was too small for my head and it felt like my forehead was in a rear-naked choke. We had the suit, the tie, I wore dress shoes for the first time. A lot of people in WWE were like, ‘this is awesome. We’ll remember this and you doing it for the character and the bit.’
“I shaved, it looked terrible. I got makeup on, we shot a bunch of sh*t. I did an entire Vince McMahon thing. Immediately following, literally, as soon as I walked off-screen, Foxy [McAfee Show Video Producer Evan Fox] gets a text from someone that works at WWE [saying] ‘hang tight.’ I go, ‘Oh, Vince is coming?’ No, that’s not the case. They come out and everything has been canceled!”I walk back into the building and everyone who was motivating me to shave my face, they heard about what happened, and were like, ‘Sorry, so sorry, it’ll grow back.’ FOUR DAYS! NOTHING! THAT BEARD WAS OLDER THAN JESUS F**KING CHRIST! I look like I’m twelve!”
Pat McAfee has been the color commentator on Friday Night SmackDown following the release of Samoa Joe and the shake-up of the commentary team to move Corey Graves over to Monday Night Raw.
