Today I learned that Vince McMahon's mother is still alive..

[ben:friendship frog]

That's the McMahon genes for ya..

As for the abuse stuff, it's f***ing terrible and it's mainly why I give Vince a pass for some of his f***ed up ideas of good storylines (incest for example).
From what he went through to where he is, he's done bloody amazing.

[Mozenrath]

I get the feeling that when he said it was close, he may have more been saying that it was someone close to his mom. Either that, or a lack of animosity towards her now would mean he made peace with her in some respect, but I'm more inclined to think it's the former, obviously with limited information to go on, as there's only so much out there and it's not any of my business.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jun 15, 2018 21:39:29 GMT -5 Manute Bol said:

Here's the Playboy interview mentioned in this thread a few times. Interesting stuff for sure.

www.talkwhateveronline.com/threads/vince-mcmahons-playboy-2001-interview.23557/

This interview is a f***ing trip, man.

Maybe it is worth reading Playboy for the articles???

[111111]

Vince looks ridicolously like his mother

[Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h]

Jun 16, 2018 4:08:22 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jun 15, 2018 21:39:29 GMT -5 Manute Bol said:

Here's the Playboy interview mentioned in this thread a few times. Interesting stuff for sure.

www.talkwhateveronline.com/threads/vince-mcmahons-playboy-2001-interview.23557/

This interview is a f***ing trip, man.

Maybe it is worth reading Playboy for the articles???

Yeah... the “articles”

[chrom]

He never has forgiven her for the affair she had with President Taft

[Sir Woodrow]

Jun 16, 2018 6:40:45 GMT -5 Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h said:

Jun 16, 2018 4:08:22 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

This interview is a f***ing trip, man.

Maybe it is worth reading Playboy for the articles???

Yeah... the “articles”

There's at least two great articles a month, four if they're twins

[Nr1Humanoid]

If only Vince had some of the business views in that interview now.

[Hobby Drifter]

I always though Vince’s perspective was a bit askew. Turns out he got it from his mother.

[dav]

Jun 16, 2018 16:24:29 GMT -5 Hobby Drifter said:

I always though Vince’s perspective was a bit askew. Turns out he got it from his mother.

[Tea & Crumpets]

Jun 15, 2018 16:21:23 GMT -5 msc said:

Vince tweets Mothers Day to her and bought her pals a tennis court. The Playboy article implies his mum was the abuser but doesn't outright say it (and its not the only abuse he admits in the thing, there's a bit about an older stepbrother too) but I don't know. iirc his stepfather would beat up his mum and Vince regularly too. Apparently domestic violence is a trigger for him (mentioned by others in shoots too over the years) as he'd see his mum regularly beaten up from the age he was 6 right in front of him. He's also dsylexic and undergone horrific personal tragedy which we wont go into as its off the public record.

Dude's been through a whole lot of shit in his life.

This is why whenever people get angry or outraged at some of Vince's weirder, more messed-up booking, I just can't muster it in me to feel anything other than quite sorry for the guy. For Vince to have gone through that shit, and be where he is, I respect the hell out of him because I don't think anybody would come through that amount of tragedy and difficulty a perfect example of human behaviour. He's a fascinating, complex man and I only wish he would crank out his autobiographies like he was Jericho.

Also as for tennis/tweets stuff, that doesn't really mean or discount anything. Even if we leave aside the well established phenomena of people empathising/siding with their abusers, she's still his mother, and from the sounds of his stepfather it's not like he had anyone else to gravitate to in his childhood. It can be hard to let shit like that go no matter what someone puts you through. I'm not saying his mom did it, just that the human mind is a complex and self-destructive thing especially when it comes to trauma. Whatever the case and whoever did it, I just hope he's handling it as well as possible now.

[msc]

Jun 17, 2018 1:53:09 GMT -5 Tea & Crumpets said:

Jun 15, 2018 16:21:23 GMT -5 msc said:

Vince tweets Mothers Day to her and bought her pals a tennis court. The Playboy article implies his mum was the abuser but doesn't outright say it (and its not the only abuse he admits in the thing, there's a bit about an older stepbrother too) but I don't know. iirc his stepfather would beat up his mum and Vince regularly too. Apparently domestic violence is a trigger for him (mentioned by others in shoots too over the years) as he'd see his mum regularly beaten up from the age he was 6 right in front of him. He's also dsylexic and undergone horrific personal tragedy which we wont go into as its off the public record.

Dude's been through a whole lot of shit in his life.

This is why whenever people get angry or outraged at some of Vince's weirder, more messed-up booking, I just can't muster it in me to feel anything other than quite sorry for the guy. For Vince to have gone through that shit, and be where he is, I respect the hell out of him because I don't think anybody would come through that amount of tragedy and difficulty a perfect example of human behaviour. He's a fascinating, complex man and I only wish he would crank out his autobiographies like he was Jericho.

Also as for tennis/tweets stuff, that doesn't really mean or discount anything. Even if we leave aside the well established phenomena of people empathising/siding with their abusers, she's still his mother, and from the sounds of his stepfather it's not like he had anyone else to gravitate to in his childhood. It can be hard to let shit like that go no matter what someone puts you through. I'm not saying his mom did it, just that the human mind is a complex and self-destructive thing especially when it comes to trauma. Whatever the case and whoever did it, I just hope he's handling it as well as possible now.

Aye, we know from the victim it happened, but not who did it outright, so none of us can say "x did it" or "X didn't do it", really.

And yeah, Vince really did well to come back - even a quarter of that shit so young would be enough to screw someone up for life.

Incidentally, Vince Sr comes across as, at the very least, a Ric Flair type asshole dad, abandoning his kids for the business. He might idolise his dad, but its very noticable he's tried to have his kids by his side as much as possible from early on.

[Deleted]

Swerve: Vince’s mom is just Vince in drag. What a psycho.

[Deleted]

Artist's depiction of Great-Grandma McMahon.

[TGM]

*CM Punk phones Vince McMahon*: Hello Mr McMahon, this is your mother Mrs McMahon! I just phoned to say your are a bad son and I don't love you Victor.

Colt Cabana: Mrs. Askew is 122 years old, so try to sound more desiccated. And she doesn't call her son Mr. McMahon!

[crowley1986]

Jun 17, 2018 13:15:33 GMT -5 TGM said:

*CM Punk phones Vince McMahon*: Hello Mr McMahon, this is your mother Mrs McMahon! I just phoned to say your are a bad son and I don't love you Victor.

Colt Cabana: Mrs. Askew is 122 years old, so try to sound more desiccated. And she doesn't call her son Mr. McMahon!

Punk: Taft You old dog

[ayumidah]

Jun 17, 2018 7:48:15 GMT -5 msc said:

Jun 17, 2018 1:53:09 GMT -5 Tea & Crumpets said:

This is why whenever people get angry or outraged at some of Vince's weirder, more messed-up booking, I just can't muster it in me to feel anything other than quite sorry for the guy. For Vince to have gone through that shit, and be where he is, I respect the hell out of him because I don't think anybody would come through that amount of tragedy and difficulty a perfect example of human behaviour. He's a fascinating, complex man and I only wish he would crank out his autobiographies like he was Jericho.

Also as for tennis/tweets stuff, that doesn't really mean or discount anything. Even if we leave aside the well established phenomena of people empathising/siding with their abusers, she's still his mother, and from the sounds of his stepfather it's not like he had anyone else to gravitate to in his childhood. It can be hard to let shit like that go no matter what someone puts you through. I'm not saying his mom did it, just that the human mind is a complex and self-destructive thing especially when it comes to trauma. Whatever the case and whoever did it, I just hope he's handling it as well as possible now.

Aye, we know from the victim it happened, but not who did it outright, so none of us can say "x did it" or "X didn't do it", really.

And yeah, Vince really did well to come back - even a quarter of that shit so young would be enough to screw someone up for life.

Incidentally, Vince Sr comes across as, at the very least, a Ric Flair type asshole dad, abandoning his kids for the business. He might idolise his dad, but its very noticable he's tried to have his kids by his side as much as possible from early on.

True enough.

Another reason why, no matter how annoyed I might get with some of his decisions, I'll be really sad when he's gone.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Vince's father left him when he was born. He grew up in poverty in a trailer park where he was exposed to domestic violence when his stepfather beat him and his mother up. Vince's mother also sexually abused him. What a sad life poor guy.

[Dub H]

Jun 17, 2018 15:14:32 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Vince's father left him when he was born. He grew up in poverty in a trailer park where he was exposed to domestic violence when his stepfather beat him and his mother up. Vince's mother also sexually abused him. What a sad life poor guy.

Wait,really?

I never looked into his past,the most I know is that he worked as an announced and got the WWWF from his dad.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Jun 17, 2018 15:16:11 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Jun 17, 2018 15:14:32 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Vince's father left him when he was born. He grew up in poverty in a trailer park where he was exposed to domestic violence when his stepfather beat him and his mother up. Vince's mother also sexually abused him. What a sad life poor guy.

Wait,really?

I never looked into his past,the most I know is that he worked as an announced and got the WWWF from his dad.

He met Vince Sr when he was twelve, before that he was on the trailer park on North Carolina. He had a really f***ed up childhood based on what he said during the playboy interview.

Vince's early life was some shit straight out of the hills have eyes, apparently the Festus character was based on a kid Vince grew up with.