Tag: Vince McMahon
Backstage News On Vince McMahon Showing Up Late To WWE RAW
Vince McMahon showed up late to last week’s WWE Monday Night RAW but apparently wanted to make it back for the wedding angle. Jerry Lawler elaborated on a recent episode of his podcast. “Vince had some really important meetings, he has been torn in so many different directions and has missed several Raws and SmackDowns.…
WWE Shareholders Sue Vince McMahon Over XFL
An Oklahoma firefighters pension fund, who hold a stake in WWE stock, have filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon over the new upstart XFL. The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 26 in Delaware Chancery Court, claims there is “a credible basis to believe” that McMahon and other WWE senior officers breached their duties to investors by…
Top WWE Execs Not In Attendance At WWE TLC
Neither Vince McMahon nor Triple H were backstage at the WWE TLC pay-per-view in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday. The show was put together the way Vince wanted it via conference call. Paul Heyman was in charge of the Raw matches, while Bruce Pritchard was in charge of the SmackDown matches. Follow @wrestlepages
Backstage News On Vince McMahon Changing RAW Main Event
Vince McMahon changed the main event of this week’s WWE Monday Night RAW during a production meeting. The original plan was for Randy Orton, Ricochet and Humberto Carrillo to defeat The OC with help from Rey Mysterio. Vince wanted it changed to Orton not wanting to team with those guys, so Mysterio was in the…
Big Cass On WWE Release, Making Vince McMahon Furious
Big Cass was recently a guest on Chris Jericho’s podcast where he discussed his WWE release and Vince McMahon being furious at him for going off script in Montreal. “I kind of just lost my mind towards the end. I was battling with some things, with some mental health issues that I didn’t speak up…
Backstage News On Vince McMahon’s Reaction To Survivor Series Main Event & Rollins Promo
Regarding the widely criticized Survivor Series main event, Vince McMahon was said to not be happy the way Becky Lynch vs. Bayley vs. Shayna Baszler turned out, per WrestleVotes. Heard even Vince himself didn’t like the main event last night. Major disappointment. — WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) November 25, 2019 On the same token, Vince was also…
Backstage News On Randy Orton Pitching To Continue Recent Faction
Fightful is reporting that Randy Orton went directly to Vince McMahon to push for his faction with The Revival to continue after the trio’s feud with The New Day concluded. Things clearly didn’t pan out as they ended up drafted to separate brands – Orton to Raw and Revival to SmackDown. Their contracts are all…
Backstage News On Who Booked SmackDown & When NXT Stars Arrived
Per Dave Meltzer, last night’s SmackDown was still a Vince McMahon show despite him not being backstage in Buffalo. As expected based on the NXT invasion, Triple H was a “key driver” in the booking, but everything was still approved by Vince in the end. Speaking of the NXT stars, John Pollock is reporting that…
UPDATED: WWE Staff & Superstars Stranded in Riyadh
UPDATE: WWE just released the following statement: “The WWE roster is delayed in its return from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following a historic performance at yesterday’s record-breaking WWE Crown Jewel event. “More than 175 Superstars, production crew and employees boarded a 747 charter flight back to the United States on Thursday. After the door closed, due…
More Backstage News On Vince McMahon’s Reaction To Wyatt vs. Rollins
Vince McMahon was seen laughing at the chants that closed out WWE Hell in a Cell, according to multiple sources. Fans were chanting things like “AEW,” “bullshit” and “restart the match.” Some believed Vince was just trying to mask his anger, while others believe he genuinely thought it was funny. The latest word is that…
Backstage News On The Fiend vs. Seth Rollins, Vince McMahon’s Reaction
WWE has officially ruled The Fiend vs. Seth Rollins’ Hell in a Cell main event as ending in “match stoppage,” which is essentially a no contest. The finish was called for after Rollins used the sledgehammer on the pile of weapons that covered Bray Wyatt’s head. Fans in the crowd and on social media have…
Triple H Directly Addresses AEW Competition & Vince Being Hands On With NXT
Triple H addressed competing with AEW and Vince McMahon being more hands on with NXT now that it’s on cable television in a new interview with Sports Illustrated. “That’s a challenge, but I love creating the competition amongst ourselves,” Triple H said of going head-to-head with AEW Dynamite. “I want Wednesday to be the best…
Alundra Blayze Talks Conversation With Vince McMahon At 2015 Hall Of Fame
WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze recently spoke with Ring The Belle about her career and her 2015 Hall of Fame induction. During the interview, she touched on her first conversation with Vince McMahon at the event: “When I was being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015, I haven’t seen Vince since ‘that’…
Why Vince McMahon And Kevin Dunn Missed This Week’s WWE RAW
Neither Vince McMahon nor Kevin Dunn were at this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW as they were attending promotional meetings with FOX, according to Dave Meltzer. As reported here on WrestlePages.com, Paul Heyman ran the show, while VP of Global Television production Michael Mansury filled in for Dunn. Vince wasn’t at SmackDown either,…
Backstage News From Last Night’s Live SmackDown Taping
Vince McMahon was not backstage at last night’s live WWE SmackDown taping in Atlanta, reports PWInsider.com. Vince went over the show script in a series of telephone calls during the production meetings earlier in the day. Last night’s show was ran by Eric Bischoff, Ed Koskey, Bruce Prichard and Michael Hayes. Follow @wrestlepages
Vince McMahon & Other Executives Absent From Raw, Heyman In Charge
ProWrestlingSheet.com is reporting that Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn and Triple H were all absent from this week’s Raw in Knoxville, TN. As a result, Executive Director Paul Heyman ran the show, while VP of Global Television production Michael Mansury filled in for Dunn. There’s no word on why exactly McMahon and Dunn were absent, but…
Triple H Reveals Vince McMahon’s Long-Term Vision For WWE
Vince McMahon knows WWE is a global empire but his vision is much bigger than some may think. In revealing comments to Pat McAfee, Triple H explained what Vince believes people will think about WWE in the future. “I feel like we’re just scratching the surface,” Triple H told Pat McAfee on McAfee’s new show…
Stephanie McMahon Confirms Vince’s Hatred For Sneezing
Stephanie McMahon did an interview with BarstoolSports.com where she confirmed a longstanding industry rumor about Vince McMahon and sneezing. Here’s an excerpt: Big Cat: Have you ever sneezed around your father? Stephanie McMahon: Totally. Yes. Big Cat: Does he hate you for it? Stephanie McMahon: He doesn’t hate me for it but it’s always with…
Triple H On WWE vs. AEW; Vince McMahon Becoming More Involved With NXT
Triple H recently sat down for a lengthy interview with TalkSport.com. Below are some notable quotes: NXT going head-to-head with AEW: ”To me, people can say what they want, how they want. I don’t approach it like as a competitive thing or it’s anything else, we’re just going to put on our shows. We’re going…
Triple H On Enzo Return Rumors; Says Vince McMahon Won’t Be Involved With NXT
Triple H recently spoke with TalkSports.com and addressed two big rumors. First, Hunter stated when he learned of rumors about WWE being interested in Enzo Amore and Big Cass possibly returning for NXT, he had the Public Relations department issue a statement to dismiss them. Hunter said he’s sure “spreading rumors” is working well for…
Cody On Not “Clicking” With Vince McMahon, Why Things Were Different For Dusty & Goldust
Cody Rhodes spoke about his relationship with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon during a panel at Starrcast III. “I want to be the star player. I want to talk to you and know you. It’s really weird when you’re trying and trying and trying, and you just don’t click. It’s okay that my dreams, it’s okay…
WWE Discussing Draft Concept To Build Permanent RAW & SmackDown Rosters
Dave Meltzer reports that WWE officials have been discussing a new Draft concept to build permanent rosters for RAW and SmackDown. This is a new directive from Vince McMahon, as it was initially reported there would be no major roster changes ahead of SmackDown’s premiere on FOX on Oct. 4, 2019. Plans are being kept…
Vince McMahon Tore Up Script For This Week’s SmackDown
As first reported here on WrestlePages.com, Vince McMahon was not backstage at last night’s SmackDown from the Raising Cane’s River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bryan Alvarez reports Vince went over the script with the creative team during a conference call earlier in the afternoon. Per Dave Meltzer, Vince was tearing up the show and…
Vince McMahon Not Backstage At WWE SmackDown
Vince McMahon is not backstage at tonight’s WWE SmackDown/205 Live taping in Baton Rouge, LA, reports Bryan Alvarez. Vince went over the SmackDown script with the creative team via a conference call earlier this afternoon. He missed last week’s RAW and SmackDown because he was preparing for the XFL announcements made last Wednesday. There is…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 24th
News 1994 – WCW broadcasted Clash of Champions XXVIII from the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, IA. This event was significant as it would be the very first time Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair would meet up in the ring for a singles match on broadcast television. The main event between the two competitors…
Bully Ray Comments on AEW vs NXT
Recently on SiriusXM Busted Open, Bully Ray and Dave Lagreca discussed the idea of Vince McMahon deciding to move NXT to USA and go head-to-head with AEW on Wednesday nights. In the broadcast, Bully Ray compared the move to The Godfather in that it’s all business: “No matter what move AEW makes, Vince knows that…
XFL Team Locations And Names Announced
At about 12pm EST today, Vince McMahon was present at a media event to announce the official names and locations of the XFL teams. Here we go: 1: Seattle Dragons This is a fun name that plays on the local heritage around Seattle, on both history and current culture. There are many inceptions of dragons…
Rumor: Vince McMahon To Relinquish WWE Creative Control
As previously reported, Vince McMahon was not in charge at Monday’s episode of WWE RAW because he was preparing for today’s XFL announcements. There could be more of this coming, with the new rumor suggesting Vince is set to slowly relinquish creative control. Tom Colohue reports Vince will not be giving up all responsibility but…
Who Was In Charge At RAW & Why Vince McMahon Wasn’t There
Vince McMahon was not at WWE RAW last night in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to Dave Meltzer. Meltzer reports Vince wasn’t at the show because he’s preparing for Wednesday’s XFL announcements, as the league will reveal the identities of the eight teams along with the logos in a press conference at 12:30 p.m. ET. The…
