About

Vince McMahon Reaction is a series of remix videos and animated GIFs that combine a variety of humorous video clips and footage of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Chairman and CEO looking utterly shocked in amazement.

Origin

During a 2002 episode of the WWE, professional wrestler and model Stacy Keibler entered the ring and danced on the table in front of McMahon while he watched in amazement during the performance (shown below). Following the dance, McMahon hired Keibler as his personal assistant.

On November 1st, 2013, YouTuber wazeu2 uploaded a video titled "Funny Vince McMahon looking at a bodybuilder, which featured footage of bodybuilder Gary Strydom^[5] flexing during a World Bodybuilding Federation competition spliced between footage of McMahon reacting to Keibler (mirror below).

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That day, Imgur^[3] user GodIsDeadLongLiveDog uploaded an animated GIF of the video, receiving over 11,200 points and 320 comments over the next year. On November 12th, 2014, the /r/VinceMcmahongifs^[2] subreddit was launched for animated GIFs featuring the WWE CEO. On March 8th, 2014, Something Awful^[1] Forums user Machai submitted a thread titled "Vince McMahon.gif," which highlighted several notable examples from the series. On October 28th, Redditor TheDarkWayne posted a parody GIF featuring McMahon reacting to the announcements of several Marvel comic book films to /r/gifs^[6] (shown below). In the first month, the post gained more than 4,200 votes (94% upvoted).

On November 1st, the Strydom-McMahon mashup GIF was featured during an episode of the comedy game show @Midnight (shown below).

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