Former WWE Star Reggie Says Vince McMahon Wanted To Add Him To Sasha Banks Vs. Bianca Belair Main Event At WrestleMania 37: ‘Lo & Behold They Came To Their Senses’

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Former WWE Star Reggie Says Vince McMahon Wanted To Add Him To Sasha Banks Vs. Bianca Belair Main Event At WrestleMania 37: ‘Lo & Behold They Came To Their Senses’

Former WWE star Reggie (Sidney Akeem) has recalled a story of Vince McMahon wanting to add him to the main event of WrestleMania 37.

Back at WrestleMania 37 in 2021, the second-ever women’s WrestleMania main event took place, when Bianca Belair captured the SmackDown Women’s Championship from Sasha Banks.

The match went on to become one of the most important matches in WWE history, but Vince McMahon almost added an incredibly bizarre name to the match.

Vince McMahon Almost Added Reggie To WWE WrestleMania 37 Main Event

Speaking to Rewind Recap Relive, former WWE star Reggie (Sidney Akeem) recalled Vince McMahon wanting to add him to the match, making it a Triple Threat between himself, Bianca and Sasha.

He said:

“I almost main evented WrestleMania. If I would have been in this match, I’d have had so much heat from everyone because this was a huge match. Think about a match that happened during my Reggie time, with two women, that was a big match. A singles for the title. Vince wanted a Triple Threat between Sasha, Bianca and myself.

“I was with Carmella, and Carmella was feuding with Sasha, then Bianca came into the picture and Vince was saying something like ‘hey, I want you to play the room, like you are in love with Sasha, so you’re gonna buy her a puppy, and she’s gonna love the puppy’.

“This is basically me getting away from Carmella because Sasha had beaten Carmella so many times and I just got enamoured with Sasha so Carmella fired me, and I was supposed to fall in love with Sasha.

“So Vince calls all of us in the office; me, Sasha and Bianca. We have some producers and writers there. He says ‘this is what I’m thinking, Reggie buys her a dog, she loves you, and you’re playing in the middle every week, but you have an endgame. You will come out and announce that this is a Triple Threat’.

“When he said that, Sasha had a look on her face, and Bianca had the same look on her face, and I’m just like ‘I don’t know what the hell is happening, I’m not gonna look at anyone or say anything’. Vince said ‘Sasha and Reggie, you guys have great chemistry’, and Sasha kept asking Vince ‘what makes us have this chemistry’. We didn’t get an answer, it was just ‘chemistry’.

“Lo and behold they came to their sense, that would have been stupid to throw me in that match, and they went on to have a match that’s gonna live in WWE history for a long time. Can you imagine?”

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