Vince McMahon’s Advantage

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🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

If you hate Vince McMahon, then maybe you’ll buy a tee-shirt for his rival. And that’s a great outcome for the WWE.

Abraham Josephine Riesman is the author of “Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America.” Ricky Mulvey caught up with Riesman to discuss:

- Vince McMahon’s early life as a “pretty nice kid”, and the parts of his story he doesn’t want wrestling fans to know.
- WWE’s potential deal with the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund.
- The Montreal Screwjob, and the groundwork for the modern WWE.
- A story about Saddam Hussein’s side job as a wrestling promoter, Andre the Giant, and a golden gun.

Company discussed: WWE

Host: Ricky Mulvey
Guest: Abraham Josephine Riesman
Engineer: Dan Boyd

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0:00.0	He was also very ruthless, you're right.
0:03.6	There was nothing about him that felt nostalgic
0:08.1	about the way things used to be in wrestling
0:10.3	or the way things were in wrestling.
0:12.3	He wanted to remake the world in his image
0:15.4	and he dreamed big, you know?
0:17.7	He say what you will about him.
0:19.4	He was the one who said I can conquer him and he did.
0:23.2	I'm Ricky Mulvey and that's Abraham Josephine Reesman.
0:32.8	She's the author of Ringmaster, Vince McMahon
0:34.9	and the Unmaking of America.
0:36.8	I caught up with Reesman to talk about one key quality
0:39.6	that made McMahon an effective CEO.
0:42.0	The parts of his story that he doesn't want wrestling fans to know.
0:45.8	And she tells one of the best anecdotes that we've ever had on the show.
0:48.7	I don't want to spoil it, but it involves Saddam Hussein, Andre the Giant,
0:53.0	a solid gold gun.
0:59.3	Vince McMahon seems to be better than pretty much anyone else
1:02.7	at just getting people fired up.
1:04.7	How's he so good at that?
1:06.2	He pokes people's buttons in their brains.
1:09.6	How is he so good at that?
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