Vince McMahon Opens WWE Smackdown, Highlights ‘Then, Now, Together, Forever’

Vince McMahon made his big appearance on this week’s episode of Smackdown, opening the show with to with a brief allusion to the company slogan. Friday night’s episode saw McMahon open the show by coming down to the ring and playing to the crowd, saying it was a privilege to stand in front of them. He then alluded to the WWE stinger of “Then, Now, Together, Forever” before welcoming everyone to Smackdown and exiting the ring.

WWE announced on Friday that “Mr. McMahon,” referring to him by his on-screen character, would appear on tonight’s show.

Mr. McMahon is LIVE now on #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/70PrPjgvi3

— WWE (@WWE) June 18, 2022