The Boogeyman recounts Trump’s backstage fears during WWE segment

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Screenshot of Donald Trump with The Boogeyman at WrestleMania 23. | WWE In a recent interview, The Boogeyman spoke about filming a backstage segment for WWE in 2007 with Donald Trump and claimed that the future president didn’t want to be shown on-camera as being afraid of his horror-themed wrestling persona. The Boogeyman made the comments to Scott Johnson of Going Ringside, which was uploaded onto YouTube on Tuesday (June 16). The segment in question was filmed for WrestleMania 23, which saw the famous “Battle of the Billionaires” match between Bobby Lashley (representing Trump) and Umaga (wrestling on behalf of Vince McMahon). “He [Trump] and Vince [McMahon] are friends, as you know. But I got to tell you, in that segment, when I come up from behind the couch, and he [Trump] had also Miss America there as well, and she ran off,” The Boogeyman said. “But being Donald, Mr. Trump, President Trump, as he is, he didn’t want to be frightened. So he’s talking about how this place is a circus. True enough, it is, but he didn’t want to sell my character.” “He didn’t want to sell you?” Johnson interjected. “No. Yeah, he didn’t want to sell my character. So he said, ‘Go make me a sandwich.’ And you see me walk off screen, but then I came back, and I grabbed him by the collar, and I said, ‘How about a worm sandwich?’ They cut that,” The Boogeyman said. “They cut it?! Why?“ Johnson asked. “They cut it because he did not want to show fear,” Boogey replied. “Really? So they cut the future president’s segment because they didn’t want him looking scared of you?” Johnson said. “Well, no, he didn’t want to look scared of me,” the former WWE star said. “He didn’t want to show that he was frightened.” Johnson then said, “You’re making a headline right now in real time, FYI.” “But this is a true story. Yeah, and I grabbed him. I came back because Vince wants this character to be The Boogeyman, and in all actuality, I got somewhat in trouble for that, or he for it, because I allowed him to not show fearfulness, which almost kills the character,” The Boogeyman said. “But anyway, that’s how it went. But I was very fortunate. I can say that I actually met the president before he was president.” While Trump may or may not have requested that WWE not portray him as being scared, the story brings to mind an infamous moment when Trump was captured by cameras as appearing to be afraid: During a photo shoot with Time magazine in 2015, Trump looked to be frightened by a bald eagle. A gif of the moment quickly became internet famous, though the president would later claim on Fox & Friends that he wasn’t “really” scared of the large bird. What do you think, Cagesiders? Do you believe The Boogeyman’s story? Let us know in the comments.