Nic Nemeth may have gone viral after a WWE RAW segment with Hugh Jackman, but he also got in serious trouble with the promotion.
After the segment which saw Jackman deliver a devastating punch to the then-Dolph Ziggler, the Show Off suggested that he was dealing with a potentially fractured jaw.
On a recent edition of the “Going Postl” podcast, Nemeth explained how the comment got him in hot water with higher-ups in WWE. He said,
“The next day (after RAW with Jackman), I said, ‘I have to go for x-rays. I may have a slight fractured jaw’ and by the time the next morning came around, I was being threatened with being fired from WWE because I had lied and TMZ was calling them to check on it and I go, ‘I’m just trying to protect the storyline.’ I said, ‘I didn’t say Hugh Jackman put me in a hospital or I’m having a heart attack. I was like, oh, there’s a chance there’s a hairline fracture and I’m gonna get x-rays to keep it vague’, because it’s wrestling.
“It was such a good punch and everybody was talking about it that night and the next day, I was so excited… the second-in-command was like, ‘I don’t wanna have to fire you but you’re gonna have to recant and take this down.'”
Years later, Jackman would return to RAW and make amends with Ziggler. The X-Men and Greatest Showman star would level Damian Sandow, who was dressed as Magneto.
