Vince McMahon was at WWE Raw in Hartford on June 4.
Throughout the afternoon, there were rumblings among talent that Vince McMahon would be at the show. As of about 6:00 PM ET, many of the talent and staff hadn't seen McMahon, but did see a room being prepared for someone to work out of. That ended up being an office for McMahon.
PWInsider reported shortly after 6:30 ET that Vince McMahon was backstage at Raw. Most of the staff and talent in attendance were not surprised by this, as Hartford is a fairly short trip from where Vince McMahon lives, and most do not expect him to regularly be backstage, as he's been fine making changes remotely in recent weeks.
For the June 5 show, however, Vince was in Gorilla Position himself, where he was WrestleMania weekend. Of late, McMahon has been calling in changes, sometimes very close to the show. This has caused late rundowns to be passed out and some segments and matches to be nixed.
We haven't heard of anything out of the ordinary, and were told the mood was much less hectic at the Hartford Raw than the Raw After Mania.
Aside from that, internal reports indicated that the Raw in Hartford was the highest grossing Raw/Smackdown in the history of the market for WWE.
Since publishing this article, we've learned that Vince changed a significant part of the show just a couple of hours before the show, mostly being match orders, times, and a couple of segments. The event ended up being very positively received. We’re told that McMahon has generally preferred to make good on advertised matches, whether he likes them or not.
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