Kaitlyn Thought She Was Getting Fired After Accidentally Winning A Battle Royal — Then Saw Vince McMahon’s Reaction

Kaitlyn has revealed she walked back through the curtain expecting to be fired after accidentally winning a number one contender’s battle royal for the Divas Championship in 2012 — only to find Vince McMahon laughing hysterically.

Speaking on Rewind Recap Relive, Kaitlyn described the sequence of events during the August 20, 2012 Raw.

“The match happens. I was supposed to clothesline her over the top rope. She was going to slip out, hang on, pull me out, eliminate me. Boom. She’s number one contender. I clotheslined her and the physics were off, and she didn’t go all the way over. So we set back up. We got back into the position, hit the ropes. I closed under as hard as I could because I didn’t want that to happen again.”

The second attempt sent Eve Torres over and made Kaitlyn the unintended number one contender.

“I legit thought that when I walked back through the curtain that I was going to be fired. I walked back and Vince is laughing hysterically. I was like, ‘Is it an evil laugh, or…?'”

She noted Layla’s reaction at ringside was entirely genuine — Layla was sitting with the title and was clearly unhappy. Kaitlyn went on to win the Divas Championship from Eve Torres in January 2013, holding it for 152 days.

Andrew Ravens

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