Just to clear up any confusion, what we mean by “kayfabe fired” is someone getting
fired as part of a storyline. So, don’t get this confused with someone getting fired
for real because it’s not. Anyway, I hope you get what I’m saying (probably not) so
let’s get into the video! Take it away Vince…
On the February 10th 2003 episode of Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon fired Eric Bischoff
as the Raw General Manager after he was unable to turn Raw around with the final straw coming
from his failure to sign Stone Cold Steve Austin. Although Bischoff tried to bribe Vince
with some hot lesbian action, Vince was having none of it! Instead, he left Bischoff with
a parting song making sure he didn’t hold back with his performance! Two years later,
Eric Bischoff was once again fired as the Raw General Manager after going through a
lengthy trial with Vince McMahon as the honorable judge. Bischoff then received the two words
you never want to hear from the Chairman and that was… “You’re fired!”, before
being tossed into a garbage truck.
Vickie Guerrero has been fired a total of 3-times! She was first fired as the acting
General Manager of SmackDown back in 2011 by Teddy Long. As you can imagine, she did
not take the news well… Her second firing came two years later when she was appointed
as the Raw Managing Supervisor by Vince McMahon. But she was fired by Stephanie McMahon after
leaving the decision up to the WWE universe… The third and final time Vickie was fired
was in 2014, after she lost a mud pool match to Stephanie McMahon, thanks to some outside
interference. But that was not before Vickie got some revenge of her own…
Over the years, Mick Foley has brought us many wonderful gimmicks such as: Cactus Jack,
Dude Love and Mankind. The Three Faces of Foley! But with the amount of gimmicks Foley
has had, he has been fired just as much; a total of 4-times throughout his WWE career!
He was first fired back in 1998, as Dude Love, after losing a title match to Stone Cold Steve
Austin. His second firing came in 2000, when he served as the WWF Commissioner but was
fired after Mr McMahon regained full control as the CEO. His third and most embarrassing
firing came in 2006, when he kissed Mr McMahon’s ass in order to prevent Melina from getting
fired but it was all for nothing as Melina ended up betraying Foley and firing him! Foley’s
last firing came in 2017, when he was fired as the Raw General Manager by Stephanie McMahon
for attacking Triple H with Mr Socko.
After The Big Show was involved in a series of confrontations with John Laurinaitis, Big
Johnny ultimately made the decision to fire The Big Show after he made fun of his voice.
Even though The Big Show apologised and got down on his knees to beg, it still wasn’t
enough as John Laurinaitis fired The Big Show, reducing him to tears. His second firing on
the other hand, was a whole different story… After delivering knockout punches to officials,
to Randy Orton and to Daniel Bryan, Stephanie McMahon was left with no choice but to fire
The Big Show. But unlike his first firing where he cried, The Big Show had a completely
different attitude and if you notice, rather enjoyed getting slapped by Stephanie McMahon
before getting fired…
Kevin Owens and the McMahon family have not had the best of relationships over the years…
If you remember, Kevin Owens brutally assaulted Vince McMahon as well as making Shane McMahon’s
life a living hell! His actions towards Shane McMahon left Daniel Bryan with no choice but
to fire Kevin Owens. Even to this day, bad blood between Owens and Shane still remains
with the big difference being Owens now acting as the face and Shane now acting as the heel.
Shane McMahon’s hatred towards Owens was showcased on the September 10th episode of
SmackDown when Shane McMahon just downright fired Owens after losing his King of the Ring
match to Chad Gable. A recent tweet by Owens has hinted that he could be moving back to
NXT as the tweet read: 14-24-20 (“N” being the 14th letter in the alphabet, “X” being
the 24th letter in the alphabet and “T” being the 20th letter in the alphabet).