The Fall of Vince McMahon | Wrestlenomics Radio
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๐๏ธ 26 December 2022
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Summary
Vince McMahon was the most powerful man in the wrestling business. In 2022, he resigned in disgrace as WWEโs chief executive in light of multiple sexual misconduct allegations. These are the events that led up to and followed one of the biggest news stories in wrestling history.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's one of three generations of migrants in Madison Square Garden this |
| 0:13.3 | Monday and here's the man to tell you all about it. Here's Vince McMahon. |
| 0:17.5 | Welcome to Russell Mania! There's a huge philosophical difference between |
| 0:24.3 | being in strictly the rustling business and being in the sports entertainment |
| 0:28.6 | businesses we are. I mean, Vince is... he's in. He makes sure he breaks you. If I saw |
| 0:35.7 | something like that, I'd call the authorities. That's what you would do. As the |
| 0:40.2 | times have changed, so have we. I owe WCW. Our women are extremely strong. But I |
| 0:52.5 | had someone higher up tell me what you need to do is you need to wear a low-cut |
| 0:57.6 | top so your breasts are out and say, Vince, you know, what can I do for you? And I |
| 1:02.8 | said, uh-uh. Vince McMahon, the CEO who transformed pro-wrestling into a |
| 1:07.5 | global powerhouse now faces a hush money scandal. Twelve million dollars to |
| 1:12.7 | four different women over a 16-year period according to the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:17.4 | The deals were made to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and all four |
| 1:22.3 | women were formally affiliated with the company. |
| 1:29.3 | Welcome to the film. |
| 1:35.0 | And the main focus that remains focused coming year of 2022 is well as years to |
| 1:41.0 | come. |
| 1:52.3 | 2022 started for WWE and Visit Man with his company reporting record revenue and |
| 2:03.0 | record profit for the just-ended year of 2021. For the first time, WW recorded |
| 2:08.0 | more than one billion dollars in annual revenue. Vince has also been appearing |
| 2:11.6 | on TV more frequently. Memorably, he appeared on Survivor Series near the end |
| 2:15.6 | of 2021, showing off Cleopatra's egg to promote a new movie starring |
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