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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 17, 2022 9:20:29 GMT -5
I think Vince is crazy enough to start up a private wrestling business with everything going on. Thinking about Vince trying to start an indy fed and doing all the things that he delegated to other ppl for 30 years is great. Dude calling Konesuke Takeshita like "uhh...hey. i'm kinda bad at this do you wanna hang out at my show? my wrelellelestlemania?" Why start an indie fed when you can simply buy an existing one? Hell, for that matter I'm sure he has the cash reserves to buy Impact if he wanted.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Aug 17, 2022 10:38:17 GMT -5
Thinking about Vince trying to start an indy fed and doing all the things that he delegated to other ppl for 30 years is great. Dude calling Konesuke Takeshita like "uhh...hey. i'm kinda bad at this do you wanna hang out at my show? my wrelellelestlemania?" Why start an indie fed when you can simply buy an existing one? Hell, for that matter I'm sure he has the cash reserves to buy Impact if he wanted. And he would do it while singing this brilliant FAN-created parody of Thrift Shop: officialfan.proboards.com/thread/484079/meltzer-says-carters-bischoff-buying?page=10
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Post by Citizen Snips on Aug 17, 2022 11:38:05 GMT -5
Honestly it's baller as hell of him, and he was right to do so, but the mental image of Eric Young trying to big-time Vince McMahon is so funny to me I want to say there’s at least a 50% chance Vince had no idea who Eric Young was.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Aug 17, 2022 11:56:41 GMT -5
Honestly it's baller as hell of him, and he was right to do so, but the mental image of Eric Young trying to big-time Vince McMahon is so funny to me I want to say there’s at least a 50% chance Vince had no idea who Eric Young was. Eric Young: "the failure is all yours Vince." *walks away* Vince:...... Vince:...... Vince: "FIRE MARTY JANNETTY THAT INSUBORDINATE SON OF A BITCH" HHH: "that wasn't Marty pop" Vince: you heard me.... FIRE MARTY now! HHH: *sighs* sure pop. Vince: *mumbles to himself* Marty the bastard sold me fake coke last week
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 17, 2022 12:51:39 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this.
I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when
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Post by Psicofreak667 on Aug 17, 2022 12:55:20 GMT -5
More than Sable. There is so much historical sleaze that was laughed about and dismissed at the time because of the way things were back then that really ought to be reevaluated.
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Post by XIII on Aug 17, 2022 13:01:21 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when Don’t forget Nailz. Maybe Nailz was right. 🤔
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Aug 17, 2022 13:52:05 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when Remind me, what were her specific allegations?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2022 13:54:02 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when Even wilder that she came back as his side piece like Trish when you think about it.
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Post by XIII on Aug 17, 2022 14:21:38 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when Even wilder that she came back as his side piece like Trish when you think about it. Control move for sure.
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Post by Hypnosis on Aug 17, 2022 14:40:08 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when Even wilder that she came back as his side piece like Trish when you think about it. 2003 Smackdown was a wild time. Zach Gowen getting seduced:"SAAAAABLLLLLLE!"
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 17, 2022 16:07:29 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when Don’t forget Nailz. Maybe Nailz was right. 🤔 That is true. A case where it's doubtful but you can't totally dismiss it now haha
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Post by fg on Aug 17, 2022 16:34:17 GMT -5
In a couple of ways, Vince McMahon reminds me of C. Mountgimery Burns.
Both are nasty people (although C. Mountgomery Burns is portrayed as nastier. Remember during one Simpsons episode he threatened to put a dome over Springfield only for the townspeople to say: “It’s been done already.”?)
Both ran their companies into the ground.
Both are way out of touch.
Both have yes men.
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Post by bob on Aug 17, 2022 16:54:37 GMT -5
I honestly wonder what Vince is doing with himself since stepping down
he's a known workaholic and I'm having a very hard time seeing him adjusting to something resembling a normal life
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Post by darbus alan on Aug 17, 2022 16:59:17 GMT -5
Ya know, that 110 mil lawsuit by Sable looks different in light of all this. I know she settled and came back, I'm just sayin it looks like more merit than perhaps folks thought back when Makes you wonder what would've happened if any of these wrestlers were represented by competent legal counsel instead of blatant ambulance chasers on the par of Lionel Hutz.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Aug 17, 2022 17:02:27 GMT -5
In a couple of ways, Vince McMahon reminds me of C. Mountgimery Burns. Both are nasty people (although C. Mountgomery Burns is portrayed as nastier. Remember during one Simpsons episode he threatened to put a dome over Springfield only for the townspeople to say: “It’s been done already.”?) Both ran their companies into the ground. Both are way out of touch. Both have yes men. Gotta give Vince some credit. He may have run the company into the ground creatively but it was doing fine financially. Then he hired a non yes man, Nick Khan. Khan told him to cut the dead weight, something Vince fired people for previously. But Vince listened to that and other advice and the company went through the roof stock price wise.
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Post by darbus alan on Aug 17, 2022 17:04:37 GMT -5
In a couple of ways, Vince McMahon reminds me of C. Mountgimery Burns. Both are nasty people (although C. Mountgomery Burns is portrayed as nastier. Remember during one Simpsons episode he threatened to put a dome over Springfield only for the townspeople to say: “It’s been done already.”?) Both ran their companies into the ground. Both are way out of touch. Both have yes men. Both sold shells to the Nazis, but Burns' worked, damnit!
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Post by fg on Aug 17, 2022 17:09:25 GMT -5
I honestly wonder what Vince is doing with himself since stepping down he's a known workaholic and I'm having a very hard time seeing him adjusting to something resembling a normal life He’s probably getting on a bus, where a drunk would say: “Aren’t you the guy everyone hates?” He’s also probably getting kicked out of supermarkets and placed in a retirement castle after confusing catsup with ketchup.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 17, 2022 17:10:44 GMT -5
In a couple of ways, Vince McMahon reminds me of C. Mountgimery Burns. Both are nasty people (although C. Mountgomery Burns is portrayed as nastier. Remember during one Simpsons episode he threatened to put a dome over Springfield only for the townspeople to say: “It’s been done already.”?) Both ran their companies into the ground. Both are way out of touch. Both have yes men. The main difference is when Vince tried to unleash the hounds we got the kennel from hell match so he never tried again. This is a guy that tried the XFL twice so you know it was bad.
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Post by thehottag on Aug 17, 2022 17:17:50 GMT -5
That is true. A case where it's doubtful but you can't totally dismiss it now haha After what Vince said to Hall & Nash, it always made me wonder about the Nailz case.
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