- Vince McMahon was reportedly very close to firing AW on RAW several weeks back when he first did the Kobe Bryant rape joke. After going back and forth with people close to him, word is that Vince talked with AW and things calmed down. AW was allowed to keep his job until he posted the Linda McMahon tweet.
Word is that Stephanie McMahon actually talked Vince out of firing AW the first time. Stephanie reportedly wanted to keep the rape joke out of the mainstream media and firing AW that week would have given it more attention. When AW upset everyone again, she was one of the first to push for his release.
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