DichEvans
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Post by DichEvans on Jun 16, 2023 13:35:00 GMT -5
The WWE was essentially founded by his grandfather Jess McMahon in the 1930's as Capital City Wrestling, from a company that existed in some form that dates back to the late 1880's. In the 1990's the WWF (at the time) acknowledged this by saying "For over 50 years, the worldwide leader in sports entertainment". He essentially erased his father and grandfather's contributions in forming the WWE to stroke his own ego. I guess we shouldn't expect too much from a guy who fired his own daughter and son. This reads like he formed his own company and ignores how he inherited a roster with Andre the Giant (the biggest wrestling star to ever exist to that point), and huge TV contracts in the North East that other promoters did not get access to.  |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 16, 2023 13:38:24 GMT -5
Given he's mentioned as a third generation promoter in the very same blurb I feel like you're reading too far into it.
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Post by darbus alan on Jun 16, 2023 13:43:54 GMT -5
It's technically true. He founded "WWE" as an entity. They're not saying he traveled back in time and founded WWE's various predecessors.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 16, 2023 13:47:54 GMT -5
It's technically true. He founded "WWE" as an entity. They're not saying he traveled back in time and founded WWE's various predecessors. Yeah... he founded the WWE... it was the WWWF and Capital Wrestling (and WWF) before that... but it's not like the title founder actually means anything... you can usually just buy it even if you had nothing to do with the creation of it. |
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Jun 16, 2023 13:50:09 GMT -5
That pic tho.......
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pinja
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Post by pinja on Jun 16, 2023 13:53:05 GMT -5
I too found WWE once.
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Post by JasonVoorhees1988 on Jun 16, 2023 13:54:55 GMT -5
So we're just dumping on Vince for everything now?
Cool.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jun 16, 2023 13:56:26 GMT -5
Wasn’t Jess more of a boxing promoter?
And Capitol Sports is not considered part of WWE’s history, though it is a predecessor. Vince Sr. is the founder of the company we know as WWE.
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Post by clc on Jun 16, 2023 14:07:24 GMT -5
I'm a Chair Man! Da da!
Yeah, I'm a Chair Man!
yeeaaaahhhh!
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Post by 06vwgti on Jun 16, 2023 14:11:57 GMT -5
Kevin Dunn looks normal, but Vince... |
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Post by Sicho100 on Jun 16, 2023 14:15:57 GMT -5
It's technically true. He founded "WWE" as an entity. They're not saying he traveled back in time and founded WWE's various predecessors. But then the next sentence says he’s been CEO of WWE for 40 years. So it can’t be that they’re just referring to “WWE” as being separate from the company he bought from his dad. It basically has to be either poor editing, or Elon Musk-esque declaring yourself founder because it carries more cachet. |
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Post by cornettesracket on Jun 16, 2023 14:53:29 GMT -5
Well his company Titan sports bought his dads company in 1982 so as WWE waffle goes it’s actually not far off, but it’s worded oddly.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jun 16, 2023 14:56:43 GMT -5
Kevin Dunn looks normal, but Vince... Looks like Vince has a caterpillar above his mouth. |
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Jun 16, 2023 14:57:23 GMT -5
I thought this thread was going to be about replacing Dave Thomas with Vince in Wendys commercials. Now I'm disappointed.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jun 16, 2023 14:59:18 GMT -5
I thought this thread was going to be about replacing Dave Thomas with Vince in Wendys commercials. Now I'm disappointed. "We made the grilled chicken sandwich even better: It's a wrap! Now take it, DAMMIT!" |
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Jun 16, 2023 15:08:37 GMT -5
That's clearly Vincente
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Post by PKO on Jun 16, 2023 15:26:27 GMT -5
Kevin Dunn looks normal, but Vince... Kevin Dunn ,who for years was the only person on the corporate site without a picture, now showing up and showing out with a spray tan and capped teeth. |
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on Jun 16, 2023 15:44:34 GMT -5
Why does Vince look AI generated?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jun 16, 2023 15:57:05 GMT -5
Vince founded WWE Inc., originally as Titan Sports, in 1980. And in 1982, he purchased Capitol Wrestling Corporation and folded it’s operations into Titan Sports. So Vincent K. McMahon is in fact the founder of the company currently known as WWE
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Post by salz4life on Jun 16, 2023 16:33:54 GMT -5
Kevin Dunn doesn't look like a creepy beaver here.
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