#Vincent McMahon

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Mr. McMahon (Netflix Documentary Series)

The Man, The Myth, The Legend, And The Fall

[reelvibes91]

Thoughts after watching Mr. McMahon

This one won't be a traditional review of sorts that people have come to expect from me. Recently, Netflix released Mr. McMahon a look into the mind of the most recognized face in the wrestling business.

Netflix decided throughout the documentary that they wanted to reiterate that almost all of this documentary was made before the major allegations against Vince in 2022. That felt a little bit like a cop out at times. For me instantly, that is the story. It is how Vince will be remembered now, and there is no way around it. It basically made the serious accusations levied against Vince feel like just another throwaway moment in the life of an eccentric billionaire.

They immediately can say well we addressed it with the little blurb saying that the events within the 6 episodes are now skewed. Yet they awkwardly chose to edit one of the very first sentences of the documentary to essentially be Vince saying "I wish we could talk about things but I have to be silent."

The issue that arises from that is at what point in the process did Vince say that? Was it a harmless throwaway when asked about locker room talk? Was it in a means to try and get him to elaborate on the known affairs that he himself made public.

While personally I won't go as far as to say Bruce Prichard is right when saying this doesn't paint the portrayal of Vince, it certainly allowed too much of Vince to keep speaking while their was damning evidence mounted against him over the last two years. They should have switched the focus of the documentary when that information came out. They should have made it life with vs life without Vince. Of course, we still don't know exactly what long-term life without him looks like, but we should have had more superstars interviewed about how they felt. These were people who clearly prior to the allegations coming out that were still trying to blur the lines between reality and fiction. Including Vince himself. It casts shadows on most of the people who worked so closely with Vince over the years. It made the Mr. McMahon character the center piece of a story that is about real-life debauchery and trying to get away with it.

It felt like the real story here, which was the deaths of Owen Hart, Chris Benoit, and Ashley Massaro, were simply glossed over because while making the documentary, they still wanted to paint Vince as this creative mastermind. As said both are true. He did this. He brought this to life but there should be no celebrating the man that brought his real life depravity to the screen.

After Janel Grant filed her lawsuit, the entire focus of this documentary should have changed. There was truly never a Mr. McMahon character and if seeing the way he treated Ashley in one scene they used didn't leave you feeling sad and lost then this documentary failed to highlight the true nature of how evil and vile this man could be. It should have been about why one person controlling so much of one entity is never a good thing. Vince McMahon is the ultimate definition of power, corrupting the mind and having your way in life because you feel untouchable. If nothing else, please let this documentary serve as a means to let young women and men know that money never gives a person the right to dominate you.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Edward Scissorhands 1990

[peppermintquartz]

i want only one thing: every wrestler who don't want to work for that fkn company can leave, zero repercussions, with the money due them for the remainder of their contracts paid out.

then that company can burn in hell for all i care

My only real contribution to The Discourse ™️ surrounding WWE is that I feel for the humans behind the scenes who are women, LGBTQ+ or who don't particularly want to work for an organisation like Saudi. I'm fairly sure that the wrestlers have options, but there's a whole group of humans for whom work has suddenly become really unstable, and I can only imagine how worried they feel right now.

[bisexual-kane]

I'm only two episodes in to the Mr. McMahon documentary, but as a thirty-year wrestling fan, let me assure you that it is impossible to overstate what an actual piece of living human shit Vincent Kennedy McMahon is.

[saturatedsinset]

realized the other day that my first ever exposure to bryan danielson was the build to kofimania. where my friends (and the program itself) explained to me, a new wrestling fan, the importance of kofi kingston and the ways in which black wrestlers had historically been kept down, and the general history of the new day. and obviously the story itself was really good and very moving. kofimania was the first wrestlemania I watched live. but what I did not have context for was who bryan was, and what his story and career trajectory were. so I was watching. a black man. get routinely mocked and called a b-plus player by a white man standing next to vincent kennedy mcmahon junior. I think a lot of wrestling fans who have been wrestling fans for a long time (and i include in this both fans and like. the people writing the stories. tony khan, vince, hhh, etc) take certain people's importance and trajectories for granted - punk, bryan, even joe, to some extent - and kind of forget that the people coming to wrestling later on do not have the same emotional connection to these men even if those newer fans now understand why these people are so important. and I think a big part of why bryan winning the world title at all in rubs me the wrong way is that it really heavily relies on that taken-for-granted connection. from twenty years ago.

[shanie-the-toyaddict]

In this house we loathe and disrespect Vincent Kennedy McMahon.

[leaveharmony]

What I want to know is who knew what when and for how long they knew it.

Because this is not new behaviour; this story is not ‘local honest businessman suddenly turns into monster after separation from wife,’ this story is ‘Vincent Kennedy McMahon is the devil incarnate and always has been.’

People knew. Hell, there were probably employees whose entire jobs was covering UP what people knew. That khan motherfucker? Trips? Steph? Who knew what, how much did they know, how long did they know it and condone it and/or choose to pretend it wasn’t happening. There is a wide gulf of difference between talent who didn’t really have anywhere else to go electing to put rumour out of their minds so they could continue feeding their kids, and the motherfuckers in the office right next door recieving enormous salaries while convienently failing to notice the gang rape taking place on the other side of the wall.

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Triple H to CM Punk: "WWE Only has Room for One Delusional Narcissist and His Name is Vincent Kennedy McMahon."

The role the Best in the World would normally fill in a wrestling promotion has already been taken by a guy with questionable taste in mustaches.

After CM Punk was politely asked to leave AEW and never come back again for no apparent reason, the former champion may be looking for a new old home to go back to. Wrestling "journalists" are speculating wildly that CM Punk may return to WWE.

But according to Triple H, who fills every WWE management role that actually does useful work, the company already has someone who occupies CM Punk's niche. That man's name is Vincent Kennedy McMahon, and Hunter says Vince has got everything on lock.

"It doesn't really matter if CM Punk wants to come back to WWE or not. Our company already has a self-destructive narcissist who puts his ego before the good of the talent, the company, and the business. Vince has that all under control. If we need help in that regard, we can always bring Hogan back for an evening."

At last report, Vince was parading around Wall Street in a bad suit with a terrible mustache and poorly dyed hair, embarrassing anyone who has ever known him. Compete with that, Phil.

[wrasslin-lps]

Smackdown! vs Raw: Part 8 - Wrestlemania.

Another cold open, except this time it’s LuLu limping his way to the ring. To his shock, he’s cheered by the honkeys of WWE. They cheer him, and boo when he mentions Eddie, Cena and Vince, and then cheers when he says they couldn’t finish the job. Between this and the Big Show, LuLu has been left rattled. 

LuLu calls out McMahon, who gloats that he expected LuLu to have learned his lesson after the beating on Sunday.

LuLu makes a solemn oath. He will never break - if McMahon wants him gone, then he’ll need to kill LuLu. “You may make my life a living hell, but I swear, I will drag you to hell with me.” And LuLu reveals why he called McMahon out.

McMahon and Cena are shocked, but McMahon laughs it off. He points out that LuLu can barely stand - but LuLu is undeterred. He makes an offer; he beats John Cena here and now, and he faces McMahon at Wrestlemaina. “You’re completely insane” McMahon sneers “But alright, you asked for it!”

The stakes couldn’t be higher!

John Cena is no joke, and with LuLu being injured, he has a hell of a match ahead of him. But as a Babyface, LuLu is determined to fight honourably. And when I say honourably, I mean use Torrie to distract the referee and attack Cena with a weapon.

With a hard earned victory, the next week McMahon announces that he is a man of his word. “Last week I made a gamble that backfired on me, so I’ll be appearing at wrestlemania... in a hell in a cell match." he says, clearly nervous. But he's as bitter as he is nervous, and decides McMahon decides that LuLu will have a tag team match against Chris Benoit and Garrison Cade - but hm, LuLu doesn’t have a tag partner. How about - Trish Stratus!

Backstage, Trish is very worried about the match, since she would be fucked up. LuLu assures her that his goons are after him, not Trish. And besides…

The match mostly goes as you would expect, Benoit and Cade kick the ever loving shit out of LuLu and poor poor Trish. The sitruation is dicey, but my mind whirs like a pc playing Crysis (christ, remember that game? It still runs like shit on most PCs, btw) and I devise a plan.

I was able to figure out how I could win the match despite my weak tag partner - throw her to the wolves. Despite what cutscene LuLu said, LuLu let Benoit and Cade beat the shit out of Trish and then ambushed Cade while Benoit put poor Trish in a crippler crossface to win the match.

After the match, LuLu celebrates with Trish - but hark! Benoit was pretending to be defeated!

He starts kicking the shit out of LuLu… but who runs in to save but LuLu's best friend and brother, the Big Show

Yeah. Yeah it is.

The next week, Vince McMahon grumbles that a certain wrestler dared interfere with the match. Vince gloats that to teach him respect, Show will be forced to- 

In walks Kurt Angle, back from the firing. And even the Boss answers to a higher power…

Kurt fires Benoit and Cena, and declares that since Vince McMahon will be wrestling at Wrestlemania, he loses access to his administrative powers. And in some genuinely glorious schadenfreude, Vince has to wrestle in a handicap match against the Big Show and LuLu.

I really can't communicate how good this feels.

After a brutal beating and a slam to McMahon’s grapefruit, Show and LuLu celebrate in the ring while the commentators muse whether or not McMahon will even survive the Hell In A Cell match... at Wrestlemania!

Backstage, LuLu is chatting with Trish in a manner that for once isn’t deeply unsettling and cringe for once. LuLu makes his intentions clear:

Trish wishes him well, and they hug. LuLu got Trish dragged into his own mess, but brief as their interactions have been, I do find them kind of sweet.

Elsewhere, McMahon is being interviewed before the match. His intentions are just as clear - and he feels that as someone who went from a trailer park to the chairman of billion dollar company, he’s not gonna lose.

“And once it’s over, nobody will say “no” to Vincent Kennedy McMahon!”

The match stays in the ring for about a minute before LuLu leaves to grab some weapons.

LuLu slaps Vince around for about a minute before LuLu decides to take to the sky!

Of course, what comes up…

But while McMahon draws breath, this match isn't over yet!

Wow, after such an astonishing stunt, the match has to be over! And when I say over, I mean they’re on their feet literally 5 seconds later.

But this match really will end with a bang!

And with a final Shattered Dreams…

LuLu wins the match!

After the match, LuLu puts Vince on the table, and climbs up the Cell and hey wait a sec I already did this!!

Yeah it's cooler in the cutscene but I did it twice!!!

This shot does have some power to it though…

Regrettably, Vince is still breathing, but still - a hell of a way to end the year.

LuLu humiliated the bastard CEO, and learned to forgive Yakub's people - while securing his legacy forever. A glorious ending to Season Mode... for Smackdown, at least.

[wrestlinghistorywithkay]

22 years ago today , the World Wrestling Federation was changed to World Wrestling Entertainment. It was named the World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ) after being known as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation ( CWC). This was the name of the promotion in 1953. However , it was renamed the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1963. Thus, being renamed to the World Wrestling Federation in 1979. The promotion was originally owned by Vincent ‘ Vince ’ J. McMahon , the father of former WWE owner , Vincent ‘ Vince ’ K. McMahon Jr. In 1982 , Vince bought the WWWF from his father and built it into a worldwide entertainment phenomenon.

McMahon’s idea of the WWF being a global phenomenon, Wrestlemania was introduced in 1985. This Pay-Per-View was a cross between professional wrestling and the entertainment industry. This became known as the ‘ Rock & Wrestling Connection’. Celebrities such as Mr.T , Liberace, Muhammad Ali, and Cyndi Lauper all took part in the show.

McMahon had a much bigger challenge in the 1990s. He had a fierce rivalry going with Ted Turner ‘s promotion, World Championship Wrestling ( WCW). This era became known as ‘ The Monday Night Wars ’. McMahon had a strategy to get edgier content out to boost the ratings to defeat WCW ‘s ‘ Monday Nitro ’. This period of WWE was known as ‘ The Attitude Era ’.

In 2002, the WWF was rebranded to WWE after McMahon was sued by the World Wildlife Fund over naming rights. McMahon kept creating ways to keep making WWE the world’s top wrestling promotion.

Nevertheless in 2019, a new wrestling promotion was launched to compete with McMahon’s WWE. This promotion is known as All Elite Wrestling ( AEW). The promotion was started by the owners of the NFL football team, Jacksonville Jaguars , Shahid and Tony Khan along with wrestlers, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson ( The Young Bucks) , Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes , who would return to WWE in 2022. McMahon’s Son In Law , Paul ‘ Triple H ’ Levesque , and daughter Stephanie , would run WWE alongside him in order to help get ratings up against AEW.

In 2023 , WWE would be taken over by the Endeavor/TKO group. This company also owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC). Owner Ari Emmanuel placed Levesque in charge of WWE creative , removing McMahon from the company.

My Final Thoughts:

I know that Vince McMahon has done some terrible things , but, he shaped professional wrestling as we all know it. The history of the sport and company I love and am passionate about is one of the most interesting things to learn about. I hope you all learned a lot from this post. Love you all my dear readers.

- Kay

[donniebrooke-q17]

Ladies & Gentlemen,

Vince McMahon Is Gone.

He Was Replaced.

The VKM You're Seeing In The Mainstream Mockingbird Media Is A Cloned Body Double.

The Hint Is The Jackie Gleason Mustache.

VKM Couldn't Stand Facial Hair On Himself - As A "Business Man".

So Why Would The REEL (Movie REEL) Vince Wear One?

BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE REAL VINCENT KENNEDY MCMAHON!

donniebrookeQ17@gmail.com

Trust The Plan.

[lindsayraegun]

Vincent Kennedy McMahon

[aliensmoothie]

so do you guys think anthony still made the vincent mcmahon tinder profile .

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A bunch of news sites are reporting that Vince McMahon is selling to a Saudi private investment firm making more money than God, it returning back to a private company, Thusly offering more money and incentives to talent contracts amongst other things. This will also lead to a power grab by McMahon to take the reins of creative again.

If these rumors are true, this is possibly the reason why Stephanie McMahon resigned. I am certain that there will be mass layoffs coming soon for the wrestlers and creatives that Triple H hired back to the company. People that Vince doesn't see value in.

I'm also sure that Triple H, William Regal and the newly appointed head of continuity Rob Fee will see either their roles diminished or be let go all together as well.

It will also lead to an exodus of one of their most popular characters right now, Sami Zayn. (who is of Syrian descent).

It might also lead to their stacked women's roster being depleted and every lgbtq person within the company either being fired or let go.

Just note this is just speculation on my part due to the fact about how the Saudis treat women and homosexuals. However, thanks to a Twitter follower of mine (Alex Morrison) I understand the ins and outs of how these investment firms work. They own many soccer teams in the UK, including women's league, which are thriving financially and they are paying the players well. I thank Alex for his insight into these side of things.

I hope that this is just a private investment firm that won't have any influence on the company itself. But I, personally, highly doubt it.

It's strange that a company that was so "pro American" especially during the Hogan years with the "giant foreign heel" rising against America and "Hulkamania" will come to a deal with such a ruthless organization. Heck, they are so "USA" that they often fundraise for certain orange-tinted Buffoon's that claim to be for "America First".

Another odd thing, and a fact about Vincent Kennedy McMahon, is that he created the character of "The Million Dollar Man" to be a send-up. He was taking the piss out of rich people because he detested so much how they acted and flaunted their wealth and means. How money changes people's perspective through age and time is equally interesting and disturbing. " Greed is good", I guess.

In the end it's all about the dollars and it doesn't have to make sense. They've had pay-per-view events for the Saudi Prince for multiple years now. In a way I'm not really surprised that this is happening.

It's actually an interesting allegory to late stage capitalism and the rise of the extremist politics, in a way. Money talks and bullshit walks as long as an elderly, out of touch white man that holds all the cards is in control.

Also, this Billion Dollar Man and his corporation/conglomerate subduing all, if any, creative youth movement from within. It's a tale as Old as Time.

So far this is only a rumor. A very big rumor. WWE has not confirmed the sale. However I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

I am hoping for the best for Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Stephanie, Rob Fee , Bray Wyatt and the other big names that have returned during Vince's brief "retirement". Anyone affected by this news.

I hope that they would be able to, if they are all relieved of their duties, create their own promotion. A promotion that loves the business for what it is and even though money is good, the art form of pro wrestling will always be the central point.

I might reluctantly continue to watch WWE as long as Triple H is in charge of creative. But if it turns back to the cluster fuck it was during late stage McMahon, I'll just say: "Thank Christ for the AEW, Mexico, Japan AND the thriving Indy scene".

In the end, the Federation (or the "E" as they call it) will die when Vince McMahon does. Professional wrestling lives on. If worse comes to worse, there are alternatives out there. Subscribe to #iwtv to see the purest and most passionate form of professional wrestling

Okay I'm off my soapbox now.

[christoplack]

In 1982, Titan Sports, owned by Vincent K. McMahon and Linda McMahon, purchased the WWF's parent company Capitol Wrestling Corporation from Vincent J. McMahon (Vince Sr) and his partners, Gorilla Monsoon, Arnold Skaaland and Phil Zacko.

Monsoon, Skaaland and Zacko relinquished a total of 385 shares for just north of $640,000. Upon the completion of the sale, the 385 shares were awarded to Titan Sports. (Vince and Linda)  

One of the conditions was that if Vince Jr defaulted on even a single payment, the company would be returned to Vince Sr and his partners. 

Titan Sports purchased the remaining 615 shares for 1 million dollars, with most of that money going to Vince Sr, who owned the majority share of 500 shares. The remaining money went to Gorilla Monsoon, Arnold Skaaland and Phil Zacko.

In 1991, Vince Jr shared with Sports Illustrated what his father would have thought about his national expansion: 

"Had my father known what I was going to do, he never would have sold his stock to me. In the old days, there were wrestling fiefdoms all over the country, each with its own little lord in charge. Each little lord respected the rights of his neighboring little lord. No takeovers or raids were allowed. There were maybe 30 of these tiny kingdoms in the U.S. and if I hadn't bought out my dad, there would still be 30 of them, fragmented and struggling. I, of course, had no allegiance to those little lords."

Fast forward to 2023, and I am often reminded of these details. How complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is