Joe Otterson TV ReporterVince McMahon opened “SmackDown Live” on Friday night with a brief appearance in the ring.McMahon strutted to the ring with a smile on his face as his theme music — “No Chance in Hell” — played over the speakers.
He kept his remarks brief, saying, “It is a privilege as always to stand before you here tonight, the WWE universe…I’m here simply to remind you of the four words we just saw in what we call our WWE signature.
Those four words are: then, now, forever, and the most important word is together. Welcome to ‘SmackDown!'”With that, he left the ring.The segment on “SmackDown” came just hours after WWE announced that McMahon was stepping back from his responsibilities as chairman and CEO of the sports entertainment giant.
McMahon is currently under investigation by WWE’s board of directors after a Wall Street Journal report on allegations that McMahon agreed to pay a company employee a $3 million settlement to keep quiet about an affair.
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