bob
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Post by bob on Aug 25, 2022 23:01:02 GMT -5
forget the elbow, what the hell are these I think blue shoes with Velcro on them 🤔🤔
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Post by fw91 on Aug 25, 2022 23:08:50 GMT -5
Man, Vince looks like Don Knotts after a coke bender.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 25, 2022 23:09:20 GMT -5
That eye’s seen some shit It’s Paul McCrane in RoboCop after he crashes into the toxic waste.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Aug 25, 2022 23:10:14 GMT -5
forget the elbow, what the hell are these Gotta get yr Scooby Doos on
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Aug 25, 2022 23:35:51 GMT -5
mans getting tables at dorsia in wheelies
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 26, 2022 0:47:09 GMT -5
This is one of the most annoying things about situations like this. It's easy to mock Vince and feeling like justice prevailed in the end. But at the end of the day, the dude is still mega rich and can do whatever he wants and live a life of luxury. He just doesn't get to run a business that was probably taking years off his life at this point. Ehhh. Say what you will about Vince being a creatively bankrupt, obsessive compulsive, micromanaging predator. But that guy loved going to work and being a massive f***ing asshole to everyone around him. I bet he's f***ing miserable that he can't assault the public with his "genius" anymore. And also, by all signs he completely believed WWE couldn't possibly operate without him and at least in the short term ratings are up, attendance is up, the stock price is up, the show quality is being praised more than it has been in years. Even with that stuff still benefitting him in the long run it has to be a massive bruise on his ego and he's an extremely egotistical man.
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Post by chazraps on Aug 26, 2022 0:53:01 GMT -5
Hold up, were they at Smith and Wollensky's? I know Vince has taken guys after events there in the past, but it legit is my favorite steak in all of New York City.
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Post by celtics543 on Aug 26, 2022 6:12:33 GMT -5
Big question I thought of this morning. Assuming no jail time, in a couple years do you think Vince makes an appearance at Wrestlemania 40? Can he convince Steph, HHH, and Khan to let him go out there and even just thank the fans for supporting his creation for 40 years?
I thought it was a firm no but then I thought of all the wrestlers who have made huge mistakes, many worse than what Vince did, and that he welcomed back to the company. I mean, look at the response Hogan got after his issues. Or Austin after his issues. Or any number of other guys and girls Vince brought back. Then I started to think how hard it was to believe that Vince won't make an appearance at what is probably his last big milestone Wrestlemania. I doubt he lives to see WM 50 so this might be it.
Although looking at that picture he may have to be a brain in a jar a la Futurama just to see 40.
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Post by nisidhe on Aug 26, 2022 8:04:53 GMT -5
Big question I thought of this morning. Assuming no jail time, in a couple years do you think Vince makes an appearance at Wrestlemania 40? Can he convince Steph, HHH, and Khan to let him go out there and even just thank the fans for supporting his creation for 40 years? Martha Stewart went to federal prison for five months for the sake of not losing $60K when a stock tanked. Vince has yet to answer, outside of the boardroom walls, for his misuse of some $20 million in company funds. Until he has publicly apologized to his fellow shareholders, his wife of 56 years, his children and the WWE Universe, and until he's suffered whatever consequences are due from the government (if any), I'm fine with only seeing him in tabloid-worthy candid shots oozing decrepitude and shame. Apparently, he's not ready to do that. And quite honestly, being seen with McMahon isn't a great look for Cena, either.
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Post by government mule on Aug 26, 2022 8:38:26 GMT -5
Man there is so much to unpack in that picture of Vince and the woman eating a handbag
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Post by XIII on Aug 26, 2022 9:40:00 GMT -5
This is one of the most annoying things about situations like this. It's easy to mock Vince and feeling like justice prevailed in the end. But at the end of the day, the dude is still mega rich and can do whatever he wants and live a life of luxury. He just doesn't get to run a business that was probably taking years off his life at this point. In 99.99999% of these cases, this is the truth but I honestly believe this has got to mess Vince up...Since his professional career started he has really never been this disconnected from the business like this...His entire daily life and future changed. If all the reports of his worth ethic are true then it has to be confusing for him. 100% it’s wrecking him. He micromanaged every aspect of the WWE for what 40 years all the while wielding power, manipulation, and control over everyone. And while functioning as an energy vampire that subsists on frustrating and annoying people. All of that was taken away from him and now he has to watch without being able to do anything. Remember it was (I think) Freddy Prinze Jr that was watching comedy on the plane once and Vince asked him why he wasn’t watching WWE. lol Vince’s power bar is slowly draining out .
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Post by Legion on Aug 26, 2022 9:44:23 GMT -5
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Post by ssdrivin on Aug 26, 2022 9:58:06 GMT -5
Man there is so much to unpack in that picture of Vince and the woman eating a handbag "Vince, you are WWE, it's just not happening, you can't lose your job there. I'll eat my damn handbag if you ever do, that's how much I believe it can't happen." stuff happens"Well, shit. Anybody got any ketchup?"
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Aug 26, 2022 10:03:30 GMT -5
This is one of the most annoying things about situations like this. It's easy to mock Vince and feeling like justice prevailed in the end. But at the end of the day, the dude is still mega rich and can do whatever he wants and live a life of luxury. He just doesn't get to run a business that was probably taking years off his life at this point. He wasn't continuing to run WWE because he HAD to. Being unable to force his vision onto the screen is probably a kind of hell for him.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 26, 2022 10:05:07 GMT -5
100% it’s wrecking him. He micromanaged every aspect of the WWE for what 40 years all the while wielding power, manipulation, and control over everyone. And while functioning as an energy vampire that subsists on frustrating and annoying people. All of that was taken away from him and now he has to watch without being able to do anything. Remember it was (I think) Freddy Prinze Jr that was watching comedy on the plane once and Vince asked him why he wasn’t watching WWE. lol Vince’s power bar is slowly draining out . F***, does that mean that when he dies, he gives birth to a baby version of himself like Colin Robinson and we have to deal with all of this all over again?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2022 10:06:30 GMT -5
You ever notice rich, old white dudes almost always look worse than they need to when they're in their 70's because they just couldn't accept aging gracefully when they were in their 50's?
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 26, 2022 10:19:03 GMT -5
Big question I thought of this morning. Assuming no jail time, in a couple years do you think Vince makes an appearance at Wrestlemania 40? Can he convince Steph, HHH, and Khan to let him go out there and even just thank the fans for supporting his creation for 40 years? Martha Stewart went to federal prison for five months for the sake of not losing $60K when a stock tanked. Vince has yet to answer, outside of the boardroom walls, for his misuse of some $20 million in company funds. Until he has publicly apologized to his fellow shareholders, his wife of 56 years, his children and the WWE Universe, and until he's suffered whatever consequences are due from the government (if any), I'm fine with only seeing him in tabloid-worthy candid shots oozing decrepitude and shame. Apparently, he's not ready to do that. And quite honestly, being seen with McMahon isn't a great look for Cena, either. They were personal funds, not company funds, if all accounts are to be believed.
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Post by Mecca on Aug 26, 2022 10:19:40 GMT -5
Martha Stewart went to federal prison for five months for the sake of not losing $60K when a stock tanked. Vince has yet to answer, outside of the boardroom walls, for his misuse of some $20 million in company funds. Until he has publicly apologized to his fellow shareholders, his wife of 56 years, his children and the WWE Universe, and until he's suffered whatever consequences are due from the government (if any), I'm fine with only seeing him in tabloid-worthy candid shots oozing decrepitude and shame. Apparently, he's not ready to do that. And quite honestly, being seen with McMahon isn't a great look for Cena, either. They were personal funds, not company funds, if all accounts are to be believed. He spent them to help the company though which is why this is a problem...
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 26, 2022 10:21:59 GMT -5
They were personal funds, not company funds, if all accounts are to be believed. He spent them to help the company though which is why this is a problem... Correct, the poster had mistakenly said he misused $20 million in company funds, which would be a hell of a lot worse. The payments should’ve been reported as company expenses and it’s still troublesome for him. But there’s certainly a big difference in shareholders and government officials’ approach to things if he used actual company funds versus using his own.
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Post by Mecca on Aug 26, 2022 10:23:43 GMT -5
For all he spent he could have banged high class escorts basically every night but noooo
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