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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 3, 2012 17:31:34 GMT -5
Eccentric? Sure, hell I don't think you could be a millionaire/billionaire without some extreme quirks. Insane? Nah.
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Post by Drink Up Me Cider on Mar 3, 2012 17:31:51 GMT -5
No not at all. I'm sure he has a good head on his shoulders and if he was insane then he wouldn't be running WWE for as long as he has There's your answer. He's made some 'mental' choices, XFL/Junior division, but in large he has done very well for himself and his company.
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Post by consi on Mar 3, 2012 18:04:17 GMT -5
All the shitty things he did and all the the stooges he hired an the talents he fired I will say Yes.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 3, 2012 18:30:55 GMT -5
All the s***ty things he did and all the the stooges he hired an the talents he fired I will say Yes. Hiring yes guys is hardly a sign of insanity. Many companies do it. As for firings, eh, it's part of wrestling. Guys get fired. Bischoff let go of a lot of future stars.
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Post by woowoowoox on Mar 4, 2012 0:14:28 GMT -5
I think his imagination is slightly insane. But otherwise, I don't think so.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Mar 4, 2012 0:22:09 GMT -5
I definitely think he's eccentric, but full out "crazy"? Nah. Someone who was legit nuts, at this point, wouldn't still be in charge of a multi-billion dollar company. He'd have pissed it all away years ago.
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Post by Ricky Nightshade on Mar 4, 2012 7:43:41 GMT -5
A little bit.
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Post by Ryanar on Mar 4, 2012 8:03:05 GMT -5
i think his supposed Insanity, unfiltered, would make tons of money as a New York Times Bestseller
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Post by Soultastic on Mar 4, 2012 11:02:12 GMT -5
He wouldn't have gotten this far if he wasn't.
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Post by zeez on Mar 4, 2012 11:11:47 GMT -5
Yes. He wouldn't have succeeded as well as he has if he wasn't.
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Post by Krazee on Mar 4, 2012 11:13:32 GMT -5
mothaf***as crazy man
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Mar 4, 2012 11:31:10 GMT -5
I think he walks that fine line between genius and insanity often. Though, sometimes he falls on one side or the other. it's the general sort of malaise that the genius possesses and the insane lament.
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Post by steamboat1 on Mar 4, 2012 11:31:21 GMT -5
The most creative and successful people in the world are usually super intelligent and crazy enough to try things nobody has ever done or dared to do.
I think Vince has both covered.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Mar 4, 2012 11:57:01 GMT -5
Certainly not insane, but he's...off. And not just in the typical ruthless businessman sort of way, but with his sense of humor, and things he expects people to find entertaining when he's free to act on his whims.
I get a bit of a "protracted adolescence" vibe from him, due to the fact that, even as a middle-aged professional business owner, he has no qualms about jokes having to do with butts/penises/midgets/sex/sexual perversion. When we hear zany stories about his odd behavior or story ideas, I get the sense that he's not exactly a full-on sick pervert, but a guy with, in a lot of ways, the mindset of a teenager who likes to be inappropriate, and also likes to "experiment" with odd ideas.
On a more serious note, while he does have his redeeming factors, I think it's likely that there's a pretty troubled side of his personality, and that he has some unresolved psychological issues. He's rarely gone into much detail about his childhood, but what we do know is not good, to say the least. It sounds like he went through some pretty terrible stuff as a child, and you can bet its left an impact on him to this day.
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Post by Big L on Mar 4, 2012 14:36:01 GMT -5
Slightly
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Post by El Hijo del Havoc on Mar 4, 2012 21:14:45 GMT -5
I believe he's more eccentric than insane. Then again, you have to be a bit eccentric to run a wrestling company that borders on being a circus (Not to mention the strange colored suits he seems to bring out occasionally)
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Post by That Mickie Fan on Mar 4, 2012 21:52:03 GMT -5
Not really. Just a bit eccentric.
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Post by hughmorris on Mar 4, 2012 23:37:02 GMT -5
There is a fine line between sane and insane...and IMHO he walks on both sides of that fine line. Yes, he's come up with some crap, BUT he did revolutionize "wrasslin" and made it into a global entity.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Mar 5, 2012 0:07:33 GMT -5
He is an eccentric risk-taker who a twisted sense of humor, but he's also a genius.
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Post by Andy Martin on Mar 5, 2012 2:57:28 GMT -5
I think he walks that fine line between genius and insanity often. Though, sometimes he falls on one side or the other. This is my feeling as well. Every massively successful person is a little bit 'insane'. That's what brings out genius.
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