Stevie Richards on Just How Uncaring Vince McMahon Could Be

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  • @makavelideathrow3819
    @makavelideathrow3819 หลายเดือนก่อน +521

    If Randy Orton is saying something like this... then god only knows what Vince did to the lower card guys.

    • @RealGilbertGan
      @RealGilbertGan หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      He probably did that to Kanyon by having Undertaker hit him with a steel chair in the head while dressed as Boy George

    • @royalty843
      @royalty843 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or have a dildo named after you

    • @thereelpineapple
      @thereelpineapple หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@RealGilbertGan The Kanyon thing I remember as a teenager was the first time I went wait a minute....that was such an ugly story behind the scenes.

    • @RealGilbertGan
      @RealGilbertGan หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@thereelpineapple yep, it's a typical WWE bullying tactic

    • @mamaslittleman6104
      @mamaslittleman6104 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Vince was an absolute piece of shit Rapist and Twisted sick asshole. I get that he is the Reason Pro Wrestling became what it was and why myself and millions of People have these amazing memories of Our Favorite Wrestlers but IDGAF. After learning about who he really was I can't believe anyone would want to speak highly of him no matter how Famous or wealthy they became because of him. My opinon anyways lol. but yeah respect to your comment.

  • @thekingofkingsrp
    @thekingofkingsrp หลายเดือนก่อน +527

    Any job physical or mental will use you until you are broken or not needed anymore.

    • @uncleedsautographsandstuff8813
      @uncleedsautographsandstuff8813 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      Everyone can be replaced is the corporate mindset!

    • @MichaelThomas-ll1hw
      @MichaelThomas-ll1hw หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@uncleedsautographsandstuff8813 it’s fine so long as workers are adequately compensated for their years of loyalty and hard work… in this case there appears to be no compensation beyond wrestlers own ability to merchandise themselves with signings and podcasts….

    • @Grassyknolldallas
      @Grassyknolldallas หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      As a business owner you’re correct. I just want the job done, you’ll aren’t my family, and honestly the people who work for me make me physically ill just to look at them and how big of losers they are. I feel bad for them

    • @dildonius
      @dildonius หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@GrassyknolldallasIf that's true, then you're actual subhuman scum. Your employees are literally the primary reason why you're able to make a living.

    • @TheProphegy
      @TheProphegy หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      I learned that first hand at a factory/construction job how it’s just a carousel of people rotating in and out and your body getting obliterated and then next man up. Only people who stay at those places long is people who got lucky enough to get one of the few easy jobs or if you wear a suit and work a desk. When I quit mine of 7 1/2 years my foreman told me whether I’m not there, he’s not there, it don’t matter. The train don’t stop for anybody.

  • @Joecbg100
    @Joecbg100 หลายเดือนก่อน +175

    Bret compared Vince to a horse-owner who once you can't make it, they put two slugs in the back of your head.

    • @mattm7798
      @mattm7798 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Which in some respect is the entire entertainment/sports industry, and not entirely unreasonable in one sense. You, as an entertainer, bring value to a company when you perform, and when you can't, they don't need you.
      All that said, Vince had the opportunity to change that and give guys time off when they needed it and chose not to. IOW, the old territory promoters kind of had to run guys into the ground because they were living paycheck to paycheck(doesn't make it right mind you)...Vince, by the late 80s, had surpassed that and still treated his talent like crap.

    • @grilledcheese9297
      @grilledcheese9297 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lmao

    • @joshuacobb2842
      @joshuacobb2842 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Literally? Bret is one of my all time favorites, but he's very melodramatic and whiney.

    • @Joecbg100
      @Joecbg100 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@joshuacobb2842 this was in 1997 at the end of his documentary Wrestling with Shadows and after Survivor Series. You'll forgive him if at that point he was pissed off.

    • @leostenbuck4194
      @leostenbuck4194 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@joshuacobb2842 No he's not, Kurt Angle's story is enough proof of this.

  • @stingrey1571
    @stingrey1571 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    One of Vince’s top stars died during a ppv. And he CONTINUED THE SHOW.
    So it is no surprise Vince could care less about Randy’s back.

    • @martinputt6421
      @martinputt6421 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      And he covered up for Jimmy Snuka as well.

    • @tigerwarsaw99
      @tigerwarsaw99 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yeah wtf man thats so messed up. Rest in peace Owen Hart.

  • @speed6725
    @speed6725 หลายเดือนก่อน +268

    Vince didn’t care about anyone but himself. Not even his kids.

    • @misterslats
      @misterslats หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      ...or his wife...clearly.

    • @LastSunrise1981
      @LastSunrise1981 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Eh, I wouldn't go that far in saying Vince didn't care. He obviously did have a heart for the well-being of talents. Vince lived inside of his WWF/WWE bubble from its initial inception. Anyone confined into their specific chamber are going to have some odd quirks about their personalities.
      Quite honestly, a huge part of me is surprised he has lasted this long not being involved with the WWE.

    • @speed6725
      @speed6725 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@LastSunrise1981 He has no choice in the matter

    • @trizzo5147
      @trizzo5147 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Lol and Verne gagne, Bill watts, Eddie Graham, fritz were all great guys right? Without Vince wrestling would have died a long time ago.

    • @deepblue8143
      @deepblue8143 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes because you know him personally..

  • @PlanetCHH
    @PlanetCHH หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    Stevie Richards is a brilliant mind. Looking forward to hearing from him more

    • @tonyphillips8726
      @tonyphillips8726 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed. I enjoy him and Bin Hamin.

    • @naturallawman2965
      @naturallawman2965 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Good to see you here Christian. Love your channel.

    • @PlanetCHH
      @PlanetCHH หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@naturallawman2965 cheers pal

    • @tonyphillips8726
      @tonyphillips8726 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@naturallawman2965 I thought the same thing when I saw his comment!

    • @tobysgamingworld1550
      @tobysgamingworld1550 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂 you should meet him in person. Biggest user on planet

  • @danospitpatio6236
    @danospitpatio6236 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I can't live without the Stevie Play-by-Play video calls. Must continue!

  • @Axs_Nice_Hair
    @Axs_Nice_Hair หลายเดือนก่อน +177

    Dynamite kid was practically crippled from a back injury. Davey boy brought him to the ring carrying him on his back. Vince didn't care. He just wanted them at the show so Davey could drop the belts. Vince did not care.

    • @____K_____989
      @____K_____989 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      While that may be true, Dynamite was a disgusting animal.
      Vince and Dynamite are the same.

    • @phoenixmodellingphotography
      @phoenixmodellingphotography หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      ​@@____K_____989That's irrelevant to the point though

    • @trizzo5147
      @trizzo5147 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      What would you have liked Vince to do? Pay every single guy a great salary for the rest of their lives because they got beat up....wrestling for a living? He would have been out of business by 1990 if he operated that way. EVERY wrestling promoter in history operated the same exact way.

    • @trizzo5147
      @trizzo5147 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      People love to hate Vince so much when in reality he saved wrestling. No 90s kids were going to watch whatever Verne gagne was putting on TV or Jerry Jarrett. Without wwe ecw would have never blown up like it did. The wrestling market was huge because of what wwe was doing and did. You know what else would have never happened? The nwo. Scott and Kevin both fled wcw to get a chance to go work with Vince who then made them both huge stars which he also did with hogan. No Vince and wrestling is a nothing product today.

    • @smarkslowplay3512
      @smarkslowplay3512 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      ​@@trizzo5147BS
      Vince could have paid insurance for every worker (not just employee in the office) from 1982 til now and would have been obscenely wealthy too, just a few tens of millions less
      Make a calculation if you want. The super rich don't need to be super rich. They just go over dead bodies to become super rich

  • @DonSmith2323
    @DonSmith2323 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Stevie Richards is a all-time class act ,and one of the best interviews in wrestling thanks James and Stevie,⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    • @neilsun2521
      @neilsun2521 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He is indeed classier than most of the ex wrestling personalities, IMO. Never seems bitter; never has an agenda. Just speaks facts.

    • @DonSmith2323
      @DonSmith2323 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@neilsun2521 and he has a great memory for the things he was around and really good insight

  • @ericseitzler81
    @ericseitzler81 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Vince was a massive workaholic and didn't care about his wife and kids and couldn't understand why someone would think the opposite,thats a true narcissist for ya!!

    • @visceratrocar
      @visceratrocar 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Always had to prove himself to his wrestlers, too. He was always taking their finishers and out crazying them.

    • @Real_Name_Jim
      @Real_Name_Jim 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      There's a ton of evidence proving you wrong!

    • @NookTommy
      @NookTommy 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And CM Punk

  • @jasonp357
    @jasonp357 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    I don’t know much about Stevie but he’s very well spoken. And truthful

    • @neilsun2521
      @neilsun2521 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He's a great guy. From what I've seen on his channel and Russo's.

    • @tylermcnally8232
      @tylermcnally8232 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I dont know much about him be he speaks the truth... as he sees it. Doesnt make it the truth.

    • @T1Slam
      @T1Slam หลายเดือนก่อน

      But is he a badass like John Moxley?? F NO!

    • @tonyslicer7399
      @tonyslicer7399 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah so since don't know man think speaks the truth 😂 that how Jesus was made

    • @martinputt6421
      @martinputt6421 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tonyslicer7399 What? In English please.

  • @Mamashmeeky
    @Mamashmeeky หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Look with Eddie Guerrero. Everyone talked about him walking around in pain all day and lying on the trainers bed all the time backstage. Vince never said, go take some time off. Guy was wrestling with heart disease up a few days before passing of a heart attack. Vince is extremely lucky that didn’t happen in the ring

    • @thewarner2139
      @thewarner2139 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Remembering how things were back then, Vince would have swept it under the rug like he did with Owen and just kept the show going.
      "....Cole, Eddie's dead. And you're back in 10, 9, 8..."

    • @MrJonnyl123
      @MrJonnyl123 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And then vince was crying in the ring with crocodile tears after Eddie dies

    • @irieite9666
      @irieite9666 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Hes survived much worse than that. Go check the press conference after "Over the edge 99" his response to a question about the harness is "first of all lady I dont appreciate your tone" just hours after someone horrifically and brutally died on his show. Ice cold.

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The show would have gone on again, sadly

  • @officespace7777
    @officespace7777 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    So Roddy Piper was telling the truth when he was on HBO in 2003?

    • @darthsebio1726
      @darthsebio1726 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Did somebody doubt that?...

  • @charlesmarcus7864
    @charlesmarcus7864 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I remember when Shane Douglas said a Dr. told Vince he was too hurt to work and Vince tried to intimidate the Dr because he didn’t like what he heard

  • @rockitup2041
    @rockitup2041 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    As a kid Raven was my hero but now as a grown man I believe Stevie was the better man. And he turned out to be a great Rassler!

    • @farscape1714
      @farscape1714 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What bout Raven, what bout me?

  • @ryanjacobson2508
    @ryanjacobson2508 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Great topic, applicable to pretty much any full time job. Employers often do push the envelope to see how much an employee is willing to do and willing to put up with. Unfortunately some essentially on purpose will burn through some/all of their employees figuring that they are expendable and can eventually be replaced by new and naive hires.
    I had a former boss who didn't like me and wrote me up for complaining about job conditions and workload, and I nearly quit due to me figuring that I was never going to get a fair shake. Luckily, within a year he was forced out by the company board and things got better as my new manager respected me.

    • @smarkslowplay3512
      @smarkslowplay3512 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Employers HATE criticism. Even though most know they fuck their employees over (in different ways). They just DGAF. cash over morals

    • @anthonyfaucy2761
      @anthonyfaucy2761 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I've noticed the bigger pushover you are the more the company treats and looks at you with disrespect and like disposable trash. I stood up to s bully manager calling him out for his bs and he hasn't dared speak to me like that again

    • @RC-fi8nn
      @RC-fi8nn 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm in this situation now. It's awful.

  • @brianschuyler6834
    @brianschuyler6834 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Great pairing. Awesome seeing you two work together.

  • @r3h0l3s7
    @r3h0l3s7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    There is a line from a Pearl Jam song "if you don't like something, don't you do it too " when people say 'I had to do it, so they should have to", is just wrong. You should always want things to get better.

  • @realRaven575
    @realRaven575 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Thank you Stevie for being a "I went through it, so you don't have to." kind of human.

    • @radicalstanza3614
      @radicalstanza3614 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yeah, always a nice surprise when people from previous generations get it and approach things from an empathetic point of view. Sadly all too rare.

  • @MMA-CLIPS2
    @MMA-CLIPS2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Stevie looks great, glad to see he's doing well.

  • @diehardskins4109
    @diehardskins4109 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It amazes me how Vince got away with this stuff for so long with out one of these dudes absolutely beating the ever living shit out of him.

    • @anthonyfaucy2761
      @anthonyfaucy2761 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Some of them did like the wrestler named 'Nailz' who beat the crap out of Vince back in the day

  • @Dark_Embracer
    @Dark_Embracer หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    The problem with business people is they see you as Dollar signs. Wrestling is a physical sport so you are likely to get hurt and be in pain with physical injuries.

    • @rileystanek
      @rileystanek หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right, these are human beings out here for our entertainment

    • @smarkslowplay3512
      @smarkslowplay3512 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Then pay them insurance

    • @deepblue8143
      @deepblue8143 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's every business. I work for a fortune 500 company, I make great pay and I've been there for 23 years and guess what? I am 100% replaceable. Nobody cares.

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wrestling should’ve been had a union but Terry Bollea ratted on a fellow coworker to score points with his master smh…

    • @deepblue8143
      @deepblue8143 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @poindextertunes that would have never worked and would be a terrible idea.

  • @jasonmilam9080
    @jasonmilam9080 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Stevie sounds like he’s very intelligent and/or well read.

    • @Avamarie38
      @Avamarie38 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He is

  • @MrStaley
    @MrStaley หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Vince is about as uncaring as his absentee father was when Vince was a kid 🤣🤣

  • @Brando-Lee3725
    @Brando-Lee3725 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Glad to see Stevie joining up . I really dug his old channel , and obviously I love WSI as I watch everything put out .

  • @user-pc8uq6df2k
    @user-pc8uq6df2k หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I want to hear the story where Stevie Stevie-kicked Vince's office door open and went in with Blue Meanie and Nova and said, "We're taking over!" 😂

  • @robertotorres6391
    @robertotorres6391 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you so much, sir. You bringing wrestlers with great inside knowledge and your line of questioning is just wonderful thank you so much, sir.!!

  • @boraonline7036
    @boraonline7036 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What's always so "funny" whenever you bring such a topic up to guys from earlier wrestling generations, like Dutch Mantell, they are like what yo uare moaning about? We had it much harder!
    Like they say because they had it ruff, the next generations also have to have it that way. I man WTF? If everyone would think like that we would still work like in ancient times.

  • @mattm7798
    @mattm7798 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I like that they brought up that this was not unique to Vince. Pretty much all the territories back in the 80s and before would just run you into the ground...miss a show, don't get paid.
    That said, once Vince had the opportunity to change that, since WWF/E had become successful enough where they could afford to give guys more time off, he didn't. Some might say "well that's just Vince being a workaholic and expecting the same from everyone else"...yes, but Vince isn't in the ring taking bumps every night.
    Vince simply put business above all else, and was an evil, dirty man on top of that.

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You don’t acquire a billion dollars but helping anyone. In fact, you acquire a billion dollars by hurting as many ppl as you can, if they get in your way of that goal

  • @Danimal1177
    @Danimal1177 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The more I learn about what Vince was like in the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s, the more I realize how lucky *HE* was that the internet didn't exist for most of that time. I don't think wrestling would have gotten anywhere near as popular as it did if it were well known that Vince ruled with an iron fist and treated his talent like workhorses who were taken out when they could no longer perform.

  • @bryantalbott2116
    @bryantalbott2116 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    After hearing these comments about Vince and his short sighted approach to protecting valuable talent… or NOT protecting them/his investment…
    It boggles my mind that ppl like Jim Ross say that the wrestling business has no impact on wrestlers becoming hooked on pain pills and somas. If you are hurt, but the boss doesn’t care and doesn’t let you heal. Of course you’re going to take oxy’s and somas to keep your job.
    And I like JR. Met him, bought all his books but just using him as one example.

    • @mykoniichistorychannel
      @mykoniichistorychannel หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      JR is the same person who got publicly humiliated over and over and still counted Vince as a friend. JR is corporate through and through, he’s also the same man who chose to not fire or even fine Flair because of his legacy. He’s a decent man, but he’s a company guy.

  • @WunHitWonder
    @WunHitWonder หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    That's one toxic place from what I've heard from many stories.

  • @natebragdon1539
    @natebragdon1539 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Met Stevie a bit ago! Nice guy all around! The type of guy that you could sit with and have a regular conversation!

  • @Jack574.
    @Jack574. หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Successful people can only reach the heights they do by standing on top of mountains of broken bodies.

  • @MrMisanthrope84
    @MrMisanthrope84 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Steven Richards is, looking back, my favourite heel of all time. It's him or Triple H. Nobody else got that nuclear heat that he could. He was awesome. Right To Censor was an amazing heel group. I love watching his channel.

    • @Speedyreedy1218
      @Speedyreedy1218 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As a lifelong HHH fan, much respect to you for respecting The Game!
      I too, enjoyed RTC. It's for your own good. 🤚🏾

  • @xtracheesepls776
    @xtracheesepls776 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Sounds like a big anxiety inducing environment. Props to the wrestlers who survived

    • @Speedyreedy1218
      @Speedyreedy1218 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Including HHH himself. Dude wrestled through two quads on live television. Had his larynx crushed on ppv and kept wrestling another 30min.

    • @jkfd97
      @jkfd97 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You sound like you cried at Titanic.

  • @euryhaline_sharkguy26
    @euryhaline_sharkguy26 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Stevie and James!!! What an awesome pair!

  • @desiduarte969
    @desiduarte969 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This was a great clip! A really intelligent and interesting conversation. I'm on board for this show!

  • @JohnnyZ716
    @JohnnyZ716 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have no idea what it is but when Stevie Richards talks, I just get drawn in and listen. Was the same when he does stuff with Russo. Man has got an extremely high IQ for the business and also public speaking.

  • @troyestepp4827
    @troyestepp4827 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That opening sound from Stevie’s theme hit me like a truck of nostalgia

  • @SnowWhiteTheU2
    @SnowWhiteTheU2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I want to hear about Stevie working with Chyna and Debra

  • @vikingofvegas
    @vikingofvegas หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    WWF/WWE always treated their talent like race horses... so many wrestlers became hooked on pain killers or worse. How many died early because of this issue?

  • @OTJ8995
    @OTJ8995 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    With the benefit of hindsight, the sale of WWE was the best thing that could have happened for fans, wrestlers and WWE's legal department.
    As much money as Vince made from it, he'd probably give it all back to have control again. Not because he love pro wrestling but for his ego. He could have retired a decade ago and lived just as comfortably.

    • @deepblue8143
      @deepblue8143 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He had no regrets. He's a legend and a billionaire and well deserved.

    • @OTJ8995
      @OTJ8995 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@deepblue8143 Ummm, no. To quote Jesse Ventura, nobody deserves to be a billionaire. McMahon was mostly a figurehead and never as essential to his company as people insist, none of the so call titans of industry are.
      Side note, I’d be willing to bet his story about growing up in a trailer park is fabricated, people like Vince always love to downplay the advantages they had.
      Linda and then Nick Khan handled the administrative side and really it was more the guys who worked under Vince that made the creative what it was… Oh and the wrestlers themselves.
      And as far as having “no regrets”, he didn’t leave by choice either time. He was forced out on both occasion, the second time he no longer had the power to force his way back. He famously never took holidays or understood why anyone working for him wanted to.
      He never cared about the money itself. He could have had Elon Musk money and still would have wanted to be in control. I heard right now he’s got PR guys consulting him on how to repair his public image so a part of him still wants to come back. He could easily retire to some non extradition country and enjoy a comfortable retirement. He never wanted to do that. Not because he loved the WWE, his booking over the last decade is proof of that. He loved that WWE was his personal dictatorship and he’s lost that now.
      He may have no remorse, but he’s got plenty of regrets.

    • @OTJ8995
      @OTJ8995 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@deepblue8143 Remorse, unlikely. Regrets, definitely. He’s lost the only thing that gave his life meaning and it wasn’t of his own will. And no one deserves to be a billionaire, Vince was just a figurehead like most of the executive class.

    • @anthonyfaucy2761
      @anthonyfaucy2761 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He didn't deserve anything. His a vile nasty monster who raped women, cheated on his wife and treated his employees like disposable trash.
      He ain't taking any of that money to the grave so what exactly did he really gain? He'll always be looked at as the disgraced CEO that got forced out of his own company

    • @romans52345-cy3tq
      @romans52345-cy3tq หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course it wasn't of his own will, Triple H, Stephenie, Nick Khan and later Ari Emanuel all conspired to force Vince out

  • @borobinson7005
    @borobinson7005 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Vince wakes up everyday?!? I thought he never slept 😹

    • @rileystanek
      @rileystanek หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      He probably sleeps four hours max 😄

    • @mikeg2491
      @mikeg2491 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@rileystanekthis was Vince’s problem he think everyone was as genetically gifted as he was to keep going like a Terminator

    • @dkmenace1990
      @dkmenace1990 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@rileystanek it's been reported that he only slept 3-4 hours.

    • @borobinson7005
      @borobinson7005 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@rileystanek I heard he'd sleep from like 3am to 6am n wake ready to roll

    • @jimbowlan5804
      @jimbowlan5804 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @borobinson7005 Jake the snake on Rogan said there is no one like Vince McMahon that he’s ever been around

  • @daveschannel747
    @daveschannel747 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Stevie was such a solid worker! Underrated as all hell... I'm glad he is more healthy then he was a few years back....
    Such a good dude! 👍

  • @nujabeez6573
    @nujabeez6573 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Triple h as former performer knows it’s important for wrestlers to have some time off, that’s why he gave the roster 2 weeks so they can be with their families for Christmas and New Years

    • @diehardskins4109
      @diehardskins4109 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Some people enjoy talking trash about Trips, but he has that locker room in a great spot. Seems like the workplace is a lot better, and the product on screen is the best it's been since the Attitude Era. Same with NXT and Shawn. He is putting out great TV and PLE's, and seems to me they aren't just throwing talent up on the main roster from NXT even though they have nothing for them to do. Jade Cargill I think is a great example of how much they are nurturing talent these days. She signed a massive contract with WWE, and she was so horrible in the ring coming over from AEW. They took months training her at the PC before she became a regular on TV, and while she still is average at best. She is miles ahead of where she was with AEW. All because Shawn and Trips didn't rush her on to shows. This is a great era of wrestling we are in, and that's largely in part to the departure of Vince and good creative wrestling minds taking over from the senile old man.

    • @anthonyfaucy2761
      @anthonyfaucy2761 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can we stop bigging up HHH like his some wrestling executive genius? Sure his better than that predator Vince but HHH ruined many wrestlers careers back in the day especially with his reign of doom.

    • @diehardskins4109
      @diehardskins4109 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@anthonyfaucy2761 I'll "big" him up all I want because the product is in the best shape it's been since the Attitude Era and even better. All because of Nick Khan and Triple H. The proof is in the numbers and all of them are record breaking. Plus this propaganda that people like to bring up about Triple H and his career is cheap unsubstantiated rumors and even if some of it is legit. He's not the only guy in wrestling history that looked out for himself and buried a few on the way. So what??? Add in the fact that his career in the ring ended long ago and has nothing to do with what he is doing now as an executive. It might as well be two different people. It would be different if we had news of him destroying people backstage now, but the whole locker room has embraced him and this new era. So stop with your hating. Open your eyes and soak in the reality. Your statement is fucking clueless and unrealistic to what is actually happening today.

    • @Speedyreedy1218
      @Speedyreedy1218 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@diehardskins4109The backstage treatment is nice, but the onscreen product sucks to me.

    • @Speedyreedy1218
      @Speedyreedy1218 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@anthonyfaucy2761 He didn't ruin anyone. He's lost to everyone including Brawler.

  • @hadhoda12345
    @hadhoda12345 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Anybody who is a wrestler who lived through the Vince era must be feeling extremely grateful for the state of WWE today. Yes, booking choices can be chaotic at times, and you might lose your spot if you want time off because the show must go on, but at least there are people in control in WWE that will understand your concerns and allow you to leave for a while before coming back and trying to regain your spot.

  • @ffvffv5709
    @ffvffv5709 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Good to see u again Stevie. A rare voice of reason in respect in the wrestling podcast world is always welcome.

  • @GameTime-yj6qv
    @GameTime-yj6qv หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Good to see you looking great Stevie. Really enjoy everything you do

  • @GarrettS-eb5ow
    @GarrettS-eb5ow หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They should have a damn break!

  • @moonbase73
    @moonbase73 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good to hear from you Stevie. All the best.

  • @ianvollmer4928
    @ianvollmer4928 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hey as a juniata boy, stevie will always be the dude we wished we were as not 265 and 6 ft 7. Philly baby. Keeps it real. Always great to philly fans. Thank you both. Love this new shit!

  • @ainaalaina-kn8kp
    @ainaalaina-kn8kp หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great insight!!

  • @crashharty
    @crashharty หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ask him about Crash Holly. Crash was a good friend of his and they lived together until Crash passed away.

  • @josephnicolino8529
    @josephnicolino8529 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Bill Burr made a great point. UFC May have worse injuries, but wrestling is worse as far as wear and tear on your body

    • @jimbowlan5804
      @jimbowlan5804 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Especially wwe think about it those dudes in the 80s to early 2000 those guys and gals worked like 300 days and in the 80s early to mid 90s they could have up to 300+ matches

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 หลายเดือนก่อน

      UFC fighters are much worse off, mentally..... Pro wrestlers (usually) pull their punches, UFC guys get their heads caved in regularly.

    • @meatwad376
      @meatwad376 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@ryanjacobson2508is that why chris benoit had the brain of an 85 year old man at the age of 40? Those diving headbutts weren’t pulled buddy..

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@meatwad376Many wrestlers do not regularly take shots to the head... UFC guys do in every single bout.

    • @meatwad376
      @meatwad376 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@ryanjacobson2508 you dont know anything about wrestling

  • @Pash091
    @Pash091 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lately I was wondering why so many wrestlers are injured all the time and don't show up or have matches... but then it came to my mind, that there aren't more injured wrestlers, it's just that they don't carry their injuries around just waiting for the storyline to take it's turn or end so they can finally get surgery or else.

  • @willyfeumba
    @willyfeumba หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Well done

  • @thestuff10
    @thestuff10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "OMG, it's Stevie Richards!"

    • @PlusUltraAdrian
      @PlusUltraAdrian หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      RGT is that you? Lol

  • @_WF23
    @_WF23 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Telling your worker, to get a “nanny” is crazy work, my G 😂💀 Vince is wild, man…

  • @BM-979
    @BM-979 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    Vince McMahon sure cared about Sean Micheal’s…

    • @xoynialedmcesoentill6034
      @xoynialedmcesoentill6034 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Now Shawn and triple h do it to their people

    • @BM-979
      @BM-979 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@xoynialedmcesoentill6034 because everybody is just food for someone else. They have a casting couch in Hollywood. There’s one for wrestling as well.

    • @LamelKendrick
      @LamelKendrick หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      in recent times it was especailly strange how they quashed bugez...he was weighing 285+ and they literally would underlist him at 240 because someone was so worried about him being bigger.

    • @CynicalBeard
      @CynicalBeard หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Sean Micheal’s what? His health?

    • @HaleStorm1998
      @HaleStorm1998 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      **Shawn

  • @cathallynch8269
    @cathallynch8269 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    A perfect example of this was Brock Lesnar. He was allowed to be ran into the ground from 2002 to 2004, then Vince took it personal when Lesnar left to the extent that it's believed his losses to Cena and Hunter on his return were punishment for this. It's no wonder Lesnar then dictated his own schedule. Benoit is another tragic example but the less said about him, the better.

    • @DeadmanInc336
      @DeadmanInc336 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That is literally how cult leaders behave when they take shit like that so personally. People like that view anyone leaving their circle as a betrayal and personal attack. I maintain to this day that had Vince not gotten into wrestling, he likely would have ended up as a cult leader. And that thought is kinda scary considering the recent allegations.

    • @brown_recidivist
      @brown_recidivist หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Pretty sure Vince sued Lesnar too for breach of contract. But Lesnar wouldn't go back which is also a testament to Brock's character cause he wasn't going to be bullied by Vince.

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      ​​@@brown_recidivist Brock also didn't scare himself into believing that his career would be OVER if he refused to work non-stop for Vince. It's precisely that kind of paranoia that managers/business owners take advantage of. As Jessie Ventura says, wrestlers are their own worst enemies, when he tried to organize them to stand up for themselves and each other, he found out just how weak, scared, and insecure many of them are when it comes to taking on management. And if this is true of macho wrestlers.... Think about how feeble workers in other professions are!

    • @brown_recidivist
      @brown_recidivist หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ryanjacobson2508 That's right. He was a big enough star that he could go to any company at the time. He knew what his value was. A lot of these other guys are prolly brainwashed saying "well there's no other places that will hire you" Esp PRE AEW when WWE was the biggesy wrestling company.

    • @DeadmanInc336
      @DeadmanInc336 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@ryanjacobson2508 it is kind of funny, isn't it? So many fans put wrestlers from that era on such a high pedestal of machismo and manliness. "When men were men" as Undertaker put it. But professional wrestlers really are some of the most paranoid, insecure, and skittish entertainers of all time. Especially the older generations.

  • @PedroMelo2-qc5yq
    @PedroMelo2-qc5yq หลายเดือนก่อน

    The passion shines through in every video. It's truly inspiring.

  • @PandoraZBoX1
    @PandoraZBoX1 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "choose your own adventure" my favorite books as a kid

  • @punisherthunder
    @punisherthunder หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Notice that a year ago Randy was a staunch defender of Vince in wake of early allegations. Now that Vince is up the river, Randy is verbally blasting him every chance he can get. Hypocrite to the max.

    • @Speedyreedy1218
      @Speedyreedy1218 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      New guy buttering his bread.

    • @russellwestbrook462
      @russellwestbrook462 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You know what’s happened in the last year? Vince resigned from wee. It’s usually not a good idea to talk trash about your boss in public

  • @slipknotron1626
    @slipknotron1626 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is surprising from a guy continued a show after a guy droped from the celing and died live......

  • @Onomoki
    @Onomoki หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your chemistry is awesome!!

  • @AAAA-lt9hq
    @AAAA-lt9hq หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    7:22 A "Choose Your Own Adventure" pro wrestling book would have been great. Except 9/10 endings would have Vince treating you badly.

  • @Lethargicaman13
    @Lethargicaman13 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    For a guy who’s face I fucking hated as soon as I saw him as a kid on tv, I instantly thought seems like a chill, genuine dude as soon as he started talking on this video. Now that’s real character work talent

  • @HollowRighteous
    @HollowRighteous 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A stevie Richards podcast was needed!
    Ty James x :-)

  • @CamVanDamme
    @CamVanDamme หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stevie speaks so well on these topics. I appreciate how he's so level headed.

  • @951oct
    @951oct หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This guy looks like batman

    • @omerta316
      @omerta316 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who

  • @Ysoserious1
    @Ysoserious1 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Kiss My Azz Club said it all

    • @davidpage3893
      @davidpage3893 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      McMahon is a pervert…he started the kiss my ass to remind the wrestlers that he has absolute control and if the wrestlers did not kiss his ass they would be out of a job.

  • @999apeman
    @999apeman 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    At least this way there will be less tragedies. As an 80s/90s wrestling fan a lot of my childhood heroes died quite young. I don't want that to happen again.

  • @davidjlosi
    @davidjlosi หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Stevie rules. This is awesome

  • @kerethmakura4502
    @kerethmakura4502 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Vince McMahon is a very unsavoury character who been under Federal investigation, for various crimes.

    • @____K_____989
      @____K_____989 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Feds are just as crooked as Vince. Trust.

  • @voidofbeeswax
    @voidofbeeswax หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    OMG! It’s Stevie Richards!

  • @adamwilson2478
    @adamwilson2478 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Choose your own adventure - brilliant!

  • @MoneyHoneyBunny
    @MoneyHoneyBunny หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It makes no sense why Vince ran people so dry because they had SO MUCH TALENT on the roster, the way HHH is balancing and giving people seperate times off is smart. That way you dont have too many guys gone at once, but they all last longer. People hated on The Miz for wrestling a safer style but, he barely ever misses time, even with a wife and kids, now we're all looking at Miz like he knew better all along, to wrestle that style under Vince so he can keep going, and he didnt need time off like a lot of other guys did

  • @WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE
    @WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    BOOM! STEVE RICHARDS ALREADY A DRAW. 18 HOURS AT LEAST 30K VIEWS. Good decision getting him on the lineup!

  • @GaryLShawIII
    @GaryLShawIII หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stevie Richards real ones know he was top boy in the trading tape era

  • @TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru
    @TheOneAndOnlyZelenkaGuru หลายเดือนก่อน

    That background behind Stevie screws my eyes up, but good video 😁

  • @for111
    @for111 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Brock: "I'm going to work three night a year and I want to watch your secretary piss"
    Vince: "Yes sir!'

  • @gunnarjordan6980
    @gunnarjordan6980 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    He cared about his personal boy toy Shawn Michaels though. Heard Michaels used to clean under Vince’s desk.

  • @Emperor_x8
    @Emperor_x8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    this does the question of how many years did he take off of the careers of his top Stars like was doing this to Randy who's been so privileged throughout his career

  • @simonrees9117
    @simonrees9117 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Really like hearing Stevie talk nice dude

  • @905north9
    @905north9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Get a nanny bro -Vince McMahon to Russo

    • @diehardskins4109
      @diehardskins4109 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For some reason. All the abuse you hear Vince dished out on people. This is one that I approve of. Fuck Russo! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheWolfman112
    @TheWolfman112 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Just realizing how toxic Vince was as a boss even back in the 90s is still insane. It makes me wonder what exactly the guys who talked about Vince in a positive light did to get on his good side.

  • @mathewhulbert1
    @mathewhulbert1 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is why wrestling should be unionised, folks.

  • @tomtalker2000
    @tomtalker2000 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    All i can say and i'm sure i'm speaking for A LOT of talent saying this. But GOOD RIDDANCE VINCE...!!! The working environment must have been horrible under that tyrant. He's like the Trump of pro wrestling. Who the hell in their right mind would want to work for someone like that.

    • @ryanjacobson2508
      @ryanjacobson2508 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If you physically and mentally commit to being a wrestler, at a certain point it's hard to turn away even if you are aware of the risks.

    • @jabrockobiden9434
      @jabrockobiden9434 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wwe wont last near as long without vince

    • @anthonyfaucy2761
      @anthonyfaucy2761 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good. Wrestling died back when Benoit murdered his family. Its neber been the same since

    • @martinputt6421
      @martinputt6421 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jabrockobiden9434 WWE is doing fine without him pal.

  • @YETIPUNK
    @YETIPUNK หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    All Vince cared about was NDA's to cover his ass😂

  • @jennybyford8071
    @jennybyford8071 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Most of the past wrestling we’re people doing holds not the bumps they do now.
    Of they need more time off

  • @xaviersantini8176
    @xaviersantini8176 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Triple H is smart giving the lower card great storylines for us as an audience to get invested in which gives the higher card talent a break and vice versa. Vince really lost touch. WWE was mostly bad in the 2010’s. But this Triple H era brought wrasslin back!

    • @diehardskins4109
      @diehardskins4109 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I even feel like the Ruthless Aggression era is overrated. There was definitely some good stuff in it, but largely I feel like it's a big circle jerk for John Cena.

    • @xaviersantini8176
      @xaviersantini8176 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@diehardskins4109 yea. I was in high school during that time, I remember that feeling like you were watching something wrong and your parent didn’t want you watching it to now it’s for kids.

    • @mykoniichistorychannel
      @mykoniichistorychannel หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@diehardskins4109and Triple H. WWE was pretty bad on a consistent basis for a very long time. I’d only watch the pay per views and spare myself the annoyance of watching the show by reading the reviews on Bleacher Report.

    • @Speedyreedy1218
      @Speedyreedy1218 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@mykoniichistorychannelLoved it up until 2005, finally stopped in 2009.
      And from what I've seen recently, it's worse.

  • @SoulSeeker20
    @SoulSeeker20 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Vince is only a symptom of a much larger issue. Fact of the matter is, everybody at the top looks at everybody at the bottom as 'resources'. Whether it be a supply chain, wrestling, football, whatever it is, you're an disposable source that can be replaced to them.

  • @visceratrocar
    @visceratrocar 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Are we all forgetting Beniot? He NEVER should have been allowed to make his finisher the flying headbutt. Even they guy who invented it said he shouldn't do it. Vince seriously should have denied that one. Even back then THEY KNEW BETTER.

  • @dkmenace1990
    @dkmenace1990 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Vince always had that over the top boomer workaholic mindset. I wonder if he still only sleeps for 3 hours 🤔

    • @TheCaptainSlappy
      @TheCaptainSlappy หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are confusing Vinny Mac with being a normal citizen, and having a real job, instead of being a cheap carny criminal from the outset. Outside his obvious extremely heavy drug use, he wouldn't ever sleep thanks to self-inflicted brain damage.

    • @deepblue8143
      @deepblue8143 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As opposed to what? Being a pos lazy millennial sleeping all day? Gross and you people wonder why you're poor. Zero work ethic or drive. It's so much easier to blame others as opposed to looking in the mirror and taking some personal responsibility.

  • @makaveli087
    @makaveli087 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I heard that when Federal Charges are brought against VinnyMac, The Prosecutors requesting a *$1B* fine & *7 Years* of *Specialized* Community Service where Vince has to share a meal *every day* at 5PM with The Blue Meanie. And he has to ask how Meanie's day was. And *Genuinely mean it.*
    I find that inhumane but *if you can't do the time - don't do the crime, baby!!*

    • @phabiorules
      @phabiorules 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I don’t think that’s true considering it sounds very inconvenient for the blue meanie. It would be weird to punish him when he didn’t do anything wrong.

  • @lessmesbetancourt2544
    @lessmesbetancourt2544 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Jey Uso went to MITB instead of going to Sika's funeral. Now, not sure if he wanted to ask for time and didn't

  • @jackedbyjade
    @jackedbyjade 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I like Stevie. Seems like the nicest dude

  • @smitty8680
    @smitty8680 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stevie's camera quality is God Tier

    • @Gamingniqqa
      @Gamingniqqa 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You have no life lmao! 😂😂😂😂

  • @ovidiuz34
    @ovidiuz34 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No wonder Undertaker was in such a bad shape by the end of his career.

    • @jrwizz
      @jrwizz หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Taker got decent time off quite a few times in his career. Even early in it

    • @Tim82ATW
      @Tim82ATW หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jrwizz You're right!! He also only wrestled a couple times a year during the end of his career.