Up-and-coming
WWE wrestler
Mansoor has opened up about his awkward initial encounter with
Shane McMahon.
Mansoor shared his version of the incident -- which allegedly occurred prior to a WWE event in his homeland of
Saudi Arabia -- during a recent interview with
talkSPORT's Alex McCarthy.
“
We were sort of in a little, small locker room – me and the other Saudi boys,” Mansoor recalled. “
Well actually, it was me, the Saudi boys, and the sumo wrestler they had for the Greatest Royal Rumble. We were sharing that and they were like ‘OK, you’re going to go to that bathroom down there, alright?’ down the hall. That’s what we used, that’s what all the boys used."
When WWE returned to his homeland, The Saudi Arabian Superstar assumed that he would be using the same bathroom, which led to a very awkward situation involving his boss's son.
“So then the next time we were in Saudi for the biggest battle royale, I was going to that bathroom because I knew that was the bathroom that we use, right? That’s the one I go to. So I walk in, go into the stall and I do my business," he said
. "So that’s happening and then I walk out into the small locker room -- there’s a few lockers here and three stalls -- and who do I see to my right? There’s Shane McMahon," Mansoor continued.
Under normal circumstances, a young wrestler would be expected to politely introduce themselves to an older performer they'd never met, but Mansoor had just defecated, which made created some tension between himself and Shane-O-Mac.
"I see him there and he’s got his bags out. I’m like ‘hey… hey, how’s it going?’ and he looks at me with the most confused face and says ‘hey, man.’ Then I’m looking at my hands like oh, I can’t shake his hand! Obviously. So I go over and wash my hands and I look over at the towels and they’re out," he recalled
. "So my hands are wet and I’m like ‘Sorry’ and he’s like ‘no, no, no, it’s OK.’ So then I go to walk out the door and he says ‘Hey, wait a minute.’ So I stop and freeze in a cold sweat. He looks over and says ‘…Who are you?’ And I go ‘I’m Mansoor.’ And he goes ‘OK, nice to meet you, man. I’m Shane.’ OK, nice to meet you! And I walked out like god, that was so weird," he continued
. I totally bungled that interaction. I didn’t shake his hand and I wasn’t respectful and it was all weird."
The reason Mansoor crossed paths with Shane when he did became apparent as soon as he vacated the locker room.
"And then I realised, I went back and looked on the side of the door and there’s a piece of paper that says Shane McMahon’s locker room," he said
. "I’m like ‘Oh nooooo.’ I just took a dump in Shane McMahon’s locker room!”
Luckily for Mansoor, his luck in Saudi Arabia would improve as he'd go on to
win a 50-man battle royale by outlasting 49 of his colleagues at WWE Super ShowDown in 2019.
a positive example would be Roman since he allegedly has a ton of input in his stuff now along with Heyman
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