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Post by Feyrhausen on Dec 13, 2022 12:11:09 GMT -5
No, not at all. WWE was very clear in their own postings of the findings and the latest financial report that he can walk back in any time he wants. He still owns the majority of the controlling stock. I can absolutely see him doing it too, especially seen as how a lot of the accusations and such have 'blown over' in as far as they dont seem to be going anywhere. The best thing for to make sure he doesnt would be for someone somewhere to get him actually charged with something - and that seems difficult to do for whatever reason. I hope he doesnt come back, but it definitely feels like something he'd do. This is the guy who went out in front of live crowds to cheers when it was all actually kicking off. Cheers. They are STILL amending financial reports because whoops he used company money to help with hush money payments. And the SEC is currently probing the books as well. I don't think he's coming back unless he wants to get nailed to the wall by the feds. As far as I am aware he used his personal money not company. However he used it for company benefit which is still a big deal and means the books must be rebalanced. It might mostly blow over if he stays away and behaves. He comes back like nothing happened and they might try and make an example of him. Fines, penalties, maybe even forced divestment.
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Post by Fade on Dec 13, 2022 12:12:20 GMT -5
Not emotionally ready for the last 4 months to have been merely a reprieve and 2023 to continue on business as usual. Can you f***ing imagine. And that’s us as fans. Imagine employees/talent.
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Post by Chiral on Dec 13, 2022 12:14:24 GMT -5
Returning Vince waddling around backstage like "WHO THE F*** HIRED BRAY-VEN?"
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Post by mistery on Dec 13, 2022 12:15:18 GMT -5
They are STILL amending financial reports because whoops he used company money to help with hush money payments. And the SEC is currently probing the books as well. I don't think he's coming back unless he wants to get nailed to the wall by the feds. As far as I am aware he used his personal money not company. However he used it for company benefit which is still a big deal and means the books must be rebalanced. It might mostly blow over if he stays away and behaves. He comes back like nothing happened and they might try and make an example of him. Fines, penalties, maybe even forced divestment. Forced divestment is the most likely outcome here. He's violated company bylaws with this stuff. And as it has been shown, pretty much every positive metric is up even after he left, while every negative metric is mostly down.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 13, 2022 12:15:41 GMT -5
Maybe Vince saw the WWE/Flair doc coming out and was like "if he can come back from serious sexual misconduct allegations, what's stopping me?"
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 13, 2022 12:16:01 GMT -5
Edited the subtitle. Seriously, read the damn article.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 13, 2022 12:18:52 GMT -5
William Regal awkwardly slides up to the BCC guys to go, "So, uh... Sorry about thaaaat..."
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Post by Facetious on Dec 13, 2022 12:19:30 GMT -5
This year refuses to end... just let us breathe 🫠
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Post by Feyrhausen on Dec 13, 2022 12:20:17 GMT -5
Edited the subtitle. Seriously, read the damn article. Is there a way to do so without buying a subscription?
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Post by ghost on Dec 13, 2022 12:21:48 GMT -5
Vince McMahon returning at WrestleMania to a Hogan-Montreal level sustained ovation will certainly be something. Because you know it's gonna end up that way if it happens.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 13, 2022 12:21:49 GMT -5
Edited the subtitle. Seriously, read the damn article. Is there a way to do so without buying a subscription? I was able to read it without one, I assumed everyone was able to.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 13, 2022 12:23:08 GMT -5
Is there a way to do so without buying a subscription? I was able to read it without one, I assumed everyone was able to. Does Australia have some paywall bypass or something?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 13, 2022 12:24:50 GMT -5
Edited the subtitle. Seriously, read the damn article. Why do that when we can shitscream about something that isn't going to happen?
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Dec 13, 2022 12:25:48 GMT -5
Looks like it is possible to go into the article and remove the pop up, so it's thankfully not as massive a blocker as most
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2022 12:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Dec 13, 2022 12:26:17 GMT -5
Vince just needs to accept that he's an old uncreative bitch who has nothing of value to offer anyone.
Not only does he not have anything of value to offer, but he'd actually negatively impact anything he touches.
Stop thinking people like you, Vince. They don't.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Dec 13, 2022 12:26:28 GMT -5
Edited the subtitle. Seriously, read the damn article. Why do that when we can shitscream about something that isn't going to happen? You mean discuss a thing mentioned in the article as something he wants to happen? Yeah I don't know why we'd discuss that, let alone when it's the part of this article that actually has any kind of thereotical or intended impact on the viewer experience. We've had two threads now all about Vince being a sex pest that have come down as overwhelmingly negative on this topic and even brought up the cases of the spa worker and Rita Chatterton. "I hope Vince f***ing burns in court" is a sentiment I'm sure is felt by plenty of people, but it's not really a conversation starter.
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 13, 2022 12:26:49 GMT -5
Looks like it is possible to go into the article and remove the pop up, so it's thankfully not as massive a blocker as most Not for me.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 13, 2022 12:26:49 GMT -5
I was able to read it without one, I assumed everyone was able to. Does Australia have some paywall bypass or something? I just read it in the Twitter app. I apologise if I’m being a bit pushy about this, but legitimately, there’s only one paragraph about “Vince wants to come back”. The rest of it is detailing the Chatterton allegations as well as allegations about a spa manager that may or may not be a separate unrelated case to the one that comes up every so often, and how Vince is being presented with new suits because of a new law being passed allowing a one-year window for historical cases outside of statute of limitations to be brought forward.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Dec 13, 2022 12:27:52 GMT -5
Looks like it is possible to go into the article and remove the pop up, so it's thankfully not as massive a blocker as most Not for me. Not sure if it was me just scrolling anyway or what, but the X option happened
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