Vince would never get in Letterman's face like Bob Costas. People around the world know Letterman, I only know Costas from the one Vince interview he jumped down his throat
@@J-S.P Yeah I've heard, but going after Letterman would be a bigger risk than going after Costas, if he made a fool of himself on Letterman the whole world would have known about it, Costas just stays in the us. Less risk to go after him.
He was nervous that Letterman was going to ask him if its fake. Lawler and Kaufman had a feud and promoted it on Lettermans showin a few years earlier. Letterman later found out that it wasn't a legit feud and had anything wrestling related banned on his show after that.
Vince was sooooo smart answering those questions where David was trying to expose him of basically scheming ppl outta their money cause back in 1989, kayfabe was REAL!!
Dave has never taken anyone less seriously. Vince has never taken himself more seriously. Dave knows Vince knows what we dont know...holds barred? That felt very 'Im higher in the frat than you could ever hope to be, pal.'
I remember a few years before this, Letterman did a segment on his show where he interviewed Vince McMahon who was in a location outside the studio, and Letterman treated McMahon poorly and made jokes at his expense. I think this was McMahon's revenge for that.
When you dont even know the name of the company your guest owns, the interview is gonna be awkward, vince was not gonna be calling dave for no job interview if he applied.
Its weird. They’d do it on TV that wasn’t the Superstars/Challenge/Primetime shows and just sort of ignore it. I think there was the MSG show in 1986 or so where they outright give Vince a plaque for being a great promoter and partner to MSG.
This was back when they did not openly admit to it being scripted. So it was normal to shy away from questions about who is responsible for the good guy/bad guy...the big town/small town, What will happen at the next one..do we know..etc. Nothing amiss here.
I will always appreciate the kayfabe days. So much mystery surrounded pro wrestling for decades, even if it was often tongue-in-cheek. Like many, pulling the curtain made the genre even more popular because people began to appreciate it as a known performance art rather than some scheister carnies trying to pull one over on you. But there was a special magic not knowing for sure if it was real or not. Kayfabe still exists on some level, but it really did become the difference between being 7 years old and visiting Santa, to being 12 years old and visiting an old man dressed as Santa.
McMahon was buff even in the seventies through mid-eighties... when you check out his spot interviews with wrestlers, you can see it. There were some tricks used to make certain wrestlers to look more imposing. Now, he may have gotten a certain "boost" by this point, no doubt....
@@irononwrestling No. You wrote that Vince was on in 84. You mention nothing about beef or problems between the 2 in your Description. So not only did you correct someone who told the truth, you also lied about what you supposedly have written in the Description all in one Reply. Well done. Add in a Clickbait Title for this video and you hit the Trifecta.
@@andrewvaughan5686No, he’s not awkward. He’s a legendary interviewer who did jt for decades. Vince rarely did interviews. Of course it’s Vince being awkward in Dave’s house. Of course if Dave had been at Wrestlemania things might have been different, but we’re not at Wrestlemania
This was a funny interview. Letterman and McMahon's personalities mesh well together. Short interview but sometimes they're better that way. I love that Letterman knew Bobby Heenan.
Hate was kind of strong... I think Dave was nervous because he doesn't follow wrestling and knows even less about McMahon and Vince could clearly see that. This was also at a time where the press and media were not very receptive to wrestling despite the draw that it had become.
they say when you're on david letterman, you're the joke.... I think Vince didn't exactly like that, which is interesting because he''s infamous for making a fool of himself, maybe he doesn't like Dave personally or that it's not in his control, it's not something he's doing that's funny it's like pointing and laughing at him, even though it's I guess lighthearted, idk it's late night it couldn't be that sadistic..... one would assume
First time seeing this and what I see is Dave trying to make Vince into one of many of his jokes! I never liked Dave, I always felt like he liked to ‘clown’ on his guest, make jokes out of them!!!
for SOME damn reason its always the narrative of the host, to literally mock the living shit out of the guest, especially when it comes to wrestling... so once the talent get mad and put the host in their place.... its THEN the host who gets mad...how bout treating your guests with some damn respect, instead of trying to make a joke out of every damn thing...
Dave is obnoxious and was almost interrogating Vince here with the 3rd degree. I loved the instant burn right off the bat "I got weights and you did not". "Receipt"! Lol then he concluded the interview. "No you do, you're doing a great job". 😂😂😂😂😂 then Davd says thanks for listening to me. Lol
@@Revolver1981you can’t be a nice guy as a wrestling promoter or you’ll get run over by the talent. How he acts outside of work may be completely different
You have it backwards. Letterman HATES Vince. Likely due to stories he heard about Vince from wrestlers who he was personal friends with. Vince was only on the show because of his connections with NBC executives like Dick Ebersol, the co-creator of Saturday Night's Main Event. I guess it's easy to forget that Letterman used to work for NBC.
Yea, Vince was only there to promote that upcoming Saturday's NBC Saturday Night's Main Event. Which Vince very briefly mentioned at the end. Oh, and of course he was there to promote the new Hogan movie.
When I was a kid in the 80s, Vince McMahon looked like an average sized man to me, but seeing him now as an adult, it's pretty obvious that under that suit & tie he was pretty buff dude.
Obviously McMahon was only there to promote No Holds Barred, but he knew Letterman was going to needle him about "Big Time Wrestling" (as Dave has refers to those shows) before mentioning the movie. Lettermen got his shots in, McMahon gave very brief answers as he didn't want to get into a roast contest with Dave, and got to promote the movie in the end. Never saw the film, but according to Rotten Tomatoes, both critics and moviegoers thought it was bad.
I don't like Vince, but wow does Dave know how to make an ass of himself. It's like he's never had a guest before. Nervous, rude, talks over the other person, asks more than one question at a time, doesn't allow from a response, expects a serious answer while not being seriously interested. The video is click bait too. If you want to see Vince upset, watch his Bob Costas interview.
@chrishagins3309 Letterman is also a comedian. His natural instinct if the interview sucks is to resort to comedy. I have done interviews as well on Radio. None major, but sometimes it's like pulling teeth with a guest. That is also why the interview is so short too.
The only time I ever saw Vince not be an alpha dog type was when he was Letterman's roving reporter. It's great! Do you have that segment? Thanks for posting and for the context in the description!
5.05 mark.... yep dave and crowd lbreaking kayfabe with a laugh ....anyway....dave is the assh*le / ball breaker in every group ......vince was the smart one of that group just smiling / whatever with his smart ass ways
We have to remember that this was when Kayfabe was still a thing. There were only certain ways Vince could answer some of those questions without giving away too much info to the general public.
@5star_BigChief631 Bro, you wouldn’t last a week doing what these men and women do. So shut your mouth and keep having beer and pizza with your buddies watching UFC and those “real fights”.
More like, Letterman hates Vince. Vince looked like he didn't want to be there. Short answers. Only promoting Hulk Hogans movie and the next PPV. Terrible interview. Casual viewers would have switched over.
This wasn't as bad as the title makes it out to be... but Vince does seem mildly annoyed at times of some of the questions being asked. But he's keeping it together overall.
The nerve of David trying to get Vince audited by asking about his millions.
I saw that too lol
I remember watching "No Holds Barred" at a theater. Great film. Didn't know Vince produced it. I thought it was a Hollywood thing.
Despite the video's title i'm not sensing too much animosity here.
Vince would never get in Letterman's face like Bob Costas. People around the world know Letterman, I only know Costas from the one Vince interview he jumped down his throat
@@TheRealAhoy you must not have watched a lot of NBC Sports
@@J-S.P I'm in Ireland so no. He's not known here
@@TheRealAhoy ah, gotcha; he was very prominent in the sports scene for NBC back in the day
@@J-S.P Yeah I've heard, but going after Letterman would be a bigger risk than going after Costas, if he made a fool of himself on Letterman the whole world would have known about it, Costas just stays in the us. Less risk to go after him.
Let's not forget the X-Rated "film" thereafter, which was called, "No Holes Barred"...
Vince the character from the 90s came out here.
Well, is 1989 so yeah.
It wasn’t a character brother, Austin. It was me all along!
*looks for tracking button*
It just felt like Vince was feeling awkward, not angry towards Letterman.
He was nervous that Letterman was going to ask him if its fake. Lawler and Kaufman had a feud and promoted it on Lettermans showin a few years earlier. Letterman later found out that it wasn't a legit feud and had anything wrestling related banned on his show after that.
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@Beckonor I knew Lawler and Kaufman went on his show. I didn't know about what happened afterward. That is pretty fascinating.
Vince is always awkward in just about every interview I've seen
@@Beckonor Letterman has said that he loved both men and that he knew it was a work.
Vince was sooooo smart answering those questions where David was trying to expose him of basically scheming ppl outta their money cause back in 1989, kayfabe was REAL!!
Dave has never taken anyone less seriously. Vince has never taken himself more seriously. Dave knows Vince knows what we dont know...holds barred?
That felt very 'Im higher in the frat than you could ever hope to be, pal.'
I remember a few years before this, Letterman did a segment on his show where he interviewed Vince McMahon who was in a location outside the studio, and Letterman treated McMahon poorly and made jokes at his expense. I think this was McMahon's revenge for that.
This is considered revenge? LAME. 🥱
What revenge? He was polite and smiled and shook hands at the end. You can't count the very mild verbal jousting as some sort of payback.
I would love to see that video.
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It's Vince "Things of that nature" McMahon
When you dont even know the name of the company your guest owns, the interview is gonna be awkward, vince was not gonna be calling dave for no job interview if he applied.
I know Vince was outed as WWE owner before this but still it’s weird hearing him as the WWE owner on national TV.
It is very strange for that time period
Its weird. They’d do it on TV that wasn’t the Superstars/Challenge/Primetime shows and just sort of ignore it.
I think there was the MSG show in 1986 or so where they outright give Vince a plaque for being a great promoter and partner to MSG.
Vince is tough and a real man. Shows here
Definitely takes a real man to take a shit on a young woman's face
@@peterp2153 yes thats right. It was about 6 months after the first mania, and the bulldogs presented him the plaque.
Mr McMahon would have ate Dave up, just plain Vince was kinda shy and reserved here.
Letterman actually *_was_* making 50 million a year at the time.
The cage match Vince was referring to was on Saturday Night’s Main Even with Hogan vs Bossman from May 1989
You've got no chance in hell
I didn’t sense love, but I didn’t get much of a hate vibe either.
No Holds Barred, truly a masterpiece
Dooooookie
Dookie???
@@TheFailedmessiahdookie means doo-doo
This was back when they did not openly admit to it being scripted.
So it was normal to shy away from questions about who is responsible for the good guy/bad guy...the big town/small town,
What will happen at the next one..do we know..etc.
Nothing amiss here.
I will always appreciate the kayfabe days. So much mystery surrounded pro wrestling for decades, even if it was often tongue-in-cheek. Like many, pulling the curtain made the genre even more popular because people began to appreciate it as a known performance art rather than some scheister carnies trying to pull one over on you. But there was a special magic not knowing for sure if it was real or not. Kayfabe still exists on some level, but it really did become the difference between being 7 years old and visiting Santa, to being 12 years old and visiting an old man dressed as Santa.
McMahon was buff even in the seventies through mid-eighties... when you check out his spot interviews with wrestlers, you can see it. There were some tricks used to make certain wrestlers to look more imposing. Now, he may have gotten a certain "boost" by this point, no doubt....
Vince was more jacked than some a lot of the wrestlers at this point
He’s not sure how many employees he has or what his books look like ….
all good answers!
Dave used to feature vince doing commentary for skits early in vinces career. Theyve known each other a long time
I HATE David Letterman too!
They have beef going back to 1984
Yes. We wrote that in the description. Thanks for watching!
Why I don’t think I heard this
@irononwrestling it isn't but thanks for responding
@@irononwrestling No. You wrote that Vince was on in 84. You mention nothing about beef or problems between the 2 in your Description. So not only did you correct someone who told the truth, you also lied about what you supposedly have written in the Description all in one Reply. Well done. Add in a Clickbait Title for this video and you hit the Trifecta.
Letterman purposely mispronounced 'World Wrestling Federation' at the beginning.
Vince is great at building a business.
I do not know how to characterize the man.
Rough business.
Letterman always with the money questions
Thanks for posting
You bet!
Yes, The World Wrestling Foundation and my favorite Tag Team was The Hart Federation
Vince is entering outside his comfort zone here he’s happy to take the jokes on the chin for the publicity!
Vince awkward as hell. Letterman trying his best to coax something out of him.
🤣🤣
Yeh letterman not awkward at all, starts it off with "how much money do you make?"
@@andrewvaughan5686No, he’s not awkward. He’s a legendary interviewer who did jt for decades. Vince rarely did interviews. Of course it’s Vince being awkward in Dave’s house. Of course if Dave had been at Wrestlemania things might have been different, but we’re not at Wrestlemania
This was a funny interview. Letterman and McMahon's personalities mesh well together. Short interview but sometimes they're better that way. I love that Letterman knew Bobby Heenan.
Grew up on the Crusher and Indianapolis wrestling.
And totally got the joke about being from Beverley Hills.
good ol vhs
I don't think he hated Dave... he just was trying to match his sardonic attitude... and probably didn't enjoy doing the "talk show" circuit.
Vince needs a controlled environment where he’s the boss. He doesn’t know how to function outside of that.
Well said.
Like Michael Jackson was. Off the stage he was shy, unsecure, on his stage he was a beast, cause he was the boss there.
Hate was kind of strong... I think Dave was nervous because he doesn't follow wrestling and knows even less about McMahon and Vince could clearly see that. This was also at a time where the press and media were not very receptive to wrestling despite the draw that it had become.
Vince is all business
Does anybody remember the tracking control?
You really can tell that Dave was forced to have Vince on here. Both part of NBC at the time.
Not really
McMahon is one weird freak
Vince gets off on confidence. I think he really admires Dave 😂
they say when you're on david letterman, you're the joke.... I think Vince didn't exactly like that, which is interesting because he''s infamous for making a fool of himself, maybe he doesn't like Dave personally or that it's not in his control, it's not something he's doing that's funny it's like pointing and laughing at him, even though it's I guess lighthearted, idk it's late night it couldn't be that sadistic..... one would assume
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vince needs bigger shoulder pads for his suit.........he's not looking wide enough...
Bobby the brain
Love these rare interviews. Thanks for finding these for us 👍🏼
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Vince got steroids for Christmas.
“And Dave didn’t”…lol
Vince got a girl to defecate on for Christmas.
Great gift!
Mostly HGH
It's always the non-lifters that cry about someone else's personal choice to use gear
First time seeing this and what I see is Dave trying to make Vince into one of many of his jokes! I never liked Dave, I always felt like he liked to ‘clown’ on his guest, make jokes out of them!!!
Juicehead turkey
for SOME damn reason its always the narrative of the host, to literally mock the living shit out of the guest, especially when it comes to wrestling... so once the talent get mad and put the host in their place.... its THEN the host who gets mad...how bout treating your guests with some damn respect, instead of trying to make a joke out of every damn thing...
Dave is obnoxious and was almost interrogating Vince here with the 3rd degree.
I loved the instant burn right off the bat "I got weights and you did not".
"Receipt"!
Lol then he concluded the interview. "No you do, you're doing a great job".
😂😂😂😂😂 then Davd says thanks for listening to me. Lol
😆😆😆
I remember watching this when it originally aired and noticing the tension from McMahon.
2:31 there it is
When Dave said "you only take the cream of the crop" he didn't realize Vince had heat for stealing talent from other organizations.
@@kraig7777 I assumed Vince was thinking about jobbers
😮. Whatever they can do!…….
R they talking about emo Phillips
Yes
So tell us about the movie
"Well an its an action adventure thing and Hulk Hogan has a motorcycle." Yup that about sums up the movie.
Vince is like “Ok enough of the dumb questions”
Vince never breaks character .. stays in kayfab
Met Vince, Shane, and Stephanie in Orlando back in 2000. Nicest people I've ever met. For real.
Vince is not known as a nice guy.
@@Revolver1981I’m sure he can play nice for a couple of minutes lol
@@Revolver1981you can’t be a nice guy as a wrestling promoter or you’ll get run over by the talent. How he acts outside of work may be completely different
@@mikeg2491 Not according to many people including the Hulkster.
2024...he wasn't such a nice guy
You have it backwards. Letterman HATES Vince. Likely due to stories he heard about Vince from wrestlers who he was personal friends with. Vince was only on the show because of his connections with NBC executives like Dick Ebersol, the co-creator of Saturday Night's Main Event. I guess it's easy to forget that Letterman used to work for NBC.
Yea, Vince was only there to promote that upcoming Saturday's NBC Saturday Night's Main Event. Which Vince very briefly mentioned at the end. Oh, and of course he was there to promote the new Hogan movie.
They seem to dislike each other pretty evenly.
Letterman is a communist. McMahon is a capitalist. Of course he hates Vince.
I didnt see much animosity and I think u people are all making shit up
“It’s a long hard road” you’re tellin me Vince
Yall gotta google Emo Phillips 😅
The comedian who was in Weird Al's UHF?
Emo is hilarious.
Love this old school stuff.
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When I was a kid in the 80s, Vince McMahon looked like an average sized man to me, but seeing him now as an adult, it's pretty obvious that under that suit & tie he was pretty buff dude.
Vince didn’t hate him
At all lol
When Vince was on Letterman in ‘82, Dave was a jerk to Vince. This was just Vince returning to the show mega successful.
Vince being an absolutely UNIT
Obviously McMahon was only there to promote No Holds Barred, but he knew Letterman was going to needle him about "Big Time Wrestling" (as Dave has refers to those shows) before mentioning the movie. Lettermen got his shots in, McMahon gave very brief answers as he didn't want to get into a roast contest with Dave, and got to promote the movie in the end. Never saw the film, but according to Rotten Tomatoes, both critics and moviegoers thought it was bad.
it was fabulous
Awesome 👌 ❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂❤❤
DB
Letterman never was that good at late night talk imo. He made this interview weird.
I don't like Vince, but wow does Dave know how to make an ass of himself. It's like he's never had a guest before. Nervous, rude, talks over the other person, asks more than one question at a time, doesn't allow from a response, expects a serious answer while not being seriously interested. The video is click bait too. If you want to see Vince upset, watch his Bob Costas interview.
To be fair letterman is asking some really dumb questions and is pretty rude.
Well be in his shoes. Vince is giving Dave non answers to work with. Vince is a bad guest here for being too guarded.
That’s just typical Letterman. He was always a bit of an ahole to many of his guests
Letterman does this to everybody. Vince just isn't used to being in environments where (a) he isn't in control and (b) it isn't confrontational.
@chrishagins3309 Letterman is also a comedian. His natural instinct if the interview sucks is to resort to comedy. I have done interviews as well on Radio. None major, but sometimes it's like pulling teeth with a guest. That is also why the interview is so short too.
2:31 things of that nature
The only time I ever saw Vince not be an alpha dog type was when he was Letterman's roving reporter. It's great! Do you have that segment? Thanks for posting and for the context in the description!
It’s part of one of their early anniversary shows.
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No we don't know
Letterman is overrated. Just sayin
Nah. His show changed the landscape
Grossly
5.05 mark.... yep dave and crowd lbreaking kayfabe with a laugh ....anyway....dave is the assh*le / ball breaker in every group ......vince was the smart one of that group just smiling / whatever with his smart ass ways
Look at all Vine Mcmahon interviews they are all similar to this. He doesnt talk much in interviews
When Dave was actually funny
I’m sure Dave hates Vince too
Wouldn't even need a top 10 reasons to hate him 🤣
Vince has allegations of sex trafficking and rape. So i dont know if Letterman is really comparable.
We have to remember that this was when Kayfabe was still a thing. There were only certain ways Vince could answer some of those questions without giving away too much info to the general public.
You can tell that Letterman wasn’t taking Vince or professional wrestling seriously at all in this interview.
Letterman a few years earlier would have experienced Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler. Glory days 🎈
Is there a particular reason why anyone should take it seriously?
@@richardmcdonald6237you mean 'would,' not 'should.)'
The first time Vince did Letterman, Dave tried to make a fool of McMahon. But Vince won the crowd over. He was frankly brilliant
dave owned him with the do you know whats going to happen next question. the crowd erupted loud because they knew wrestling is fake.😂😂
In this interview yes, I'm talking about the time Vince was reporting for Dave@@5star_BigChief631
@5star_BigChief631 Bro, you wouldn’t last a week doing what these men and women do.
So shut your mouth and keep having beer and pizza with your buddies watching UFC and those “real fights”.
@@MM-ql9xj a lot people have it's not hard fake fighting. Jake Paul did it. 🤣🤣🤣
@@5star_BigChief631 You're talking about Logan Paul and even though I don't like the guy, he is making a name for himself in WWE. Guy can perform.
You used to do the Weather
This is the first time I have ever seen McMahon interviewed.
Check out off the record and stern show.
Check out the interview with bob costas
You've got a lot of catching up to do!
More like, Letterman hates Vince. Vince looked like he didn't want to be there. Short answers. Only promoting Hulk Hogans movie and the next PPV. Terrible interview. Casual viewers would have switched over.
Show the interview between Bob Costas and The Chairman of The Board and you will absolutely see Vince Get Pissed Off For Real!
Wow, Vince is awful at this.
Strange guy. Strange energy. Came out straight away with his guard up and defensive. Blunt with his answers.
I thought it went well 😊
Never seen this, thanks for posting!
Appreciate the comment!
This wasn't as bad as the title makes it out to be... but Vince does seem mildly annoyed at times of some of the questions being asked. But he's keeping it together overall.
Seemed like dave didn't like him
Absolute nonsense video title.
If he hates Letterman so much, why did he appear on his show then???🤷🏻♂️
Vince likes confrontation..
@@irononwrestling lol 😆
Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura, two men who can keep a marriage and show off David Letterman.
Very cordial between these two. Vince's only concern was promoting his movie and Dave was super tame.
Letterman at his best.
he can be president