Jim Cornette on WWE's Sale To Endeavor

From Episode 288 of the Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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[@alexpershing6942]

Vince looking like a villain in a Latin soap opera 😂

[@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909]

I've likened him as Bizarro Vince.

[@tobiasfarragut292]

En….RRRRRRRRIQUE! McMahon!!

[@pjludda4323]

AYE DIOS!... @_@ - VKM

[@Roamin_RomanTheWarrior]

💀

[@Jerry4050]

He looks like my Uncle from San Juan may he RIP my tio

[@smallcd]

The first Contract Signing in WWE where nobody went through a table.

[@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909]

It might've still happened. Ari joked during the CNBC segment that he was going to bodyslam Vince if Vince didn't choose to stay on as an executive of some sort.

[@mistermann3225]

We don't actually know that...

[@Kranzio-]

I like Vince's new gimmick, Vincenzo the Italian art critic.

[@akeemjoffer5779]

😅

[@h2ohydrox]

I thought it was a Guy Incognito impression

[@marshallkrich]

Pfftttt, he clearly is channeling Vincent Price.

[@Billinois78]

@@James-if3kc Yes. The Salvador McDali gimmick is gonna blow everyone's minds.

[@presidentskroob]

@@h2ohydrox Please, you know Vince has probably never heard of the Simpsons lol

[@BobPlaysOfficial]

"Years of scheming, all for nothing." ~Triple H

[@Speedyreedy1218]

?

[@marlondaniels7912]

​@Speedyreedy1218 HHH has been maneuvering his way into the top spot of WWE for decades now, with his apparent plan being that he and Steph would take over running the company from Vince. Vince seemed to be down with it until recently. It's one of the reasons Shane left the company for so long.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@@marlondaniels7912 He hasn't been maneuvering anything. And that's not the reason Shane left.

[@FIXTREME]

​@@marlondaniels7912 there's sooooooo many wrong details in this comment

[@Jwjmcc]

I’m sure he keeps his role and makes millions from the deal so not for nothing

[@cryospiral]

I wish WWE the best future with endeavor

[@mitchwyatt9230]

underrated comment.

[@fwef7445]

can't wait for connor mcgregor vs roman reings as next year's WM

[@MR_122_]

I read this I wish WWE the best on their future endeavors

[@ArabCritic]

Not original. I saw this like 2-3 times already before your comment.

[@rickroberts7611]

At least give reddit credit..

[@joshuaDstarks]

Vince merges and manages to keep 49%. Pure carny.

[@moses0686]

And gets the pick half the board.

[@HeyBuddays]

Triples his net worth doing literally nothing. The guy that became a billionaire by taking the company public...and doing literally nothing different. The American dream!

[@wokeyoda96]

Doesnt that mean the new management can kick him out?

[@grittyboyross7138]

@@wokeyoda96 Vince is not Only chairman of WWE but will be executive chairman of the new company.

[@24magiccarrot]

The WWE keeps 49% Vince only owns 48% of the WWE so Vince only owns about 25% of the new company.

[@J.D.1.]

Shane once tried to get Vince to buy UFC and he said no. Now UFCs owners are buying WWE.

[@ginoongsilvino]

UNO reverse card

[@tobiasfarragut292]

(S) Skip card this Bullshit

[@oceanshrugs9235]

Netflix once tried to sell themselves to Blockbuster for 1 million. Blockbuster said no. Netflix ended up taking them out

[@sweetpetergeda]

Wrestling dead

[@sweetpetergeda]

​@@joegreene7619 still rather have the ones I can touch 😅

[@MichaelSmith-fq6hz]

That GIF of Hunter holding the “Who booked this crap” sign has never been more ironic than in the last 24 hours.

[@ralphiewhite1376]

Yea especially after raw......

[@melgee2298]

​@@ralphiewhite1376 agreed

[@sinbadfromtheboard]

Even more ironic that his booking is crap too !! Different , but still crap !!

[@stephen1170]

Again all you booking geniuses wasting your talents at a Goldsboro North Carolina Stuckeys pumping gas.

[@deathofkindness]

​@@stephen1170 Stuckeys has to strict of a hiring process for that

[@obsoleteworlds]

Based on his appearance, Vince's real role will be tying women to railway tracks while cackling and running away.

[@ck_idgaf1680]

9.3bil, merges with UFC, continue to operate independent, Vince keeps his position and 49%. Good deal. BUT Vince looked like a damn vuadville villain, hilarious.

[@lsj6721]

Fucking man is a genius, he might have worked on this when he went away

[@ethanbradley2089]

Where's 49% coming from? Endeavor is forming a new public company, and he'll have a chief executive role. But they're not doing all that just so he can give Wall Street the finger. Endeavor will have the majority share not Vince McMahon. He just gets to be their Dana.

[@Micfri300]

​@@lsj6721 genius? I'm sure Stephanie and Shane have another word for him..

[@lsj6721]

@@Micfri300 he got most, if not all, the things he want in that deal, if that is not business savvy then I do not know what you will call it. Though, I do know what you mean. But I guess that is how regular workers think.

[@Micfri300]

@@lsj6721 one thing is being business savvy at 40/50 or even 60 years old another is being 80. He won't last forever and when his health deteroriates they will take the role away from him. And then what?

[@CesarHernandez-pd1eb]

I just love how fast jim and brian post videos just for us fans. 👏

[@Billinois78]

And that Travis gets the artwork out.

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Jim barely knows how to use a computer and Brian is capitalizing on the algo

[@diablochorizero6586]

Yes I was waiting for this video

[@JavierRodriguez-dr6zk]

They are not doing it for you "fans" they are doing it because is the smartest thing to do in order to get more views and more money, you guys are naive like little children...

[@TheUltimateVoid]

They don't do it for the "fans" they do it because it's the smartest thing to do in order to get more views and benefit from KZbin algorithm......it's almost endearing this level of naivety lol.

[@jamezmcc]

With that dyed hair and mustache Vince looks like he's on 'Undercover Boss' 😂

[@blkpanther11]

Lmao 😂

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

@Bold One it was me all along!

[@chrisr3788]

Vince’s future Endeavour netted him $9 billion 😂

[@wilcee238]

🤣

[@dantheman8152]

Thats incredible man

[@PreacherJenkins]

Holy shit lol

[@lsj6721]

Bro, only around half of that. But still. HAHAHA

[@skizzyskiz7232]

@@mustafaniazi2917 underrated dummy

[@prestonpfeiffer]

I love that nobody saw this coming. The internet nerds and dirtsheet writers were in Saudi Arabia while Vince was actually in the room,making moves.

[@PlayzieBum]

You mean to say random incels watching WWE and AEW, didn’t have insider information on billion dollar stock market business dealings? * SHOCKING*

[@SSGourmet702]

vince still makin moves for 30 years

[@aim6613]

Eric Bischoff predicted the Endeavor sale months ago.

[@juliotorres3147]

Nobody you follow saw this coming. More of an indictment on you than others around. Plenty of people called this months ago. Hell, there are people who called this before WWE looking to sell became public knowledge.

[@gamesthatiplay9083]

People were still talking about the Saudis buying, and VKM doing a stock buyback. Hilarious just how wrong people were. Didn't UAE own UFC at some point?

[@timwetherill1681]

Vince McMahon and Dana White in the same company. What can go wrong with this.

[@LennyHenrysDorsalCavity]

Vince McMahon and Montez Ford vs Dana White and Jon Jones😂

[@williammitchell4417]

Dixie Carter line One!!

[@charleybarley914]

we're gonna get Slap Fights with bad gimmicks aren't we.

[@Sneednfeedn]

The Invasion (UFC edition)

[@dustin6528]

Battle of the Billionaires II at Wrestlemania 40. Book it.

[@KokNoker]

My only goal today since I saw Vince this morning was to hear Jim's commentary on the mustache

[@dadumbfuck420]

He's letting it win

[@sama2903]

@@dadumbfuck420 Win what???

[@PhillyLeotardo25]

Vince wants to debut as Walt Disney

[@SLAPTALK]

Vincenté👨🏻McMahon 🤣🤣🤣

[@TuMalditaMadre]

​@@dadumbfuck420 he's gotta have some scar from all that face work he's gotten and the moustache might be covering it, I don't know. Makes no sense that at 76 he wants facial hair

[@williamgregory1848]

Vince is going for that Howard Hughes/Walt Disney look

[@Speedyreedy1218]

John Walters.

[@ShaFnZAM]

Clark Gable

[@finnvalor1915]

@@Speedyreedy1218 *Waters

[@bearzfan61]

Great. Can't wait to watch a UFC fight with 15 different snap angles.

[@taylork7530]

Shane is 1-1 this weekend. Was right about buying the UFC…but should avoid leapfrog, and Coast to Coasts for that matter, from now on.

[@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909]

Poor Shane's inherited his dad's bad legs now it seems. It's finally caught up to the guy.

[@robertnapier624]

@@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909 shame he didn’t bring a jacket out to throw to the ground in anger before he busted his quads.

[@cmartin8093]

​@Copenor McBrokeleg's Proper Ratpiss he didn't inherit his father bad legs, but he inherited Nash's luck. Remember Nash torn his quads in a match

[@kaynenorth1402]

The McMahon Family has come to terms on the release of WWE. We wish them the best in all their future Endeavors

[@psychobluesfxt]

My favorite comment so far regarding the WWE sale is "Vince right now is like an alternate version of Frieza that won and killed everyone."

[@vincentkass5102]

Before or after the Spirit Bomb?😂

[@shaneg4383]

@@vincentkass5102 after fosho

[@Junk_Yogurt]

Vince back in creative control.. Raw was really bad last night and they said Vince changed the script 2-3 times 20 minutes before the show began.

[@ennbee2051]

"You wanna be a funny man Vince, you wanna write things into the script? Well, write this into the script! You wanna write things, write this!" - Bret Hart.

[@CaliburMan]

Oh look a fake jb account that’s still used lol. Wow

[@ennbee2051]

@@CaliburMan No. The great Bret Hart on MadTV actually🤣🤣🤣Classic!

[@matthewhostetter8974]

The landscape of WWE has changed forever. This is beyond an end of an era, this is pretty much the end of the McMahons having solo control of the WWE. The implications can be massive. That being said, I had high hopes for this merger and its future, but after RAW tonight I'm starting to dread Vince getting everything he wanted and more. Including booking power back. Even with the reports, HHH will remain in Creative control.

[@drmurde55]

Vince McMahon still has the upper hand in WWE

[@GregHuffman1987]

Sigh

[@cmartin8093]

But Vince will now have someone to if there are a string of bad ratings on Raw. And you know what that means. He needs to make sure that there s no more of his antics

[@ennbee2051]

@@cmartin8093 Someone to what?! Proofreading isn't overrated.

[@cmartin8093]

@@ennbee2051 someone to answer to. Happy now?

[@PreacherJenkins]

Travis needs to do Vince as Charlie Chaplin or John Waters lol

[@aliciasimmons8473]

Do the John waters first

[@aceassn716]

Love your profile pic! Toon Link along with Wind Waker Have clearly proved the art direction an game concept were ahead of their time

[@blaketindle4703]

He already hates Jews and keeps jars of urine.

[@420TwistedUp]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the hard work Travis has done over the weekend with the thumbnails man is a legend

[@MurdocIsASaint]

Mr/ House always wins

[@maskedninja876]

Hard work!🤣🤣🤣

[@chongxina8288]

Vince will be the face of big brother in the nwo.

[@MCB741]

Vince looked like Robert House from Fallout New Vegas.

[@MackEastwood23]

Somebody said that’s not Vince McMahon that Vicente McMahon lol😂😂😂 makes sense since Vince’s dad left his wife for the Spanish maid (I’m not making that up 😂)

[@fayezfawzi3255]

It is definitely...even saying "the end of an era" is a huge understatement. It is the end of several eras. WWE was, for all its issues, the last and greatest vestige of the original wrestling business. A family owned territory that expanded hugely. There is of course the severe fear of this being Turner buying WCW all over again, especially with the position of "president of WWE" given to Nick Khan, a non-wrestling person. I really hope that isn't the case, and that we won't have a Jim Herd in our future. Eitherway, I am honestly really sad right now. This is the first time ever that a non-wrestling person will be in complete control of the biggest wrestling company by far. Really really hope that I am simply pessimistic and that we aren't seeing the beginning of the long end here.

[@sachavykos3206]

Lets hope its a Sid Sid Meier situation where a McMahon can sell it at one price, wait for the wold to realize that PG7-13 wrestling has been a decade and two quarters long disaster and a McMahon can buy it back for a much much lower (more realistic) price in a few years. Companies that merge foolishly can demerge later if it doesnt work out. (AOL Time Warner)

[@juliotorres3147]

You’re completely missing the fact that Vince is still in charge. He’s above Nick Khan.

[@juliotorres3147]

@@sachavykos3206 PG-13 literally has nothing to do with any of its failures or successes. This narrative has been seen to be wrong over and over again.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

​@@juliotorres3147 exactly. Some of the best movies of all time were PG. PG doesn't mean for children, or boring. WWE was getting worse long before they went PG...

[@sachavykos3206]

​@@juliotorres3147 The ratings do not lie. The road towards PG caused a sharp ratings dip. Finally arriving at PG after edging towards it for four years caused another permanent yet to be reversed hemorrhage. Child class wrestling with heavy weight champions that are noticeably smaller than Xpac, dont draw money, honies. Stories and wrestlers that only look larger than life to preadolescent children, undeveloped teenagers and hormonally deficient manlets are a proven failure and on a good day, draw twenty percent of the viewers that real wrestling did.

[@AdventusQ]

If you ever try to compete with Vince, you'll work for him eventually.

[@wheredeyattho]

His work ethic is unmatchable. 18 hours a day for 40 years, he honestly deserves everything he's got. Can't imagine how many women he's paid off over the years that will never speak up. You know he has a trophy room of pictures of the women he's been with too 🤘

[@DarkNorthEmperor]

Best of luck on your future, Endeavor.

[@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist]

UFC with WWE's production team would be golden.

[@ethanbradley2089]

60 camera cuts in a minute during a mount sounds great!

[@bb-ballistics1706]

Way to many camera cuts. Makes me feel sick watching it

[@ethanbradley2089]

@@bb-ballistics1706 it's gotten to the point where I have to half watch matches now. It's not my attention span that's shit. It's the guy in control of the camera feed.

[@bb-ballistics1706]

@@ethanbradley2089 I didn't realise how bad it was after I went back to try and watch my first bit of WWE since aew started and then I realised just how much the camera cuts. It annoys me that much I cannot enjoy what's going on on the screen.

[@cHriiSzbEe]

You’re gonna get Power slaps in the main event 😂

[@ryanmussell739]

Thankyou for getting this out. Bill Simmons called this a couple of weeks ago. He is still ‘friends’ with Steph.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

Who?

[@mistermann3225]

​@@Speedyreedy1218 The Sports Guy. Bill Simmons you mark. He's a legend among sports fans. Especially Basketball fans. He's also a huge wrestling fan...

[@joestar9221]

Biggest shock is that Vince dye his hair and mustache lol 😂

[@standardofexcellence]

Eyebrows too 😅

[@pavlovsdogman]

What was he thinking? 😂

[@MattKeller]

I know the guy has no friends but you'd think Bruce would at least pull him aside and tell him how fucking stupid he looks...

[@UFCWWE69]

That story that Jim discussed here on the podcast about Vince taking down mirrors backstage is becoming more and more believable. Someone needs to tell Vince it’s ok to age 😅

[@IronDiva]

If he hadn’t dyed his hair and stache, he’d probably look ok

[@ryanmcgrath9415]

Vince looks like John Waters on super soldier serum.

[@jarretc110]

they're saying this thing is significantly overvalued. 9 bil with a market cap of 7bil. stockholders are probably going to get fucked on this deal.

[@A-Negative]

That’s the whole point. UFC fans will too. Going public is never a good thing for the customer base it’s good for the people who own it, and then promptly sell it again.

[@scorptarget]

Evil Mustache Vince is an instant classic 😂😂😂😂

[@dewaynestubbs2992]

Facts

[@bubepube7792]

Every time they try to take Vince out, he comes back stronger than he’s ever been in his entire life

[@willthisdoreviews3376]

Testify!

[@AscensionOfAuriel]

He is pretty much Cell from DB at this point.😂😂😂

[@deejayguppy6087]

​@@AscensionOfAuriel No no. Cell is awesome. VKM is more like Star Wars IX Palpatine.

[@gmp3809]

Vince looks like a Mexican Cartel boss

[@geraldmorgan6906]

"The UFC pays a higher percentage of its revenue to its fighters than the WWE does to its wrestlers." There's a statement that will make mma fans' heads explode.

[@robertforeman9368]

Yeah Jim's knowledge of MMA seems to mostly end around 2009 when fighters still got paid decent and could have sponsors.

[@andrewalker2056]

I'm definitely making my UFC run, ain't no way I'm going to miss meeting Vince.

[@EDorb]

Vince had his own headset and office at Raw last night, the format for which was changed both immediately before and during the show itself. Right back to square one. How depressing.

[@SS-tg8lf]

These dirt sheets don't know nothing 🤣. They couldn't even predict the sale right 👍. How did they get "info" that Vince was back with a headset? 😂

[@pjleon8391]

Vince has left Gorilla 😐 An End of an Era

[@YeTism]

I hope the network doesn’t go away. It will be impossible to go back to PPV after getting used to the network and it’s archive.

[@joeyriddle428]

Ppv are back endeavor wil make it so get rdy to pirate because with vince in control those ppv WILL NOT BE WORTH 60-80 Bucks. We ALL KNOW THIS

[@Shad-mk2br]

I was waiting on this. Vince looked like a gimmick that never got over

[@cerealkiller7734]

Beginning of the end, boys. It was fun while it lasted.

[@anonymousbo0318]

😂 you're a clown

[@nunyafuckinbizniz]

It hasn't been fun for 25 years........

[@fwef7445]

I haven't given this company money in years, the problem is the people who complain the most still fund this garbage, they just can't switch off

[@mistermann3225]

​@@nunyafuckinbizniz Say about 15 or so... (Attitude Era)

[@Leaddevo]

And that only lasted the 9 months Vinnie Wasn't in charge

[@PatrickMcDonald-dh5nm]

Hulk Hogan vs Randy Couture…..FINALLY!!!

[@robertnapier624]

Hulk: that doesn’t work for me brother!

[@doclank3d6]

Hopefully the spin-off company is called Titan Sports Inc.

[@austinm8823]

Of all the candidates that were in play to buy the WWE, I'm very happy it ended up being Endeavor. They've done really well with the UFC, and Ari Emmanuel has shown to be someone who doesn't get involved in aspects of the business that he doesn't understand. Hopefully this works out well.

[@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207]

And by really well you mean denying the athletes representation like other major sports in the US have? Perhaps they can compare notes on how to maintain the facade that they're independent contractors and devise new ways to screw the talent over...

[@austinm8823]

@@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207 Okay bud, no company is perfect. In fact, your favorite companies are quick to fuck over anyone for profit. Let's not go there. Would you rather the Saudi's own the company with their blood money? How do you think the women would be treated. Endeavor helped the UFC grow three times the price they paid for it, and they don't get in Dana's way of producing the best MMA promotion in the world.

[@chuckshingledecker2216]

Except this time Vince is in a major position of power. I really don't see how that works well for anyone but Vince.

[@austinm8823]

@@chuckshingledecker2216 that really depends on if Vince is in charge of creative. I'm afraid he might be after some of the reports out there plus the shitty Raw we had last night. What makes it good is that Endeavor is hands off on day to day operations. This means that the WWE are free to run as they please. So long as Vince let's Triple H run things creatively, it'll be fine.

[@scrappy93]

Eric Bischoff called it. Jim and some of the mark media kept saying Saudi Arabia. My favorite was Brian saying Vince was trying to take it private. The new valuation of the company will be worth over 20 billion. They're just merging the two for Stock market purposes. They're probably paying in stocks. Nobody has the money in "liquid cash" aka cash on hand in those amounts. However you don't need to take out a loan.

[@A-Negative]

It’s all to get Ari paid just ask anyone who worked at endeavor/WME

[@juliotorres3147]

Funny how you remember Brian saying that but not that that was he’s wild card choice. And then saying Endeavor is what he thought would most likely happen. Weird.

[@dieseltyme]

UFC inflated its value when Endeavor bought then for 4 Billion. 21 sounds very fishy. Let’s not forget the basics of pro wrestling here. It’s BS!

[@ryanmussell739]

My money was on NBC buying it. From the wwe collectors show it did seem they wanted to build a HOF museum, I had heard that there was a spot at universal studios.

[@LoPhatKao]

wonder if Vinnies contract has a "no paralegal" clause😁

[@ashleyporter537]

This is the greatest single booking play since Kevin Nash booked himself to be the highest paid commentator in history. Shown the door not 9 months ago, to come back in and negotiate himself a sale of his company and then a 49% stake in a new firm and a 2 year, 7 figure deal. Booking Genius.

[@lordpula1193]

Vince is still chairman haha that's boss stuff right there

[@vb2806]

​@Lol Lomao plot twist: Grim Reaper works for Vince

[@alo4912]

​@v b Grim Reaper vs Undertaker confirmed!!!!

[@mistermann3225]

​@@vb2806 This would be a funny Family Guy episode...

[@turnupthesun81]

Vince McMahon reminds me of that episode of The Simpsons where that Homer lookalike Guy Incognito strolled into Moe’s and they beat his ass.

[@doctormeatball7618]

Will the overarching product be called combat sports entertainment? Because it should

[@johnv6806]

Should it? That sounds like a nerf gun fight show

[@jgshowtime9184]

​@@johnv6806 actually a nerd gun fight show might not be a bad idea

[@luelee3592]

Tony Khan better be calling Punk non stop because any star he remotely wants going forward,Endeavor will surely grab or already has under their umbrella with just one phone call. They can offer you guaranteed exposure in realms far beyond TBS and youtube.

[@TheMrAlgoh]

And Punk is also well liked by Dana White and friends with Chael Sonnen.

[@humanomoly9620]

@@TheMrAlgohI feel like Punk and Dana had a falling out.

[@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909]

@@humanomoly9620 Probably buyer's remorse. Despite what Jim thinks, just because Punk was a hobbyist BJJ'er and only went to train full time when he was under contract with the UFC, doesn't mean he would've been a capable fighter. Sparring footage during training camps along with what we've seen in his actual MMA fights shows he's really not built for that, he was clearly unathletic as fuck and had no business competing in the UFC even at the undercard level.

[@MrTambourineMan.]

Arent they known for showing any fighter that isn’t happy the door? Even if it’s a big star. I think TK will be just fine in that respect. Unless WWE starts making new stars under this new ownership

[@silenttoxic707]

I still wish they uploaded the bulk review first and the clips after

[@aro327]

They have a podcast.

[@chuckshingledecker2216]

They upload the clips first because they can get them out sooner than the entire podcast. I like getting the breaking news as soon as we can.

[@rl318]

Wrestling, as anyone knew it or remembered it from the '80s and '90s, is over.

[@jumbothompson]

It's been over for a long long time.

[@eSounds301]

Kudos to Jim and Brian for getting these videos out! 🙌🙌🙌

[@_justinblizzle]

yea I didn’t expect so quickly but they knew we’d be waiting lol come on it’s wrestlemania!

[@Ahedratron]

Fuck it, give me a double reverse brawl for all. Make the UFC guys compete in a bunch of gimmick matches (tables match, ladder, cage, hiac, etc.) and the WWE guys doing MMA in the octagon. Winners face off at WrestleMania.

[@x33762]

Someday we’re going to be watching a movie or tv series about this merger

[@fdterritory]

Sure hope all you rubes enjoyed Vince's RAW tonight. Cody will be back in facepaint within the year. Enjoy!

[@seereadnhear]

Vince looks like Howard Hughes.

[@CamaroAmx]

I’m starting to understand Steph leaving. My guess is Steph was in the process of finding backers for her to buy the wwe. Then Vince returned and decided to sell the company to a outside company. When Vince decided to sell it to endeavor, Steph realized that not only is her buying the company out of the question, she also realized that she wouldn’t have a place in the new company. So she resigned before she was let go. She was basically forced out. HHH is still there, but for how long? He may stick around until he sees how things are run and if he doesn’t like it, bounce. They are also going to get a pretty good payday out of this as well. Unfortunately for them, when Vince dies, all they are going to get is some cash and a few assets. Maybe they were hoping that Vince wouldn’t find a buyer and Vince would die holding that majority stake and upon his death, they would inherit the company and finally be able to run it themselves. But that’s not to be. Perhaps when Steph was made Co-CEO, she saw it as a learning experience. She would learn how to run the company from the top so that she could take it over when Vince sells/gives her the company. But when Vince came back and decided to sell the company to someone else, Steph realized she got her legs cut out from under her and left. Kinda like Shane did years ago. Because up until December, all signs pointed to Steph (and HHH) being groomed to take over. I have a feeling that Sunday dinner at the McMahon’s is not as pleasant as it used to be.

[@MBM1117727]

Wow you really know a lot about the Mcmahon familys personal and business life. Are you their friend?

[@CamaroAmx]

@@MBM1117727 it’s just speculation. Based off of information we know and information from people who are well versed with mcmahons and the WWE.

[@SWAYZEKOBAIN]

Welcome to a new era ladies and gentleman

[@JayJanuary]

I hope they make WWE TV 14 again. One championship, no more brand split crap.

[@MBM1117727]

There is one Championship.

[@Tom_TheDon]

Vince looking like a Bond villain

[@sama2903]

Comcast, Fox, Saudi, allegedly they all backed out of the deal as soon as they heard they would have no say over Vince's mustache.

[@A-Negative]

Underrated comment

[@Ocram_sokart]

Endeavor will sell/merge with another parent company within the next two-three years. These fellas are geniuses.

[@mietha37]

Not Endeavor itself. They are spinning out UFC to merge with WWE and, yes, the point of that is VERY likely to sell it off.

[@walterkobylak3296]

Thanks Travis for incorporating Vince’s moustache . 😂😂😂

[@purgeutopia8696]

Vince looking like a dollar store Marlon Brando. Also I hope everyone will enjoy having a multibillion dollar international corporate conglomerate with even less accountability then either the UFC or the WWE

[@HoofHearted88]

I have the Succession theme song playing in the background while listening to all this.

[@dieseltyme]

UFC was encouraging guys to cut promos and build heat, but then Conor got too big for them to control and they cut that off real quick

[@BusinessOfFear]

That's not what happened 😂

[@dieseltyme]

@@BusinessOfFear says the guy with no response. That’s exactly what happened after Conor threw a dolly through a bus window.

[@Clubber-Slang]

you mean he lost and got injured and in trouble outside of the Octagon real quick?

[@chroniclesofnigeria1358]

Just Keep Jim on call at this point brian!

[@ryangayowski1309]

Bring me Vince McMahon's non-union Mexican counterpart!

[@1983jcheat]

😂😂😂

[@lovelywaz]

Just wait until Dana delivers a promo confirming UFC is scripted and what they do is, provide entertainment to public! 😂😂😂😂

[@bamquazam]

That explains why some of the WWE Superstar getting laid off

[@c.a.t4607]

Meet the new boss.... same as the old boss...

[@conanthelibrarian5139]

The UFC pays JACK SHIT of their overall revenue/profit to their fighters compared to other sporting organizations.

[@Gr8fulDeadd]

Vince left and came back richer and more powerful than ever before, and its not even surprising to any of us who are even semi in the know.

[@swagwagon6627]

I can't stop laughing thanks Travis

[@joshb8636]

Endeavor is just making a new, legit, and legal version of Pride FC! Lmao

[@moses0686]

Only the top guys in UFC get that deal Jim mentions most of them get five figures a fight.

[@fullweezy3553]

Yeah the rest of the fighters get paid pennies it's really pretty sad they gave been trying to get better pay for years now

[@troystaunton254]

@@fullweezy3553 monopolies never work for the employees and if you wanna be a top mma guy. You’ve gotta go to ufc.

[@vanzammerz]

20:53 AEW merges into broadway. Jericho can sing and dance with MJF on stage

[@nocontextpoppapump]

Can’t wait for a talent exchange between the two. UFC sends WWE Conor McGregor to feud with Roman and WWE sends UFC Omos to destroy the heavyweight’s. Gonna be fun.

[@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909]

Almost is too slow for most of those heavyweights, he'll just get taken down like the plodding giant that he is and tap out as fast as Ciryl Gane did to Jon Jones did a month ago. That and the guy weighs easily 400+lbs, no way the athletic commissions will approve that fight as he'd have to amputate multiple body parts to make the 265lbs weight limit.

[@michaelgray4218]

Vince with that new glorious mustache, Lol 🙂 Looking like a 1970s Bond villain, Lol 🙂

[@coolpiraterapstar]

I want an LED Cinnamon Toast Crunch octagon

[@sama2903]

I still get flashbacks to that one question Jim got about Kenny Omega suggesting there would be a merger between WWE and AEW- "A MERGER?!!!!"

[@Matt-cr4vv]

Endeavor didn’t add debt for this acquisition. It’s a pure stock transaction so outside of the initial capitalization from existing cash and bonuses and dividends cash isn’t changing hands. It’s part of why the stock has been wishy washy despite being valued in the transaction at a premium. People expected to see a cash deal for a sale but it’s a stock deal instead. So the acquisition price and the like is a bit a ruse in a sense because just because they say it’s valued at that amount doesn’t mean that’s how the new stock will perform once it begins trading when the deal closes. It may start trading at those values but could easily decline to a much lower valuation if the market doesn’t feel it’s valued at that level. But the up side for the structure is that it gets the acquisition done without adding a bunch of debt to the books and leaves a nice upside for all parties involved that if it performs well your purchase was shares of stock and can theoretically be much higher when you cash out than it may have been for an all cash deal. Pretty smart structure to use for the sale to have the best chance at positive long term performance versus paying cash and increasing your leverage position for the sale. That would hinder your ability to operate and invest for growth since you’d have such immense cost requiring an immediate return whereas with this structure you can give things time to actually grow since there isn’t a debt load to pay for. Part of the value to get WWE here is that they have strong assets and very little debt so the combined entity actually improves the debt situation for endeavor with the transaction. One of the rare large mergers that may actually pay off well because of the structure.

[@liammccarthy3754]

tony khan will be spitting feathers, no way hes happy his man crush is on vinces team

[@copenormcbrokelegsproperra2909]

In before Tony tosses out a bid to Viacom in hopes of buying Bellator MMA.

[@josephramous172]

Vince now looks like a magician at a children’s birthday party. THE GREAT MUSTACHEOOOOO!!!!!

[@JDotWill]

I’ve always been against a WWE sale. I’m going to remain cautiously optimistic in the coming months & years

[@ggali09]

WWE is at it’s best when the action feels real. UFC is at it’s best when the fighters have gimmicks. Hopefully these two companies can enhance each other and we get less phony wrestling and meaningless fights.

[@pjleon8391]

We we finally see McGregor vs. Lesnar 😂 I think Kurt Angle should have a serious role, like make him the GM again he definitely deserves it, not only is he a WWE legend but he is/was a legit athlete. 💯

[@DPRX99]

Not a gimmick but personality and high-level skills.

[@A-Negative]

Endeavor is a mainly TV agency built by Ari on the TV lit and packaging side. He understands the importance - value - of a tape library. Endeavor is William Morris. Look into how that deal went going public. Oof.

[@MattKeller]

Poor Jimmy, someone stop him from watching Raw! I don't want him having a stroke because of how awful it was!

[@cmartin8093]

To be fair, if an worst booked AEW Dynamite review cannot kill him, I doubt last night Raw would. Besides, I survived stupid storylines from Oli the Fan Boy Davis from AEW Fan Boy News Service and Being the Goofs, so if I can survive that, then Jim would survive that

[@mangrove]

The funniest thing I read about Vince’s new look was that someone merged Trump with the Pillow Guy.

[@haroldmiranda9906]

"Tan buena m!erda" - El Vicente. Vince won big on this

[@lauromunoz4692]

De acuerdo Miranda, let's see what happens

[@marlondaniels7912]

​@@lauromunoz4692 a ver.

[@blaketindle4703]

“You have to hide the women in the office there’s the downside!” 😂

[@TheWebAdict]

The WWE shareholders get 49% and Vince owns 37% of WWE so he's 18% shareholder of the new company. He's still majority shareholder in the entire organization and the executive chairman. The CEO works for the chairman so Ari works for Vince. He's STILL the boss. Good deal for Vince!

[@LooseCan88]

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[@michaelcraig58]

UMMM NOO vince will run the wwe..dana white will run UFC and both will answre to the endevor holding group that is run by Ari..

[@TheWebAdict]

@@michaelcraig58 You didn't watch the interview or do any research. Ari is just the CEO of Endeavor and the new company, he owns very little stock, less than Dana even. Vince is the majority shareholder and chairman of the entire company. Nick Khan will run WWE. Sorry that you didn't go to business school but the CEO answers to the Chairman. Pay attention!

[@juliotorres3147]

@@TheWebAdict the CEO of the mother company is above the Chairman of the owned company… Did YOU go to business school at all?

[@TheWebAdict]

@@juliotorres3147 Buddy, you can't be a parent company without majority ownership. Endeavor shareholders get 51% of a new company but there is no one endeavor shareholder with more than 7% of their holding company. They're just shareholders with minority ownership just like everyone that isn't Vince. They don't have what the law calls "ownership" as they're just shareholders.

[@paulfrei1486]

Called it on another of Corny’s videos. Next will be Endeavour will create their own streaming service, breaking all ties from networks and create subscription services for all their own IP. They will make a bucket load

[@CamaroAmx]

They already have their own streaming service and actually has been involved in the WWE network.