Former WWE star Joe Gacy has recalled a stressful moment during the NXT 2.0 era that saw Vince McMahon apparently change his mind about one of his promos after initially reacting negatively to the publicity it received. The segment quickly attracted attention outside of wrestling, including coverage from Fox News under the headline, “WWE pins woke left with controversial new wrestler.” According to Gacy, Vince McMahon saw the headline surrounding the segment and was unhappy, with Shawn Michaels subsequently informing him that WWE planned to temporarily remove him from television. Gacy recalled:“The word is, this is when Vince McMahon was still in charge, he saw the headline and got very upset. It probably wasn’t word for word, but apparently Vince was happy with what I did.