I feel for like the average wrestling fan that follows multiple promotions this has been known for literal decades. Just countless stories of writers or production staff or talent that have all said that place was incredibly hostile. Hell even Freddie Prinze Jr worked there as a writer for a bit and even he got treated like shit. There were dudes who used to take shits in other peoples bags. they literally had fights on planes in mid air. All of this McMahon embraced and encouraged.
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One reason I actually decided to check out what WWE was doing was because I heard McMahon got chased out. He was a huge reason for why I stopped watching 20 years ago. Shit just kept getting weirded and stupider the older McMahon got.
I remember hearing that Mick Foley became a commentator for a brief time but quit because McMahon was so abusive over the headsets, during broadcasts, yelling and cussing out the commentators if they didn't say exactly what he wanted them to
Ah yes the plane ride from hell: https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/The_Plane_Ride_From_Hell
McMahon has always been a sack of shit though.
Can confirm. Been watching wrestling since I was a child, and a lot of this stuff has been openly known in the fan community for decades. I expect we'll see a lot more of this stuff hitting the mainstream press, since Vince is no longer in a position to stop it.
That said, it's amazing how, every time my opinion of Vince can't go any lower, something new comes out and it somehow does.
Didn’t his Behind the Bastards have like 6 eps?? Same as Henry Kissinger IIRC.
That was before the lastest round of rape and shitting on someone you're forcing to have a threesome
Goddamn. What a fucking bastard.
I really don't wanna be behind that bastard!
His episodes had some of the most hilarious comedy interspersed with horrifying tales
Can’t wait to hear it. I’m working my way backwards through their episodes. Any idea how long ago they did it?
The six part series was released between May 16th 2023 and June 1st 2023.
The middle of last year, so you won’t have long to go if you’re working backwards
Maybe a year or so or just under that?
Lmfao if you don't know this then you don't know the first thing about McMahon
trickling downward from disgraced former CEO Vince McMahon.
Ugh.