Jim Cornette on Vince McMahon Announcing His Retirement

From Episode 441 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@RoyOrbisonsElvisTape]

Hulk Hogan immediately claimed Vince called him to take over as CEO, but the Hulkster had to pass because he was busy going on tour with Metallica...

[@steveo976]

Ha ha. Good one ! I thought he couldn’t be CEO of WWE because his ex-wife offered to hire him full-time at Hogans Beach Shop. 🏖. Lol

[@rofbagging9749]

Hulk said he was invited to wrestle Ric Flair for his final match, but having Flair go over ‘didn’t work for him brother’

[@TheGreat_Kramer1]

"Brother, I would take the job if I didn't have to deal with all those [explicit deleted]."

[@ademdemir2484]

Hahahha

[@jcjc4164]

Maybe Vince was looking for weekend hours at the Surf Shop?

[@Antiguan2222]

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who as soon as the news broke was like OMFG I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT JIM SAYS!!

[@thyraven287]

Been waiting all day to get Jim's take on this. 👍

[@FlyingMonet]

every time lol

[@luism5323]

Same!!!!!

[@troll-fx2zc]

Russo

[@johnw8334]

Been checking KZbin every since there was no bonus breaking news on the Drive-Thru.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Can you imagine what a monumental thing it'd be in the wrestling world if Vince McMahon did a shoot interview 😂😂😂

[@jims.6393]

Well he'd have to hire Sean Oliver of Kayfabe Comnentaries, and film it at his front porch!

[@RandyPannier]

let's get him on the experience and let jim and brian do the interview

[@AmateurBarbarian]

Dude he wouldn’t ever break kayfabe. He’s the living embodiment of it.

[@tiatrips]

I heard something about a book that was being worked on. That would hit the best seller list in record time, if it were true.

[@endezeichengrimm]

@@AmateurBarbarian He shot kayfabe in the head.

[@yukikuran911]

Thinking of WWF/WWE without Vince is still a strange thought

[@katty3116]

I was thinking the same... I figured he would have to die of old age in 20 years or so before he leaves that job..

[@yukikuran911]

@@katty3116 I was sorta expecting that too from him

[@LburgVAGuy]

The old Vince would have brought back a forgotten diva and worked it into a storyline 😂

[@marcmick3651]

At first it was, until I thought about how pretty much all his (from his era/glory days) major stars are retired. Wrestling peaked a long time ago when Vince was on top. With the way he handled the product recently, his passion and fire wasn’t there anymore. His time been up.

[@MiGWar82]

I'm with Brian the way he left, the delivery of the live announcement by Stephanie, and previous reports makes me very much feel something else is coming out. The company is trying to distance from it as much as possible before the bomb drops.

[@herzkine]

What should come out we dont suspekt, hes living the Trump Lifestyle of young dependent biatches,, only with his own money.

[@JackgarPrime]

Yeah considering what Vince is like, even these accusations on their own wouldn't do it. I feel like someone has found something REALLY nasty along the way.

[@TranceMasterJack]

I'm feeling that too.

[@jamieisradical3137]

Stories are coming out about how Vince sexually harassed Ashley Massaro and then released and blackballed her when she rejected his advances. She then went on to take her own life. That’s a pretty terrible story.

[@dougdrazga4461]

The Wall Street Journal is hinting that there is more. The announcement was a classic news dump -- minutes after the NYSE closed. He jumped before he was pushed. As was said elsewhere, Vince screwed Vince.

[@VincentK.McMahon]

It’s such a strange feeling knowing that I’m living in a world where the wwf/e is not being run by Vince, I always figured he would die before retiring...

[@segagenesis7708]

And that Vince would have to be killed Terminator 2 style, to get him out of power.

[@TheCaptainSlappy]

@@segagenesis7708 I remember back when I was kept being told by "insiders" and "wrestling experts" that Vince would NEVER step down as CEO. And later after being proven wrong (since marks can't be experts especially if they are wrestlers or managers), how Vince would NEVER retire & leave WWE. That was like a whole 2 weeks ago. I was also told how Vince would NEVER spend all that company & personal money to cover criminal acts because all of them knew Vince so well...knew him PERSONALLY, pal... and we saw how that turned out too. Never listen to low-tier stooges with no pull or stroke.

[@VincentK.McMahon]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? damn dude, keep grinding that axe lol

[@VincentK.McMahon]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? wtf 🤣 this dude you having a bad day or something

[@mursuka80]

@@TheCaptainSlappy If they never went public he would have never stepped down.

[@mildbill7376]

I was a child when I got into wrestling, something like 6 years old(I'm currently 37) because of Vince, but when I saw wrestlewar 92 in the mid 90s at my friend's house I was hooked for my life.

[@mage1439]

Jim getting rascally and Brian telling him "would you stop?" gives me flashbacks of Bobby and Gorilla.

[@constablekennedy7705]

You and me both

[@spacequack5470]

@@SimplyChaotic98 Jealousy isnt a good look fella

[@TheWebAdict]

Misconduct is not illegal, per-say. Harassment is usually where the criminal law is drawn. Misconduct can range from inappropriate consensual relationships all the way up to harassment or assault , but the two should not always be conflated.

[@mrbadguysan]

…that being said, you can’t dodge criminal charges by paying off a victim, per se.

[@damian_cross]

@@mrbadguysan You technically can't, it won't prevent a criminal charge. But it WILL destroy the victim in the eyes of any reasonable jury.

[@SunnySydeRamsay]

This is mostly correct. "Harassment" has a million different meanings to a million different people. Quid pro quo sexual harassment is unlawful under Title VII, but is not necessarily a criminal act. What I would be looking for here as a prosecutor is who was paid off and with whose money they were paid off with. With the current allegations, the closest thing to an indictable offense I could reasonably imagine is embezzlement, but based on what I've read that would be a long shot. The next question is what else is in the pipeline and will *that* suggest an indictable offense.

[@secularbelt]

Don’t forget if the misconduct is also financial in nature (adjusting salaries), the SEC could stick their nose in it, depending on severity in their eyes. Then the misconduct could cross that line

[@rainnheartamaranth]

It's more than misconduct there's rape allegations come to light aswell

[@662chillin]

Jim is thinking how to handle this like a wrestling company WWE is thinking like an entertainment company/business

[@shindean]

Unfortunately that company mentality i.e. going public cost Vince his company. In a decade, Khan will own the company by default.

[@662chillin]

@@shindean Jim and Dutch because they agree on most things even if the approach is different

[@generalgk]

It's much closer to an entertainment company than a wrestling company. Has been for decades

[@AndersonTenecela]

Over the years, we’ve saying “oh boy I cannot wait to hear Jim Cornette’s reaction to this” over so many different moments, but this is the DEFINITIVE “I cannot wait to hear Jim Cornette’s reaction”

[@soupkid8268]

Everyone on Raw Monday: *Staring straight into the camera* BELT, HOSPITAL, STRAP, WRESTLER, WCW WAS GREAT, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

[@benwest1839]

BOX

[@DannyBoy426]

Chris Benoit

[@mickeymojito]

Without a doubt, the most anticipated Corny clip of all time 🙌🏻

[@johnallen8314]

Been alot of these lately, and I'm sure this won't be the last.

[@FirstLast-yh7gj]

Idk about that

[@sionrouge1697]

Nah. When all the real news comes out that's when we'll be waiting. This is just the start.

[@troystaunton254]

Vince Russo’s passing will be the most anticipated. Cornett will absolutely light up the internet.

[@jayw.1042]

It’s not

[@rosspeterson3274]

Can't wait to see Vince McMahon's debut on AEW.

[@davidstephan5116]

It would be like the scene from 300. TK kicking Vince into the pit yelling SPARTAAAA

[@Sky_Blaze]

Yea that way Vince can make aew worse than it already fucking is..let's all hope Vince is really retired the mf can't book and is delusional/senile

[@anonymousbo0318]

@@davidstephan5116 Little guy couldn't even make 77 year old Vince flinch

[@PiCheZvara]

What's Mince VcMahon doing in the Impact zone?

[@LburgVAGuy]

I kinda wanted to see the attitude era Vince come out and cut a promo on all the women he paid to keep their mouths shut,then aired a highlight real montage of all the divas he got to enjoy 😂

[@jasoneaster6979]

According to hogan, Vince called him for advice and he suggested retirement. Hogan said he would take over but he's tired from saving the world with the avengers

[@7cshane]

Mr cornette is an actual treasure. May he live as long as he likes. The world is better because of Jim and Bryan.

[@countof3everybodyOD]

Ugh

[@sherindarobinson8355]

Oo

[@sherindarobinson8355]

Ok

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

I want him to live longer then russo, just so we can hear that he got arrested for pissing on his grave like he wants to do

[@bikecaptain8015]

At least long enough to take a leak on Russo's tombstone.

[@lac12]

“You’re here to rub our nose in it like a dog’s piss puddle in a dining room” GREATEST intro ever 🤣

[@joeybegoode9067]

He has the best off the cuff metaphors ever. They land so hard. One after another. He could fill a book with them.

[@joeybegoode9067]

Actually that was an analogy. He has great metaphors too though.

[@ds5955]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? you didn't need to say this under every comment

[@anish87]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? Put the drugs down son. They're not helping you.

[@danspawn85]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? It's because your mother was the casting director, and you like Star Trek.

[@adambertucci4126]

Travis knocked out a quick masterpiece. Full team effort on this upload.

[@johnabrams7476]

This honestly is right up there with Johnny Carson...I never thought I'd see the tonight show with out Carson..and I honestly thought I'd never see the day WWE would be without Vince...

[@joemoore3127]

Something tells me Vince will be on FaceTime with Stephanie, 24/7. I grew up watching Vince and Jessie Ventura on Saturday morning Superstars in the 1980’s. Then Vince, macho man, and rob Bartlett on Raw when it first took the place of Primetime Wrestling in early 1993.

[@MiniMugenMan]

His kids are there, even after his death his presence won't be gone.

[@jdsomada8128]

@@joemoore3127 lol that facetime thing is so true. im in the same boat as you although i think stephanie will be fine taking over control....

[@pmophy17421]

Seems obvious to me it's not a voluntary retirement. Agree with the feeling that the company is distancing itself knowing of possible further allegations. Also got the distinct impression that Vince's own appearances as well as the stunt of sending out Titus O'Neil to talk about "goodwill" and "safe havens" basically was Vince trying to change the narrative.

[@adzisme]

What Vince did, allegedly, was embezzle millions of company dollars to fund hush money payments. The SEC and DOJ are going to come calling soon.

[@michaelbreen7865]

Sounds about right!

[@MrChrisStingray]

I can’t believe that old Vinny Mac is done. The WWF/E has been a constant for 40 of my 45 years…

[@johnrevene3053]

Before Vince was the boss, he was on air as an announcer, so He's been a constant Your whole life.

[@andrewjones3295]

Nice, I'm the same, and have been a wrestling fan since early '84. It does seem surreal

[@SeanzViewEnt]

The most anticipated video!!!

[@nesssmith7537]

One of the top videos. The bobby eaton passing to me was the most anticipated.

[@LouisAnkers97]

Holy shit, it’s the most consistent, prolific and dedicated man on KZbin.

[@SeanzViewEnt]

@@LouisAnkers97 I'm backkk full time subscribe hit the 🔔 turn on alll notifications!

[@davidstephan5116]

No, that would be the Selena video on pornhub

[@krich301]

The tv-14 rating change makes a lot more sense now. I can’t wait to see how HHH influences the product now with his creative direction.

[@constablekennedy7705]

HHH will just push more Vanilla Midgets to the forefront like he did in black & gold NXT which will be garbage ….

[@DemonArshan]

Max Durpie is "possibly" free no rumors going on he'll be L.A Knight again

[@awesomebeast7509]

@bARRY lARRY Only Marks use the word “Marks”

[@ennbee2051]

@bARRY lARRY To many GayEW, emo, self harming fans on here now. Just want to see grown men cut themselves in barbed wire and what not.

[@bls8959]

He will build stars than book himself in a match to beat him

[@starfox7673]

I love when Jim Cornette mentions Scatman John. He was such an underrated artists til this day

[@DP-um1ck]

It would be a better gimmick for Seth too 😜

[@starfox7673]

@@DP-um1ck Imagine Seth scatting lol

[@theecharmingbilly]

That hit song he had was atrocious. I hope he was a lot better than that.

[@202Kev]

Vince McMahon retiring is one of the most significant occurrences in popular culture. This man revolutionized professional wrestling and sports entertainment. Turned the WWE into a global sports and media power, and created a lane for other companies to do the same. Music, movies, video games, toys. You name it. The stars that he was able to create, the memories that were created. The controversy and the losses that were suffered. It will be interesting to see where things go from here, but I never thought I’d see Vince McMahon, The Godfather of sports entertainment, “retire.”

[@pleaseshutup7053]

The most significant he’s the Goat of the entertainment industry only Michael jackson can say he is on this mama level

[@MidTennPews]

He killed professional wrestling. Like Heyman said, he made wrestling and wrestlers dirty words. The king of sports entertainment yes but not even close with professional wrestling.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@MidTennPews Yeah he's always been embarrassed to be involved in wrestling. And shrank the entire industry down to basically 1 relevant company.

[@LGMLGK3G]

@@MidTennPews Pro Wrestling might be in the same place as Elvis rn without Vince, before Vince saved it wrestling was a ship that was going nowhere fast, never forget that.

[@LGMLGK3G]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? Saying John Cena cant wrestle in 2022 is like saying the boogeyman is real past the age of like 6. John Cena has proven this bullshit notion to be incorrect on multiple occasions.

[@tphillips1990]

Never been more excited to hear Cornette's thoughts

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

The Internet Historian, Internet Comment Etiquette, and Corny are the true kings of ad reads. Nobody puts in as much effort and/or makes more entertaining ads than these three.

[@bikecaptain8015]

Ryan George as The Adstronaut.

[@lifeisbutt]

"What do these people f*cking do?!" That's my favorite line. Made me think if Cornette was suddenly ceo, he'd be going office to office screaming that question and firing anyone with a job title he didn't immediately recognize. Lol

[@user-sh7kw2qr3y]

Good on Travis for trying to picture the paralegal with Vince lmao

[@MisterE1976]

And Cornette with Wendy's! 🤣🤣

[@susan-meaaz4879]

For two reasons he more than likely stepped down! One is either the board found out something very embarrassing and possibly criminal and gave him the option to step down and save face, or he's worried about them finding something. And let's not act like this is not the biggest work in the history of WWE, he steps down waits a year or two and then they tried them out on WrestleMania or some special episode of raw, after spending a year of talking about what a genius he was and how he changed the business and what a great guy he was and having people like John Cena and The Rock shoot little vignettes talking about how amazing he was to work with!

[@jackstraw4222]

the investigation was going to look into all the past incidents and maybe even criminal activity which alot of former wrestlers mention in podcasts and interviews....

[@TimeBomb014X]

@@jackstraw4222 either receipts or just a lot of hearsey by guys and gals that got beef

[@darrylroot9322]

Totally agree. Vince will lay low to see what the media may or may not have against him. But since he has “retired” all the heat comes down on him instead of WWE and the stock price and television deals remain in tact. Then a few months later after a year or so of WWE paying homage to Vince, he jumps back on the WWE ship. I mean are we supposed to believe that Stephanie is happy to take on an even more stressful job than the one she walked away from just weeks ago? There are already those in WWE that don’t believe the retirement is “permanent”.

[@TimeBomb014X]

@@darrylroot9322 in wrestling no one ever stays retired, Vince won't be the exception

[@TheSaxon.]

The board has no power over him. Loads of BS is going to be coming out, so he "retired" and will run things by proxy.

[@christopherhamer9584]

Now that Vince is retired, I really really really hope he does a sit down, tell all interview with somebody and talks about literally everything from he took over to the business up until he retired. I'm talking like a five or six hour interview. I think that would be amazing. And God bless vince, he deserves it to retire the guys been going non-stop for 40 plus years

[@saltedllama2759]

He will still make appearances. Don't think for a second his music won't hit for some reason around next Wrestlemania time when it's cooled off a bit.

[@bigroaststyrone8135]

Yeah he’s been going down on interns non stop for 40 years lol

[@markdickins1976]

@@bigroaststyrone8135 i reckon the other way around. the interns being the ones going down......and then getting few bucks to keep mouth shut (after opening it)

[@MrRwk314]

Sean Oliver is already on it

[@joemckim1183]

@@markdickins1976 Vince would save a fortune just hiring hookers.

[@jtrixx1928]

I think it’s about time that these podcasts go Video ! We want to “see” Jim and Brian !!! 👍

[@LburgVAGuy]

I don't see that happening...then Jim would have to put pants on to do the podcast 😂

[@jtrixx1928]

🤣

[@pascalmonde4921]

The retirement was rushed and forced. If the retirement was organic he would been in the ring announcing his retirement and told who is taking over with somewhat of a tribute to his father ,him and his children growing into the compagny. Also it could be a tactic for the allegations fades away and then him coming back.

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

He obviously was pushed out the door once it was confirmed he sexually abused his employees

[@TombstoneChris]

Trust me he will be back once all of this blows over.

[@trahapace150]

@@TombstoneChris bullshit....whatever hit pieces are on the horizon have made him untouchable. If that board of directors, investors, or sponsors got the slightest wiff of vince being involved shit will hit the fan

[@chm9935]

I dont see him returning. The optics are ugly.

[@daleharris3809]

The only organic retirement Vince would ever have would be his funeral

[@randylahey8101]

Vince screwed Vince.

[@J.D.1.]

He owns the shares and his family are still officially running things ... He's still running things

[@TheRustedShackleford]

I'm with Brian. I think theres a lot more thats going to come out or they would have celebrated Vince way more than they did. The more they distance themselves now, the less their ex-CEO's shenanigans will affect their stock price.

[@ferox965]

Totally agree. I think there was a meeting where Vince was told either retire on your own or be retired by them.

[@rajakghosh6602]

Love him or hate him he gave lot of fond memories for so many people across four decades. Attitude era morphed into golden age of wrestling. Thanks for those great memories. Now I guess it's in Stephanie's and Triple H's hands to make the product more appealing.

[@kevindouglas5333]

Golden age? You haven't been paying attention

[@MrGonzo861]

@@kevindouglas5333 I mean the reality is for alot of folks the attitude era WAS the golden era of wrestling bro

[@corpyhogan4433]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? and yet John Cena can draw more money and get more attention than every single one of those supposed guys that were buried

[@sbz88]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? You make Russo not going back sound like a bad thing lol. Maybe if he didn't burn his bridge with WWE and just jump to WCW without telling Vince, they'd bring him back.

[@TheGreat_Kramer1]

The Attitude Era was the end of the golden age. Once he owned WCW the product changed very quickly. The last 20 years has been like watching Law & Order reruns.

[@jims.6393]

Vince will be fine. But I still worry about anybody who devotes his life to his job. When they don't have anything to drive them they usually keel over!

[@andrewjones3295]

That's the first thought that went through my mind

[@davidmurray6949]

If he can get past year 1 he'll make it ! & He should be pushing to get to 80.

[@BUPMY1]

@@davidmurray6949 What does he do to past the time?

[@Mrderful]

Vince will STILL and ALWAYS have a hand in the company until he is no longer breathing. He will be just fine. Hell, I seriously wouldn't be surprised if he started some other business venture (not a wrestling promotion).

[@stewartmcrae8007]

@@Mrderful I hope that you are right

[@jesterr7133]

I became a wrestling fan in late '91. My grandmother told me it was fake about ten minutes after I started watching it for the first time. The fact that it is "fake" does not matter if it is good enough that it makes forget that while you are watching it. That's what many of the modern generation don't understand.

[@lordhirudo5311]

Truth. It’s all about the suspension of disbelief.

[@vannavanity1195]

People have known it was worked forever. Bruno Sammartino, Buddy Rogers, Ole Anderson, and those types might make people second guess that since they worked a certain way. I refuse to believe anyone thought Flair was legitimate. He bumped way too much against people like Mike Von Erich and for many others. I didn't "know" wrestling was worked when I was small. I did think Flair was the most obviously fake one I saw when I was even in the 1st grade. He wrestled like a Looney Tunes character or something out of the Three Stooges. I could buy though that muscleheads would punch, kick, throw, or bodyslam you, which was 90% the case in WWF matches. Same was true in a lot of 80s action flicks

[@vannavanity1195]

Also McMahon kept kayfabe in 1985. He exposed it was worked in 1989. Though Cornette's point is short-sighted, as typical of insiders. How many wrestling fans were reading daily papers that day like the WSJ, NYT, Boston Globe? It wasn't some big headline when McMahon said it was worked. NWA business had been falling for years by then. What explains why Florida or GCW under Anderson went under? Anderson fired Cornette for booking a dog show birthday party with heels having a cake fight. Something like that. That was in 1981. It's no less or more campy than a silly Smackdown segment. NWA was an illegal cartel and contracting badly by the 80s. Their fall was a "Calm before the Storm" case. Since these NWA promoters became marks for their own product, they never cared to ask themselves why a heel as traveling champion should continue into the mid-80s. As such, they couldn't create new stars.

[@awesomebeast7509]

My grandma never told me it was fake, I’m not sure if she knew or not. But what she did do was watch it with me. Watching all those Smackdown episodes with her is a memory I’ll never forget

[@alcoholicsementhrower6021]

Unless you're watching a real sport, everything on TV is fake. Dont see why wrestling gets such a bad deal

[@noelatcheson4174]

Agree with Brian here, you feel there's more incriminating news coming soon regarding Vince's behaviour. Stephaine's bit on Smackdown felt very much like pre-emptive damage control.

[@segagenesis7708]

For VINCE MCMAHON to step down............. it’s bad.

[@TimeBomb014X]

The thing about allegations are, when the first one hits hundreds more come, but that doesn't mean all of them are real. It's either grifters who are looking for their 5 minutes or people with a bone to pick. Vince probably stepped down to avoid actual damage to the company because companies don't care if the allegations are valid or not, if it exists you become a pariah

[@brianlogan4243]

@@segagenesis7708 His dick did what WCW and the Federal government could not.

[@theecharmingbilly]

He's 77 years old, he looks 95. The guy messed up with the hush money but this whole crime spree gossip is embarrassing. I'm sure he read the proper rooms and decided that his company would be better off without him on the front lines at this point. He's probably booking from his home office, hoping Linda doesn't want to talk hahahaha.

[@segagenesis7708]

@@theecharmingbilly Except trying to do so for a publicly traded company after he’s told his shareholders that he’s retired from all duties, is illegal

[@SGT_Gram]

When you are never first, you are Brian Last.

[@DavidLee-cr4xv]

“Vince McMahon is All Elite”

[@bb-ballistics1706]

It was me Austin *"Aww son of a bitch"*

[@daleharris3809]

He'd throw himself off Titan Towers first

[@bb-ballistics1706]

@@daleharris3809 now thats best for business 😂

[@Fantasyremix]

Present him as Vince Jackson, the long lost third Young Buck who tries to teach his little brothers how to be alpha.

[@bb-ballistics1706]

@@Fantasyremix you've got no chance.... No chance in hell You've got no chance No chance hell 😂

[@craigchampagne7797]

Cricket and Roger Bannister references. This side of the pond loves you Jim!

[@Day-ZDuke]

“The Tell-Tale Tart” LoL Jim is so brilliant and hilarious sometimes

[@Punkinlunk]

WWE should’ve never went public

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

Would Vince still become a billionaire if WWE doesn’t go public?

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother Probably not, he pretty much needed to for that to happen.

[@SuperbNProsper]

Why if it made them more money & a bigger company globally? WWE is Literally a Billion dollar company now. I really do not understand the logic the IWC has with statements like “they shouldn’t of went public” & “wwe is tanking” when it’s been more successful then ever

[@goodday2760]

@@SuperbNProsper The Chinese empire sure was big in 1900.

[@erickmack4131]

ding dong the witch is dead, which ol' witch?? The Wicked witch

[@ThaRealWorld]

Even the Helix ad was fucking spectacular!

[@ryan4372]

The aura of the "be the best human you can be" by a guy throughout the years who has supposedly committed certain acts, numerous charges, betrayals of people like his wife, firing people to balance the books after his payouts etc. I reckon aswell, alot more talent sort of said they ain't working for someone like that, or knowing their friends got let go because of literal pay offs, the scandals/rumoured assaults and knew a line has been crossed.

[@jonathanturbide2232]

This will get more views than tonight's ROH pay per view, that's for sure. 😂

[@scottcoval1189]

Considering they only had 8k watching the buy in I'm gonna say you're probably right lol

[@Deadxman616]

I seriously thought Vince was gonna die at the Gorilla

[@erickmack4131]

Maybe he'll go visit the congo, let us hope

[@davidstephan5116]

I thought he did, like 15 years ago😬

[@chrisortiz8072]

Even if he did he would of not sold it.

[@tigwelder4137]

Yup

[@timmyj7092]

Vince walks out onto AEW Dynamite to “No Chance in Hell,” just to piss in everyone’s face one last time. Come on, Vince… help AEW pop a rating. Then he can show up to some Indy show to do AGE IN A CAGE with Ric Flair. At this point, why the hell not?

[@NTSYNVK]

To me this situation is another example of a person not knowing when it’s time to leave. 40 years are way too much and Vince should have given up operational responsibilities, creative work etc. step by step like 10 years ago. And I believe Vince individual shit is quite deep and there was no other choice than taking the backdoor.

[@xziggy_stardustx6786]

With Vince, you know he had a nonsense term like "internally focused relations" or "on-site liaisons" as a euphemism for "fucking the help" knocking around in his head ...

[@CarterJ9]

Lol emphasis on "internal"...and "intern"

[@Johnnyversetti6969]

Jim killed me on the golf rant transition right back into the ad

[@n8c580]

Alvin & the Chipmunks movie 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonlindemann3448]

Jim is blissfully unaware of the idiocy and nepotism of corporate America.

[@travismcdonald6576]

Epic photo. Too bad Kevin Dunn and Bruce Prichard aren’t shown buried in the sand.

[@KHayes666]

Johnny Ace, since he was the first to be guillotined

[@ayybeealternative1999]

😅 The Wendy's paperbag!

[@Twiztedgoalie]

Yes jim. That would still be illegal. You can’t have consensual sex when on the other end is basically a “or else you lose your job”. It’s an abuse of the employer/employee power dynamic

[@jamieisradical3137]

So many people are missing this aspect of it. Especially at that time between 2000-2010 when they was no other wrestling company to go to. He bullied women into these hookups with career threats.

[@jamesteegardner2273]

@@jamieisradical3137 Yeah it was all during the "diva" era. Back when women were hired because of the way they looked (and probably what they were willing to do). It's basically the casting couch but for wrestling. It's sad. I always say if you want to be a womanizer then just don't get married and don't be a "grapist"! Nobody has anything bad to say about Derek Jeter and Joe Nameth. They did their thing but they were single when they did it and they weren't coercing any of the girls they were with. It's just that simple. Vince just lost his ever-loving mind on a power trip. It's some sociopath shit.

[@mrdone4065]

@@jamieisradical3137 Not me Jamie, you are spot on. Closer to 20 years but yeah, Vince's love of power and control, his jedi mind trick of convincing people to do things they wouldn't do. It was only a matter of time.

[@segagenesis7708]

@@jamieisradical3137 Jim is getting hung up on the payoff aspect of this, and has never shown a firm understanding of the nuance of power abuse within work relations, the complexities of sexual trauma, the sheer intimidation of taking on Vince McMahon, and how all of this can affect a woman’s family and livelihood. This gets very complicated.

[@savagecatgt]

Its the implication. Its just rape with extra steps.

[@destindude1978]

Vince bought it for $500,000.00 in 1982 not a million dollars!

[@moses0686]

This whole saga could be a future small omnibus.

[@evilshadow8761]

Board of director members are elected by the shareholders and are typically high executive members of companies that have to be from unrelated types of business. A CEO of one wrestling promotion cannot be a board of director of another wrestling promotion less there is suspect of conflict of interest or collusion.

[@MurdocIsASaint]

THANK YOU. Independent board members are an extremely important anti corruption tool

[@awesomebeast7509]

@@MurdocIsASaint to an extent

[@bash8387]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? Cena was hell of a wrestler, and yeah a sinking ship that makes billions and sells out most Arenas

[@rubenarriaga3029]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? WTH does that have to do with the comment?!

[@Jim-Tuner]

The WWE is structured in a way that nearly all the voting stock in the company is in the hands of insiders. The board of directors isn't really independent. But while control of the company is held by a handful people with the voting stock, they still have to follow all the ethical and business rules of a public corportion.

[@halfmanhalfcool]

Hopefully that means they can use the word "attack" in a program where people actually ATTACK OTHER PEOPLE.

[@Aracore]

Wonder if Vinny Mac will start his own podcast? Would Jim and Brian be willing to turn it into a 3 man commentary booth if Vince wanted to join you?

[@DP-um1ck]

The "NO CHANCE" Podcast? 😎

[@bigroaststyrone8135]

@@DP-um1ck from Stamford to Louisville, your hosts, Vincent ‘Kan’t keep his dick in his pants’ McMahon and Jim ‘I might have anger management issues’ Cornette

[@alokpandey8317]

Imagine jim and Vince chilling out at beach together 🤣🤣 as shown in thumbnail

[@DarylSpykerman]

The segway into Helix Sleep was brilliant!

[@killergrooves2438]

I’ve been expecting this since the first WSJ story broke. I just had a feeling more would come out and he’d be forced to retire. So I’ve been waiting for it the past month or so. Besides the scandal, I’ve been wanting to see Vince retire for many years now. The shows have been unwatchable under his control for a long time now. Either the shows are going to improve or the company is going to get sold. I don’t care which happens. Either I get to enjoy wrestling again or I can write it off completely.

[@jimmydean4494]

It went downhill as soon as they became a corporation

[@constablekennedy7705]

I still suspect that HHH & Stephanie McMahon released the Vince McMahon controversy to oust him from power within the WWE … 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@newageassholes]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? Why the hell was Christian Slater in the undiscovered country?did he turn up drunk to the wrong movie set?

[@ApeIsland]

I was always shocked that nothing came out when the whole metoo movement started a few years back. Everyone had always heard rumours or stories about Vince but when nobody came forward I started to think maybe they were just rumours. Clearly not the case

[@el-youtub3r402]

@@constablekennedy7705 The revenge of HHH! Really sad it had to come down to this. Vince couldn't just accept it and go away by his own decision smh

[@freemind6954]

"What a maneuver!" 😢😢😢

[@TheEPWF]

I've been watching wrestling since 1988. Never thought this day/time would come without Vince dying. Surreal doesn't do it justice tbh

[@segagenesis7708]

I’m only two years behind you in that regard. Thought I would die before I EVER saw Vince step down.

[@garrymorgan2341]

Haha same, around 1988 for me too. Although I thought Vince was just a commentator and Jack Tunney was the boss.

[@christerry1611]

89 for me. Started when the MegaPowers exploded

[@TheEPWF]

@@segagenesis7708 🤣🤣 Agreed!

[@TheEPWF]

@@garrymorgan2341 Didn't we all 🤣🤣

[@scottcoval1189]

Stephanie & HHH vs Vince & Bruce lmao

[@sammmm87]

Do you think Travis has emergency art drawn for these situations? Like how the BBC has prerecorded announcements for when the Queen dies?

[@ReverendRichardSeeland568209]

You can't have a contract where one of the duties is to break the law. It's against the law to refuse to testify in open court, or to lie. You can't sell away your duty to testify. The victim of the crime doesn't try the criminal, the state does.

[@vannavanity1195]

The State will never go after McMahon if the victim refuses to testify. She's not required to cooperate with the State.

[@ReverendRichardSeeland568209]

@@vannavanity1195 In this case, yes. Any crime that VKM committed was probably fraud against the shareholders. But Jim asked a general question about being paid to not testify in a criminal proceeding.

[@vannavanity1195]

@@ReverendRichardSeeland568209 Seemed like what he was saying is an NDA or a payoff nullifies the State's ability to press charges. That was never true, even if, in practice, it would have discredited any complainant in the 80s and even the 90s, and still so but less in the aughts. The last few years, it would be harder for the State to do that though for political reasons, even if sex crimes have always been politicized

[@ReverendRichardSeeland568209]

@@vannavanity1195 If he said that, he was wrong. Some of the women who received NDAs from Harvey Weinstein ended up testifying against him in his criminal trial. You can't pay someone to refrain from testifying against you in a criminal trial. Otherwise, the Mafia would just pay all their potential witnesses off.

[@vannavanity1195]

@@ReverendRichardSeeland568209 of course. Honestly, I kind of cringed when he said that. Like, "Wow, you still think this is the 80s when guys rarely got prosecuted for date raping girls." With all due respect, his wrestling views tend to parallel his mentality. I was surprised just because he's a liberal and seems to read mainstream press. It's the kind of statement that would get Marjorie Taylor Greene in trouble - not that Cornette was malicious or anything. I was just surprised he seemed to think that. Last pushed back on him and seemed to be cringing himself

[@peterspence4558]

I can see Vince watching movies like Scarface in his free time thinking “These Bastards stole my Ideas!”

[@ayindisshowcase1917]

😆

[@richardpreston7333]

I love how the comments are pretty evenly split between "Vince McMahon has such an amazing legacy, and will be dearly missed!" and "Yeah, no, Brian's right: *_something_* is about to break, and it won't be pretty."

[@michaelparrish6093]

No. It doesn't stop them from pressing charges. Money = civil. Charges = criminal.

[@three-quartersbadger2929]

Apparently HHH does not pronounce the 's' in his last name; I assumed that Brian was just wrong. That is the traditional French pronunciation, I just didn't think that Trips preserved that. The modern French word would be 'l'évêque', which means 'bishop' (as in a church official, not the chess piece - that's 'le fou', the madman)

[@dildonius]

¿Qué? But "Le Fou" means Tne Fool....?

[@robertnapier624]

Paul Bishop?

[@vannavanity1195]

Triple H doesn't discuss his family background much, but I suspect he's legit aristocracy. Lévesque is a very uncommon surname whose spelling looks Medieval or even Dark. Having read Bob Holly's book, which wasn't really good, he seemed to present Triple H as running the company like some feudal lord. The ê absorbs the -s, like août -> aoust- August.

[@vronica03]

Preserve? I've known many a Levesque from New England area. The s was always silent.

[@tysontomko]

Remember this is Brian who said "ah-soo-kuh" for Asuka until recently. Don't get me started on how he says ruin (roon lol) or museum (museeeem)

[@redomega24]

End of an era boys

[@rolandmeyer7853]

thank god

[@redomega24]

@@rolandmeyer7853 oh look found the pg era clown

[@rolandmeyer7853]

@@redomega24 I hate WWE and that stupid PG shit ... AEW has the bigger names but yet WWE gets higher ratings it makes no sense.

[@grantwileyesq.5962]

You know one thing I absolutely LOVE about Corny's show....no Conrad!

[@jbellflower83]

"It doesn't unfurl, it expands. It self inflates" 😳😈 I could say something but I'm not gonna.

[@luism5323]

I really hope Jim watches what FTR said about him on the ROH media scrum, it was beautiful and so on point

[@sklss]

@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? What?

[@Underthehood1]

What did they say?

[@terryalan4590]

Jimmy, it’s 2022, it’s a different world, no one can survive those kind of allegations in this day n age, it’s not 1996 anymore.

[@Rodshark75]

Yes they can, pretty much every republican in office has a sex scandle, assault, or payoff under their belt... and Vincie poo is a big pal of most of them and Linda has been sucking the orange hot dog for years now.

[@Shagrath71]

Even if the audience is okay with Vince's transgressions all those corporate sponsors and the tv networks won't tolerate it. And I would say that's where the pressure for Vince to step down ultimately manifested.

[@NiteDriv3r]

IF VINNY MAC CAN'T A BILLIONAIRE THAN NO1 CAN

[@mac_-mtlmcal]

It's more because WWE is a publicly traded company.

[@healingchurchpotluck5352]

How dare cornette not laugh at that Alvin and the chipmunks remark by last

[@adamaizenberg756]

Jim hit the nail on the coffin with the video tribute package send off. How you gonna do Vince like that? We want our cheesy ass song dammit!

[@430quiet]

If Vince is still the majority shareholder, doesn't he still have the power without the title?

[@maxxdahl6062]

No he doesn't. He's completely off the board of directors, the most he can do is offer an opinion.

[@constablekennedy7705]

Exactly Bro so people need to pump the brakes a little bit …. 💯

[@rolandmeyer7853]

Vince is done out finished never to be heard from again .... WWE terminated his power just like I predicted all along.

[@TheGr8254]

The thing about retirements are people can also UN-retire...Vince is just going ghost until it's time to reappear again.

[@CockyBalboa]

Nah, if he ever comes back they would have to release whatever information/evidence(whatever they would call it) that they uncovered with the investigation. One has to think of that Vince retired in lieu of the investigation’s results being released to the public.

[@TheGr8254]

@@CockyBalboa so what? Release it. Vince may not be that 2000s Vince in appearance and youth but he never lost money and power. He can pay to fight whatever they got to throw at him. Vince has a team of lawyers and people in his corner. Stop it. All over this? This happens in every walk of life Vince isn't the first nor the last

[@TheGr8254]

@@CockyBalboa he didn't retire because of public opinion. You think Vince or anybody doing the investigation gives a shit about the "publics perspectives". He retired because this case will consume alot of his time and money so he stepped down to COMPLETELY focus on this. He doesn't have that energy to run the company and run the case at the same time at this point in his life now lol

[@KingJohnMichael]

Clearly no clue about buissnes, stock markets, pr, and other work life stuff. He is gone for good.

[@TheGr8254]

@@KingJohnMichael well let us all take advice from the world expert with a fucking Dragon Ball Z photo or whatever anime that is lol he knows all things. Smh. Let me guess you wrote the books on business and stocks. Well excuse me Mr. God Man 😂😂

[@Zroolmpf_Celmbror]

Pretty sure that sexual misconduct isn't actually illegal. Rape, yes. Sexual assault, yes. That's not what's being alleged here.

[@gamebred2094]

This will hit 1 Million views some day I’m calling it.

[@danielmarkle9000]

I’ve been waiting on Jim Cornette‘s take on Vince McMahon retiring since I heard the news. I got the popcorn ready😂😂

[@constablekennedy7705]

You and me both Fella 🍿

[@MrReganomics1]

Sexual misconduct is not illegal. There is no crime on the books called "sexual misconduct"... But there are morality clauses.

[@Radeo]

Once he went out on Smackdown a few weeks ago for seemingly no other purpose than to say, "Then. Now. Forever" you knew that was shoehorned in there for posterity; for putting together a future video package, and the end was coming soon.

[@papboybrooklyn77]

What we all been waiting for

[@alazkaalazka6087]

This is probably the greatest Travis thumbnail ever. Just Epic Also I think this confirms that Hell has frozen over

[@charltonblalock2510]

I WANT THE FREE BEAR MACE!! 😆 🤣

[@Soccerates]

I have conflicting views on this. Starting with the positives, Vince McMahon helped to shape a huge part of my childhood, the larger than life characters of Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior; giving a platform for the real technicians of wrestling such as Savage, Steamboat, The British Bulldogs, Bret Hart, Shawn Michael's and many more; propelling stars of the business to another level, like Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, Ravishing Rick Rude,Piper, Jake Roberts and so many more; reigniting careers for the likes of Austin, Undertaker, Mick Foley and the Road Warriors; forging the Attitude Era and making HHH and The Rock...this isn't an exhaustive list... Then there is that side of me,the other side, the older side, that hears of all these promoters and their staff losing jobs, families split apart, the deaths and abuses. At 77 and with all the previous scandal and controversy, the Teflon Don of Wrestling has stepped aside, when I think all of us would have expected him to die at Gorilla Position, screaming at Michael Cole.... Wrestling wasn't the same with him and I guess it won't be the same again.

[@Vereid]

Lmao, sometimes the ads that Jim pushes are the funniest part of the show. He’s selling for helix mattresses and in the middle of the promo he’s cutting, starts cutting another promo about how stupid Golf is, then goes back to the mattress promo. 😂😂

[@robdunnett1258]

@Seanus LOL agree, I think Cornette could sell salt water to the ocean

[@travismeisner8190]

Been waiting for this! Love the show Fellas!

[@ChrisFactor]

Same! First thing I thought was, "what episode will they get to cover this?" 🤣

[@demetriushuffman7030]

Yesss been waiting since it was announced by Twitter yesterday. Been waiting since I started work. And now for a smoke a burger and drink w Jim Cornette

[@haroldmc7976]

Now that Vinny is gone, maybe they can finally put Miss Elizabeth in the Hall of Fame!

[@patale1640]

That burial of golf into a mattress read at the end😂

[@dwade6322]

This is PODCAST of the year! Breaking news...Vince! Vince! Vince! Vince! WOO! 🤟

[@thewhitelodgery]

''You ever watch golf? It's like watching flies fuck.'' - George Carlin

[@CreightonChaney-io4xv]

George Carlin was more than a comedian He was a philosopher with a sense of humor