Vince McMahon "retires" *Megathread* Mod warning added in post 437

He did mention incest. In the Playboy interview that was mentioned in the documentary. It was heavily implied that his mother abused him.

PLAYBOY: We can leave that topic, but one thing first. You have said that the sexual abuse in your childhood "wasn't from the male." It's well known that you're estranged from your mother. Have we found the reason?

MCMAHON: [Pauses, nods] Without saying that, I'd say that's pretty close.

There's been other suggestions Vince was abused in his childhood by step-siblings.

Shane is also sympathetic in that, Vince didn't seem to have a good childhood or relationship with his own father, which seems to have really impacted him as a person and from the outsider perspective, it often looks like rather than breaking that cycle it looks like Vince wasn't the best or most affectionate parent to Shane.

I still think if you're looking for the best chronicle and indictment of Vince as a person, the Behind the Bastards podcast did multiple episodes on him, which I found quite good.

As far as DSOTR goes, they tweeted some episodes relevant to the content in the Netflix documentary.

https://x.com/DarkSideOfRing/status/1839379469200760974

Sidenote - I've seen other people display tweets and used to be able to but can't anymore.

Haven’t been a wrestling fan for years. More interested in listening to the backstage going’s on from years ago from the likes of Cornette, Bischoff and Prichard these days but know most of the stuff in this doc.

Have to say, Bret Hart comes across as an absolute cockwomble. He was a phenomenal wrestler for sure but he wasn’t exactly charismatic and that’s a part of the reason he didn’t draw particularly well compared to the era before him and the era after him.

To talk about how great he was at the beginning of the doc, saying how he “pulled the sword from the stone” when others failed at succeeding Hogan and then saying he wondered if they killed Owen to get back at him.

Hart was a great wrestler but nowhere near as good a total package as he thinks he was. Unbelievable ego.

Is Vince acting dumb when they ask him about Sable’s lawsuit against him or is he going senile with age? I would imagine the former as how could he honestly forget about getting sued.

Vinces recurring references to sex throughout were both ill timed and extremely cringe. He's such a weird dude he really is. It's unfortunate that the man will probably die with all of the really interesting secrets he has.