June 18, 2007 Observer Newsletter: Vince McMahon limo explosion angle

In a moment that likely will go down as one of the most talked about in the history of WWE, at the end of Raw on 6/11, Vince McMahon opened the door of his limo, there was a giant explosion, and it went up in flames.

The WWE web site, which is now completely storyline oriented, ran a story saying “Mr. McMahon presumed dead,” and talking about how firefighters and federal agents were investigating, after the show went off the air. The move, in discussion for about a month, was the next stage in the angle Vince McMahon started a few weeks back when he made the cancer reference. While many afterwards compared it to the ending of “The Sopranos” the night before on HBO, what happened was purely coincidental as the segments were taped on both 6/9 and 6/10, the former date before “The Sopranos” aired, the latter hours later, but it had all been scripted a month ahead of time.

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