Butch tells Digital Spy how the atmosphere changed at the SmackDown on the night of Vince McMahon’s retirement.
The news came around 4 p.m. ET with SmackDown set to go live at 8 p.m. ET. Butch was backstage at SmackDown described the atmosphere to Stephanie Chase of Digital Spy.
“To be honest, up till now, it all feels strangely normal. Even the day when we were at SmackDown and we got notified that Vince had retired, obviously there’s that second of people looking around like, ‘Did you see that? Can you believe this has happened?’ But then after that, everyone’s so focused on the job that’s at hand it kind of feels strangely normal but exciting at the same time,”
Butch to Digital Spy
Obviously the feeling backstage was that it was to be expected with the investigation Vince was under from the WWE board. Butch teased a return to his former gimmick on Twitter recently, so we may see Pete Dunne in all his glory under Triple H.
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