Vince McMahon "retires" *Megathread* Mod warning added in post 437

He did mention incest. In the Playboy interview that was mentioned in the documentary. It was heavily implied that his mother abused him.

PLAYBOY: We can leave that topic, but one thing first. You have said that the sexual abuse in your childhood "wasn't from the male." It's well known that you're estranged from your mother. Have we found the reason?

MCMAHON: [Pauses, nods] Without saying that, I'd say that's pretty close.

There's been other suggestions Vince was abused in his childhood by step-siblings.

Shane is also sympathetic in that, Vince didn't seem to have a good childhood or relationship with his own father, which seems to have really impacted him as a person and from the outsider perspective, it often looks like rather than breaking that cycle it looks like Vince wasn't the best or most affectionate parent to Shane.

I still think if you're looking for the best chronicle and indictment of Vince as a person, the Behind the Bastards podcast did multiple episodes on him, which I found quite good.

As far as DSOTR goes, they tweeted some episodes relevant to the content in the Netflix documentary.

https://x.com/DarkSideOfRing/status/1839379469200760974

Sidenote - I've seen other people display tweets and used to be able to but can't anymore.

Paste the URL as a link, then change the X in the link to Twitter.

Haven’t been a wrestling fan for years. More interested in listening to the backstage going’s on from years ago from the likes of Cornette, Bischoff and Prichard these days but know most of the stuff in this doc.

Have to say, Bret Hart comes across as an absolute cockwomble. He was a phenomenal wrestler for sure but he wasn’t exactly charismatic and that’s a part of the reason he didn’t draw particularly well compared to the era before him and the era after him.

To talk about how great he was at the beginning of the doc, saying how he “pulled the sword from the stone” when others failed at succeeding Hogan and then saying he wondered if they killed Owen to get back at him.

Hart was a great wrestler but nowhere near as good a total package as he thinks he was. Unbelievable ego.

Just finishing up the last episode, most of this is his people licking his hole.

As mich as I like Bruce Pritchard, he covers for vince in a lot of shyte.

Watched a few episodes and find it meh. Nothing really new if you've been watching wrestling for a long time.

Found this very disappointing overall. Non-fans would definitely get more of it. Tony Atlas was a highlight and I'll be seeking out any shoot interviews for a laugh.

Is Vince acting dumb when they ask him about Sable’s lawsuit against him or is he going senile with age? I would imagine the former as how could he honestly forget about getting sued.

Vinces recurring references to sex throughout were both ill timed and extremely cringe. He's such a weird dude he really is. It's unfortunate that the man will probably die with all of the really interesting secrets he has.

Hes a victim of incest. Those guys rarely turn out normal.

Martha Hart has released a statement on the doc.

Dr. J. Martha Hart, PhD, released the following statement today in response to Netflix’s Mr. McMahon documentary series:

Netflix’s Mr. McMahon documentary series portrays the death of my husband, Owen Hart, as a mere accident. It also allows the disgraced former owner and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Vince McMahon, to claim that Owen’s death “wasn’t our fault.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

The real truth is that on May 23rd, 1999, out of a desire to cut costs and achieve a ‘quick release’ effect that a rigging expert specifically warned against, WWE hired unqualified riggers to arrange a stunt in which Owen was to rappel from the rafters during a wrestling event. As a result, the riggers used incorrect equipment that caused Owen to fall to his death. It was pure negligence that killed my husband.

The documentary also allows Vince McMahon to claim that “the apparatus they were using was defective” and notes that WWE settled its lawsuit against the manufacturer of the harness used in the stunt. What the documentary fails to mention is that the equipment used was never meant for a rappelling stunt. Instead, a harness meant for dragging stunt people behind cars on movie shoots was used with a sailboat clip meant to release on load with only six pounds of pressure. Had the WWE hired qualified riggers who followed proper protocol that included redundancy, as is typical practice, and used the correct equipment, Owen would not have died that night.

The documentary underlines the callousness of Vince McMahon’s continuing the wrestling show that night after Owen died. What it fails to reveal is the added callousness of WWE’s suing me, a young grieving widow with two small children, for breach of contract in retaliation for my wrongful death lawsuit or of its continuing to sell Owen Hart merchandise for many years without paying Owen’s estate.

To be clear, no one involved in the making of this documentary attempted to contact me for comment or to obtain an accurate perspective. I continue to hold WWE and its then-management responsible for Owen’s death. I refuse to let Vince McMahon or anyone else rewrite that history.

Instead, I remain focused on honouring Owen’s legacy through the charitable good work of the Owen Hart Foundation and via the AEW Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.

For more information about The Owen Hart Foundation and its scholarships, home ownership assistance program, and other projects, visit owenhartfoundation.org.”

Yep. He is a wrong one. No question. But it takes nothing away from what he's achieved and Jesus Christ, look what he created.

You can be both a genius and have a dark side

Hell of a builder by all accounts.

Coachman looks like when the Miz impersonated The Rock

WWE founders “knew or should have known” about an employee who allegedly assaulted teenage employees in the 1980s, according to five new John Does who have come forward

On Wednesday, five men who had worked as “ring boys” for World Wrestling Entertainment as young teenagers in the 1980s filed a lawsuit alleging that they were groomed and sexually abused by ring crew boss and ring announcer Mel Phillips on the company’s watch. The suit, filed by five John Does, names WWE, parent company TKO Group Holdings, and WWE co-founders/former executives Vince and Linda McMahon as defendants. (Phillips died in 2012.) The suit paints a picture of Phillips as someone to whom WWE gave unfettered access to kids and the means to abuse them, such as private locker rooms. The plaintiffs’ allegations are buoyed by evidence already in the public record pointing to ongoing knowledge of the alleged abuse by those at the top of WWE, particularly the McMahons. While there are two previously known lawsuits by former ring boys alleging sexual assault against Phillips, this filing marks the first time that the McMahons have been named personally as defendants. It also directly ties Linda, the co-chair of Donald Trump’s 2024 transition team, to the alleged cover-up of child sexual abuse at a time when far-right influencers are trying to gin up fabricated pedophilia allegations against Trump rival and Democratic Party running mate Tim Walz…………