I heard the story, Nash was a married man with a baby on the way in 96, he was guaranteed double what Vince was paying him. What could Vince really say about the guy aside from I gave him his first shot.
I dont blame any of those guys going to wcw for more money. There is no family in wrestling. You have to look after yourself and your family at home. Vince and the wwe aren't a family lol, if they were they wouldn't call their wrestlers Independent Contractors which makes the wwe non-liable for injuries, no insurance or Healthcare. You r used for your looks and skills to fatten the wwe's wallet, once u slip they kick u to the curb like trash. Independent contractors but u can't work anywhere else. Wcw was giving guys way more money, less work days and even had health insurance. "No vince I'm loyal to u, I don't want triple the money and less work days, I'm loyal to you, we are family until I'm considered useless to you"
@@TrueNomadSkies yeah but when ever he got called out on it like when he made Trish Stratus strip her clothes off he would always say “I’m playing a character “ to get away with it.
@@TL2354him having to sell his own company is proof enough that he wasn’t a nice man. He continued a show after one of his employees died in the ring cause money was more important
@@dariog36thyep. Not to mention paying off victims of sexual assault and then stopping payment! McMahon could’ve done so much with the WCW roster but decided to bury most of their wrestlers out of spite. That’s why Sting refused to work, he wasn’t going to let McMahon bury him.
Those were uncertain times for Vince. He could feel the heat coming from WCW. I think those few years totally erased what humanity was left in him. He was ruthless before but he became 100% ruthless during and after that era.
Vince is so bitter in this clip. Hogan was one of the biggest reasons for the wwe blowing up in the 80s but yet vince says bigger than he actually thinks he is? lol
Big enough to bring him back on multiple occasions. Ironically, during the time of interview circa 1998, they were somewhat fighting to bring Hulk back but couldn't compete with wcw in payroll which Ultimately helped Hulk get a raise in wcw 98.
@@jonathanturbide2232 Hogans success helped wwf survive as a brand until Austin came along….people can dislike Hogan on a personal level but facts are facts
This is early 1998 when WCW were beating him in the ratings and he and Hogan were on bad terms. Don't take it so seriously. This is just a moment in time. A few years after this, they reunited and Hulk went back to the WWE after Vince won the war against WCW.
The comment about Hulk Hogan…..I’ll just say this, the guy became one of the biggest celebrities in the world at his prime. The crowd response at WrestleMania X8 spoke volumes.
This is all a work. Vince is just burying anyone who cost him money. That's it! Hogan drawing money at WCW cost Vince money, Bischoff beating Vince for 83 weeks cost Vince money, Jessie Ventura legally winning royalties from WWE cost Vince money, these descriptions are all a work; he only buried those who cost him money.
Well duh, of course Vince knew first hand how important Hogan was to the business, he witnessed it daily for a decade. But of course he had no reason to admit it when Hogan was killing him in the ratings, it's not a shocking piece of footage at all.
@@jonathanturbide2232 dave meltzer even said in 2009. That he couldn't count the number of times Vince said he would never work with Hogan, yet he always did at the end.
Fan or not its really not up for discussion how much an impact Hulk had on modern wrestling. He was the reason many people of my generation today looe wrestling whether they know it or not. Lets not forget he managed to reinvent himself with the nwo and nearly brought the wwf crashing down aswell.
Many other wrestlers could have had a huge impact but hogan refused because he wanted all the glory. That's how he's remembered now, as a wrestler who didn't want anybody else to grow and thrive, not to mention his constant lies
Bischoff in a way did make him a shit ton of money lol they started losing their TV war when Bischoff started giving away results on RAW before it aired…Bischoff was an idiot lol
Rude was made for the Attitude era and it's one of the biggest tragedies in wrestling. I think he could've been a dominating force in wrestling, pretty close to Hollywood Hogan or Steve Austin. He wasn't that old but had a lot of experience at that moment in time. His career ended when he was in his prime. Such a shame!
@@michaeljackson9125 John Cena? Lol he tapped out to him at WM 22. Goldberg and Steiner were mediocre performers in 2003 and Bill even got the belt from HHH
I wasnt a fan of Hulk Hogan but common.... Hulk Hogan was the biggest name in the history of Wrestling i mean yes Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Attitude era was Huge and my all time favourite along with Bret Hart, but Hogan was Wrestling - "he ticked all the boxes, he could wrestle, had the stature and fitness, all the kids and young fans wanted to be like Hulk Hogan and the Golden Era was a huge pop because of him - i mean as soon as his music played the roof would go nuts. His marketing, action figures, he sold out arena's he made WWF huge.
You need to realize when this interview took place. It took place in the late 90s when Vince was trying to compete with WCW. Did you expect Vince to give flowers to his competition?
Also this interview was when 1998? Bruno was in his early 60s at the time...he did not have dementia. I've seen interviews with Sammartino long after 1998 and he seemed fine I agree with him on Ventura. He was overrated at the time (a poor wrestler, but had good starpower) but not a mega attraction.
The WWE wouldn’t be what it was without all those people he pushed Especially hogan And wasn’t the WWE at that point in time on the verge of bankruptcy in early 1997
Fairly throwing them under the bus there but simply just saying how they were personality wise. Yes you can say he took many of them back but for Vince business is business and if bringing back someone he hates is going to make him the Benjamins 💵 then he’ll do it no doubt about it.
Just as everyone in the comments is saying and I’ll say the same. Had it not been for Hogan I personally don’t think that the then WWF would have became what it eventually turned into. Hogan was the main draw and who helped jumpstart the company that was once known as WWE. I can’t even believe 40 years ago Hogan was the one that caught my intrigue with wrestling and now I think he’s just a very self absorbed human being.
Everybody saying vince would be nothinf without xyz is DELUSIONAL. Give Vince credit. He swallowed everyone else and turned what was a bunch of carnies into a juggernaut. No credit given to the man.
He was bitter because they left. He cared more for these guys took them in they spent time at his house. It was all about business. He can't build them up for the other company.
Good lord, obviously very bitter about all that left and those that sued him and yet after this he invites many of them back for angles, I wonder if any of them saw this clip, Vince definately lying to himself regarding the Hogan comments,...not as big as he thinks he is,...really?!
Vince not only invited someone like Hogan back, he awarded him the world title after WrestleMania 18. Vince's comments here on OTR did not age well at all.
Nothing surprising here, WCW was killing them in the ratings so of course he wasn't going to praise his competition. He knew first hand that Hogan was the biggest thing to ever happen to the WWF, but evidently he had no reason to admit it there, nothing shocking or groundbreaking here at all.
Vince McMahon made all those wrestlers. If it wasn’t for Vince would any of those wrestlers have made money and had fame I don’t think so. That’s why even if Vince is a sexual deviant he still is the only genius in professional wrestling who has created so many wrestlers who have made so much money and after became famous. Every single wrestler who was created by Vince owes him gratitude and a thank you regardless of what you think of Vince McMahon.
For him to call the ultimate warrior lunatic what does that tell you lol and Hogan being bigger than what he actually think he is that’s actually pretty funny because that’s actually the truth
Vince McMahon is so disrespectful towards the ones who wrestled for their fans and entertained in the ring for their fans especially the ultimate warrior and hulk Hogan. Vince McMahon should be put in his place when it comes to his disrespectfulness towards the ones who gave the WWE of what it is now because if it wasn't for them, there'll be no WWE absolutely.
A classic example of projecting the shadow. Vince is all of these things that he calls other by and worse. He is essentially talking about himself here, his not so public image.
It's all BS by Vince. He's a carny and always has been. When those guys were on the other side they were the enemy and any chance you get to chip away at them you take it. When WCW collapsed...hey all good I have no issues with doing business with every single one of them Vince could care less who is nice, or a lunatic, or "not as big as he thinks he is". Can they still draw me some $? Yes. Welcome back
Vince McMahon didn't have a single good idea that was his own. He is overrated. WrestleMania? Stole that from Hulk. Hulk was using Hulkamania long before Vince used it. Gimmicks? Name ONE he came up with himself. Out of 100 of the best gimmicks Vince didn't make Hulk, Piper, Flair, Taker, Stone Cold, The Rock, HHH, etc. He DID make The Goon, Red Rooster, Nails, etc. The best of his was probably Diesel & the Big Boss Man. Revolutionary ideas? The Royal Rumble? That was Pat Patterson. War Games? The was Dusty Rhodes. Survivor Series? Nope. Hell in a Cell? HBK. Show me where Vince did anything. He was left a MASSIVE apparatus in the richest wrestling territory on Earth with relationships in Madison Square Garden for THREE GENERATIONS. He played dirty & cheated to get ahead. The man is worthless. He did more damage to the business than good & Im convinced had he never taken over, good old boys would still be running it & kayfabe would still be alive today. Yes. Even in the internet age youd have a bunch of country boys willing to beat you up to prove its real.
I must stick up for Hulk here . Its impossible Id argue for anyone playing the Hulk Hogan "Character" to Not believe they are bigger or more important than someone else might think they are. Some have said McMahon NEVER could've taken over the wrestling world without Hogan. While is up for debate, the fact is McMahon had his choice from ANY superstar in the wrestling world to be his # 1 and he still picked Hogan. Hulk Hogan's major run in the WWF was from 1984 to 1988 and yet almost a decade LATER he was one of the bigger reasons WCW challenged WWF in the Monday night wars from 1996-1999. Some have the opinion the NWO never would have worked without Hogan involved. Final point is every promoter over the years has tried to take credit for a wrestlers success believing its more the push they gave and the promotion behind the wrestler, nothing special the wrestler himself is doing. You can argue Hogan has many issues, but just for his longevity at selling tickets, very few people are in his league, so if McMahon is even half right and Hulk is "not as big as he thinks he is" then no wrestler in the history of wrestling qualifies.
Amazing how when people leave companies for stamford, Connecticut it’s good business but when they leave Stamford for other companies it’s betrayal, backstabbing, disloyalty…
@@Letsgosteve competition is one thing- bastardizing is another. Funny thing, the sexual predator hates it when competition gets in the better of him (NITRO 1996/1997 anyone?)
Vince was brutal on those guys. Now, with that ego, you can see why he's in all the legal trouble he's in today like his pal Trump. They banished him from his own company. He destroyed his own legacy.
how i laughed when he said bishoff wasnt nice this coming from the guy who hired bishoff after wcw wentout off business just to rub his face in it theres a clip on tube with sephanie admitting this
From this what I get is that if you made a business decision abruptly but didn’t tell Vince, then it’s personal. If you give him ample amount of notice, we fgood
If Vince wanted his top champions defeated, then he didn't hesitate to take action against them. Hogan and Warrior were targets all the time. Plenty of guys wanted to pin them, be it clean or dirty.
