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What happened to Vince McMahon in 2001?

What happened to Bret Hart in 1997?

How long has the Royal Rumble been around?

Is Vince McMahon the most successful wrestler?

Did Vince McMahon have a connection to Chris Benoit?

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What happened to Vince McMahon in 2001?

2001 was a confusing year to be Vince McMahon. His wrestling empire achieved arguably its greatest triumph in forcing WCW out of business, allowing McMahon to pick up the scraps in March. At the same time, it was abundantly clear that his outside endeavor with the XFL (more on that later) was going to be a completely disaster. With both of these things swirling through his mind, McMahon appeared on the HBO series On The Record with Bob Costas. Rather than focus on the failing XFL, Costas grilled Vince on WWE producing risqué adult-oriented entertainment at the time. Feeling sandbagged and defensive, McMahon angrily got in Costas’s face during tough questions, acting unprofessional and yelling rather than answering honestly and acting respectful. It has generally been accepted that Costas “won” the moment, reacting calmly and dismissing McMahon’s angry attitude with a smile instead of responding to his provocation. Years later, McMahon and Costas would make up in a sense, with the sportscaster appearing in WWE a handful of times to promote and discuss important feuds.

What happened to Bret Hart in 1997?

Bret agreed to lose the belt before he left, but not to Shawn Michaels in Montreal, which naturally was where his last Pay-Per-View appearance had been scheduled to occur. Vince really wanted Bret to lose despite his wishes, so he told Mark Yeaton to ring the bell, ring the f***ing bell, and Bret was screwed into leaving for WCW a bitter, angry man. Pick the story apart however you see fit and wrestle as many shadows as necessarily while you do so, but there’s really only one sure thing about this whole scenario: it was a huge mess. Everybody involved obviously wishes it had gone down differently, and having had the most power to make that happen, Vince almost certainly has more regrets about how he handled things than anyone else.

How long has the Royal Rumble been around?

The Royal Rumble has been around for over 30 years now, and it remains perhaps the second biggest spectacle in WWE, behind only WrestleMania. Every wrestler to win the match has gone on to varying degrees of fame, most usually well on their way to history before cementing their legacy by outlasting 29 other superstars. Unfortunately, not every win has been particularly historic, and at least once things went so wrong Vince himself had to run out to the ring and set it right. The year was 2005, and the ending was supposed to see Batista eliminate John Cena after an intense show off, no strings attached. Instead, Batista slipped, or tripped, or who knows exactly, but the point is he and Cena both toppled over the ropes and hit the ground at the exact same time. Making matters worse, when Vince came out to fix things via quick decision live on Pay-Per-View, he also slipped/tripped/etc. while sliding into the ring, tearing both quadriceps muscles. To his credit, he looked pretty tough withstanding the pain to lay down the law, but he also looked kind of ridiculous sitting in the ring with his hands on his hips like an angry child.

Is Vince McMahon the most successful wrestler?

With the WWE Universe exponentially expanding with no end in sight, Vince McMahon spends every day re affirming that he’s the most successful and powerful person in professional wrestling. Despite drop

Did Vince McMahon have a connection to Chris Benoit?

Before we go any further with this one, it should be pointed out that Vince McMahon had absolutely no connection to the tragedy that took place at Chris Benoit’s home on that horrible summer in 2007. For anyone who’s tried to block it out of their minds, it was June 24 of that year when Benoit murdered his wife and son before taking his own life. McMahon was obviously as heartbroken and shocked by the ordeal as anyone else, and this was before the whole story came out, and all anyone knew was that an entire family had died. Because the full circumstances were unknown, McMahon and dozens of WWE superstars held a tribute show colloquially known as Raw Is Benoit, celebrating the deceased athlete’s career while his friends and coworkers spoke fondly about his life. By the next night, it had been revealed Benoit was a murderer responsible for the other deaths, and what basically amounts to a retraction had to air the next night on ECW, with Benoit’s name seldom mentioned ever since.

What happened to Vince McMahon in 2001?

2001 was a confusing year to be Vince McMahon. His wrestling empire achieved arguably its greatest triumph in forcing WCW out of business, allowing McMahon to pick up the scraps in March. At the same time, it was abundantly clear that his outside endeavor with the XFL (more on that later) was going to be a completely disaster. With both of these things swirling through his mind, McMahon appeared on the HBO series On The Record with Bob Costas. Rather than focus on the failing XFL, Costas grilled Vince on WWE producing risqué adult-oriented entertainment at the time. Feeling sandbagged and defensive, McMahon angrily got in Costas’s face during tough questions, acting unprofessional and yelling rather than answering honestly and acting respectful. It has generally been accepted that Costas “won” the moment, reacting calmly and dismissing McMahon’s angry attitude with a smile instead of responding to his provocation. Years later, McMahon and Costas would make up in a sense, with the sportscaster appearing in WWE a handful of times to promote and discuss important feuds.

What happened to Bret Hart in 1997?

Bret agreed to lose the belt before he left, but not to Shawn Michaels in Montreal, which naturally was where his last Pay-Per-View appearance had been scheduled to occur. Vince really wanted Bret to lose despite his wishes, so he told Mark Yeaton to ring the bell, ring the f***ing bell, and Bret was screwed into leaving for WCW a bitter, angry man. Pick the story apart however you see fit and wrestle as many shadows as necessarily while you do so, but there’s really only one sure thing about this whole scenario: it was a huge mess. Everybody involved obviously wishes it had gone down differently, and having had the most power to make that happen, Vince almost certainly has more regrets about how he handled things than anyone else.

How long has the Royal Rumble been around?

The Royal Rumble has been around for over 30 years now, and it remains perhaps the second biggest spectacle in WWE, behind only WrestleMania. Every wrestler to win the match has gone on to varying degrees of fame, most usually well on their way to history before cementing their legacy by outlasting 29 other superstars. Unfortunately, not every win has been particularly historic, and at least once things went so wrong Vince himself had to run out to the ring and set it right. The year was 2005, and the ending was supposed to see Batista eliminate John Cena after an intense show off, no strings attached. Instead, Batista slipped, or tripped, or who knows exactly, but the point is he and Cena both toppled over the ropes and hit the ground at the exact same time. Making matters worse, when Vince came out to fix things via quick decision live on Pay-Per-View, he also slipped/tripped/etc. while sliding into the ring, tearing both quadriceps muscles. To his credit, he looked pretty tough withstanding the pain to lay down the law, but he also looked kind of ridiculous sitting in the ring with his hands on his hips like an angry child.

Is Vince McMahon the most successful wrestler?

With the WWE Universe exponentially expanding with no end in sight, Vince McMahon spends every day re affirming that he’s the most successful and powerful person in professional wrestling. Despite drop

Did Vince McMahon have a connection to Chris Benoit?

Before we go any further with this one, it should be pointed out that Vince McMahon had absolutely no connection to the tragedy that took place at Chris Benoit’s home on that horrible summer in 2007. For anyone who’s tried to block it out of their minds, it was June 24 of that year when Benoit murdered his wife and son before taking his own life. McMahon was obviously as heartbroken and shocked by the ordeal as anyone else, and this was before the whole story came out, and all anyone knew was that an entire family had died. Because the full circumstances were unknown, McMahon and dozens of WWE superstars held a tribute show colloquially known as Raw Is Benoit, celebrating the deceased athlete’s career while his friends and coworkers spoke fondly about his life. By the next night, it had been revealed Benoit was a murderer responsible for the other deaths, and what basically amounts to a retraction had to air the next night on ECW, with Benoit’s name seldom mentioned ever since.