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Vince McMahon Retires from WWE
- Thread starter ManaByte
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
End of an era. Haven’t watched wrestling since the early 00s but Vince is the best carney of all time.
Slicker than your average
Banned
One crazy guy.
Lady Jane
Banned
What a Chad
FunkMiller
Gold Member
“My bullshit has finally caught up with me”.
Fox Mulder
Member
This totally felt like the thing that would finally bring him down. He’ll just sell the company for billions.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Good riddance
BaneIsPain
Member
Regardless of what people think of him, he is a legend in the industry. I don't think we will see the transitions in that he is involved.
ClanOfNone
Member
A deplorable person and a helluva showman. Enjoy retirement Vince, it'll be filled with lawsuits!
Bullet Club
Banned
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
The guy has been around since long before I was born. Despite being a deeply flawed human being he gave me a lot of enjoyment over the years. And hey, he outlasted Eric Bischoff at least
I like my wrestling shady and disreputable!
I know, ironically Vince was responsible for trying to somehow "class up" wrestling by inventing Sports Entertainment, and trying to position it as mainstream family product, but I always felt that was a business tactic rather than reflective of his personal taste.
Political correctness and "family values" seem at odds with its history and origins. Its supposed to be a bit carny, a bit outlaw.
DeliciousDoc
Member
We need a Vince MacMahon simulator.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Saw this news tonight at work. Gotta say I honestly never thought he'd retire. I had him pegged as dying while he was in charge. Hell possibly in the middle of a show or something at gorilla position.
Needless to say hearing that Steph and HHH are basically in charge means it should get interesting. I can't wait to see Dunn go. He must go. The billion camera cuts a show have to die.
Needless to say hearing that Steph and HHH are basically in charge means it should get interesting. I can't wait to see Dunn go. He must go. The billion camera cuts a show have to die.
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Hydroxy
Member
Not sure about POTUS but he definitely has a lot of experience with COITUS.
killatopak
Gold Member
End of an era. What a great run.
Bullet Club
Banned
daffyduck
Member
He’d make the perfect politician.
DKehoe
Member
Vince is too used to being the king of his own kingdom. When things don't go how he wants them to or people push back on him he reacts really poorly. You can look at the Bob Costas interview or the press conference after Owen Hart died as examples of him getting overly aggressive when he meets any kind of resistance.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
That was when it was based on the wrestler and not the brand. To be fair it's been even more successful since all of that. Every year they're making more money.
theclaw135
Banned
I'm more curious about his, ahem, targets. Which wrestlers were victims... or took the less-than-savory path to success.
BigDeadFreak
Member
I use to look forward to when he retired as I thought WWE would get back to its best then. Sadly, I think it'll still carry on with the same tame, PG rubbish for the foreseeable future.
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AJUMP23
Gold Member
He funded his wife’s run for senate and she lost. There is video of Vince crying at the concession speech.
theclaw135
Banned
I use to look forward to when he retired as I thought WWE would get back to its best then. Sadly, I think it'll still carry on with the same tame, PG rubbish for the foreseeable future.
We've gone from this:
To this:
I'm puzzled by them still trying to call the show PG, with just how revealing the outfits are.
Kagey K
Banned
It's so jarring to watch stuff from 2000 and then see how it's shot today. It's nausea inducing. Wish they would go back to more traditional angles and cuts.
Lots of rumors that they are going back to TV 14. I'm glad AEW is giving them some competition.I use to look forward to when he retired as I thought WWE would get back to its best then. Sadly, I think it'll still carry on with the same tame, PG rubbish for the foreseeable future.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
Really doubt they'd jeopardize their toy money with that.
Also I don't think Fox would go for it.
GametimeUK
Member
The greatest heel in the history of wrasslin'.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Probably a very good thing, although its a shame that so much talent that came up through NXT has left since.
Also, guess old trips has just cemented himself as the greatest wrestling politician of the modern era. This is the guy who despite being more of a solid worker than a great, always managed to partner himself with real draws.