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Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the WWE board was investigating Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon regarding a $3M money settlement McMahon paid a female paralegal over an alleged affair In addition, several nondisclosure pacts connected to misconduct claims from other women who worked for the company involving McMahon & WWE talent executive John[...]
Vince McMahon Takes Cue from Johnny Depp in Scandal Response
Vince McMahon appeared on WWE Smackdown yesterday hours after revealing he has temporarily stepped back from his role as Chairman and CEO of the company in the wake of bombshell revelations that he's being investigated by the board for paying $3 million to a former employee following an affair, with the investigation reportedly uncovering additional[...]
SummerSlam's Main Event Is Vince's Ultimate Revenge: Brock vs Roman
Through all of the shenanigans and musical chairs of the WWE Board and CEO position today, one thing was made very clear: Vince McMahon was still in charge of creative for the company  So it should come as no surprise to any longtime fan that with the serious and surgery-requiring injury to Randy Orton, the planned[...]
"It's me, Austin! It was me all along!" - Screencap of WWE Monday Night Raw from back when it was good
Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the WWE board was investigating Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon in regards to a $3M money settlement McMahon paid a female paralegal over an alleged affair In addition, several nondisclosure pacts connected to misconduct claims from other women who worked for the company involving McMahon &[...]
WWE SmackDown Preview 6/17: Vince McMahon's Last Stand
 On the heels of this week's bombshell report about WWE Owner Vince McMahon's alleged improprieties, we learned this morning that he will step aside as CEO and Chairman, with his daughter Stephanie McMahon taking over  And not just that, but then we learned Vinny Mac would be appearing live on tonight's SmackDown to speak about his current situation[...]
WWE Returning To The Thunderdome Because Of COVID-19 Resurgence?
Earlier this morning, the news broke that World World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon had "voluntarily stepped back" from his corporate roles pending an investigation by the board into a $3M money settlement McMahon paid a female paralegal over an alleged affair as well as several nondisclosure pacts connected to misconduct claims[...]
WWE Is Reportedly In The Dog House With Both Of Its TV Networks
Only days after a report from The Wall Street Journal reported that the board of professional wrestling & media company World World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was investigating a $3M money settlement that CEO Vince McMahon paid a female paralegal over an alleged affair as well as several nondisclosure pacts connected to misconduct claims from other[...]
Better Call Saul, Doctor Who, McMahon & More: BCTV Daily Dispatch
Davies' thunder, our concerns for the fate of Rhea Seehorn's Kim Wexler from Better Call Saul growing by the day, The Boys offering us a look at Paul Reiser's The Legend, the WWE board investigating a $3m hush payment with Vince McMahon's name on it, Paramount+ dropping a look at Sylvester Stallone in Taylor Sheridan's[...]
WWE's Most Odd Attempts At Patriotism Throughout Their History
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the board of professional wrestling & media company World World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) board is in the midst of investigating a $3M money settlement that CEO Vince McMahon paid a female paralegal over an alleged affair Citing documents and sources familiar with the situation, the article claims that[...]
WWE Suspends Their Women's Tag Team Champions "Indefinitely"
 If there's one thing Vince McMahon has learned over his many years, it's if you really want to hurt someone, hurt them in their wallets. So while such a grand gesture of displeasure from a WWE superstar is certainly attention-grabbing, it's far from the first time we have seen a situation like this happen[...]
XFL Strikes Deal with Disney, Games To Air on ESPN, FX and ABC
Dwayne Johnson is doing everything he can to make sure XFL can succeed where the previous owner, WWE's Vince McMahon, failed… not once, but twice The football league struck a deal with Disney that will air games on its owned networks ESPN, FX, and ABC Network rivals FOX and NBC air USFL games, as both[...]
The Undertaker Was Supposed To Have An On-Screen Son In 2008
 Since 1997, when his longtime manager Paul Bearer introduced us to The Undertaker's younger brother, fellow WWE Hall of Famer Kane, and revealed that The Undertaker had burned down his family's funeral home in his youth, killing his parents and badly burning Kane, Taker's character was forever changed into someone who was now defined by his[...]
Report: Vince McMahon Explains Dumb Wrestler Name Changes
This latest juicy morsel comes via Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, where The Meltz discusses a memo sent by Vince McMahon himself explaining the reason for the most recent spate of ridiculous wrestler name changes And yes, comrades, it's exactly as we all suspected: the reason is pure spite, to prevent wrestlers from being able[...]
WWE SmackDown Recap: New Stars, New Names,
 They fight around ringside a bit before Moss runs Corbin off. We now go backstage to find Jinder Mahal screaming at Adam Pearce and demanding an Intercontinental title shot against Ricochet, but they're interrupted by Ronda Rousey and her sour puss as she demands an answer from Pearce about her I Quit Match against Flair. Drew McIntyre vs Sami Zayn Drew[...]
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon loves money.
Taking a page from the world he's known his entire life as well as the STARZ series Heels, WWE owner Vince McMahon is partnering up with Craig O'Neill and Tom Rinaldi to develop a new scripted series called Pinned that's set in a fictional wrestling promotion for NBC Universal O'Neill (CSI: Vegas, MacGyver) will write[...]
Vince McMahon To Induct The Undertaker Into The WWE Hall Of Fame
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon did something pretty rare this afternoon when he sat down for his first outside of WWE live interview in 15 years with SmackDown commentator Pat McAfee on today's episode of The Pat McAfee Show  The increasingly more reclusive McMahon promised McAfee he would be making a big WWE-related announcement on the show today and he didn't[...]
The Undertaker Will Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame This Year
 Taker has been unofficially retired from the ring since his Boneyard Match against AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36 in 2020, a cinematic battle that surprised everyone by being an absolute blast that both served as a fun way to make do with the crowdless COVID era and a fitting way to send the Deadman off. After performing as[...]
Brock Lesnar Talks About Vince McMahon And Who He'd Like To Face
 In addition to talking about his upbringing and his current home life on a remote farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, he also spoke freely about certain aspects of his WWE career that we've never heard from him before, at least in such a blunt and unguarded manner. Like all of WWE's top stars, Brock Lesnar has a[...]
Cesaro Shares His Disappointment In Not Being In The Royal Rumble
 WWE Hall of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin stressed this in his WWE Network interview with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon 2014 when Austin said that he saw all the traits of a star in Cesaro, but wondered why company management wouldn't push him?  McMahon answered that he didn't think Cesaro had "it", which led Austin (himself someone[...]
Rumor: Shane McMahon Fired by WWE Even Though He Doesn't Work There
Following the shocking news yesterday that Vince McMahon fired his own son, Shane McMahon, as a scapegoat for the poorly booked Royal Rumble PPV, a new report reveals that McMahon's cronies in WWE are trying to prevent AEW from hiring Shane by spreading rumors about his ego Though the report is based on anonymous sources,[...]
NXT Superstars Post-Mortem: Kings Who Were Made Jesters
There is only Passion. Through Passion, I gain Strength. Through Strength, I gain Power. Through Power, I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me." So what can we read into with this?  There's the obvious association of WWE as "the Evil Empire" and Vince McMahon's ever-growing by-the-day resemblance to Emperor Palpatine[...]
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It was a personal choice."  She continued to explain how Vince McMahon himself even tried discussing it with her to no avail "I remember sitting down with Vince because the entire two years I was there, we were tested every day, and I never popped positive I never had COVID the whole time[...]
Royal Rumble: WWE Bummed Out Their Wrestlers As Much As Their Fans
 If that's how it came across to viewers, could it only have been better to those involved?  Not quite. Image: Screencap As predictable as the endings to this year's two Royal Rumble matches were once all of the pieces were on the table (hell, I predicted them earlier that day), it turns out that it was a long[...]
Disney+ Carrying WWE Network In Indonesia Could Be Just The Beginning
There's been a lot of speculation over the past year and change that Vince McMahon might actually be considering calling it a career and doing what was once completely unfathomable; selling WWE to another company  Even up to fairly recently, the assumption of everyone was that when McMahon stepped down, he'd pass the reigns to his[...]
NXT 2.0 Coaches Asked By Vince McMahon To Do Something Very Weird
 Many backstage mainstays and respected minds behind the original product, from scouts and producers such as William Regal and "Road Dogg" Jesse James up to the brand's creator and leader, Triple H, have been pushed out of the brand while Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard reinvent NXT into their image, for better or worse. Image: Screencap One of the most respected coaches down in[...]
Vince McMahon to Mustafa Ali: No WWE Release For You!
WWE may have dropped plans to turn Austrian wrestler Walter into a Nazi, but while NXT 2.0 may not have any U-boat commanders in its future, there is still one other kind of Nazi walking the WWE halls: a WWE release Nazi! Yes, Vince McMahon has once again refused to grant the release requested by[...]
MLW And WWE Have Had Talks About A Talent Sharing Partnership
 According to a new lawsuit filed by the wrestling promotion, it's the doing of the WWE and they're suing Vince McMahon's empire for violating antitrust laws and monopolizing the industry. Credit: Major League Wrestling MLW filed the lawsuit in California Federal Court yesterday and in it, they say WWE has directly interfered with potential TV deals they[...]