Vince McMahon Archives

But this year, NXT isn't even a part of the event. On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said that the decision comes down to Vince McMahon, and he speculated that Vince may have given up on ever winning "The Wednesday Night Wars" and is now just hoping nobody brings it up anymore[...]

Somebody must really want to make sure Trump doesn't get voted out in favor of Biden. If the name Linda McMahon sounds familiar to you, that's because Linda is the wife of WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon Linda used to help run WWE but left in the last two decades in an attempt to run[...]

For the third time this year, WWE has declared a stock dividend that will pay investors, including Vince McMahon, enough money to have paid all of the dozens of workers WWE laid off at the start of the pandemic citing cost-cutting concerns Despite posting record profits this year and bragging at the time of half[...]

For months, Vince McMahon's large adult son, Shane McMahon, has been hosting an underground fight club backstage at WWE Raw Called Raw Underground, the fight club took place in a dark room with a wrestling ring with no ropes Many superstars from both Raw and Smackdown competing, along with NXT wrestlers and trainees surrounding the[...]

NXT Takeover 31 will have live and virtual fans and will debut a new set called the Capitol Wrestling Center are the WWE Performance Center.

According to Miro, who appeared this week on the AEW Unrestricted podcast, Vince McMahon also wanted Miro to have erectile dysfunction in the storyline Unfortunately, that's where Miro drew the line, and he proposed that the reason Lana left him for Lashley was because he was a sex addict, and idea the Genetic Jackhammer was[...]

They did this despite being on track for record profits, despite being a week away from doling out millions in stock dividends, a third of which went to Vince McMahon himself, that could have paid all of the salaries of laid off or furloughed employees into 2021 The second round of stock dividends released later[...]

Vince McMahon is off the Forbes 400 list this year, thanks to falling WWE stock prices and the failure of the XFL McMahon's estimated net worth is now just $1.8 billion, $.3 billion less than required to make the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans Adding insult to injury, Forbes placed McMahon on a[...]

Former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and leader of the Yang Gang, Andrew Yang, laid down a challenge for WWE star Vince McMahon after a report broke yesterday that Vince McMahon ordered all WWE talent to cease their relationships with "third parties" like Twitch and Cameo, declaring that WWE owned even "the real names" of its[...]

Wrestling Inc., which claims Vince McMahon himself sent the email, posted the following quote: Some of you are engaged with outside third parties using your name and likeness in ways that are detrimental to our company It is imperative that these activities be terminated within the next 30 days (by Friday October 2) Continued violations will[...]

WWE will never reach true gender equality unless female writers have the same opportunity to work hard on writing WWE shows only for Vince McMahon to tear up the scripts and rewrite it a half-hour before the show goes on air as men do With that in mind, Stephanie McMahon says the company is working[...]

However, a new rumor making its way around the wrestling dirt sheet-o-sphere claims that Vince McMahon is considering giving his large adult son Shane full control over WWE Monday Night Raw The report comes from TalkSport's Alex McCarthy writing for Sportskeeda and claims that McMahon is looking to replace Bruce Pritchard, a longtime sycophant who[...]

So why the hell is WWE still taping all its pro wrestling shows? That's a good question and one that Vince McMahon has apparently pondered himself And the Genetic Jackhammer was unable to find a satisfactory answer. Vince McMahon, Chairman, and CEO of WWE According to PWInsider, WWE has decided to combat the current ratings crisis by[...]

Khan's hiring was announced earlier this week after Vince McMahon realized the presence of multiple Khans in the management structure of rival pro wrestling organization AEW might give the competition an advantage "They think they're the only ones who can have a Khan, goddammit," McMahon said in the press release, or at least that's how[...]

The company reported $43.8 million in net income, four times what they reported for Q2 in 2019. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon loves money. "Our second-quarter financial performance was strong and demonstrated our ability to respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19, pal," said Vince McMahon in a press release "We continue to adapt our business to the[...]

In a seemingly contradictory statement, WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon claimed during WWE's annual investor meeting that WWE is always looking to make new stars Then, just a few days later, McMahon booked Mustafa Ali, a rising star with a ton of potential who had only made his television return a week earlier, to[...]

McMahon responded by citing social media success and pointing out that Smackdown is consistently the number one broadcast show "in key demos," even though the show loses when it comes to viewership. "Dammit, pal, I'm the Demo God around here!" – Vince McMahon Wrestlenomics did a thorough breakdown of the entire meeting, including transcribing relevant quotes[...]

Salen will start the job on August 3rd, reporting directly to Vince McMahon, who will have the authority to tear up her financial plans at the last minute and rewrite them on the spot. The official logo of the WWE. Here's some more details from the press release: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment[...]

And it was a wrestler who convinced Vince McMahon to enforce coronavirus safety profiles. The official logo of the WWE. A report from Dave Meltzer at F4WOnline reveals that Rey Mysterio is currently working for WWE without a contract Mysterio signed his latest deal with WWE in September of 2018, but it has since expired, and Mysterio[...]

It for sure has worked as a feeder system for the bigger promotion, with many talents coming from there and even doing WWE supported appearances with Evolve after they had already signed with Vince McMahon's company The two companies have been working in tandem for a few years now anyway, so this news is not[...]

And unlike some pretentious musicians who get annoyed at having to play the hits, Truth performs a live rendition of his WWE theme song, What's Up?, every time he comes to the ring, and he does it with the same enthusiasm as the first ten thousand times he's performed it. R-Truth announces the debut of his[...]

Billions star Asia Kate Dillon keeps having to ask a question that has an easy answer, WWE's Vince McMahon continues raging against the dying of the light, The Bachelor picked an interesting time to suddenly "find Jesus" when it came to casting the first Black bachelor Oh, and the Killing Eve writers' room toasted their[...]

More alarmingly, a report from the most recent issue of Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter says that Vince McMahon has abandoned all recent attempts at building long-term growth for WWE in favor of concentrating on short-term solutions to declining interest in the WWE product which was not created by, but has been exacerbated by, the[...]

The coronavirus pandemic, and its ensuing shutdown of live sports, is what changed Vince McMahon's outlook on things, and it's not just Raw and Smackdown that are affected Plans to expand NXT in Europe and Japan under the guidance of Triple H were also mentioned alongside Heyman's Raw plans in the past tense in Meltzer's[...]

It may have been quite rude for WWE to fire Paul Heyman as Creative Director of Raw and put the entire creative process under the control of Bruce Pritchard, but on the other hand, Vince McMahon was at least polite enough to do it on a Thursday, right before the latest issue of the Wrestling[...]

However, Mike Johnson at PWInsider reports that Vince McMahon sent an email to all WWE staff and talent Wednesday outlining steps WWE plans to take to promote diversity within the organization This included diversity training courses for employees, a hotline to report issues, and free mental health counseling. Shad Khan is the father of AEW[...]

Abraham Riesman is working on a new book about WWE's Vince McMahon, the author revealed on Instagram Friday Riesman, a journalist who writes for outlets such as New York Magazine and bird-themed pop culture website Vulture, is also the author of an upcoming book about Stan Lee, True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan[...]

Before Matt Hardy was willing to sign a new contract with WWE in 2019, all he wanted was to have a conversation with Vince McMahon about his creative direction However, though the company offered Hardy more and more money, a conversation with Vince was apparently not on the table In an interview with the New[...]

Could we be gearing up for a rematch between WWE's Vince McMahon and one of his greatest opponents, God, at WWE SummerSlam? Most people would view the current coronavirus pandemic as a situation that, while very sad and unfortunate, is outside of our ability to control, at least when it comes to when it will[...]

Vince McMahon and his legal team have delivered that promised legal response to fired XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck's wrongful termination lawsuit, and you won't believe the reason Vince says he fired him Luck filed a lawsuit against McMahon last month, claiming McMahon breached his contract He was fired from his job as commissioner of the[...]