Vince McMahon: 10 of WWE Chairman's 'craziest' unwritten rules

Vince McMahon, after taking over WWE from his father, turned the company into the wrestling juggernaut we know today.

McMahon has had to run a tight ship to ensure that the company is as successful as it can be, and to his credit, it’s worked.

But because of that, the WWE Chairman has had to have a set of ‘unwritten rules’ that talent have got to obey, and The Sun broke them down for an article this year.

It’s long been rumoured that Vince McMahon absolutely hates sneezing, viewing it as a sign of weakness.

Speaking to The MMA Hour in 2010, Paul Heyman said that Vince hates sneezing, getting annoyed that he “cannot control the sneeze”:

“If you’re in the room with Vince McMahon and he sneezes, go on your Blackberry for the next 20 minutes because nothing you say to him is going to get through, because he gets really p****d off cause he can’t control the sneeze.”

Stephanie McMahon, Vince’s daughter, confirmed the urban myth in 2020, saying:

“The fact he can’t control the sneeze makes him upset.”

The moral of the story is, if you ever get into a meeting with Vince McMahon, try your absolute hardest to control your sneezing.

When was the last time you saw a WWE contract signing end without things getting physical?

The answer is probably never, and there’s a reason for that.

McMahon supposedly has a rule where, barring any exceptions, contract signings on WWE TV have to end with some sort of physicality.

It’s a common joke amongst wrestling fans that referees can’t take a great deal of punishment, and when they do, they really sell the moves.

There’s a reason for that too, and to be honest, it makes a lot of sense.

The rule is that when referees to take bumps in WWE, they have to really sell the moves, which is the refs are