Talk About "Phoning It In", LMAO! Vince McMahon Runs WWE SmackDown From The Phone

Vince McMahon was not backstage for this week's Extreme Rules go-home edition of WWESmackDown in Manchester, NH, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. However, Vince was constantly on the phone with officials at the arena, and he reviewed the script on the phone about one hour before SmackDown hit the air.

Triple H ran the Gorilla Position at this week's SmackDown while Senior Vice President Bruce Prichard presented the show to the other producers. It was said that Prichard began that presentation with a "rah rah speech" that reportedly came across as very transparent.