There has been a rumor for many years that Vince McMahon hates sneezing. This is one of the many quirks that Vince is rumored to have.
Former WWE writer Jimmy Jacobs was recently a guest on the Art Of Wrestling podcast. During the live podcast, Jacobs shed some more light to these rumors.
Here is what he said (h/t to Fightful for the quote below):
“The rumor was always that Vince McMahon hates it when people sneeze and that’s just like the rumor. You don’t know. You hear these things about Vince but you don’t know if it’s true or not, and as time goes on – its been a few months – nobody had sneezed in front of him and finally, Vince is about here, and Triple H is about here [pointing to opposite ends of the stage] and Triple H sneezes, and Vince just goes, ‘Oh God’ and then he, like puts up his invisible shield.” Jacobs laughs.
“Fast forward like a year and a half later, and look, there’s been times I was in a room – like a small room with Vince and I’d stuff a sneeze. Fast forward a year and a half later, and we’re in a production meeting. I’m sitting next to Adam Pearce and Vince is up at the front table, and I’m trying to stuff the sneeze but it comes out and Vince goes, ‘Oh God, Adam, you should put up your shield’.”
On a related note, here are some more Vince McMahon facts.