MVP had the referee go tell Cody Rhodes the new plan.

“From across the ring…I hear Cody go, ‘What the f***!'” MVP chuckled. MVP assured Rhodes that they would get through the match, and they did, until the referee came over to tell them of a change of plans, seconds before the finish. “The referee says ‘Vince, says Cody’s [winning].'”

MVP once again heard Cody’s profane exclamation and told the second-generation star to counter his finisher with a Cross Rhodes, which Cody did, winning the match.

“We come back through the curtain, and Vince takes off the headset, and he’s laughing,” MVP remembers. “That sh** was funny as hell to him. It was a game to him…but if we had f***ed that up, he wouldn’t have been laughing. It wouldn’t have been funny at all…If you want to be on live television, you have to learn to do it on the fly.”

MVP and Rhodes remain stars to this day, with Rhodes the current Undisputed WWE Champion in WWE, while MVP is mentoring the Hurt Syndicate, and -somewhat begrudgingly- MJF in AEW. McMahon has since departed WWE, amidst investigations into his use of company finances for hush money payments, retirning from all duties at WWE and TKO Group Holdings in 2024.