Vince McMahon WWE Board $3 Million Investigation / CEO Resignation Megathread

[Deezy]

I mean…. Would it though… would it?

HHH still has HBK....be a downgrade....looks wise.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

HHH still has HBK....be a downgrade....looks wise.

Maybe Hunter likes his personality.

 

[Deezy]

Maybe Hunter likes his personality.

Rock might get jealous.

 

[Roy Mustang]

 

[Hidden Blaze]

One of my favorite moments

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Fightful Select
Backstage Notes, Reactions To Vince McMahon's Smackdown Appearance
Several WWE talent reached out to Fightful after Vince McMahon's Smackdown appearance

Some additional notes on the segment-- it wasn't featured on internal full scripts as of 5:30 EST, or the rundown we gained access to at 7:50 PM EST. One person suggested that the segment did not happened as originally planned this morning. Vince McMahon was said to have been in a good mood backstage, and not outwardly reacting to the investigation.

"Business as usual" was a term constantly reiterated backstage. Few knew what Vince McMahon was going to say to kick off the show. What happened was Vince McMahon effectively explaining the "Then. Now. Forever. Together" tagline, saying "Welcome to Smackdown" and throwing the microphone.
Reactions that we received, unsolicited, ranged from confused to disappointed to "enraged."

A top talent immediately contacted Fightful and said it was "tone deaf and embarrassing," and believed it was his way of putting himself on screen as a power move to lessen the impact of an investigation's findings.

A former top talent who left the company said that "I'm happy it didn't last long, so I didn't have to sit through whatever bullshit he was going to say. But it shows that he has no accountability, especially when something is directly his fault."

Finally, a person who had worked with Vince McMahon said they were "enraged" by the appearance, and were hopeful that this was the type of situation. The person sourced was backstage at the show, and said that they were incredulous watching it unfold.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

So that second line is mox right ?

 

[Rosie]

Well, I guess it WAS a tactic purely for ratings.

Go fuck yourself, Vince.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Got none from me as i sail the high seas anyways

 

[King Kota]

So that second line is mox right ?

Na if anything it was probably

 

[Swerve]

Got none from me as i sail the high seas anyways

Same.

 

[Rosie]

Same.

I didn't either. Just checked Twitter afterwards, and was like "For fuck's sake..."

 

[Roy Mustang]

Na if anything it was probably

0 chance it is Regal. If Regal was going to comment, he'd just do it himself. He ain't a fan of the dirtsheet and wrestling media. My bet is Moxley as I'm pretty sure he told Dave about what WWE were doing during the pandemic due to his wife and maybe even his friendship with Roman.

 

[Swerve]

 

[InsaneAlphaBeta]

Ya know, even if for vince it becomes a worst case scenario, i seriously wouldn't even be surprised if he ends up just continuing anyway like nothing happened, still running WWE and all that.

Genuinely wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.