The Boogeyman says his segment with Donald Trump was changed because Trump “did not want to show fear”
While speaking to Going Ringside, former WWE star The Boogeyman reflected on his backstage segment with Donald Trump at WrestleMania 23 in 2007…
“He and Vince [McMahon] are friends, as you know. But I got to tell you, in that segment, when I come up from behind the couch, he had also Miss America there as well. And she ran off. But then Donald, Mr. Trump, President Trump as he is, he didn’t want to be frightened.
So he’s talking about how this place is a circus. True enough, it is. But he didn’t want to sell my character. He said, ‘Go make me a sandwich.’ And you see me walk off screen, but then I came back and I grabbed him by the collar and I said, ‘How about a worm sandwich?’ They cut that. They cut it because he did not want to show fear. He didn’t want to look scared of me. He didn’t want to show that he was frightened.
In all actuality, I got somewhat in trouble for that, or heat for it, because I allowed him to not show the fearfulness, which almost kills the character. Do you understand?
I was very fortunate. I can say that I actually met the president before he was president. Donald Trump knows the Boogeyman.”