The Rise And Fall Of Vince McMahon

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For four decades, Vince McMahon owned, operated, expanded, and merchandised of what is today known as WWE, turning those three letters into the shorthand that defines the wrestling industry as
many know it. Following his shock retirement in 2022, we look back at Vince's legacy in The RISE And FALL Of Vince McMahon.
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@TheDirtySouth404 Год назад

Crazy how they squeezed 40+ years of Vince McMahon’s wrestling career in just over 30 minutes… this is easily a docuseries but this is well done 👍🏾

@MrRenovalentine Год назад

Cough cough "sports entertainment" career 😂

@TheDirtySouth404 Год назад

@@MrRenovalentine my bad this “new” era of wrestlers having wrestling matches in a wrestling ring has grown on me already 😂😂😂

@LebanonStorm Год назад

Couldn’t agree more. This could easily be a weeks long series. But they did a really nice job of condensing it and keeping it concise.

@LuchadorEMC Год назад

Agreed! Vince is one hell of a guy. I hope he enjoys his retirement.

@RT-bt5ql Год назад

@@MrRenovalentine what's the cough for?

@Crippler101 Год назад

"In the end, Vince McMahon Was no different from those old territorial promoters he went to war with, like them his career was derailed by the actions of Vince McMahon" Good grief, that is the greatest exclamation mark of a video I've probably ever heard

@Seneka51 Год назад

In other words, Vince screwed Vince.

@tj9287 Год назад

Vince was and still is wwe. I miss Vince and the old wwe. Please come back Vince!

@boomshocks Год назад

For better or for worse, Vince is the most important figure in wrestling history.

@paranoidewok6772 Год назад

Important in what way? Destroying the business?

@karlepaul6632 Год назад

@@paranoidewok6772 Expansion. Like it was said by pretty much every old school wrestler/booker/manager/etc, in the hundreds of interviews you can find on RU-vid, everyone involved in the territory system didn't want anything to change, just keep everything the way it was. Sure, it's possible someone else could've come along later if it wasn't McMahon who did it, but history shows it was him that did.

@davidfitzpatrick6535 Год назад

@@paranoidewok6772 In a way yes. He did in fact destroy the territory business end of things then popularised wrestling twice in the 80s and then again in the late 90s. IMO the reason WWE lost favour was because they went total corporate by becoming a publicly traded company in 09. That and the changing to a PG rating which was the most unpopular times in WWE outside the 80s I think destroyerd wrestling's cred as a legit sport. However without MCmahon would we have gotten stars like Austin The Rock and Undertaker or even newer stars such as John Cena Batista etc.

@charlierobles316 Год назад

Sports Entertainment

@feraleyedea9710 Год назад

A real life Mr. Burns lol

@franciscouribe1343 Год назад

What's crazy about Vince McMahon is that only actions by himself were able to "put him down." Like, nobody could bring him down. Only someone like him, aka, himself.

@TeamTowers1 Год назад

Honestly that's probably the case for most people in a position of power. They have eliminated all possible threats, leaving their own hubris as the only thing left that can bring them down.

@lukelee7967 Год назад

@@TeamTowers1 It's almost like nobody should have that much power

@noname144able Год назад

so what you're saying is..... Vince screwed Vince? ..... I'll see myself out....

@michaelbreen7865 Год назад

@@noname144able No, you're right!

@FozzQuaker Год назад

@@noname144able seems like Vince screwed anything female with a pulse

@claytonblackmore7832 4 месяца назад

Gonna need an update to this one

@hugoalynstephens9166 Месяц назад

The Bonus DLC Epilogue where Vince goes out for dinner with John Cena, grows a moustache, forces his way back into WWE in to order to sell it to Endeavour to form TKO with UFC and then gets ousted out all over again and so he must sell all of his stock to pay his legal fees. 😆

@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes Год назад

The video I thought I'd never see.

@pumpkinking5397 Год назад

What goes up, must come down.

@12MRJERSEY Год назад

@@pumpkinking5397 Well we all get old. Retirement was coming one way or the other.

@Look_Dad_Old_Tunes Год назад

@@12MRJERSEY I thought he would die in post.

@SpiralPoliFemboy Год назад

I thought there was no chance...

@MewDied151 Год назад

I knew it would happen, granted I expected VKM to die first 🤷‍♀️😅

@joywilson4668 Год назад

Excellent video Ross. Really enjoying the more journalistic content you've been doing lately.

@danielexplosion Год назад

My worst fear: AEW secretly having a new buyer: "IT WAS ME, AUSTIN!! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!!!" Not only would that be the greatest & ultimately worst swerve of all time, but would also be my ultimate exit from being a fan entirely.

@Gammera2000 Год назад

That would require so many things to fall into place I doubt it would ever happen

@Tampafan33 Год назад

@@Gammera2000 dont say that. This is Vince McMahon were talking about

@aeso3555 Год назад

I think you've conditioned by Vince to expect all these "trolololol, that'll show the marks" swerves a little too much. Real life is just a teeny tiny bit different than that.

@Joe90h Год назад

There's an assumption here that AEW is up for sale? It's not a publically traded company, and even if it was, sale of stocks to the majority shareholder of the biggest competitor could be blocked rather easily.

@Gammera2000 Год назад

@@Tampafan33 Yeah, but this is a now disgraced Vince McMahon. If this played out in the early 2000's maybe, but I don't think AEW would want to associate with him. Best case scenario his appearance would get some cheep buzz, but it would piss off the loyal 900k who tune into Dynamite, especially if they actually tried pushing Vince, or bringing him into creative. Whole thing makes me think of how Impact started going down hill after they signed Hulk Hogan.

@BudSchnelker Год назад

Extremely well-done, and the facts and dates are spot on. One thing not mentioned is that Vince initially used the "All American Wrestling" slot on USA to showcase wrestlers from other promotions, getting rival promoters to send in tapes. The effect of this was that Vince got to promote talent that he was about to pluck away, and didn't have to lift a finger. It's an overused word, but that really was genius.

@Memeposting Год назад

Vince was out there playing chess when the others were playing checkers

@storm1402 Год назад

That closing line was beautifully fitting, a great watch as usual.

@Xavislv Год назад

Love him or hate him, he's the greatest wrestling promoter ever, and the most important figure in all of pro wrestling

@ddjsoyenby Год назад

the dude was a genius promoter who luckily had competition who refused to change/made very bad decisions.

@DoomRulz Год назад

Greatest? Eh...call me a heretic, but I say that title belongs to Eric Bischoff.

@finnvalor1915 Год назад

@@DoomRulz Yh WCW did well. Bret would agree.

@thesaintst1851 4 месяца назад

Without a doubt

@pacopaco897 Год назад

Vince really stayed in character in and outside the ring

@marioq8395 Год назад

Growing up watching WWF i don't remember ever having any knowledge that the announcer Vince McMahon owned the company. I just remember his PPV intros of "welcome everyone..." Wasn't until the late 90's with the Mr. McMahon character when he leaned into being the evil corporate owner.

@k-dogg9086 Год назад

Evil corporate owner, so vince played himself.. very convincing!

@tamzidmohsinkhan3333 Год назад

1980s Vince is way better than remaining years of Vince's version

@alexblake1067 Год назад

Attitude era Vince is the best made him a billionaire, crushed his rivals and Stone cold and Rock are bigger than Hulk Hogan

@tjjordan4207 Год назад

The late 90s were good.

@kryten6569 Год назад

If you haven't already done so then watch wrestling bios on RU-vid he does a reliving the war with raw and nitro check it out it's amazing

@BigPlayG93 Год назад

"The composite drawn wasn't exactly a sunlit landscape" Damn who wrote the script for this? Well done

@monerville74 Год назад

This is a really well delivered piece of work. Much of the story is already known but it's great to see it told in one coherent time line. Good work putting it all together it made for entertaining viewing

@tj9287 Год назад

Vince was and still is wwe. I miss Vince and the old wwe. Please come back Vince!

@TheFriendlyWeirdo Год назад

Genuinely never thought I’d see this. 2022 has been a crazy as hell year for wrestling, and we still have four months left. Also, really hard to trust any Mushnick written piece on the WWE, given his bias against wrestling and wrestling fans in general.

@Sam-ji1fu 4 месяца назад

wait until you see what 2024 has in store for Vinnie Mac or should I say Vinnie the poo 💩

@dougdrazga4461 Год назад

Well done, Ross and Co. As well-written as anything you guys have produced.

@like2seeit86 Год назад

Definitely, always enjoy these first class all the way.

@j.r.765 Год назад

Rewatching the buildup to WM12 was a nice flash of nostalgia and really shows just how instrumental he was to the product.

@WanderingMindSR Год назад

That last line went in hard. Thank you for this video and making the whole saga so digestible

@Yunglex313 Год назад

Video also doubles as a good history of the WWF's controversies. Good job guys. Truth be told, while I think it's best for the product, this is a terrible way for the old man to step down. I believe things would have been different if the people Vince was close to had any good mind to tell him that the shit was doing was a terrible idea, but this is what happens when you build a team of yes men who want to ensure their futures, and not a team who are about bettering the product's future.

@Tampafan33 Год назад

Exactly well said

@michaelbreen7865 Год назад

I think they were all afraid of hearing Vince's catchphrase personally.

@nicholasokeefe3632 Год назад

Tbf this is imo the only way he could have been taken out of the game, he would never legitimately leave WWE on his own accord but forcing him out over scandals makes INCREDIBLE sense

@nofear2792 Год назад

The video title is misleading. Vince hasnt fallen or his company.

@DuckmanYaHeard Год назад

Chris Benoit’s fault, never forget.

@alexlilano1931 7 месяцев назад

He retired at 77 on top. I wont say that is a down fall. It just ran its course. Most people are retired at 77. His life and career was a big success.

@kidgrebo1 Год назад

Vince McMahon ruled wrestling for most of his adult life and retired a billionaire, if that's a fall please sign me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@HyghKaliber Год назад

It’s amazing that he was able to form such an empire. Reminds me of the Roman Empire slowly swallowing up Carthage, Gaul, ect. Wrestlers were able to make a good living. Merchandising wrestling, amazing intros and showmanship for wrestlers, tv deals, paper views, marketing. Like Vince or not he created an empire that revolutionized the wrestling world from the Stone Age into the space age. I don’t blame him for coming back. The wwe is his baby.

@MasterSartorius Год назад

34 minutes isn't enough to cover this. But I know you guys did the best you could.

@c15page Год назад

An entire season of Dark Side of the Ring

@7654x Год назад

Yes, like the Screw Job vid is an hour long, Vince deserves a few hours surely! Still a very good vid tho 👍🏾

@southbanktrousers2 Год назад

Yeah was only up to 2001 with 5 minutes left and hadn't really covered anything that they haven't gone over multiple times before. Could easily watch for another 20 mins

@marlonmontelhiggins8570 Год назад

@@c15page - Or, at least half of one.

@jamessteel9016 Год назад

What goes up must come down, Vince is no different.

@jayfreeman5117 Год назад

@@mgtwrestling123 no he isn’t. At the end of the day, Vince is still a human, no matter how much how much money, influence, or power he has. He isn’t untouchable, and his downfall proved that.

@rjuniverse7289 Год назад

@@jayfreeman5117 but it's not his downfall..Though I don't like his booking mostly recent booking..But there was no downfall..He just retired because he is old..If he wish he can still come and take back his position and nobody would be able to stop him..His company is still there and he is still the most powerful person of that company..

@nickhill8612 Год назад

@@rjuniverse7289 I have to agree with you.

@k-dogg9086 Год назад

@@rjuniverse7289 he just retired bc he was in trouble again and didn't want another scandal.

@rjuniverse7289 Год назад

@@k-dogg9086 he has been dealing with scandals bigger than this for long period of time..lol..Do you think he is afraid??He just left because he felt it was his time..Or else he can still come now and be the CEO as the investigation has been already closed..Also, he still holds the highest share in the company.

@ChessJew 4 месяца назад

Incredible to come back to this...since you would need to create a whole new full documentary about just the past year.

@breezecardenas3941 Год назад

Wow! What an amazing mini documentary! The pace was fluid. The story didn't get lost in too many details and it made sure to spend some time on some of the bigger moments in the 40 year span of Vince McMahon. A well thought out, well executed, video. I congratulate you! Keep up the great work!!! 👍🏽

@FlyingGuillotine Год назад

The Stone Cold vs Mr McMahon storyline was a highlight of my childhood.

@christiansoldier77 Год назад

How exactly did he fall? He is a billionaire and still owns the majority share of the WWE

@AghastRaven 9 месяцев назад

ancientness

@stingrey1571 Год назад

in the beginning, vince was the wwf's biggest driving force. at the end, he was the wwe's biggest obstacle.

@stewartkee6115 Год назад

Boy did this video date quick. You never thought you would see him fall. And you never will. Hes Back.

@wilsonchadbenitez3021 Год назад

I can't believe I am still alive to see McMahon fall

@kushclarkkent6669 Год назад

Drink it in, MAN

@Pentarax Год назад

"you'd have to go back to a time when there were only two Star Wars movies" ...That..actually made me gasp a little. As Ron Simmons would say; Damn...

@michaelbreen7865 Год назад

That's just research.

@thomasmeyer6407 Год назад

Very well put together video. I actually learned some new things I didn't know about the early years of McMahon so thank you

@SteelRhinoXpress Год назад

Hogan saved Vinces butt in that steroid trial. This is one of the reasons why hogan and vince have remained close over the years. Had hogan came out, and the gov knowing how big hogan was at the time and said "yeah he encouraged us to take roids." the gov could have very well broken up the wwe after that trail.

@craigjonesISno.1 Год назад

Great piece of work Ross and Cultaholic!

@bigjoeofthe707 4 месяца назад

Oh how this needs an update now. Or a part 2 since well you know

@InfectedChris Год назад

Great video!! You covered so many things in such a relatively short video!

@alvarocastillo5411 4 месяца назад

We need an updated version of this.

@tinotica Год назад

Interesting detail: The way the WWE started falling hard to nearly going out of business during the Monday Night Wars only to bounce back stronger than ever before falling again can actually be seen 10 years prior with the Disney/Don Bluth animation war.

@denisjames8024 4 месяца назад

now he's going to be forever remembered for pooing on people!

@chris9650 4 месяца назад

In more ways than one.

@frankfinesse8854 Год назад

Man that 90's era was the best wrestling you will ever see

@IStevenSeagal Год назад

I prefer 2000's and 80's wrestling over 90's. Same goes for music and fashion.

@TheZestyOne 4 месяца назад

I think we're gonna need an addendum on this one

@slashismyhommie8182 4 месяца назад

I think you need to do an updated part 2 of this video

@tinasmith1391 Год назад

I remember when professional wrestling went global back in the early 1980's. It was amazing. Thanks for the history lessons and a trip back in time.

@alexbirdfox Год назад

Great content Ross, glad you guys did a long video on Vince.

@serplunk7146 Год назад

I was at the smackdown where stephanie announced vince's retirement.

@jameswest4259 Год назад

I'm a diehard NWA/WCW fan, although I pretty much stopped watching it around 1990 when I started high school. I didn't like WWF because it seemed so kiddie like, while I was a Flair/4 Horsemen fan, but I can't deny Vince and his success, he won in the end, great video dude..

@Goldkickzz Год назад

No one has or ever will come close to Vince. However Eric Bishoff dominating the Monday night wars for as long as he did back is why I’ll always give Eric his flowers. Even though we all know how that ended lol

@PlayStopRewindFilms Год назад

This video is very well made! Can’t wait to see the update video because this story isn’t over.

@entalai Год назад

1997: Bret screwed Bret. 2022: Vince screwed Vince 😁

@RonIsElite Год назад

😂😂😂

@donstrong1717 Год назад

I don't think McMahon has gone anywhere, he's still calling the shots behind the scene🤔

@roaming.spectre. Год назад

It would be illegal if he was as he would be considered an outside influence …. But he’s Vince so anything’s possible

@ShinSuperSaiyajin Год назад

33:41 Vince coming back in 2023: I WILL NEVER RETIRE, DAMNIT

@Noslack412 Год назад

Its just the best storyline they've ever done.

@LonzotheChicano Год назад

Can we get a rise and fall of the Dynamite Kid??

@naheemquattlebaum2267 Год назад

McMahon is the Heiachi Mishima of pro wrestling.

@stunna2198 Год назад

Loved this video! Very well done Ross! 👏🏻

@Timetomakeytgreatagain 9 месяцев назад

Hes back on the rise again can you do updated video :)

@mattiasashenflame4684 Год назад

That was a fantastic piece, thanks Ross

@TheMTwinny 4 месяца назад

So uh, y'all gonna update this or nah?

@darthmaul408 Год назад

Brilliant stuff from Cultaholic yet again.

@mindgames50 Год назад

vince mcmahons retirement or death if it wasnt under controversy would be HUGE. He woould have had the largest tribute ever with every wrestler past and present in the arena clapping for him and paying tribute, documentaries, probably a book. And even a movie would of all happened. Damn shame how it played out. but its time to pay the piper.

@TheRazz1717 Год назад

WWE seems to be better after Vince left. I think the wrestling game bypassed him.

@jeremyreevessicg2218 Год назад

What?!? No way

@jarvisyoung8350 Год назад

Time will tell. Hopefully there will eventually be a hybrid of oldschool wrestling and "sports entertainment ". Right now, I guess that it's just a matter of opinion and personal taste.

@erikbunty2016 Год назад

It always was a mix of drama, sports, and slapstick comedy.

@patm95 5 месяцев назад

I agree.

@mysticranger6894 Год назад

We need a update on this now lol.

@ADurning87 4 месяца назад

Who else watched this when it first came out and now, at the time of his 2024 scandal, watching it again thinking "part two" 🤔

@juliejaeger2443 Год назад

Incredible job on this one guys. Excellent work

@lucillepfundt6757 Год назад

So glad Vince Sr. isn't here to see how his Son totally disgraced the business he formed. Makes me wonder if senior was like his son? Vince has a beautiful wife and fathered two children but still couldn't keep his hands off the employee's especially the young women and then forced them to keep quiet about it. No wonder why Shane doesn't want anything to do with his father's business.

@nickhill8612 Год назад

I know right.

@jamesaditya5254 Год назад

Watching this really puts into perspective how VKM literally live long enough to see himself become the villain

@arashitendou5941 Год назад

Technically speaking one could say he always was And in some ways he was the one to create the villains of others He drove the NWA to its paranoid actions that inevitably led to ECW’s creation if you look at it from one angle for example

@hakonsoreide Год назад

I didn't know Vince was out as it hasn't exactly made headlines over my way, but I can't say I am surprised. Very good documentary.

@Pocketrocket-pj1us 8 месяцев назад

15:05 Always loved that Andre/Snuka photo. I beleive it's the same one used in a, Topps/(OPC in Canada) trading card, from the promotion's "Rookie" foray in to the Bubblegum Card business! That set, began a 40 year obsession with WWF and trading cards, in general! Cheers from Canada

@dgthe3 Год назад

Going to my first Raw ever tonight. Wouldn't be happening if it weren't for Vince stepping down a month ago. It's been years since I've genuinely been excited about watching wrestling.

@TeeKoon 11 месяцев назад

Yes me too, It had his up and down, but it's the longest down without interest even watched good matches, but no excitation or caring to the performers. The young guys today look like Pop teen singers, wrestled the same way, gym trained actors or passion driven vocation! Hope you had fun at Raw...

@heartofcourage01 Год назад

I think vince has never looked so much like his father as he does now, uncanny resemblence now.

@trichotillomaniac1959 4 месяца назад

Looking forward to Part 2!

@RussellPaplior 4 месяца назад

u make really good videos! i like your content alot.

@jesterking27 Год назад

The last paragraph is an absolute gem! Stellar phraseology. 👍

@melissaroszkowski8911 Год назад

It took long enough for him to see any sort of comeuppance. It doesn't matter what he did for the business. He did horrible things

@lambchops1 Год назад

I think people need to look into wrestling history a bit more outside of WWE products, it'll put in perspective how McMahon killed the US territories. Death of The Territories by Tim Hornbaker is a really good one.

@melissaroszkowski8911 Год назад

@@lambchops1 people put him up on a pedestal he doesn't deserve. I was born in 1990, even I know what he's done...

@phantom8926 Год назад

@@melissaroszkowski8911 what do you know that you think he deserves to be punished for?

@melissaroszkowski8911 Год назад

@@phantom8926 steroids he KNEW were being touted. Countless wrestlers being taken out by CTE. Making women objects rather than performers. Ruining Chyna. Sexual harassment and assault. Owen Hart. Shall I continue? I surely can.

@phantom8926 Год назад

@@melissaroszkowski8911 the steroids used by those wrestlers were still legal before the trial, hence why they couldn't convict Vince. Concussions weren't taken seriously by any sports or entertainment profession until the Benoit events happened as unfortunate as that was. Arguably, under Vince, women in wrestling became a much bigger deal than any other promotion, since WCW didn't even have women's title but WWF/E did. The sexual assault/harassment allegations are just that-allegations until and/or unless proven true. Owen Hart's death, while tragic, wasn't Vince's fault. I'd argue that someone actually effected and impacted by Owen would be a more likely culprit if you think someone should be held responsible for it.

@mafortu9032 4 месяца назад

This is what they call in the business foreshadowing

@masoudcohen Год назад

Epic and brilliantly done. How long do you think before we'll have the Netflix material out there? Also, I've been into this s--t for too many years ♥️

@ryanmalinowski7529 Год назад

Great video! Keep up the great work!

@Visionary_Watcher Год назад

My favorite McMahon was when he was screaming WrestleMania promos and opens in the early 1990s

@nightstreak Год назад

Couldn't click on this fast enough

@jackdngur6370 10 месяцев назад

As an American everytime i hear you guys or wrestling bios say 'McMahon' i cant help but repeat it. This is gonna be a long one.

@jackdngur6370 10 месяцев назад

Also, the word 'year'

@cyaneyezed Год назад

Solid voice over work from Ross, really enjoyed listening to this 👍

@DiskoNixon. Год назад

Without him, we wouldn't have WWE but now that he's gone, another WWE Golden Age has begun....

@arashitendou5941 Год назад

@Willy Massey true but so far it’s largely been all positive I mean it says a lot that the only negatives are problems caused a a la Vince that are much harder to fix by Trips and Steph Namely: replacing Dunn, fixing NXT 2.0 and UK, and the recent issues with the first NILS class we’ve heard about But he’s largely fixed or is fixing everything else: made titles relevant again, getting back poorly released talent, rebuilding badly damaged divisions, and giving more attention to a more diverse roster

@lawrencebaker1811 11 месяцев назад

Absolute legend. Greatest heel there will ever be.

@ImpulseDOM Год назад

The editing in this video is top notch. Loved watching it!

@bsnhbksan Год назад

His end was meek? He made news worldwide

@JediMasterRevenantMADNESS Год назад

Hubris and pride were the McMAHON downfall. Indeed, I am glad to see him go. But I recognize his legacy and thank him for everything he did because without him, wrestling truly wouldn't be what it is today.