Although the feeling is that Bryan Danielson almost definitely received John Cena’s blessing to spit on the then-WWE Champion during the first NXT invasion angle, some insiders refuse to dismiss the possibility that the spitting played a role in Danielson’s release.
This week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter (f4wonline.com) explains that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon absolutely hates spitting and has preserved a long-running ban on the action in WWE rings. In addition to having a problem with spitting and smoking cigarettes, McMahon also reportedly hates sneezing, to the point at which he will “cut a promo” on those workers who sneeze when he is nearby.
In public comments made about Danielson’s release, Cena never gave any clear indication that the spitting was a problem–Chris Jericho, meanwhile, outright said that he believed the “tie choke” was the motivator.
— As an additional note on Batista’s WWE departure, F4WOnline.com says that a major stimuli for his falling out with WWE involved an outside movie deal. Batista had apparently garnered approval from John Laurinaitis to accept a four-picture movie deal with David DeFalco; when Laurinaitis told Vince McMahon about it, however, the WWE Chairman instantly put the kibosh on the situation, explaining that he could not commit to such a deal while under WWE contract.
From that point forward, relations grew more tense.
If Vince McMahon absolutely hates spitting, why was it part of a story line that permitted Carlito to spit parts of a chewed apple in people’s faces? Sounds like a double standard or part of another story line to me.
I’ll be honest – I don’t personally think the spitting played a part in the release. But it’s nonetheless something that keeps coming up in wrestling circles, and I think people who believe it was a factor are now looking past some realities in trying to justify Danielson getting fired for spitting.
There’s Carlito, there’s Triple H spitting the water, and I believe McMahon, himself, spit on Bret Hart during their feud this year.
So, while it definitely appears McMahon has some eccentric phobias, I’m not sure the spitting played a part this time (especially noting what I wrote above, that it is almost a certainty that Danielson cleared the ‘spit’ with Cena). I think it’s just people who, at their core, do not believe Vince McMahon would cave to an “outside force” that complained about the tie choke trying to come up with an alternative explanation.
sounds like paranoid lol.