Vince McMahon "retires" *Megathread*

Lord TSC

This 100% deserves its own thread, lol.

Vince has announced his retirement this evening. Steph and Nick Khan take over as co-CEOs. Hunter back to replace Johnny Ace as Head of Talent Relations too.

feels like this is legit one of the biggest days in pro wrestling history now.

Please take Kevin Dunn with him

Lord TSC

https://twitter.com/vincemcmahon/status/1550572700959121408?s=21&t=DGaoQfr5gXXuZT4dINb80g

For posterity.

The White Wolf

Jaysus and unreal, that's all I gotta say.

J. Marston

Walked before he was pushed. Or he was pushed and they're allowing him to do it with "dignity."

Legendary wrestling character, the ultimate villain. But also a roaring cúnt.

"PWInsider.com is told that the Vince McMahon retirement decision was privately made "about a week ago."

We are told that the decision was made to place Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan into the co-CEO role shortly after. We are told it was a very closed circle that knew and shockwaves are still registering within WWE HQ and beyond.

Kevin Dunn and Bruce Prichard are running tonight's Smackdown taping in Boston. Vince McMahon was not present at all today in Beantown."

Lord TSC

I’d guess something horrific is about to come out, worse than the things he’s tried to fight through so far.

Itssoeasy

somewhere Kevin Dunn and Bruce Prichard are feeling light headed.

It feels like that rumble you hear before an avalanche.

Lord TSC

https://twitter.com/tonykhan/status/1550578379543437314?s=21&t=eupJAopqjhOw4UmKDGr7ww

this is going to cause some glorious meltdowns 😂

In the statement Vince says he'll still be majority shareholder so can he still veto decisions and the like?

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1550583647232634880?t=2wiOjBfgmCFVjPHPqAzzDw&s=19

Brock not liking the Vince news?

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119374726#Comment_119374726

Why ? I don’t think tony khan needed to weigh in on this story.

Pinkman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119374768#Comment_119374768

He is still probably be pulling the strings behind the scenes if he is still the majority owner. I wonder who will be head of creative? HHH will be pretty busy running talent relations. Maybe Heyman with Prichard?

https://twitter.com/V1_OSW/status/1550584825161125890?t=zJK-xodzaONYOz-23aI1og&s=19

This is exactly how I feel. Even if creative gets really good with Vince gone, I still can't watch with how they shoot the show. If Dunn went as well and they cut out all the camera cuts/shaky cam shite, I'd definitely try to get back into WWE.

Lord TSC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119374776#Comment_119374776

Vince AND Brock gone? Bloody hell, tempted to give this new Era a chance now 😂

Lord TSC

https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1550585821346103296?s=20&t=XA9r84jnacuXeDG51jjFjg

confirmed now.

Clegg

If Vince the story is genuine and Vince is actually gone; how bad must the story the Wall Street Journal is publishing on McMahon be?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119374824#Comment_119374824

https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1550590396694024192?t=wIU7_kryekqGQPohG_MRDg&s=19

..

Scoundrel

Good maybe now we'll get something better than Brock v Roman every month. Brock is a legend no doubt but his days of main eventing ppvs should have been long over and hopefully are now.

Itssoeasy

I actually can’t believe it’s happened. This is genuinely a massive news story in wrestling. I mean I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to think Vince would he carried out of titan towers in a wooden box. Well mark it down, July 22nd, 2022 is a massive day in wrestling history.

Agent Coulson

The only way Vince will be truely gone is when he sells his majority shares and has no controlling interest in the company.

JP Liz V1

I thought no chance this would happen, wonder what is coming out

Man Vs ManUre

What do you do if you are a McMahon kid but don’t like to be in the spotlight?? Can you work behind the scenes in the organisation doing something business related, and still be multi millionaire or even billionaire??

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119374926#Comment_119374926

Seems to be an unpleasant person behind the scenes. The nasty "Mr McMahon" character of the last couple of decades may well be quite close to the real version. He appears to be a megalomaniac and to have a serious temper on him and now we're hearing rumours of the sexual assault / harassment stuff.

CastorTroy

Okay, I'll admit I was shocked reading this news.

But not at Smackdown? Maybe Raw or make the Biggest Party of the Summer about him? Though not sure if he would want anything like that.

I do think Tony should've tried to be the bigger man and wish him luck, Or if he wanted to have a dig, wish him luck in his future endeavours.

Ashley Massaro took her own life after Vince covered up her rape and pressured her into not reporting it while on tour of a US military base.

Vince is a disgusting human and if there is any justice he will lose all his money when former talent bring a class action lawsuit against him and then he can burn in hell.

Headshot

But is he retiring from Creative though?

john boye

Must be pretty severe if he's retired on twitter. Given that it's a Friday they could have popped a big rating if they had him announce it on smackdown

rob316

A living legend, the ultimate villain/heel. His fued with Austin in the late 90s was peak wwf for me, you couldn't wait for the next show every week.

You can't even quantify what he did for pro wrestling though turning it into a multi billion dollar product.

Whatever comes out he will remain the first name you think of when it comes to pro wrestling.

CastorTroy

I wouldn't expect any changes immediately. Like Brock shouldn't have walked out. I know they said they've been manoeuvring people into roles recently but doesn't it usually take a while for a handover of that level to take place, unless they've been forced out with immediate effect.