|
MRT, small typo in the OP that is, well, um...quote:On January 6th WWE filed with the SEX that Vince, George Barrios and Michelle Wilson were re-appointed to the WWE Board of Directors. Vince then became Executive Chairman on January 10th with Stephanie McMahon announcing her resignation from the company. Edit: and thank you and SC64 very much for putting together a comprehensive OP, especially for something so vile and abhorrent, it's awful that it's a necessary resource for casual drive-by wrasslin' fans to see. kalensc fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jan 26, 2024 |
#
¿
Jan 26, 2024 23:03
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 21, 2024 12:11 |
|
|
Professor Funk posted:Boom Everyone who aided and abetted Vince, especially anyone who either maintains significant authority within the industry or reaped the windfall of their abhorrent complicity, needs to be tried. If VKM just walks away and ties everything up in courts until his overdue passing, then gently caress everything.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 27, 2024 07:19
|
|
|
Drakkel posted:B) HHH was aware before the Rumble and continued booking what he wanted to do anyway just to spite them???? First, gently caress Jean-Paul Levesque for being an aider and abettor of VKM and other loathsome creatures in the WWF/E. Investigate him, charge him, prosecute him, file civil cases against him, and redistribute his blood money to the victims of his family's crimes. Second, So HHH spends a quarter-century-plus being the ultimate company man, accrues influence in backstage politics, and marries the bosses' daughter. Blows out his quad, comes back a lesser performer, and outlasts most of his contemporaries in-ring. Throughout all this he's either complicit or intentionally 'ignorant' about most/all the godawful stuff described in this thread. He finally gets a chance to cut his teeth booking a show, and it's actually quite good! Until it's expanded, used as an attempted counter-program to AEW, and finally re-imagined by VKM's lapdogs with Hunter being reassigned, essentially. Then he had a significant heart attack and nearly dies, but recovers enough to return to his duties in under a year. Finally, the father-in-law who was responsible for HHH's power and privilege (and presumably a vile rear end in a top hat as a boss and FIL) has his first reckoning, resignation, then sudden return and coup of the Board (including HHH). The company (which he must at some point have envisioned being partially inherited by Steph/himself) is sold off in a deal which brings them under the scrutiny and influence of Ari & co, outsiders who HHH presumably know IRL but with whom he has not fostered decades of leverage and status. And finally, just as the calendar flips over to 2024, he receives word that the Main Event of Wrestlemania has been booked by the money men who haven't dedicated their lives to the business. Who have they inserted into the headlining match? Why, it's the guy who started his wrestling career alongside HHH, who skyrocketed with Austin to become The faces of the business, and headlined the biggest shows during the biggest boom the business ever experienced, before stepping away from WWE to become a legit movie star and actual mainstream celebrity. For nearly twenty years, Dwayne had succeeded in ways HHH must have envied, but at least Hunter had his key role in Vince's fiefdom, and when 2024 began was ensconced in his booking role, where he could envision decades as The Creator of the on-screen product. Except no, the folks who run the larger company which bought out the WWE have decided that his former colleague, the guy who left 20 years ago, is who they want to install as the figurehead of The Brand. And to make the change resonate on-screen in addition to quarterly filings and press junkets, The Rock will be challenging Roman at WM40, with The Rock and Ari and others demonstrating they'll exert their influence over the booking at will. The number crunchers in the business world have read the tea leaves and believe Dwayne is the man, and Cody and Punk and whoever else are lessers. HHH opting to do nothing, to book the Rumble as if he had full control, and allow Cody to call Roman out to a huge pop, is arguably the most believable reaction for him to have. It's spiteful to an extent, but Ari and The Rock would have their plan enacted regardless. This way, HHH gets to maximize his ability to deflect locker room frustrations to the suits in Vegas, and he gets to hear the fanbase turn against The Rock as a sort of personal validation. In a business as hosed up and toxic as professional wrestling, nearly everything will come down to entitled warped men acting on greed, ego, and impulsive emotions.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 7, 2024 18:41
|
|
|
Majinfoose posted:The Rock has proven to time and time again he is always gotten to. He's gonna be the hero. He wants people to love him. Thanks! I hope Johnny talking starts a domino chain of others opting to follow suit. The more that I'm reminded of stuff which involved the Performance Center, Ashley Massaro, and the obvious complicit cover-up efforts required as a true inner circle member, means Jean-Paul and Stephanie absolutely need to burn. Take 99% of their assets and fund the punitive damages for the victims going back to families of those harmed in the Ring Boy scandal. Was Shane ever a high-up exec like Stephanie became? Or was he limited to occasional matches, some booking influence, and Raw Underground? (Also saw your post in the other thread; sorry to hear about the layoff rotinaj, gently caress corps)
|
|
#
¿
Feb 9, 2024 05:42
|
|