Joe Gacy said Vince McMahon went back and forth with his reaction to a promo he gave during the NXT 2.0 era. On the September 21, 2021 episode of NXT, Gacy cut a promo using terms such as “safe space,” “microaggressions,” and “male privilege.” An article about the promo appeared on Fox News with the headline “WWE pins woke left with controversial new wrestler.” “The word is, this is when Vince McMahon was still in charge, he saw the headline and got very upset. Shawn Michaels called me and said, ‘Hey, Vince is not too happy with what happened.