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Wow, that is terrible.
I can go with that.
Aftermath?
Either way, nice haul... I'm jealous.
Says Jim Cornette on Twitter: "The best laugh I've had all day. --List of acceptable terms for TV networks to describe WWE"
I've read that WWE Pictures is actually somewhat profitable. They have some sort of model which seems to bank on the Walmart exclusivity and straight-to-DVD stuff. More on it here.
Another venture of McMahon's was some supplement called ICOPRO, wasn't it?
If he doesn't die for some reason, he could easily still be in power for another, what...5, 10 maybe 15 years? I can see Vince pulling a Charlton Heston with the company that he basically built. "From my cold, dead hands", etc. It's not like he has to go away anytime soon.
And if he's given that much time and allowed to let all these crazy business interests get in the way of his wrestling product (and they obviously are), then who says we're even going to have a legitimate wrestling industry by the time he leaves? As much as we can complain about the quality of the actual wrestling product nowadays, imagine how much worse it could get in the next decade if Vince is still in charge and it's still "entertainment" instead of actual professional performers who know how to execute a string of wrestling holds. He might just kill the entire product before he leaves his position. At the very least, it may turn into something that doesn't even resemble wrestling anymore.
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Really? Granted, none of us know the man, but just from the little that is shown, talked about, he doesn't strike me as the type of guy that will just give the keys over and retire.
I mean, hell, look at the business in general. I think that so many of the people involved in it have addicting personalities, that prevent them from just walking away.
Well, a couple of things. One is that his dad handed over the company and then died before turning 70. I can't imagine that not having an impact on how Vince sees his own future. His dad died at 69, his granddad at 72, he has to be having serious thoughts about how long he's going to last beyond 70.
Second, Vince has always been about the company being a family company. He got it from his dad, Vince Sr. got his start in CWC replacing his father, and when time comes Vince will hand it over to the next in line, Steph and Triple H. So he knows how it'll end. It's not that he has to hang on because there's noone else there to run it, the people who will run it when he's gone are there and working in the company already. And with Shane gone, there's even the added threat of, y'know, if he holds on too long, then he may actually end up without anyone to leave it to.
Thirdly, his ambition has always been to make the WWE an entertainment juggernaut. This latest push into the entertainment industry has the feel of a last-ditch effort, a case of "I will do this before I'm done". And there's really only two outcomes. Either it bombs and he has to cut way back and focus only on the wrestling, which would be a good time to let fresh people take over, or he succeeds and now has a massive entertainment company to run, which would be a good time to step back from the wrestling part and let fresh people take over.
He may limpet out the rest of his days, coming down doing the Bushwacker walk at 80 and coughing his way through a "You're fired!" now and then, but I'd be thoroughly unsurprised to see him hand off the company before or at 70.
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I meant to say just WWE, not the whole wrestling industry. My mistake.
Although, I will say that counting on TNA to do anything correctly is probably a terrible choice.
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Height: 5' 11" Weight: 217 Goal: 200
Waiting on the package to get here, it will be a few weeks.
I will post a photo when it all shows up.
I can't wait to watch it.
Your name just reminded me of that.
Also, I 100% agree with you.
So a lot of the rumors about Vince Jr. being slimey come from the fact that he was the first guy to break the territories and a lot of people from the 70s and 80s still hate him for it. So they constantly try to undermine him.
Also anyone remember when Vince was a nice guy commentator and you had no idea he actually owned the damn company.
I remember learning that shortly before the whole Bret incident and it blew my mind.
Ah my early days online....
"Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are smarter than one man. How's that again? I missed something" Lazarus Long
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I refuse to believe TNA is that incompetent.
RDV!!!
*guitar riff*
THE SHOW FUCKIN WHOLE
Hrmm.
But I wanted to believe.
Seeing is believing.
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Noooooo
I'd pay that much if it was him pinning Cena.
That's not just any someone... that's Matt Hardy!
Steam
Here's a link to a thing that might work for some of you.
What the hell is ICOPRO?
Another failed Vince-venutre. It was a nutritional supplement company he founded shortly after the WBF debacle.
I like Steve Austin, but if I meet him he's getting a folding chair to the skull for "What?"
"Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are smarter than one man. How's that again? I missed something" Lazarus Long
Is that a metaphor?
WHAT?
Fixed
So much good stuff can be on there.
Not that I have much hope for them to pick the really good stuff.
Whatever Scott Hall is doing is hard to call wrestling..