Wailing Fungus
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Wailing Fungus on Aug 20, 2013 23:16:07 GMT -5
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Jobes
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Post by Jobes on Aug 20, 2013 23:18:03 GMT -5
He brought R-Truth to a quarterly meeting so he could dance for the shareholders.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 23:50:59 GMT -5
When he tried to steal NWA Champion Harley Race away in 1983 before he could drop the title to Flair Vince brought him and his wife in and laid out his offer which Harley politely declined. Everything seemed fine until they were outside after dinner when Vince tried to take Harley down with a double leg and got a serious headlock for his troubles.
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andrew8798
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Post by andrew8798 on Aug 21, 2013 0:08:09 GMT -5
Another good one is when Terry Funk left the company he told Vince he had to go and take care of his sick horse. The Next time Terry was back in the WWF Vince asked how was his horse doing.
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Post by celticjobber on Aug 21, 2013 0:34:59 GMT -5
In Bret Hart's book, he told a story about how Vince decided to go out and party with the wrestlers on the last night before the WWF's stringent new drug policies kicked in (I think it was the night of the Tuesday in Texas PPV).
Vince walked into the strip club around midnight, and he was already shit-faced. Hulk Hogan dared Roadwarrior Hawk to do the Doomsday Device on Vince, right there in the bar. Vince apparently was up for it, and just laughed as Animal set him up for it. Hawk had second thoughts and hit him softly, instead of going full force.
Then Jim Neidhart said "The Hart Foundation would've had the balls to do it!". Then Jim grabbed Vince like he was hugging him, and set up for the Hart Attack.
Bret jumped off a table and hit Vince hard with a clothesline, and Vince's head bounced off the carpet as he landed.
Then Vince said "You owe me a drink Hitman! Double Dewar's on ice!"
Then a short while later, Vince was going to let Davey Boy Smith powerslam him. But police came and cleared the place out.
Then all of the boys headed out to party at Ric Flair's penthouse suite at the Marriott. Flair wasn't there, so Vince went to the hotel's desk clerk and asked for a key to Ric's room. When the clerk said it was against policy, Vince said "I'm Vince McMahon! Give me the key right now!" and the guy gave him a key.
Then everyone smoked some weed, and decided to use Flair's bed as a urinal. Vince stripped down to his boxers, black shoes, socks, and his tie and pissed on the bed along with the other guys.
Then Vince started challenging the guys to wrestle him. Several of them (including Bret and Curt Hennig) wrestled him gently, but when Vince grabbed Hercules, Herc grabbed Vince upside down and threw him in the air. That pissed Vince off, and he gave a look that said "If I remember this in the morning, your ass is fired!" (and Hercules was released a few weeks later).
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Aug 21, 2013 0:46:26 GMT -5
I remember once hearing a story about how in 2006, Vince McMahon saw footage of KC James wrestling at an independent show and thought he was really good and wanted to sign him. The only problem was KC James had been under contract for months and had wrestled on a pay-per-view for WWE at this point in time.
I can't find this story anymore for the life of me but I definitely remember reading it
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Rave
El Dandy
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Post by Rave on Aug 21, 2013 0:54:27 GMT -5
I remember once hearing a story about how in 2006, Vince McMahon saw footage of KC James wrestling at an independent show and thought he was really good and wanted to sign him. The only problem was KC James had been under contract for months and had wrestled on a pay-per-view for WWE at this point in time. I can't find this story anymore for the life of me but I definitely remember reading it It's from a London/Kendrick shoot. From what I read, Vince saw him on a backstage TV and asked his staff who he was and told them to sign him. My favorite is still the Angle/McMahon takedown flight, especially when Taker woke up, didn't know what was going on, and choked Angle out.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Aug 21, 2013 1:12:16 GMT -5
I swear he's a real life Mr. Burns.
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Johnny B. Decent
Patti Mayonnaise
Had one once
Everybody's Favorite Arizonian.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Aug 21, 2013 1:16:24 GMT -5
I honestly think Vince is legitimately the most craziest man in wrestling.
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Post by montee916 on Aug 21, 2013 1:19:29 GMT -5
Two and a half pages in, and no mention of the "Steph's baby daddy" angle he was pushing for. I'm shocked. Shocked I say. :-P
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Aug 21, 2013 2:28:41 GMT -5
I honestly think Vince is legitimately the most craziest man in wrestling. He is a cooky, fascinating, eccentric, insane man no doubt, but as far as being the craziest guy in wrestling, Antonio Inoki can really give Vince a run for his money.
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SEAN CARLESS
Hank Scorpio
More of a B+ player, actually
I'm Necessary Evil.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Aug 21, 2013 4:54:25 GMT -5
The original Hunter Hearst Helmsley character was devised by McMahon because his old-money neighbors in Connecticut looked down on him.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 21, 2013 5:18:41 GMT -5
I think Vince is my hero.
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Post by nevthebassist on Aug 21, 2013 5:36:04 GMT -5
It's these stories that make me like the crazy old bastard more and more.
My favourite has already been covered (the Doomsday Device story), but the inner child in me still gets a chuckle from picturing Vinnie Mac & Co. pissing on Flair's bed. Probably my personal highlight from Bret's autobiography.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Aug 21, 2013 5:53:04 GMT -5
I seem to recall RD Reynolds himself quoting an unnamed former WWE employee who said that when Vince was dreaming up the Katie Vick storyline he would randomly shout "I screwed your brains out!" and laugh to himself. On that note didn't Triple H say during an interview that when they were shooting that angle Vince was directing H from behind the camera yelling at him to go "faster" and "harder" on the dummy so much so that the Funeral Home Director had to come down to tell them to tone it down a notch because they were interrupting a service in the next room.
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Post by PTBartman on Aug 21, 2013 6:06:25 GMT -5
Maybe that's how the Power Walk started? Then it should be called the Poower walk. No offense but, "Meh". How about The Scatological Strut?"
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Post by Sparvid on Aug 21, 2013 6:11:17 GMT -5
I like that vince is like the real life Mr. Burns from the Simpsons. It would be amazing if he just randomly forgot who s wrestler was despite being booked in numerous angles with him "Big Show, I thought, I told you to trim those sideburns!" That reminds me of the Big Show documentary, when he tells the story of how he got that name after originally wrestling under his real name. Vince saw him backstage: Vince: "How's it going, Big Show?" Big Show: "Who's Big Show?" Vince: "You are!"
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543Y2J
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by 543Y2J on Aug 21, 2013 6:34:46 GMT -5
This one will always be hard to top ![http://i.imgur.com/QKIfg.gif](http://i.imgur.com/QKIfg.gif) My god! Vince you magnificent (and scary) bastard! My favorite is still the Angle/McMahon takedown flight, especially when Taker woke up, didn't know what was going on, and choked Angle out. I haven't heard this before I don't think, is that the whole story or is there more to it???
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 21, 2013 6:48:30 GMT -5
From the same article ![http://i.imgur.com/QKIfg.gif](http://i.imgur.com/QKIfg.gif) My god! Vince you magnificent (and scary) bastard! My favorite is still the Angle/McMahon takedown flight, especially when Taker woke up, didn't know what was going on, and choked Angle out. I haven't heard this before I don't think, is that the whole story or is there more to it??? It was the Plane Ride from Hell IIRC, and Vince told Angle he could beat him in a shoot fight, and challenged him to one then and there. So Angle accepted, and they started to go at it, when the Undertaker (Who was sitting behind them I believe) woke up, and saw Angle with Vince in a headlock, so he leapt upon him and started to choke him out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 6:49:39 GMT -5
The story where he didn't realize Jimmy Wang Yang hadn't worked for WWE for about a year when he randomly bumped into him backstage. Video's not loading at work here, but I'd thought it was a slightly different story - Vince had asked about him assuming he still worked there, only to discover that they'd fired him a year or so earlier. Hence, the reason why he came back was because of Vince suddenly wanting to know where he was. Then Vince started challenging the guys to wrestle him. Several of them (including Bret and Curt Hennig) wrestled him gently, but when Vince grabbed Hercules, Herc grabbed Vince upside down and threw him in the air. That pissed Vince off, and he gave a look that said "If I remember this in the morning, your ass is fired!" (and Hercules was released a few weeks later). I'm more convinced than ever that Herc REALLY didn't give a sh*t about his job in his final months. IIRC he had worked out a guaranteed WCW contract while still in the WWF and just coasted his last few months (when he was oddly being used quite a bit after Roma left, due to a bunch of injuries and phased out wrestlers at the end of their contracts).
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