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dublinirish said:
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WWE Founder Vince McMahon Accused of Sexual Abuse and Trafficking in Lawsuit by Former Employee

A former employee of WWE sued founder Vince McMahon, alleging he abused and sexually exploited her when he was CEO of the wrestling-entertainment company — and that McMahon allegedly trafficked her to other men “as a pawn to secure talent deals” with prospective wrestlers the company was...
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The complaint is absolutely unreal. NSFW warning, NSFL warning.
 
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In the complaint, there's a section called "Factual Allegations"... does that mean all those allegations in that section have been proven true?
 
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Brock Lesnar is the superstar listed in the complaint even thought it doesn’t directly name him.
 
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Horrible shit. And that was Laurenitis' uncle named as well, right?
 
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Lol. Ok… he’s been in the business for 40 years seems like a shake down. He probably got paid it’s all politics at that level
 
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Giddyup said:
Lol. Ok… he’s been in the business for 40 years seems like a shake down. He probably got paid it’s all politics at that level
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very similar to the Mel Tucker situation if a dude is paying a woman to stay quiet and then he stops paying then it's not gonna end well when she goes public. Theres some strange details to the story though, why was a bankrupt woman with no job living in the same apartment complex as one of the wealthy men in america? does not make sense
 
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I was really surprised when he stepped down the first time and came back. I'm guessing he didn't want to go out on a sour note, which prompted the return. Plus they were trying to sell at that point I think. I'm a bit surprised Linda hasn't publicly split from hit at this point and taken him for millions. She probably knows about all his debauchery though.
 
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Irish2155 said:
I thought it was his company. How do you resign from something you own?
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Google= Things continue to go from bad to worse for Vince McMahon. McMahon surprisingly resigned from WWE in July of 2022 amid similar allegations, only to force his way back into the company, sell WWE and become Executive Chairman of TKO Group Holdings.
 
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Finished the Netflix doc about VKM. Nothing terribly earth shattering in terms of what was revealed but it is entertaining.

As far as I'm concerned, I believe the charges against him to be true, but ultimately it's going to be difficult to ever convict him.

Ultimately he's a guy with a lot of issues stemming from his childhood. You've probably heard that story before.
 
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Jiggafini19Deux said:
Finished the Netflix doc about VKM. Nothing terribly earth shattering in terms of what was revealed but it is entertaining.

As far as I'm concerned, I believe the charges against him to be true, but ultimately it's going to be difficult to ever convict him.

Ultimately he's a guy with a lot of issues stemming from his childhood. You've probably heard that story before.
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I enjoyed it. First five episodes were more of "Vince is nuts but he is the best", but then the Janel Grant case dropped near then end of production. That changed everything.

Interviewer: "Can you tell us a storyline you told your dad no to?"
Stephanie: "Im not going to tell that one"
Vince: "So there was a storyline were I think my character impregnated her" starts laughing
 
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GrangerIrish24 said:
I enjoyed it. First five episodes were more of "Vince is nuts but he is the best", but then the Janel Grant case dropped near then end of production. That changed everything.

Interviewer: "Can you tell us a storyline you told your dad no to?"
Stephanie: "Im not going to tell that one"
Vince: "So there was a storyline were I think my character impregnated her" starts laughing
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Yeah, I think he's gross and very likely behaving in disgusting ways toward women for decades. Much of what was happening in the plotlines was a reflection of what was going on with him in real life. It was easy to see.

I found it interesting that I was most into wrestling during it's peak years of 1985-1990 and then again in 1996-2000. I was basically in grade school and college. Being in college during the NWO/Attitude eras was pretty awesome. Monday nights were an event.

Goes hand in hand with how 18-34 males in the late 90s craved violence and sex. I kept thinking about the Woodstock 99 docs when I was watching the particular episode about Vince and the late 90s attitude era.

He knew how to incite the mob.
 
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Jiggafini19Deux said:
Yeah, I think he's gross and very likely behaving in disgusting ways toward women for decades. Much of what was happening in the plotlines was a reflection of what was going on with him in real life. It was easy to see.

I found it interesting that I was most into wrestling during it's peak years of 1985-1990 and then again in 1996-2000. I was basically in grade school and college. Being in college during the NWO/Attitude eras was pretty awesome. Monday nights were an event.

Goes hand in hand with how 18-34 males in the late 90s craved violence and sex. I kept thinking about the Woodstock 99 docs when I was watching the particular episode about Vince and the late 90s attitude era.

He knew how to incite the mob.
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Same. I was a huge Shawn Michaels fan growing up. Never thought twice about all the things he did in the late 90s because he was so talented and entertaining.
Vince and his character were always the same person. That's why it was so successful. He is a terrible human but you cant take away his importance to sports entertainment.
 
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GrangerIrish24 said:
Same. I was a huge Shawn Michaels fan growing up. Never thought twice about all the things he did in the late 90s because he was so talented and entertaining.
Vince and his character were always the same person. That's why it was so successful. He is a terrible human but you cant take away his importance to sports entertainment.
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I was also an HBK fan. He was a prick and has admitted as much now all these years later.

My friend Brian was a promoter in the indie circuit for years. Some of the stuff he told me was unreal. I went to the ND Pitt game with him in 2004 and we met up with Simon Diamond (Pat Kenney) for tailgating (he's a huge ND fan). The stories Pat told me just that morning in the parking lot were absolutely nuts.

WCW was awesome because of the NWO and the storyline. Vince created DX, Stone Cold and The Rock to take back the lead, plus incorporated more ECW guys. It really was a great time in terms of being entertained and I was at the perfect age for that period.

Two things can be true at once. VKM was hugely successful with WWE. He's also a horrible human being. It will be interesting to see if the business thrives without him.
 
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