Mustafa Ali has shared a story which shows how out of touch Vince McMahon was during his final days in WWE.
During a match before RAW, Mustafa executed a 450 Splash to win the match. Here’s what happened after that, as narrated by Ali on The Wrestling Classic:
“As I’m walking towards Gorilla, towards backstage, Vince (McMahon) typically doesn’t come to Gorilla until RAW starts, and RAW starts immediately after the show. So Vince is walking down the hallway to Gorilla and he bumps into Ariya Daivari. Ariya’s wearing a three-piece suit, and Vince goes up to Ari, he goes, ‘Hell of a finish, kid. That was impressive,’ and keeps walking by, and Ariya, just, ‘Thanks, boss!’ And Ariya walks up and then I walk in and walk by and Ariya’s like, ‘Hey, Vince totally thinks that I’m you…’"