At the 2019 WWE Super ShowDown Event in Saudi Arabia, the first-ever Saudi Arabian born WWE Superstar Mansoor had a huge night as he won the 51-Man Battle Royal. Speaking with Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT, Mansoor discussed the awkward and uncomfortable encounter he had with Shane McMahon after he used the bathroom in Shane's locker room.
Mansoor said:
“We were sort of in a little, small locker room – me and the other Saudi boys.” “Well actually, it was me, the Saudi boys and the sumo wrestler they had for the Greatest Royal Rumble. We were sharing that and they were like ‘OK, you’re going to go to that bathroom down there, alright?’ down the hall. That’s what we used, that’s what all the boys used.”
“So then the next time we were in Saudi for the biggest battle royale, I was going to that bathroom because I knew that was the bathroom that we use, right? That’s the one I go to. So I walk in, go into the stall and I do my business. And it’s one of those automatic flush toilets that I hate. Because I like to adjust, ya know, and everytime I move an inch it flushes! So it’s like I’m giving birth in there [laughs].”
“So that’s happening and then walk out into the small locker room – there’s a few lockers here and three stalls – and who do I see to my right? There’s Shane McMahon. I see him there and he’s got his bags out. I’m like ‘hey… hey, how’s it going?’ and he looks at me with the most confused face and says ‘hey, man.’ Then I’m looking at my hands like oh, I can’t shake his hand! Obviously.”
Mansoor then talked about walking out the door, but Shane stopping him and introducing himself to the first-ever Saudi Arabian born WWE Superstar.
Mansoor said:
“So I go over and wash my hands and I look over at the towels and they’re out.” “So my hands are wet and I’m like ‘Sorry’ and he’s like ‘no, no, no, it’s OK.’ So then I go to walk out the door and he says ‘Hey, wait a minute.’”
“So I stop and freeze in a cold sweat [laughs]. He looks over and says ‘…Who are you?’ And I go ‘I’m Mansoor.’ And he goes ‘OK, nice to meet you, man. I’m Shane.’ OK, nice to meet you! And I walked out like god, that was so weird. I totally bungled that interaction. I didn’t shake his hand and I wasn’t respectful and it was all weird.”
Mansoor then talked about realizing it was Shane McMahon's locker room he went into and how Shane had congratulated him after he won the battle royal.
Mansoor said:
“And then I realized, I went back and looked on the side of the door and there’s a piece of paper that says Shane McMahon’s locker room.” “I’m like ‘Oh nooooo.’ I just took a dump in Shane McMahon’s locker room!”
“But, no, he’s super cool! After I won the battle royal and I cut my promo, he was in Gorilla, he came over to me, shook my hand and said ‘Hey man, you did a great job, that was awesome.’ So I was like thank God! We’re good [laughs].”
