Gangrel Recalls Vince McMahon Using His Blood Spray Entrance To Rib Donald Trump

Gangrel was once unwittingly used by Vince McMahon in order to rib Donald Trump by way of getting him bloody, as the former WWE star recently recalled. The Brood member is particularly well known for his entrance, which would involve him rising up to the stage in a ring of fire before he would spit out fake blood in a spray and make his way to the ring. It’s one of the most striking visuals of the Attitude Era, though Gangrel says it didn’t turn out well for the now-President.

Gangrel recalled during his appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet how he and Kane were booked at the last minute for a match at a house show in Madison Square Garden. He said that he went to do his entrance and felt the energy of the crowd, so he really went for it not knowing that Trump was right in the path of his spray. He noted that he was worried when he got backstage and was told McMahon wasn’t pleased about it, only to find out the next day that the then-WWE Chairman had set the whole thing up. You can see the highlights below (per Wrestling Inc):

On Coming Out For the Match:

“I go out there and I go to drink the blood and you could really hear the crowd go, ‘Oh,’ louder than they’ve done before. [I’m thinking,] ‘Oh, I’ve got to do this on a PPV, this is awesome.’ I chugged down extra zesty, man, I take every last drop down… I let it out up and I let it out long.”

On Spraying Trump:

“I just hear the crowd go crazy. Apparently, they were going crazy because it was Donald Trump down there… The fans were trying to touch him and warn him. He was pulling away and moving closer to the barricade, so, he’s going more into the spray zone… [In WWE Magazine] you see Trump like ducking… and it’s just a mist of blood coming down.”

On His Reaction To Being Told McMahon Wasn’t Pleased:

“Here I am, I’m like, ‘I didn’t know he was there, man! I was just spraying my blood! I’m innocent! I was just doing my job.'”

On McMahon’s Reaction the Next Day:

“I walk in and he’s, ‘Wasn’t that great?’ and he’s laughing. What it turns out, it was like a double rib. He knew that [Trump] was coming, so he put his seats there, booked me on the show, flew me in, knowing I’m a drone of an idiot and no matter what, I’m going to spray that blood, because that’s just what I do. I just do what I’m told… It was a double rib on me for thinking I’m going to get fired for it.”