Ambiguous Turd
Mid-Card Championship Winner
I absolutely love it when Vince shoots on the Internet, as it always makes for entertaining television. And besides that, I enjoy seeing him bring his real life frustrations onto television.
He starts it at 1:10
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I'd like your comments on this little mini-shoot on the IWC from Vince blasting the Internet for coming down on him, since he is a Billionaire.
Vince absolutely loves throwing around this Billionaire line whenever he can get a chance, despite the fact that his reported wealth is actually reported to be closer to 600-700 Million as opposed to in the Billions, even though he was legitimately a Billionaire during the Attitude Era.
My comments are this.
Yes, I do think fans in many cases can have ideas and suggestions that are better for business than maybe what Vince can come up with. However, unless Vince himself thinks of it, those suggestions will never see the light of day, because of the man's inflated ego.
He has lost many a writer who was upset at the way Vince turns down so many suggestions from writers that sound far more creative than what I have seen out of Vince himself for the past several years.
What is sinking in with people, as they seem to hold Stephanie less accountable for Creative direction over the years, and hold Vince MORE accountable after they realized how controlling he really is over the Creative department and is actually the Head Writer .... is that every single little thing you see on WWE television is Vince McMahon approved. He frequently has people rewrite the shows to his exact specifications, because he is that controlling. So with that being said, he is to take credit and be held responsible for everything that airs on WWE television, not Stephanie.
Hell, Stephanie doesn't even travel to TV tapings anymore, so clearly Vince is completely running the show.
However, Vince inherited his father's company for pennies on the dollar, if he actually paid anything at all. He had all of his father's contacts. All of that was in place for him when he took over the WWWF.
Since then, to the man's credit, he was smart enough to take the company national and get into the PPV business.
Hulk Hogan came along, and the rest was history.
But by no means has the man demonstrated that he is necessarily a genius. He has tapped into a niche market that fans are going to follow, to a large degree, no matter what.
So for the real Vince McMahon to seep through on TV as "Mr. McMahon" and blast the Internet for supposedly not knowing what is best for business, I would have to highly question it. In fact, I see some excellent suggestions from those on the Internet that are far better than what I saw Vince McMahon come up with.
Vince McMahon of course had no idea where to take the WWF when he was facing bankruptcy until for once in his life, he was backed against a wall and listened to someone else articulate a new direction for the WWF to go in. And to his credit, he actually listened for once. And because of faulty upper management from WCW due to the AOL/Time Warner merger and bad business deals with Creative Control contracts for so many talent, WCW went out of business.
Vince McMahon's success is largely based on luck and being in the right place at the right time. He had a company handed to him. And he absolutely gets credit for expanding the company nationally and tapping into the PPV market. That was all him.
he should also get credit for tapping into Hollywood with the Rock n Wrestling connection which put wrestling on the map.
But these major accomplishments of his go back over 25 years ago.
So in many respects, I do question that many fans out there have ideas that may very well be better for business than what Vince is willing to admit. However, again I maintain that unless those ideas come from Vince himself, then they won't see the light of day (see Vince blaming Paul Heyman for ECW December to Dismember and firing him for it).
What say you?
He starts it at 1:10
[YOUTUBE]M6vXmwYz_DE[/YOUTUBE]
I'd like your comments on this little mini-shoot on the IWC from Vince blasting the Internet for coming down on him, since he is a Billionaire.
Vince absolutely loves throwing around this Billionaire line whenever he can get a chance, despite the fact that his reported wealth is actually reported to be closer to 600-700 Million as opposed to in the Billions, even though he was legitimately a Billionaire during the Attitude Era.
My comments are this.
Yes, I do think fans in many cases can have ideas and suggestions that are better for business than maybe what Vince can come up with. However, unless Vince himself thinks of it, those suggestions will never see the light of day, because of the man's inflated ego.
He has lost many a writer who was upset at the way Vince turns down so many suggestions from writers that sound far more creative than what I have seen out of Vince himself for the past several years.
What is sinking in with people, as they seem to hold Stephanie less accountable for Creative direction over the years, and hold Vince MORE accountable after they realized how controlling he really is over the Creative department and is actually the Head Writer .... is that every single little thing you see on WWE television is Vince McMahon approved. He frequently has people rewrite the shows to his exact specifications, because he is that controlling. So with that being said, he is to take credit and be held responsible for everything that airs on WWE television, not Stephanie.
Hell, Stephanie doesn't even travel to TV tapings anymore, so clearly Vince is completely running the show.
However, Vince inherited his father's company for pennies on the dollar, if he actually paid anything at all. He had all of his father's contacts. All of that was in place for him when he took over the WWWF.
Since then, to the man's credit, he was smart enough to take the company national and get into the PPV business.
Hulk Hogan came along, and the rest was history.
But by no means has the man demonstrated that he is necessarily a genius. He has tapped into a niche market that fans are going to follow, to a large degree, no matter what.
So for the real Vince McMahon to seep through on TV as "Mr. McMahon" and blast the Internet for supposedly not knowing what is best for business, I would have to highly question it. In fact, I see some excellent suggestions from those on the Internet that are far better than what I saw Vince McMahon come up with.
Vince McMahon of course had no idea where to take the WWF when he was facing bankruptcy until for once in his life, he was backed against a wall and listened to someone else articulate a new direction for the WWF to go in. And to his credit, he actually listened for once. And because of faulty upper management from WCW due to the AOL/Time Warner merger and bad business deals with Creative Control contracts for so many talent, WCW went out of business.
Vince McMahon's success is largely based on luck and being in the right place at the right time. He had a company handed to him. And he absolutely gets credit for expanding the company nationally and tapping into the PPV market. That was all him.
he should also get credit for tapping into Hollywood with the Rock n Wrestling connection which put wrestling on the map.
But these major accomplishments of his go back over 25 years ago.
So in many respects, I do question that many fans out there have ideas that may very well be better for business than what Vince is willing to admit. However, again I maintain that unless those ideas come from Vince himself, then they won't see the light of day (see Vince blaming Paul Heyman for ECW December to Dismember and firing him for it).
What say you?