Pat McAfee had a hell of a good night (and actually all weekend) in Texas. And after a wild series of events that included winning his first match on the main roster at WrestleMania 38, then taking a pin from 76-year-old Vince McMahon, McAfee shared a beer with Steve Austin and learned what happens to everyone who falls into the Texas trust Rattlesnake – a stone cold stunner.
His sale was from the Shane McMahon school of stunner sales and quite simply amazing*. What’s more amazing? Hearing Pat tell it, he didn’t know it was coming.
Well, as McAfee fans have long known**, Pat keeps kayfabe on his daily streaming sports talk show. Adam Cole is still a scumbag on the Pat McAfee Show. Today (April 4th) he sold Vince a football in the ribs as well as being the hangover he got from Broken Skull IPAs during the show and Maker’s Mark afterwards.
So take Pat, who says he had no idea Stone Cold came out after the McMahon match (which McAfee doesn’t recognize as official, declaring it a case of Vince abusing his power), with a grain of salt.
It was still one of many funny and insightful anecdotes from his recap of the weekend:
“I sat there and was confused by everything that was going on in my life right there. You know, I’m not good enough in this business for any of that – I’ve been trusted a lot, I think that [in] Retrospect shouldn’t have been. ‘Cause I’m in there like, ‘Damn, I should have gotten a heads-up.’ How many times have I done this? 3 times? I did that three times…they were really confident that I would figure out some stuff I think.”
It’s noteworthy that McAfee only got such a spot in his third WWE match, but the dedication and humility shown in that response is a big reason they trust him.
Austin & McMahon will also like how Pat sold the stunner on his show. He covered Vince’s less than stunning stunner sale by playing up the power of Stone Cold’s planted foot:
“Everyone’s talking about the stunner. You should feel the kick. The kick before that, BOOM, right in the gut.”
This guy is a born sports entertainer.
(What?)
I SAID THIS GUY IS A BORN SPORTS ENTERTAINER.
*I’m working on a post ranking of all the stunner sells from the weekend and don’t want to give too much away. But McAfee is high on my list.
** We need a name… MacManiacs? Pat’s punters? I’m working on about three hours of sleep here, help me AHT!