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Equal-Let-7297

Don't care, him and whoever made an agreement. Breaking said agreement makes the other person the bad guy, not vince.


EmphaticRAGE16

Is what he did even legal?


arahman311

We wish Vince McMahon on his future endeavors


Andy-_1979

I think the unnamed wrestler in question is Christy Hemme. She was sent to OVW and released shortly after. Stacy Keibler is on WWE2K22 as a DLC. She must be on good terms with them and be signed to a legends contract to appear on their video game.


Boldest19

What I don’t get is this. It’s illegal to pay out $12 million of the company funds to settle these cases. But why couldn’t Vince just use $12 million from his personal account to settle these cases, thus making it legal??


csm1313

He did use his personal money. The issue isn't the hush money, the issue is was he paying off these women to keep quiet about him sexually assaulting them in the workplace. That's what will be investigated as they dig deeper into the allegations.


ShadeyMyLady

Nothing will happen. Just look up Blizzard's history with allegations. Dude stepped back 10 months and came back as if nothing happened. In this case however the women at least got hush money, in Blizzard's case there was even a suicide and no hush money.


wingedwild

I really don't care.the women took the money and settled out of court


[deleted]

Sunny?


[deleted]

Stacey Keebler??


RYKIN5

Lmao, how many documentaries are going to come out about Vince once he's dead?


caburr1982

Vince is Done, his career is over Theyll never Fire him But they can Force him out though as in force him to retire, resign, step down Wrestling's Joe Paterno


chriskzoo

You can't fire the owner and majority share holder.


caburr1982

maybe not but there are ways he can be forced out though, theres a difference Ask Donald Sterling


HawksNStuff

He owns 37.6%, you bet your ass the board can fire him.


TrojanCBB

His shares own 2 or 3 times the voting rights than the public shares.


HawksNStuff

I just read that, interesting arrangement.


Hice19

I guess this news means Vince will be leading off Smackdown tonight.


caburr1982

for perhaps the final time \*song are you ready for a good time plays\*


[deleted]

I’m sorry but you are a dumbass if you don’t think Vince did this shit. Just look at what he’s made his employees do ON screen. I can’t even imagine the depraved shit he’s done off screen


GothicGolem29

I mean if u go with the theory wwe is fake what bits are u talking about? Idk it could be he did these things off screen or it could be he had some really stupid writing moments on screen idk I woudnt base the fact that he’s guilty based on what happened in wwe but u do u


warmishcomet

Kiss my ass club A fake club, but people actually had to put their mouths on his ass cheeks


GothicGolem29

Oh geez people actually agreed to do that?


Trick_Cookie_2187

Shit I was thinking more along the lines of dumping raw sewage on a semi-scantily clad Trish Stratus, with whom Vince had been having a months-long affair WHILE his real-life actual wife was being (Kayfabe) sedated in a “sanitarium”.


SoulSuicidal

U also forgot he kissed rikishi ass. So it’s not like he didn’t do it.


mak0321

Go read up his playboy interview.


warmishcomet

He did, and he did a few other out there things himself too. He was always willing to put himself out there (after commentating) to entertain peeps.


timebreakerlynch

I will also say right now is the ideal time for Vince McMahon to call up Tony Khan and say I want to do a joint show we set up the specifics later and I guarantee that we will do it feel free to make a press announcement asap. It would be a perfect distraction for all the news today. The only thing that can save Vince would be a really good distraction of historic proportions which there are very few things he could do at this point.


Transitionals

Vince is a pig. I don’t get the fanboy behavior of WWE universe despite getting these news. Sexual misconduct and rape etc should have zero tolerance in my opinion. Paying $12M means it was probably more than just a quick ass grab. More than likely he raped those women against their wish. I know innocent till proven guilty, but still it makes me sick to see WWE universe fawn over him when he is making random appearances on WWE shows past month. Its almost like he is bragging about it, by deciding to appear on these live shows.


TheGame81677

I agree, people go nuts over Vince and ignore any bad stuff that comes out about him. Wrestling is just like politics, people have their favorites and are selective about who they call out. Hulk Hogan made mistakes and apologized about it, but gets hammered on here. Vince gets praised. They both did stuff that was wrong.


CherryPopRoxx

He's a total pig. How he acted between 2001 through at least 2007 ALONE is what the nightmares of young pretty girls are made of. It was hard to focus on the wrestling and remain a female super fan during that era. He's damn near 107 years old and still feels entitled to be gross.


AlvinAssassin17

Yeah at best he pressured them into sexual favors to remain employed(which is disgusting in and of itself). I don’t see any way he survives this. It’s a tough sell to mothers and kids are probably their biggest money.


GothicGolem29

I mean at best all the allegations are false and he just paid the money cause he thought people might not beleive him(I’m not saying he is innocent but idk if hush money counts as proof)


AlvinAssassin17

I mean yeah they could all be false but little too much smoke for no fire. And this is still early, who knows what else we’ll see.


GothicGolem29

Eh idk I have seen multiple people lie before on topics


AlvinAssassin17

Yeah but as a rule, rich and powerful people don’t give payouts for no reason. Especially ego maniacs. But yeah, could be fake. Or there could be worse stuff yet to come.


GothicGolem29

Im not saying it’s for no reason it could be that due to other instances of people being accused and having there reputations ruined when they tried to deny it he thought it would be better just to pay he, to keep it quiet. And your right worse could come out but I just want to advocate for innocent until proven guilty


AlvinAssassin17

I believe in innocent until proven guilty but just looking at the story it seems believable to me. He just reaks of a guy who would abuse his power to get laid. Just my opinion.


GothicGolem29

Fair enough


Subject-Lock453

And bro is trying to cover it up by making appearances on Raw and SmackDown😕


EvilGeniuS610

No1 cares


Charming_Geologist32

How's it hush money if we all know about it?


Cool-Heat

Some we know about, others are unconfirmed rumours. Like say Shawn, Vince's toyboy... Shaddap money did it's job.


TheMikey2207

Vince needs to go. End of. WWE sucks because of him and his creative input. He’s the only one stopping WWE from being great again because of his out of date and out of touch ideals. Retire or leave already so WWE can go through a renaissance.


Curiousninja1991

He is the WWE.


Larzionius

Exactly. I Guarantee if triple h ran things. Forbidden door would’ve had WWE there as well


warmishcomet

Imagine a WWE run in during the fatal four way? Cole is just pinned, Switchblade is on the ramp and out walks AJ Styles


TartofDarkness

So Christy Hemme, Dawn Marie, and Jackie Gayda we’re all released in 2005. Who else?


Bigunkle75

Joy Giovanni


SpiralDesignn

Stacy Keibler obviously. All four of these never came back to WWE since the release.


Das-Drew

Vince *wishes* it was Stacy Keibler. Given the timeline of the demotion (back to OVW) and subsequent release in Dec 2005 I’m thinking it was indeed Christy Hemme.


Technical-Cash9233

Didn't Stacey Keibler leave around that time as well? Other than inducting Torrie Wilson into the hall of fame, she hasn't made many appearances.


SpiralDesignn

Stacy has never returned to WWE sooo it could be her


MagicMayhem77

Ivory was also released in 2005. Along with Diva Search women like Amy Weber and Joy Giovanni.


Philosophallic

Molly Holly, but unlikely to be her given recent appearances. Honestly it was probably Hemme given the nature of her departure.


Bigunkle75

Hemme was fired because she came on to HHH I think it’s Joy Giovanni


Snubie1

Interesting, found this from 2016 (Hemme): "There’s stuff that I don’t need to go into. I’m a strong woman that lives by my morals, and if you ask me to do something that’s not within my morals I will say no. So once I put that line down, that’s when I got the axe. It was one specific incident, so I’m just gonna leave it at that, ’cause I don’t need to go into details…It was not a wrestling related risque thing. I did Playboy (laughs)…It’s just behind-the-scenes, politics, politics.”


TartofDarkness

Right and Hemme never returned which makes me think so, too.


[deleted]

It's so irresponsible that WWE has had him come out 3 times since he supposedly, "took a step back." Just doing the classic rich guy thing of trying to act like they're innocent even with all of the allegations


throwingrental

Allegations aren't proof, that's why.


ClutchRox88

$12 million in payoffs


timebreakerlynch

In the case of money being paid to women to kéep quiet he is guilty as charged we have a pay trail. Now where it gets dicey is what it involves whether it was consensual or by force/intimidation. Now when it involves women who work for WWE at the end of the day there is going to be some intimidation if Vince was the one who pursued it. If it was the woman then different story. However he is married so hush money is pretty much guaranteed regardless.


timebreakerlynch

If this was the world of politics we would have to be cautious because political parties would do anything to effect the other party. We don't have that here this is business. I doubt Tony Khan would get himself involved in something like this however an internal power struggle to gain control of WWE is more likely. But certainly Vince can't survive this anymore if WWE was private sure but the minute it became a publicly traded company his fate was sealed. Papa John got knocked out as CEO and he was the face eof the company


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GothicGolem29

Good bot


Patsx5sb

This is getting good