Recap of Vince McMahon on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
    Submitted by Dustin Tingue on Thursday, March 27, 2003 at 1:26 AM EST

    None other than Vince McMahon was on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn tonight. Before McMahon came out as a guest, Kilborn mentioned McMahon's failed XFL project and then showed a skit with McMahon on a home shopping channel. Vince was trying to sell an XFL helmet and said the entire XFL league would come with it for only $29.95. Vince said the phone lines were open and they showed a guy waiting for a phone to ring but no one was calling. Vince then said he'd toss in former XFL announcer and Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. Still no calls. Vince said the XFL would be a great buy for someone in the Los Angeles area where there are no football teams, and now with this great offer they could have eight. Still no calls. Finally, Vince said he'd throw in the running back "He Hate Me" and a WrestleMania t-shirt and finally the phone rang. It was a pretty funny skit and it's cool to see that Vince can joke about what happened with the XFL.

    Kilborn did his usual headlines, including a funny made up story about Meg Ryan, followed by a profuse apology to her from Kilborn. The show went to break and McMahon was introduced next. Kilborn said McMahon made wrestling an international billion dollar corporation and even said McMahon was stepping into the ring this Sunday at WrestleMania. A quick set of clips rolled, showing McMahon's involvement with the Hogan storyline and then out came the man himself to about as big a pop as a small studio audience can give.

    Kilborn mentioned seeing Vince with his shirt off and asked him if he walked around with his swagger and Vince said it came naturally. Vince said it was fun being an arrogant asshole, although he constantly laughs at himself. Vince said he was a fighter growing up. Kilborn said Vince is 57 and he's jumping into the ring this Sunday. McMahon said this match was a little different because he's wrestling Hogan who's 50. McMahon said he and Hogan have made up, talking about the past problems they've had. McMahon said Hogan isn't unlike other celebrities who forget who helped them along the way but they've made amends. They talked briefly about some of the problems they had, about Hogan leaving for WCW and such, but they've worked it out.

    They talked about the WrestleMania card and some of the names Vince mentioned got good pops. McMahon said his match with Hogan was one of the bigger ones on the card. Kilborn said that Vince is a promoter and he must do pretty well financially and Vince said, "Yeah, I do alright" which got a good laugh. They talked about the debacle they got into the with the World Wildlife Fund and Vince having to switch the name of his company. Kilborn asked about other promoters and Vince said they drove them all out.

    Kilborn and McMahon joked about the XFL. Vince said he tried to make an alternative league because he wasn't happy about how some players were being treated in the NFL and such. He said he had fun with it and it was a good time competing with the NFL, even though it never worked out. Next up was the Five Questions.

    The first one was, "What's your favorite Celine Dion song?"
    -Vince said he didn't have one which was a correct answer.

    Second question was, Maris Tomei won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in what movie?
    -Vince had no idea. The movie was "My Cousin Vinnie." Vince is one for two.

    Third question was name five things in ten seconds you can do in the ring while not looking.
    -Vince said pull the hair, choke, eye gouge, kick in the groin, and he couldn't think of a good last one and just said "throw him down" but Craig accepted it. Vince is two out of three.

    Kilborn then asked Vince if he knew what was going to happen in the match this Sunday and Vince said he certainly hopes so. Kilborn asked him if he could change it up and add an eye gouge just for him. McMahon said absolutely.

    Fourth question was, "Name a breakfast cereal that doesn't end in the letter, "S."
    -Vince must not be a cereal type of guy, he said, "Who eats that crap?" He couldn't name one, Kilborn tossed out a few suggestions like Life and Raisin Bran. Vince is two for four.

    The fifth question was a request from Kilborn. He wanted a picture of himself putting Vince in a headlock. Vince agreed and posed for a quick picture. I guess that's a right answer so Vince was three out of five on the Five Questions.

    Lastly, they mentioned WrestleMania on Sunday and that was it. It came off as a fun and funny interview and Kilborn seemed really excited to have Vince on the show.

    Later, they played Yambo, with actress Rosalyn Sanchez. Yambo is just a funny name for a trivia game Kilborn sometimes plays with his guests. First one to get three right wins. McMahon missed a couple of his questions, one being who won the World Series last year. Kilborn also asked who his third grade teacher was and Vince said he failed the third grade, but Kilborn accepted it as a right answer. Sanchez went up by one when she was asked to say Hulk Hogan in Spanish, which would be just Hulk Hogan. Vince got another point when he came up with a wrestling name for Kilborn, calling him "The Stick." Sanchez ended up winning when she answered correctly to, "Name another movie which starred both Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta" and obviously the answer was Pulp Fiction. Pretty good show. Vince seems like an awesome guest.



    Report by Bryan Newell

    This is a basic summary from my memory of watching the show.....not word for word.

    Before Vince even comes out as a guest, Kilborn shows a skit of Vince on the home shopping network selling an authentic XFL football helmet for $29.95. Vince says he'll throw in the whole league for the same price, that's a 35 million dollar deal for $29.95. He says if you call now he'll include former announcer Jesse "The Body" Ventura (he's not doing much nowadays anyway, he says) and the former running back "He Hate Me." They show the operator and no one is calling. Vince says, come on, the helmet, the entire league, cheerleaders and all, Jesse Ventura and He Hate Me. He finally throws in a Wrestlemania T-shirt and someone calls. Good Stuff.

    They show some footage of Vince's recent confrontations with Hogan and then he comes out. Kilborn mentions some older names in the business such as Bobby Heenan, who Vince says is still around. Kilborn asks if Vince walks around like he was in the footage all the time. Vince jokes and says it's fun to be an arrogant BLEEP, but he says no. Kilborn asks if he walks into church like that, Vince says he doesn't go to church. Kilborn asks if people try to pick fights with him and he says not often, but he's always been a troublemaker. Says he enjoyed fighting as a kid. Kilborn asks if he ever got beat up, Vince says sure, it's good for the soul.

    Kilborn comments on Vince's age and Vince says he's 57. Kilborn is shocked that he's still wrestling and Vince comments that Hogan is 50, so it's not that big of a difference. Kilborn asks if he was an athlete in college or high school, did he wrestle, play football, etc. Vince says all of the above. Kilborn says that Hogan should kick his butt then since he's not really a wrestler and Vince says you would think. Kilborn asks about when Hogan left in the early 90's. Vince talks about how Hogan didn't want to wrestle him and they had their differences so he went to work for Ted Turner, but says they had an off and on relationship the whole time. Says Hogan has always been talented and charasmatic and that he only helped make him what he is. Kilborn asks about Wrestlemania, Vince says it's our Super Bowl and hypes the Lesnar/Angle, Rock/Stone Cold, and HHH/Booker T matches.

    Kilborn asks about the name change from the WWF to the WWE. Vince says they had some problems with the World Wildlife Fund out of Switzerland. Kilborn laughs and then asks if Vince actually owns the WWE or is he just a promoter. Vince says he owns the company but is also a promoter. Kilborn comments that he must be well off finanicially and Vince says I'm doing OK. Kilborn asks about competing promotions and Vince says he put them all out of business. Kilborn changes topic to the XFL and comments that Vince can laugh about it now. Vince agrees and Kilborn asks why it didn't work. Vince says he could make up an excuse and not blame himself jokingly, but he says he doesn't know. He talks about how he had hoped to make an alternate league for the NFL players because he didn't like how some were being treated. He said it just wasn't accepted, but it was fun competing against the NFL. He says he wouldn't try a football league again.

    Commerical.

    After the break, Kilborn plays his 5 questions with Vince. First Question: What's your favorite Celine Dion Song aside for the one from Titanic? Vince says he doesn't have one and Kilborn says it's the right answer. Second Question is What Film did Morissa Tomei win an Oscar for, and Vince says Titanic....I have no idea. My Cousin Vinny was the answer. Third Question: Name five things you can do in a match while the ref isn't looking. Vince says pull hair, kick in the groin, rake eyes, choke, and throw them down. Kilborn gives him credit (though you can do some of those while the ref is looking). Fourth Question is name a breakfast cereal that doesn't end in S. Vince thinks and then says who eats that crap and that he can't think of one. Raisin Bran or Life are possible answers. Final question is will Vince let Craig put him in a headlock and get a picture taken to which Vince agrees.

    Vince leaves for the next guess, Actress Roselyn Sanchez. He comes back at the end to play a game called Yambo against Sanchez. Kilborn walks around and quickly asks questions. The first to get three right or not get three wrong wins. First question for Vince is who won the world series last year and Vince has no idea, doesn't follow baseball. Second was who was his 3rd grade teacher and Vince says he failed the 3rd grade and it's supposedly true, so he gets one right. Final question is to come up with a wrestling name for Kilborn and Vince says The Stick and gets that right, but Sanchez gets her third question right and beats Vince. That's it for Vince.

    Pretty good appearance. Not as entertaining as Stone Cold on Kimmel last night in my opinion, but definitely watchable and some interesting topics were discussed.




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