He joined Vince McMahon’s company in 2001 after ECW was bought by WWE. He had a four-year run with the promotion, which ended in 2005, before he returned a decade later to have another four-year stint. The one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion is currently part of the IMPACT Wrestling roster.
On the Talk’N Shop show, one-time United States Champion Rhyno narrated an anecdote that happened in 2004 when he was caught drunk by Stephanie McMahon:
He believes that his friendship with her helped him get away with being drunk:
Rhyno went on to explain that he not only had a good friendship with Stephanie McMahon, but Triple H also liked him.
Rhyno aligned with Stephanie during the Invasion angle in WWE
Stephanie McMahon, the ECW owner during the Invasion angle, joined forces with her brother Shane McMahon, who was the WCW owner, to form The Alliance faction. Rhyno was one of the members of Team ECW/WCW, who faced the Vince McMahon-led Team WWF at the Invasion pay-per-view.
He then feuded with Chris Jericho, resulting in a match between the two at SummerSlam 2001. Y2J made Rhyno tap out after putting him in the Walls of Jericho.
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