Vince....retires?

[Canadian Dragon]

You also have to look at it like this. In Cosby's case, he wasn't on top of the Comedy pile anymore and many victims also weren't in the same industry. Weinstein, who was a big name, but has not really a "fanbase" to speak of, who would climb walls for him, since he's *just* a behind the scenes guy... Vince though, especially during the first #MeToo wave, was still pretty much THE "head of the table" of a whole industry, with loads of "fans" who would immediately try to destroy anyone who'd come forward with accusations.

None of these #MeToo like cases are the same and in each case there are different reasons for why victims might not come forward (or haven't come forward immediately.)

thats a good point, weinstein esp didnt have an army a twitter stans attacking anyone who talked shit about him. same with cosby, really.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Interesting to note btw that Stephanie is only 45 years old, and is just a few years older than when Vince bought WWE from his father at 38/39. Vince's father was also 39 when he opened up Capitol Wrestling Corporation. It'll be interesting to watch a few years down the line and see what changes Stephanie can bring to the business, as well as how long she'll stay in charge.

Dunno if anyone else finds it interesting, but that's just me noting something lol

 

[Chris]

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Judging by what it made through im terrified to ask what didnt

 

[Dale]

Vince out here calling people blueberries

 

[Deezy]

Oh he may or may have not said bad words.....the worse thing ever.

Forget about all the other stuff.....everyone knows that insensitive language is the real problem.

 

[John McHenry]

The news of Vince McMahon’s WWE retirement and Triple H’s ascension to Head of Creative has fans and wrestlers alike excited, with many convinced that the drastic company restructuring will facilitate changes to both WWE’s work culture and the creative direction of their programming. However, AEW World Champion CM Punk remains as pessimistic as ever.

In a recent interview with the “Absolute Geek” podcast, Punk scoffed at the idea of McMahon surrendering control of WWE, insinuating that his former boss will continue to run the promotion from the shadows.


“You think because he [McMahon] tweeted that ‘I’m retired’ that he’s not going to be hands-on, and he’s not gonna [run the show]?” Punk asked in response to a question on McMahon’s retirement. “Sure, we all are [hopeful of a change], but I don’t think the structure there…what’s the word I’m looking for… I don’t think the culture there changes. At all. I think it is what it is.”


Punk then compared the manner in which WWE handled the recent walkouts of Sasha Banks and Naomi to that of Brock Lesnar.

“I’ll put it to you like this – people are going to be real fu—g mad about this, but f–k it,” Punk said. “Mercedes [Sasha Banks] and Trinity [Naomi] leave, and they announce on SmackDown that ‘Gosh darn, we’re so disappointed in them, they really let our fans down.’ Brock [Lesnar] splits, comes back obviously, I think he worked the show [SmackDown], but where was Michael Cole saying ‘Man, Brock Lesnar really let these fans down?'”

“I walked out, they went on TV and they called me a quitter. What’s changed?” Punk asked. “What’s the difference? You’re gonna attack these two poor f—-ing women because they kinda had enough and walked? They got bigger balls than everybody there. So what’s changed, you know? There’s nothing much that’s changed.”

Punk continued, “There’s people that talk about it and there’s people that do it. The people who lick the boots and have the audacity to go on live television and say that about those two women? They’re f—-ng cowards and bootlickers. That s–t is ridiculous. Why didn’t they do it for Brock? They did it for me, you know?”

“I don’t know, it’s none of my business,” Punk concluded.

 

[John McHenry]

Difference between those scenarios is Brock didn't miss anyhting scheduled. And walking out cause your boss quit is a bit different than just walking out.

 

[Rosie]

Difference between those scenarios is Brock didn't miss anyhting scheduled. And walking out cause your boss quit is a bit different than just walking out.

But they also were on their knees begging Brock to come back and gave him a fair bit to come back.

 

[John McHenry]

But they also were on their knees begging Brock to come back and gave him a fair bit to come back.

That's likely very true. Brock is also a lot different thank the other three. And they never had the chance to say Brock let us down because in the end he came back. And we don't know what they did or didn't do to try to get the other three to come back.

 

[Cwalker]

If the reports are true and they were talking to Brock the entire time in an attempt to get him to come back, it would be dumb af to go on the air and try to bury him. WWE doesn’t want to alienate one of their biggest stars.

And at the end of the day, Brock came back. He probably didn’t want to but he did the right thing. He fulfilled his obligation.

 

[Sabretooth]

They just want to get his match with Roman over with then he's history

 

[Sabretooth]

Yet again, this isn't surprising. They just keep reporting shit we already know... Vince is a control freak and a nutjob

 

[Deezy]

Yet again, this isn't surprising. They just keep reporting shit we already know... Vince is a control freak and a nutjob

You'd believe anything

 

[Sabretooth]

You'd believe anything

Except that you’re a good person