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Post by dav on Dec 21, 2021 5:44:34 GMT -5
I would love to see Vince McMahon fairly tried and imprisoned by a jury of his peers You'll have to wait until Batman sends the Riddler back to Arkham before we can get the full twelve.
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Post by eJm on Dec 21, 2021 6:19:48 GMT -5
I’m glad to hear WWE is still doing well with their PR and perception as a company. Always nice to see.
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Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Dec 21, 2021 6:26:14 GMT -5
I’m glad to hear WWE is still doing well with their PR and perception as a company. Always nice to see. Steph has really improved things since becoming Chief brand officer. Just like how her time as head of creative led to some of the great storylines.
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Post by Spider2024 on Dec 21, 2021 7:10:46 GMT -5
I would love to see Vince McMahon fairly tried and imprisoned by a jury of his peers They already tried once before, though:
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on Dec 21, 2021 7:14:01 GMT -5
This actually happened? Holy shit.
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Post by eJm on Dec 21, 2021 7:27:37 GMT -5
I’m glad to hear WWE is still doing well with their PR and perception as a company. Always nice to see. Steph has really improved things since becoming Chief brand officer. Just like how her time as head of creative led to some of the great storylines. Did you see the Forbes profile? She has so much on her plate! Especially considering all the staff they fired.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 21, 2021 8:12:13 GMT -5
For all the horrible things Vince Mcmahon has done in real life, and what a rotten human being he seems to be, you had to admit that as a TV character he was great. The Mr Mcmahon heel character in the Attitude Era especially is maybe the best heel in all of wrestling ever. However, he's f***ing horrendous now on screen. I don't watch Raw but I've seen the clip on Reddit and it's incredibly difficult to understand what he's even saying, his voice is absolutely shot to pieces and he seems to lose track of what he's saying. It's uncomfortable watching him. He shouldn't be on TV. And that's before we even get into what a horrible thing to say, when you've just fired hundreds of people in a pandemic in the last 2 years. Horrible all round. Someone on that reddit post described his voice: "It’s like Donald Duck did one of those interviews where they just use his silhouette and pitch his voice down so as to protect his identity."
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Post by Zombie Mod on Dec 21, 2021 8:23:51 GMT -5
Bro yeah they fired Michael Myers Why'd they fire Shrek!? Too Scottish
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Post by jason1980s on Dec 21, 2021 9:22:37 GMT -5
I would love to see Vince McMahon fairly tried and imprisoned by a jury of his peers I would love to see that too. The Bill Cosby trial shows that no matter the age and celebrity status no one is safe from paying for their crimes. I wish it would have come to Vince much sooner so he had more time to live with his failure but I wouldn't mind seeing 83 year old Vince put away like Cosby-just never get out.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 21, 2021 9:51:25 GMT -5
Part of Vince's character is being a lecherous old man who forces the women who work for him to do his bidding which can and often does include sexual favors...and it would be incredibly tasteless to still use that trait now. Same applies here when you've fired a hundred people in the past two years.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 21, 2021 10:07:52 GMT -5
The whole love of firing people is a part of his character yes... but that doesn't make the optics of him saying it while the company continues to cut talent like there's no tomorrow and at a rate that's never been seen from them before... yeah it's not great But then again, the idea of making Vince a weekly TV Character again is even worse. The dude needs subtitles, half the shit he says is a gutteral groan. I assume USA are the ones who wanted Vince back on TV, but I don't know why. His voice is completely shot and even people who aren't abjectly 100% repulsed by his off-TV actions (I know people are going to assume that this means me, but no, it's not) aren't particularly _wanting_ to see him or hear from him.
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Bo Rida
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Pulled one over on everyone. Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Dec 21, 2021 10:30:59 GMT -5
Part of Vince's character is being a lecherous old man who forces the women who work for him to do his bidding which can and often does include sexual favors...and it would be incredibly tasteless to still use that trait now. Same applies here when you've fired a hundred people in the past two years. Yes! Well put. Characters have to move with the times so they can't even use that as an excuse. Dx aren't going to do blackface at their next reunion. Kind of similar thing with homophobia, many wrestlers would have said something questionable in the past when it was standard humour, I don't hold that against them but hate hearing anybody saying similar these days (looking at you Dan Lambert).
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Post by They Adam Bradley on Dec 21, 2021 11:23:33 GMT -5
its a tv show, hes playing his character...his thing for like 25 years is being evil and firing people....your reading way to much into this bro.
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Post by eJm on Dec 21, 2021 11:26:27 GMT -5
its a tv show, hes playing his character...hes thing for like 25 years is being evil and firing people....your reading way to much into this bro. I mean, we would be if he also didn’t say so much in a conference call earlier this year. Something that, well, he isn’t in character for because he’s with shareholders. So yeah, it’s not so much subtext as actual 100% bonafide text.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2021 12:03:20 GMT -5
its a tv show, hes playing his character...his thing for like 25 years is being evil and firing people....your reading way to much into this bro. Bro Sis Cuz Mate Chief Scout Champ
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2021 12:05:20 GMT -5
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Post by They Adam Bradley on Dec 21, 2021 12:06:40 GMT -5
its a tv show, hes playing his character...hes thing for like 25 years is being evil and firing people....your reading way to much into this bro. I mean, we would be if he also didn’t say so much in a conference call earlier this year. Something that, well, he isn’t in character for because he’s with shareholders. So yeah, it’s not so much subtext as actual 100% bonafide text. your pulling at straws, anything to make WWE and Vince more of the " bad guy" its a shame what they did with talent this year, but its not as if there aren't hundreds of major companies in the USA who did the same thing.. Many of tha talents were even being used, getting paid to do nothing! I live in the midwest, Shahid Khan and his family ( even everyone's favorite Tony) own a MAJOR manufacturing company here, they make a lot of stuff and focus on bumpers for automobiles-----they laid off in illinois and indiana between 6 plants, about 10x the people WWE laid off this year.....forced overtime, slave wages, the most disgusting work environment you cant imagine..old broken machines/ dirty equipment.......they are so cheap that when they purchase tires for their 18 wheelers, they refuse to buy brand new tires and instead buy USED tires........but hey, lets not get off topic of WWE and Vince being the devil and breaking peoples hearts
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Post by eJm on Dec 21, 2021 12:13:25 GMT -5
your pulling at straws, anything to make WWE and Vince more of the " bad guy" its a shame what they did with talent this year, but its not as if there aren't hundreds of major companies in the USA who did the same thing.. Many of tha talents were even being used, getting paid to do nothing! I’m going to ignore your second paragraph because you said yourself, let’s not change the subject on a WWE forum about a WWE topic so I’m just respecting your wishes. All I’m saying is that if I fired about 200 wrestlers and potentially hundreds of employees in the last two years, I wouldn’t exactly use my character (played by the guy who actually fired those people, mind you) to make light of all of that regardless of logic. That’s just me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2021 12:15:02 GMT -5
Other people are terrible, so let's forget this guy. Such a simple argument.
And f*** playing a character. The same stale ass character for decades. What's the point of playing the evil boss at this point? He's not getting anyone else over. That's the whole point of being a heel. If he doesn't generate heat to then get someone over, then the whole exercise is pointless.
It's been like this for years. Holy shit, why can't he change? Owens beat his ass, damn near shoot headbutted him, and that meant absolutely shit. An actual character would have changed but not Vince. So, no, that was pointless, these comments are pointless, and I don't give a shit about IWC this or IWC that. People can defend this but, goddamn, why even bother putting energy into doing so?
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 21, 2021 12:21:55 GMT -5
I would love to see Vince McMahon fairly tried and imprisoned by a jury of his peers They already tried once before, though: My favorite part about that picture? The Judge is doing a perfect impression of The Rock like 4 years before The Rock was even a thing.
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