@@chilliecheesecake you’re right. People act a whole lot worst than Vince. We kill each other, road rage, flip each other off, call each other names, etc. Yeah, we’re also POS too.
@@juanbotello1 The problem with Vince is that he's a petulant person and lashes out when he doesn't get his way or feels backed into a corner. He's a classic example of a narcissist.
@@Corwin1141 I agree with Vince here. Why is he responsible for the bad habits that wrestlers got back in the day? He gave them the opportunity to wrestle, make a living off of it and earn big money. He’s not a babysitter, the wrestlers aren’t little kids. They’re grown ass men who know right from wrong. If they picked up bad habits along the way, how is it Vince’s fault?
that doesn’t fall on McMahon. he actually advised AGAINST it. vince russo green lit it i believe. and Owen accidentally triggered the latch on his suspension device.. why is that Vince’s fault? and ultimately it was on Owen to do it or not.
In addition to wrestling the televised shows and PPVs/PLEs, most talent have to wrestle 3-5 non-televised house shows every week too. That's why you'll have wrestlers say they worked over 300 shows a year. Hogan likes to say he used to work 400 shows a year because back in the day, superstars sometimes wrestled 2 shows in 1 day. But a lot of people don't believe him. They think this is one of his exaggerations. Ric Flair certainly wrestled nearly everyday for several decades.
You absolutely beat me to it. I just hope the makers of the doc are as sensitive to McMahon as he has been to absolutely everyone in his orbit for decades. Upvote number 100 incoming...
I used to wrestle and I got out because I got injured every single match and training session. Mostly minor injuries, but I was aware that as they accumulate it would completely destroy me. What Piper was saying about himself was how I envisioned my future if I decided to carry on down that path.
Vince kind of shows his cards during interviews where he feels disrespected. He acts like a schoolyard bully instead of a CEO. He claims no responsibility for the independent contractors that perform for his company, but holds those independent contractors to the fire if they try to make a little money not associated with him. Is it really shocking to hear about the uncomfortable to potentially illegal actions done by him personally?
2:18 This is what separates Vince McMahon from a wimp like Tony Khan. Vinny had the balls to get in front of guys and threaten them, TK couldn't even threaten a child
@@markdouglas9182 How do you know? Evidence? I've had alot worse rage than that and i never took steroids. Serial killers can have rage. Thats not really rage. He hit a pile of papers. Big deal. I've beaten the F outta people in 5 seconds and I never used steroids. You would need evidence of roid rage instead of just making stupid claims like that LOL
@@markdouglas9182 How do you know it wasnt just from vince only sleeping 4 hours per night? That would make you pretty pissed off. I know I've done it.
No he just could never control his emotions. He's very childish and immature. Dont blame it on drugs or steroids. lol He just couldnt take criticism. He felt triggered. lol
A sociopath can't engage in social practices, he's awkward. Vince used his charisma to appeal to a wider audience in the form of a character, it's another kind of pathology.
Not really. Piper used the law of attraction thats all. He got what he said. No big deal whatsoever. He would still be alive if he affirmed that he would live to be 80. We get what we say. Thats it. My mother said for 20 years she would one day get alzheimers disease and end up in a nursing home. She said it constantly and she attracted it. I've seen these things happen alot in life. You should study it so you dont use it to ruin your life like many other people do.
Piper said he would never see 65 and publicly said it. Piper lived a different life and there is stuff that happened in his childhood that he never talked about or shared
You do realize WWE isn't the only one that has grueling schedules. Other territories had the same schedule. The only reason why the schedule today is less grueling is because WWE has more more money than ever unlike in the 80s.
An absolutely alarming number of Wrestlers, whether in the WWE, or any other Wrestling Organization, have died that way! The Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Paul Bearer, Bad News Brown, Viscera, The Big Bossman, and quite a few other Big-Name Wrestlers, have died that way. I don't even want to know who could be next!
Iron Mike DiBiase, Ted DiBiase's father died in the ring at age 45, Gorgeous! George died at 48, And those guys were then gone long before Vince came along
@@romans52345-cy3tq Vince didn't invent steroids and wasn't the first promoter to want 'big guys' in the ring. It's just part and parcel of the wrestling industry. They need an independent drug testing lab to test everyone throughout the year, but WWE will never do it because it isn't a legit sport - it's performance art.
@@ronaldshank7589 people didn't had knowledgment about steroids and medicine back then cena used more gear than any other wrestler ever used and has no health issues today
@@sammygaudino8906Wrong he wanted everyone to be paid like Hogan, if they unionised the wages would have been balanced and Hogan hated the fact and so went behind Venturas back to Vince about it. Vince said so in court under oath it was Hogan, Hogan has and always be for himself. Ventura was told by a pro NFL player to get a Union and he tried but most of the guys didn't want to also go against Vince because he would fire them and that would be it. In the 80s trying to make yourself was in on Vince because he had it all wether WcW was around or not
@dnakatomiuk Yea it doesn't work like that.When you are the best in your profession you get paid the most.I'm sure every nfl player wants to be paid like a quarterback.
@@dnakatomiukit would've been impossible for all wrestlers to be paid like Hogan. Your pay is determined by two things...your place on the card...and whether or not you're a title holder
You can't blame Vince. People make their own choices. However Vince's schedule for the wrestlers back then was brutal which caused these bad habits and stress in their lives
@tallguy9425 We can blame him for causing Owen to fall and die! Or did you bloody forget that? Or the fact he showed no remorse and took no responsibility for it! Grow up!!! Vince is a scum bag and deserves to be punished!!!
"What do you expect me to do at 49? I can't touch my pension till im 65... I'm not gonna make it 65 lets face facts" - Roddy Piper..... he died at age 61 :-(
Vince McMahon does hold some responsibility for his wrestlers developing drug issues in the 80's and 90's. He did not give guaranteed contracts and put them on the road 20 to 25 days a month. McMahon could have ran a company that better suited the mental and physical health of his wrestler's.
If I do drugs at my job that’s on me. I’m grown and can make my own decisions he ain’t my dad and even he said something I’m still going to do it because I’m grown. Jake Roberts own up to his own shit and it was all him no one else. And I think he was one of the plugs too so I’f you’re grown, you’re responsible for yourself. Period.
I disagree with that. Holding Vince responsible for wrestlers' individual choices is like holding the owners of record companies or Hollywood Studios responsible for the deaths of musicians and singers. At the end of the day, we are all responsible for the decisions we make.
The difference between Trump and Vince is ten though they are both sociopaths, Vince is a real tough guy. Vince would have a street fight and not think twice.
Boxers and MMA fighters compete once, twice a year. Wrestlers work a hundred, two hundred times a year. People accept that as normal. It is completely insane.
@TheTallMan50 I never said that pre planned scripting doesn't mean that the wrestlers don't work hard, take a lot of bumps or not risking a lot of injuries. I just said that the scripting makes people think that it would be fake
Why did they ever get Vince to do these interviews in response to fucked up situations like Owen and Chris Benoit's deaths? He loses his shit so easily and has a crushing ego, his facial expressions before he hits the interviewers paper makes me cringe
From late 1997 on, I get the awful feeling, now that I think about it, that we were seeing the Real Vince McMahon... and that's shocking to me! If my guess is right, we were seeing just how bad he really was... and maybe still is!
the end of this segment is so prolific..... this was just a couple years before the deaths of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit... the catalysts that changed pro wrestling forever
Vince is a narcissist who can't stand being criticized or challenged. How does Bruce Pritchard feel being lodged up Vince's backside for over 30 years?
I remember when this aired. He tried the fake nice guy act, but when pressed with the facts he said "fu** it" and the real Vince came out. I love Vince humiliating himself. Despite his tough demeanor, he's just a street bully juiced up on roids. People like Vince pray there's no heaven or hell because he will burn in hell for all eternity.
I used to wrestle and I got out because I got injured every single match and training session. Mostly minor injuries, but I was aware that as they accumulate it would completely destroy me. What Piper was saying about himself was how I envisioned my future if I decided to carry on down that path.
People talk abt this wwe wellness policy but its Mcmahon that encourages his wrestlers to take steroids as those are the kind of wrestlers he wants. Wasnt he responsible bk in the 90s for distributing steroids to his wrestlers. The wellness policy is just a front
@hitman321100 he never physically forced them but he made out he wanted wrestlers jacked up which is common knowledge in order for them to be pushed. So the wrestlers only options were to take gear
@@MampsUK No he didn't, he never forced anyone to take them. These wrestlers made their own choices. They're GROWN ADULTS. Also there are other promotions that had large steroid use too.
@hitman321100 well guess we have to agree to disagree wrestlers felt they had no choice to take then if they wanted to be big stars like hogan and warrior.
@@MampsUK Yeah and that's on them not on Vince.Theyre grown adults. As adults we make our choices and love by them. If you died from a drug overdose, would your boss take responsibility for it?
@2:04“None whatsoever I mean they wrastled for you. They hard for this organisation. They worked a couple of hundred nights for you.” Vince - smashes paper. “Omg you can’t believe can you see that look .” Vince getting mad is hilarious. 🤬😂😂😆😆😆
@@toddpace4588He encouraged steroid use, he overworked his wrestlers and turned the other way when they were doing drugs. He got away with it because he was powerful and had the money to fight everything against him but I believe it finally caught up with him and he has been banned from his own company
Why is he responsible for GROWN ADULTS shooting themselves up with harmful substances? If you die from these harmful substances I guarantee you your boss would not take responsibility for YOUR actions.
How is it that they put Vince in a dark room and made him look like the most bastard possible wow! For him to have taken zero responsibility is ludicrous
Wrestlers were wrestling in Vince McMahon's company and in other companies every day and sometimes they wrestle more than once a day in countless house shows across America and abroad, daily wrestling means a lot of injuries, a lot of injuries means a lot of pain, a lot of pain means a lot of pain killers, and a lot of pain killers means health problems and heart attacks. If wrestling companies only held weekly and monthly shows without any daily house shows, all these wrestlers wouldn't have died. If wrestlers only wrestled once a week, they wouldn't have accumulated so much pain, and wouldn't need to use any pain killers or other drugs, and their bodies would have had enough time to recover. There is no other physical sport that holds daily shows except professional wrestling, that's why the number of deaths in professional wrestling is high.
2:12 onwards. If this isn’t a work interview then jeez you can see Vince literally change in his demeanour!!! Damn man!!! If Vince was this age today then AEW wouldn’t stand a chance.
Smh of course Vince doesn’t care or blame himself. He pushed guys to take steroids and worked his employees with a killer schedule and these guys were hooked on drugs due to the busy life
Why is he responsible for GROWN ADULTS shooting themselves up with harmful substances? If you die from these harmful substances I guarantee you your boss would not take responsibility for YOUR actions.
Funny, if he didn't want the responsibility for his wrestlers well being or couldn't care less, he could have pass that onto Union but didn't want to his wrestlers to Unionise so it clearly says Vince McMahon would have been better of just asking ppl to pay him like an unfortunate individual asks for spare change because it looks that way
Keep in mind this is the same man Randy Orton recently said had him continue wrestling with a bad back and refused to give Orton time off. Digest that !
Vince is right, why the heck should he take responsibility for these guys deaths. These guys were grown adults and made their own choices. Not to mention not all of these guys even worked for Vince and worked for other promotions.
The thing is though, Vince had (and probably still does) a thing for huge, roided up, super-hero looking wrestlers. If you looked like that he'd push you straight to the top.
Vince IS partially responsible because the drug culture was due in part and fostered by the culture of pro wrestling at the time. When you're constantly on the road, pick up an injury, start taking painkillers and or mix them with alcohol. . . . Its the start of a downwards spiral. Youd need meds to help you sleep, meds to help get you through the day and then soon those meds arent strong enough anymore. Wrestlers having to wrestle more frequently and picking up injuries (having no protection) wouldnt want to lose their spot on the card, end up medicating/self medicating and wrestling with injuries which then only get worse thus in turn wrestlers end up needing higher dosages to cope with the pain. . .why have 1 pill every 4 hrs when you can take 2, that then becomes 3 or 4 pills ever 4 hrs. . . .and that can be where prescription fraud and addiction starts. Many of the workers were on the road for 27/28 days of the month, away from their families and used all sorts of vices to cope. . . the company of prostitues, other women they'd encounter on the road, alcohol, recreational drugs. Ric Flair once said that busines was done in the bar and if you wernt out in the bar after the show, you wernt getting a push. (Think of how business is done socially in Japan - karaoke bars, Korea - restaurants - China - sat down with cigarettes) Its why you hear so many stories of wrestlers (at the time) not going out drinking after shows and other guys thinking/feeling as if they've been snubbed by the guy that doesnt "party" and just wants to go to his room. Loads of wrestlers were using anabolic steroids at the time too when bodies and a look could get you a push. When a muscles, a tan and being bigger became the thing, very few wrestlers wanted to be left behind. . . .how many wrestlers were blasting their steroid cycles with little to no off periods, they didnt have advice from qualified physicians. Pro-wrestling culture evolved into the above into the mid-70s ish and peaked around the mid 90s. "Quick Draw" Rick McGraw was the first high profile wrestling death that i atribute to that culture. Its a shame that it took so many wrestler deaths to change the WWFE's approach to how they handle and care for their former and current workers by providing rehab for them. But yep, the culture has changed. As much as we look at wrestlers and dont see them as the "real" men of yesteryear, the men that had a certain grit and toughness to them, workers today are more reserved, cultured and self conscious. They're likely to be gaming, streaming on twitch, co hosting a podcast, playing in a band, playing poker, cosplaying. Wrestlers have much more downtime than they did in the 80s and 90s and i think that makes for a happier, healthier wrestler.
This interview should have been a warning sign. It showed Vince for who he truly is: a pathetic, selfish human being, who does not care about anyone but himself and his power. And yet, there are people who actually defend this man and make excuses for him. It makes me sick!
I always said they can't blame Vince and I still support him. But damn he did put pressure on his wrestlers and expected a bit too much from them. But then again he never put a gun to anyone's head and I'm sure the wrestlers knew what they were signing up for.
He was responsible making 5-6 shows a week as a kid I didn’t know that thought it was only Monday night raw shotgun Saturday night as a kid and wrestlers make money on house shows the schedule
Vince was 100% correct. He did not force anyone to become a pro wrestler. They were all adults and made their own decisions. That reporter was stupid and I’m glad Vince put him in his place.
Gotta love it... everything good that happened in wrestling happened because of Vince McMahon... everything bad? Well it's not my fault, even though I created the environment for it to happen, and if you try to blame me you're an asshole... pure McMahonism in action, he was so up his own ass it's not even funny
I think someone killed Chris. Benoit is what I have always thought & what really happened to Eddie. Guerrero????? And Brett Heart's brother??? And. Elizabeth what happened to her did she just know to much about someone or what???
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Vince saying he hasn't seen any roid rage, he should look in the mirror
You’ve never showed anger or frustration? All of us are on steroids by your logic.
@@juanbotello1 Most people get angry without acting anything like Vince Mcmahon. Way to defend a complete POS 🙄
@@chilliecheesecake you’re right. People act a whole lot worst than Vince. We kill each other, road rage, flip each other off, call each other names, etc. Yeah, we’re also POS too.
@@juanbotello1 The problem with Vince is that he's a petulant person and lashes out when he doesn't get his way or feels backed into a corner. He's a classic example of a narcissist.
@@Corwin1141 I agree with Vince here. Why is he responsible for the bad habits that wrestlers got back in the day? He gave them the opportunity to wrestle, make a living off of it and earn big money. He’s not a babysitter, the wrestlers aren’t little kids. They’re grown ass men who know right from wrong. If they picked up bad habits along the way, how is it Vince’s fault?
Owen Hart wasn’t responsible for his death, the PPV should of stopped. That falls on McMahon, Owen was forced into that stunt
And THAT’S why I can understand Owen’s widow not wanting anything to do with WWE as long as McMahon is alive
that doesn’t fall on McMahon. he actually advised AGAINST it. vince russo green lit it i believe.
and Owen accidentally triggered the latch on his suspension device.. why is that Vince’s fault?
and ultimately it was on Owen to do it or not.
They come from show business, they were taught that the show must go on. It's an ethic.
Vince was responsible, he killed Owen to get back at Bret
Could have been a crime scene when you think about it, where were the authorities!
Vince was never a character. That's what made him the best heel in the business.
Vince worked those 80s guys into the ground. The schedule seemed ridiculous
Many of them still work 300+ shows a year. Crazy!
the 80s wasn't that many shows...it was the 90s
@@Born2Punch they did tons of live events, and they had to drive states away instead of 150 miles like current talent do.
@@brianthomas3451 had plenty of fun too im sure XD
In addition to wrestling the televised shows and PPVs/PLEs, most talent have to wrestle 3-5 non-televised house shows every week too. That's why you'll have wrestlers say they worked over 300 shows a year. Hogan likes to say he used to work 400 shows a year because back in the day, superstars sometimes wrestled 2 shows in 1 day. But a lot of people don't believe him. They think this is one of his exaggerations. Ric Flair certainly wrestled nearly everyday for several decades.
Man! You can literally see him changing from Vince McMahon to Mr McMahon within 2 minutes.
My thoughts exactly
He becomes angry and irrational...and acts like a Monster!
Nowadays-We know now, just how evil he was... and apparently still is.
Total BS @@ronaldshank7589
Nah, Vince is a true family man
He's an a-hole...
this Netflix doc should be too sweet
the trailer is how i found and went looking for this clip
@@thelucidintermissionRight? Me too especially after he tried to knock the papers out of the reporters hand 😂😂😂😂
You absolutely beat me to it. I just hope the makers of the doc are as sensitive to McMahon as he has been to absolutely everyone in his orbit for decades. Upvote number 100 incoming...
I watched it ain't it really didn't tell us anything new.
@@PeteMcCorvey They were more focused on the allegations against Vince.
No man can smack a pile of papers like Vinnie Mac.
Trump could
@@WalterWhiteJPi am he made me boof a cheese puff in a trailer
I laughed my ass off.
Piper saying he won’t make it to 65 man words are powerful…
And, tragically-They were true. He died in his sleep, of an apparent Heart Attack, at the age of 61 years old.
Rest In Peace, Roddy Piper.
I used to wrestle and I got out because I got injured every single match and training session. Mostly minor injuries, but I was aware that as they accumulate it would completely destroy me. What Piper was saying about himself was how I envisioned my future if I decided to carry on down that path.
Roddy had a heart attack caused by high blood pressure. Sad but very common in the US
Vince kind of shows his cards during interviews where he feels disrespected. He acts like a schoolyard bully instead of a CEO. He claims no responsibility for the independent contractors that perform for his company, but holds those independent contractors to the fire if they try to make a little money not associated with him. Is it really shocking to hear about the uncomfortable to potentially illegal actions done by him personally?
2:18 This is what separates Vince McMahon from a wimp like Tony Khan. Vinny had the balls to get in front of guys and threaten them, TK couldn't even threaten a child
Look at the rage in him. It’s no wonder the law caught up with him but money protects you
Roid rage..
Dangerous guy
@@markdouglas9182 How do you know? Evidence? I've had alot worse rage than that and i never took steroids. Serial killers can have rage. Thats not really rage. He hit a pile of papers. Big deal. I've beaten the F outta people in 5 seconds and I never used steroids. You would need evidence of roid rage instead of just making stupid claims like that LOL
@@markdouglas9182 How do you know it wasnt just from vince only sleeping 4 hours per night? That would make you pretty pissed off. I know I've done it.
I think he was on cocaine and steroids in that interview
I prefer steroids personally
Vince was Born on steroids
No he just could never control his emotions. He's very childish and immature. Dont blame it on drugs or steroids. lol He just couldnt take criticism. He felt triggered. lol
He's a sociopath plain and simple.
@@frog_king8383this is America
vince is a sociopath
A sociopath can't engage in social practices, he's awkward. Vince used his charisma to appeal to a wider audience in the form of a character, it's another kind of pathology.
@@veleo13 no, you're thinking of a psychopath
Thanks doctor
That Roddy Piper interview really makes you stop and think. Piper was 61 when he passed away.
Not really. Piper used the law of attraction thats all. He got what he said. No big deal whatsoever. He would still be alive if he affirmed that he would live to be 80. We get what we say. Thats it. My mother said for 20 years she would one day get alzheimers disease and end up in a nursing home. She said it constantly and she attracted it. I've seen these things happen alot in life. You should study it so you dont use it to ruin your life like many other people do.
@@fatherdamien69 Yes I learned the law of attraction after reading The Secret.
Piper said he would never see 65 and publicly said it. Piper lived a different life and there is stuff that happened in his childhood that he never talked about or shared
@@fatherdamien69
@@fatherdamien69stop talking shite lmao 😂
I'm so glad now that Vince is gone from WWE, the wrestlers are given more leniency to their schedules so that they could go home and relax.
Will osprey didn’t sign with wwe and chose aew due to the schedule.
@@HighWoodyI think WWE had a lengthy european tour for live events this past summer. But for fall it's only a couple.
You do realize WWE isn't the only one that has grueling schedules. Other territories had the same schedule. The only reason why the schedule today is less grueling is because WWE has more more money than ever unlike in the 80s.
Vince McMahon has never been very good at real life interviews. He's way too easy to rile up.
Steroids 😂
That's Vince's fault for being so immature growing up and being to Egotistical Power Hungry Republican like Donald Trump
The Patriot actually died at 59 of.. surprise surprise, a heart attack.
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An absolutely alarming number of Wrestlers, whether in the WWE, or any other Wrestling Organization, have died that way! The Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Paul Bearer, Bad News Brown, Viscera, The Big Bossman, and quite a few other Big-Name Wrestlers, have died that way.
I don't even want to know who could be next!
Iron Mike DiBiase, Ted DiBiase's father died in the ring at age 45, Gorgeous! George died at 48, And those guys were then gone long before Vince came along
@@romans52345-cy3tq Vince didn't invent steroids and wasn't the first promoter to want 'big guys' in the ring. It's just part and parcel of the wrestling industry. They need an independent drug testing lab to test everyone throughout the year, but WWE will never do it because it isn't a legit sport - it's performance art.
@@ronaldshank7589 people didn't had knowledgment about steroids and medicine back then
cena used more gear than any other wrestler ever used and has no health issues today
This is why Jesse Ventura wanted a union in WWE.
Nope he wanted to be paid like Hogan.
@@sammygaudino8906Wrong he wanted everyone to be paid like Hogan, if they unionised the wages would have been balanced and Hogan hated the fact and so went behind Venturas back to Vince about it.
Vince said so in court under oath it was Hogan, Hogan has and always be for himself. Ventura was told by a pro NFL player to get a Union and he tried but most of the guys didn't want to also go against Vince because he would fire them and that would be it. In the 80s trying to make yourself was in on Vince because he had it all wether WcW was around or not
@dnakatomiuk Yea it doesn't work like that.When you are the best in your profession you get paid the most.I'm sure every nfl player wants to be paid like a quarterback.
@@dnakatomiukit would've been impossible for all wrestlers to be paid like Hogan. Your pay is determined by two things...your place on the card...and whether or not you're a title holder
Wrong @@sammygaudino8906
4:42 he was right RIP at 61 crazy
Can't wait for netflix doc
You can't blame Vince. People make their own choices. However Vince's schedule for the wrestlers back then was brutal which caused these bad habits and stress in their lives
@tallguy9425 We can blame him for causing Owen to fall and die! Or did you bloody forget that? Or the fact he showed no remorse and took no responsibility for it! Grow up!!! Vince is a scum bag and deserves to be punished!!!
Fuck Vince this guy belongs in behind bars he’s psychopath
In Owen Hart death, he at least should stop the show
R.I.P to Sid Vicious. He passed a few weeks ago.
Yo quit playing
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"What do you expect me to do at 49? I can't touch my pension till im 65... I'm not gonna make it 65 lets face facts" - Roddy Piper..... he died at age 61 :-(
Vince McMahon does hold some responsibility for his wrestlers developing drug issues in the 80's and 90's. He did not give guaranteed contracts and put them on the road 20 to 25 days a month. McMahon could have ran a company that better suited the mental and physical health of his wrestler's.
If I do drugs at my job that’s on me. I’m grown and can make my own decisions he ain’t my dad and even he said something I’m still going to do it because I’m grown. Jake Roberts own up to his own shit and it was all him no one else. And I think he was one of the plugs too so I’f you’re grown, you’re responsible for yourself. Period.
I disagree with that. Holding Vince responsible for wrestlers' individual choices is like holding the owners of record companies or Hollywood Studios responsible for the deaths of musicians and singers. At the end of the day, we are all responsible for the decisions we make.
His rubuttal wasn't even remotely believable. He'd a made a bad politician.
What a terrible take.
The difference between Trump and Vince is ten though they are both sociopaths, Vince is a real tough guy.
Vince would have a street fight and not think twice.
Boxers and MMA fighters compete once, twice a year.
Wrestlers work a hundred, two hundred times a year.
People accept that as normal. It is completely insane.
Its because of the pre planned scripting in WWE which makes people think its not real anyway
@lionkingflo6355 So why do so many of these wrestlers end up in physical therapy from debilitating injuries.
@TheTallMan50 I never said that pre planned scripting doesn't mean that the wrestlers don't work hard, take a lot of bumps or not risking a lot of injuries. I just said that the scripting makes people think that it would be fake
@@lionkingflo6355 it still takes a toll on the body even tho its fake
Why did they ever get Vince to do these interviews in response to fucked up situations like Owen and Chris Benoit's deaths? He loses his shit so easily and has a crushing ego, his facial expressions before he hits the interviewers paper makes me cringe
The interviewer clearly was saying it falls on pence's shoulders and then tries to say that he wasn't trying to blame him
Does amaze me how over the years nobody has actually just put Vince through the ground!
He feels guilty. That’s why.
"Perception is reality" - Vince McMahon
From late 1997 on, I get the awful feeling, now that I think about it, that we were seeing the Real Vince McMahon... and that's shocking to me! If my guess is right, we were seeing just how bad he really was... and maybe still is!
the end of this segment is so prolific..... this was just a couple years before the deaths of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit... the catalysts that changed pro wrestling forever
McMahon was ruthless, his way or the highway 🛣️.
2:18 Vince lays the smackdown
He looked liked a control freak.
Vince is a narcissist who can't stand being criticized or challenged. How does Bruce Pritchard feel being lodged up Vince's backside for over 30 years?
Teddy Hart taking about being the next Rock… wow
He thought nepotism could bring him there
My employer isn’t responsible if I go out partying every night.
I never seen the interview around the 2 minute mark. 2:42 McMahon tries to flip the interviewers papers that shi was crazy 😂
I remember when this aired. He tried the fake nice guy act, but when pressed with the facts he said "fu** it" and the real Vince came out. I love Vince humiliating himself. Despite his tough demeanor, he's just a street bully juiced up on roids. People like Vince pray there's no heaven or hell because he will burn in hell for all eternity.
I used to wrestle and I got out because I got injured every single match and training session. Mostly minor injuries, but I was aware that as they accumulate it would completely destroy me. What Piper was saying about himself was how I envisioned my future if I decided to carry on down that path.
People talk abt this wwe wellness policy but its Mcmahon that encourages his wrestlers to take steroids as those are the kind of wrestlers he wants. Wasnt he responsible bk in the 90s for distributing steroids to his wrestlers.
The wellness policy is just a front
No he never forced anyone, these guys took them at their own merit.
@hitman321100 he never physically forced them but he made out he wanted wrestlers jacked up which is common knowledge in order for them to be pushed. So the wrestlers only options were to take gear
@@MampsUK No he didn't, he never forced anyone to take them. These wrestlers made their own choices. They're GROWN ADULTS. Also there are other promotions that had large steroid use too.
@hitman321100 well guess we have to agree to disagree wrestlers felt they had no choice to take then if they wanted to be big stars like hogan and warrior.
@@MampsUK Yeah and that's on them not on Vince.Theyre grown adults. As adults we make our choices and love by them. If you died from a drug overdose, would your boss take responsibility for it?
Vince McMahon passing the buck and taking no responsibility for anything. What an ass
Vince steroid use really showed with punching the papers.
An interview who finally put Vince McMahon in his place and destroyed his EGO
Vince was poison to the wrestling business.
Poison? Vince IS the wrestling business
@@TheBigCheeseTPpeople always age themselves when it comes to pro wrestling.....
@@chrisschei5597 elaborate
@@chrisschei5597 Vince was a weirdo creep
You act like other wrestling promotions don't exist and that they aren't doing even more dangerous shit than Vince could imagine.
@2:04“None whatsoever I mean they wrastled for you. They hard for this organisation. They worked a couple of hundred nights for you.” Vince - smashes paper. “Omg you can’t believe can you see that look .” Vince getting mad is hilarious. 🤬😂😂😆😆😆
If someone works for your company and they unfortunately pass, you would take responsibility for their passing?
@@toddpace4588He encouraged steroid use, he overworked his wrestlers and turned the other way when they were doing drugs.
He got away with it because he was powerful and had the money to fight everything against him but I believe it finally caught up with him and he has been banned from his own company
@@toddpace4588These clowns dont understand logic.
Looked for this for years. Thanks
i found it on internet archive it took off youtube for some reason
here is where i found it it got took off youtube sometime after 2014 web.archive.org/web/20140414113232/th-cam.com/video/rf-sNmLjzz0/w-d-xo.html
@@thelucidintermission What year was this interview?
@@johndawhale3197around 2003 (I think)
Mr McMahon appears in a flash, and we all know you don't mess with him
Deflecting questions and no accountability. Sounds like a politician..😂😂😂
Sounds like a sociopath
Why is he responsible for GROWN ADULTS shooting themselves up with harmful substances? If you die from these harmful substances I guarantee you your boss would not take responsibility for YOUR actions.
So Vince say he did cocaine in the 80s
it was pretty well known that he did blow back in the day. even bret hart did too
Post the bob costas interview
How is it that they put Vince in a dark room and made him look like the most bastard possible wow! For him to have taken zero responsibility is ludicrous
I’ve never seen a more complicated legacy
Wrestlers were wrestling in Vince McMahon's company and in other companies every day and sometimes they wrestle more than once a day in countless house shows across America and abroad, daily wrestling means a lot of injuries, a lot of injuries means a lot of pain, a lot of pain means a lot of pain killers, and a lot of pain killers means health problems and heart attacks.
If wrestling companies only held weekly and monthly shows without any daily house shows, all these wrestlers wouldn't have died. If wrestlers only wrestled once a week, they wouldn't have accumulated so much pain, and wouldn't need to use any pain killers or other drugs, and their bodies would have had enough time to recover.
There is no other physical sport that holds daily shows except professional wrestling, that's why the number of deaths in professional wrestling is high.
Workers Rights for wrestlers plz
2:12 onwards.
If this isn’t a work interview then jeez you can see Vince literally change in his demeanour!!!
Damn man!!!
If Vince was this age today then AEW wouldn’t stand a chance.
Thank god triple h has took over and made it a much better working environment for all concerned
Piper’s film and TV work should have qualified him for health insurance and pension benefits through SAG-AFTRA, but I’m sure he explored every option.
2:17 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😄😄😄🙃🙃🙃😀😄😀😄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Vince McMahon is like one of the prophets from Halo but in real life dude is a sneaky manipulator thats why WWF became successful
Smh of course Vince doesn’t care or blame himself. He pushed guys to take steroids and worked his employees with a killer schedule and these guys were hooked on drugs due to the busy life
Why is he responsible for GROWN ADULTS shooting themselves up with harmful substances? If you die from these harmful substances I guarantee you your boss would not take responsibility for YOUR actions.
Funny, if he didn't want the responsibility for his wrestlers well being or couldn't care less, he could have pass that onto Union but didn't want to his wrestlers to Unionise so it clearly says Vince McMahon would have been better of just asking ppl to pay him like an unfortunate individual asks for spare change because it looks that way
Unions are pricks
They made these decisions. These are grown men and women
Who had the idea to drop Owen Hart from the roof?
Keep in mind this is the same man Randy Orton recently said had him continue wrestling with a bad back and refused to give Orton time off. Digest that !
while the exhausting touring schedulw is all on vince most wrestlers did develop a habit before entering wwe.
What’s the name of this documentary? I want to see it in full.
The episode is from Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. The Netflix documentary is “Mr. McMahon”.
Vince vs Armen in a grudge match! By gawd!
Letting his ego crack like that makes him look devious more than any speculation thrown from the unknowns
What year was this made?
2003 i think?
@@thelucidintermission looks about right. I figured early 2000s
guy said WWE so def 03 or later. I would wager between 03 and 05
@@turkN9NEIt was 2003. Because the interview Piper did for HBO got him fired afterwards.
Davey Boy sadly passed away in 2002, so definitely 2003. Sad to think since than just how many many more died in their 40s and 50s since then.
2:17 lol
Vince went crazy... completely crazy.
Vince is right, why the heck should he take responsibility for these guys deaths. These guys were grown adults and made their own choices. Not to mention not all of these guys even worked for Vince and worked for other promotions.
Vince McMahon popped on Vince McMahon
The thing is though, Vince had (and probably still does) a thing for huge, roided up, super-hero looking wrestlers. If you looked like that he'd push you straight to the top.
Vince IS partially responsible because the drug culture was due in part and fostered by the culture of pro wrestling at the time.
When you're constantly on the road, pick up an injury, start taking painkillers and or mix them with alcohol. . . . Its the start of a downwards spiral. Youd need meds to help you sleep, meds to help get you through the day and then soon those meds arent strong enough anymore.
Wrestlers having to wrestle more frequently and picking up injuries (having no protection) wouldnt want to lose their spot on the card, end up medicating/self medicating and wrestling with injuries which then only get worse thus in turn wrestlers end up needing higher dosages to cope with the pain. . .why have 1 pill every 4 hrs when you can take 2, that then becomes 3 or 4 pills ever 4 hrs. . . .and that can be where prescription fraud and addiction starts.
Many of the workers were on the road for 27/28 days of the month, away from their families and used all sorts of vices to cope. . . the company of prostitues, other women they'd encounter on the road, alcohol, recreational drugs.
Ric Flair once said that busines was done in the bar and if you wernt out in the bar after the show, you wernt getting a push. (Think of how business is done socially in Japan - karaoke bars, Korea - restaurants - China - sat down with cigarettes) Its why you hear so many stories of wrestlers (at the time) not going out drinking after shows and other guys thinking/feeling as if they've been snubbed by the guy that doesnt "party" and just wants to go to his room.
Loads of wrestlers were using anabolic steroids at the time too when bodies and a look could get you a push. When a muscles, a tan and being bigger became the thing, very few wrestlers wanted to be left behind. . . .how many wrestlers were blasting their steroid cycles with little to no off periods, they didnt have advice from qualified physicians.
Pro-wrestling culture evolved into the above into the mid-70s ish and peaked around the mid 90s. "Quick Draw" Rick McGraw was the first high profile wrestling death that i atribute to that culture.
Its a shame that it took so many wrestler deaths to change the WWFE's approach to how they handle and care for their former and current workers by providing rehab for them.
But yep, the culture has changed. As much as we look at wrestlers and dont see them as the "real" men of yesteryear, the men that had a certain grit and toughness to them, workers today are more reserved, cultured and self conscious. They're likely to be gaming, streaming on twitch, co hosting a podcast, playing in a band, playing poker, cosplaying.
Wrestlers have much more downtime than they did in the 80s and 90s and i think that makes for a happier, healthier wrestler.
Let me ask you a question, if you yourself died from drug overdose do you think your boss would take responsibility for that?
@hitman321100 What drugs am I abusing and why am I taking them?
2:19
What show is this from?
HBO Sports with Bryan Gumble.
What year did this clip air?
Likely very late 2001 or very early 2002. Right when the name went from WWF to WWE.
@@Euro316It was 2003.
@@antoniusjohnson3824 Thats correct because British Bulldog died in 2002
This is the moment I knew who the real Vince McMahon was
This interview should have been a warning sign. It showed Vince for who he truly is: a pathetic, selfish human being, who does not care about anyone but himself and his power. And yet, there are people who actually defend this man and make excuses for him. It makes me sick!
Out of a hundred thousand
2:18 😂😂😂
There was lots of drug use (especially painkillers) in the 90's and beyond too. Deceptive to say that it was "just" an 80's thing.
they had to use painkillers because they were wrestling every night
To a curtain extend vince is right
teddy hart? howd that turn out huh
I always said they can't blame Vince and I still support him. But damn he did put pressure on his wrestlers and expected a bit too much from them. But then again he never put a gun to anyone's head and I'm sure the wrestlers knew what they were signing up for.
What I hate is how people don't realize other promotions were doing the same thing if not worse.
Roddy Piper indeed didn't make 65
They filmes this in WWEs building. They filmed for 3-4 hours and cut it fown to 60 minutes. Remember the Simpsons rowdy roddy peeper?
He was responsible making 5-6 shows a week as a kid I didn’t know that thought it was only Monday night raw shotgun Saturday night as a kid and wrestlers make money on house shows the schedule
Vince was 100% correct. He did not force anyone to become a pro wrestler. They were all adults and made their own decisions. That reporter was stupid and I’m glad Vince put him in his place.
What a uncomfortable interview!,Vince McMahon is no longer WWE chairman
Still getting paid
@@Dusterbugless exactly
Can't blame Vince or Zack Hample.
It's never Vince's fault 🤷🏽
Corporate manslaughter.
They also tried to blame vince for a kid Killing another kid in 2001 or 2
Vince screwed Vince
Horribly out of sync
A LEGEND🔥 YEAH
Gotta love it... everything good that happened in wrestling happened because of Vince McMahon... everything bad? Well it's not my fault, even though I created the environment for it to happen, and if you try to blame me you're an asshole... pure McMahonism in action, he was so up his own ass it's not even funny
Vince about lose his shape. Freaky
I think someone killed Chris. Benoit is what I have always thought & what really happened to Eddie. Guerrero????? And Brett Heart's brother??? And. Elizabeth what happened to her did she just know to much about someone or what???