Vince McMahon Interview - Late Night with Conan OBrien - June 24th, 1999
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- The WWE's Vince McMahon stops by Late Night with Conan O'Brien to promote his pay per view match with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Recorded on June 24th, 1999.
That moment when you realize Conan put the idea for Shemus in McMahon's head O.O
Sheamus fella
FELLLLLLLA
Jacques Malan This comment cringed the internet.
Bro you broke my head 💀😂 best fucking comment ever
how's that
Back when business was excellent in WWE, peak of the attitude era!
Wtf if WWE
Business is the best for WWE in 2018 that it's ever been, Attitude Era, 1980's, whatever it is, 2018 is being a better year financially for this company.
agree this era of WWF was the best. not like the current crap
You should say peak of The WWE!
@@LuchoCastle_11
These idiots dont understand what is best for business comparing whats best for the fans. Financially WWE is the best its ever been vince is a 3.2billionair now a billion dollar deal with fox muti million dollar deal with Arabia .... and yes creativly wwe sucks but thats the only thing that sucks with WWE.
You know Vince went back to whoever made his action figures and he looked at them and said "Yooouurr FFFirrredd"
Actually, amusingly enough, there totally was another figure of him at the time this aired. The one they showed with the blazer and the microphone was from 1996-97, before he did the whole Mr. McMahon character when he was still announcing and doing promo interviews. If I'm not mistaken there was a Royal Rumble wrestling ring playset that came with an all new Mr. McMahon figure in wrestling attire with an 'angry' face.
😂😂💀
awesome man love it
@@UMAMIMAMU
June 24th, 1999 - Vince doesn't believe being WWF champion would be "credible". September 14, 1999 - Vince wins the WWF title.
crazyjim9380 April 3 2007 - The president Shaves Vince's head
Swerve!
Yes but that was because on September 10th Eric Bischoff was removed from WCW not only was Vince WWF Champion he was the winner of the Monday Night Ratings War
its called a joke
Was just thinking that lol
The Vince McMahon gulp is legendary
Bazinga!!
Shawn Michaels would agree with you
@@TheBC313 💀
@@Levit7 I know. Sorry :)
@@TheBC313 that WWF 96-98 period was CRAZY with Shawn and Vinnie Mac
Is so extremely rare for Vince McMahon to do TV late night talk shows or interviews nowadays.
"As far as me being the champion, i don't think i'm cut out to carry that kind of responsibility, not even for a day"
- wins wwe championship 3 months later
5:27 since 1999 even then the Spanish announce table is were everybody takes bumps on 😂 still to this day nothing changed
Steve Austin has called it the sacrificial lamb on occasion.
Survivor series 95 was first time in wwf, bret hart took great bump from apron in fantastic title match vs diesel. Worth a watch if you havent seen it. It is funny that it always seemed to be the spanish announce table.
actually nowdays it seems to be the french announce table... times have changed Xavier
@@ElBribri nowadays there are no spanish or french announce table ANYMORE since the pandemic.
@@JPX64ChannelIt's back to slamming bodies onto the Spanish announcing table
Vince kept that kayfabe alive.
mutalix despite the fact that he had actually killed kayfabe
@@PokemanzMasturAithen the Screwjob?
@@guess6635 in 99 Shamrock cut a promo on The Undertaker and kept referring to him as mark and Vince talked about how Taker was starting to actually believe he was the deadman.
@@KingMikeUK I heard of that as well, but out of all the possible way he broke Kayfabe that's really at the bottom of the list. Heck either him screwing Bret on live TV or him literally pretty much saying that Wrestling is a staged Entertainment show like Seinfeld, Jerry Springer, and that the viewers feel they're intelligence is insulted watching. No one really remembers Taker being called "Mark" back in 99 that much
I noticed that as well, his answer "it was pretty natural" is telling conan next topic please.
6:42 Vince: "We have something in the wwf known as credibility"
Audience: *Laughs their asses off*
Vince: *Surprised Pikachu face*
That was so great 😂😂 u can tell Vince didnt like that
They're laughing because they're stupid and know nothing about wrestling... lol.
@@coreymongiat9343 I know a ton about wrestling and what Vince said there was crap lol. WWF/E and credibility should never be in the same sentence. Ring Boy Scandals, steroid scandals, cover ups etc.
I think that was his intended joke fam
Best is after Vince went off on Bob Costas on CNN Mick asked him if he used Mr. McMahon persona. Vince wouldn’t answer. Seems like an easy no.
Vince in the 90s when he could take a joke was the best. His downfall was when he started wearing a tie and always being so goddamn serious
What in the actual fuck are you going on about Lil fella.
it's a corporation now , an attack on him means an attack on every member of their board, he might not take it personal but people around him may, plus he's getting old if we're lucky enough and we get to be his age we'll know why old people are always pissed off.
Pay close attention to Vince's body language here. He is doing his best to take the jokes. But it is not coming naturally.
TadRaunch ikr man he seems awkward and like he doesn’t want to be there
The 90s was the last time Vince was in touch. After 2001 he started to go crazy.
Vince McMahon is a genius on multiple levels.
Vince was savage with that lithium comment lol.
Jonathan Tenney I’m too young to understand any details ?
@@aoclive6710 sure thing bud. The comment about his rival ted Turner taking lithium was a shot at Ted Turner's Manic Depression. Lithium is the name of a drug used for people with that issue to help stabilize the disorder! A bit of a low blow, but that's how it was back then lol
@@jonathantenney2339 jesus fucking chist.
@@jonathantenney2339 if that's just "how it was back then", how come the audience reacted so shocked by it? Also, Vince knew about Turner's battle with suicidal ideation and said this just to hurt Turner. And why did he want to hurt Turner? Because Ted owned a competing business. That's it.
Ted didn't even have anything to do with WCW. Bischoff only met with him once, for example. Vince knew this, but he wouldn't be able to play underdog if he went after Bischoff. So, he lied and said Ted Turner was the enemy.
Imagine if you owned a business and a competitor took to a public forum to mock you for your suffering. That's never been normal or okay. That's always been a sick move.
@@savagecatgt It can't be condoned morally but I can understand why some people like Vince take business personally. How can you not with that sort of money and power on the line? It's zero sum, another man's success is your failure.
summer 99 was one of the hottest periods in the companies history
Cancer Cena gets the spotlight as face of the company: BOOM WWE dies and becomes utter trash
Russo should have never left wwe
@@LongHuynh-bx5ll he destroyed WCW so it was good for Wwe
Never knew this existed. Thanks for the upload!
A legend and a genius 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you for the gem known as the attitude era 🔥🔥🔥
Legend? Maybe. Genius? Business genius, YES!
True fact: the Cheeks gimmick was later repackaged as Rikishi Phatu.
Rein Engel it was in the box of gimmicks
RetroSleazy what a brother
Tna had a Rikishi rip off in its early days called Cheeks.
Ben Clayton *Cheex*
*Fatu
Conan would be a great Bobby Heenan style heel commentator
... if he had any talent at all. Unfortunately he has a dehydrated BB for a brain.
1 kevin is autistic, please ignore him
2 no way he could do that. He's a pop culture dude, he'd be on Michael Cole's or Corey Graves' level at most.
Putting him on the same level as Bobby is both stupid coming from you and disrespectful for the memory of possibly the greatest manager and commentator of all times.
Imagine he says please Micheal Cole I'm from Harvard! 😂
vince is beyond human legendary status.. this guys straight bosssss
Wrestling with so mainstream back then
@Ruben Echeverria Eusa Vince is a utter piece of dog shit
It got mainstream right at that time.
I like how Vince fields Conan's humerus question with sincerity.
“I might announce something bad about you” haha lmfaooo 😂😂😂😂 2:55
This man is a hardcore pure business genius
I actually never knew Conan O'brian was working in the 90's I thought he started around 2001 or 2003. Impressed
TomatoPlayZ _ he was better then
My nigga Conan been killing it for the longest
Lame
Conan is the last of the old guard.
Lol me too
Both legends.
Vince Looks so humble here 😂
He is clearly not comfortable.
@@rw8185 ...what..?
@@uncledrosselmeyer6480 what do you mean "what?" You are not supposed to be able to mis-hear what someone is writing..
@@rw8185 What?
@@highlander2980 who?
Few months before this, I was there at Royal Rumble 1999 where he won it lol.
I’m from the UK and I stayed up to watch it.
I really want a new interview with Vince mcmahon
Wwf,limp bizkit, eminem, kid rock, ps1, game boy color, 99 was an awesome year if u were a middle class white 11 yo
Mr McMahon one for the best tv character of all time!!!
Back in his prime. Cut the PG crap already.
vince was chill back then. when his company was still small and making money and wasnt corporate
It's crazy, because andy was actually at the royal rumble.
Damn, Andy Richter looks young as hell
Well this was 20 years ago buddy
This interview was just one month after Over the Edge. Makes the interview feel a little weird...
The damn widow 🕷️ needs to move on and let Owen into the hall of fame.
That Stone Cold head was creepy lmao
Enjoyable interview, no longer a WWE fan, not since I was a kid (Luckily grew up in the attitude era) but, I really dislike the lack of respect anyone WWE/WWF gets when they’re on these kinds of shows....I feel like there’s always this very subtle dig at them suggesting that wrestling is fake and as though it’s a big secret! Everybody knows it’s fake, but so is broadway, so are movies yet people in those fields are always interviewed with such respect! Despite the fact that the men and women of WWE literally put their bodies on the line (usually end up with severe retirement inducing injuries) for 300+ days of the year....When I enjoyed wrestling, it was amazing! I think I always suspected it was fake, even as a kid, but the drama and tension and action that those guys presented week in week out was sublime and a BIG part of my childhood! I just hate the fact that despite all their efforts and suffering, the WWE superstars never seem to get the respect they absolutely deserve!
So should we feel bad for Santa Clause too?
@@BudFuddlacker Santa isn’t real! Wrestlers are! You tell me how comfortable you’d feel doing a frogman off a turnbuckle 40/50 weeks of the year! If you say anything else to this you’re totally and utterly missing the point I’m trying to make! Regardless of the fact that wrestling is fake, there’s no “right way” to land on a commentary table when you’re chokeslammed off of a hell in the cell from the undertaker! You can do all the stunt work you want! All I’m saying is, these guys don’t get the respect they deserve
@@MJPamuru20 actors are real too. And now you’re telling me when and what I can reply to? You own the fucking internet? You’re a punk, that’s what you are.
Very true. Theres a story about Stallone talking on a movie set about how much he respected wrestlers. Sly knew where it was at, and so did Arnie and Mohammad Ali
WHO RAISED THE BRIEFCASE, VINCE
E.J. Cartagena big boss man
I love the nas music to promote king of the ring
*Puff Daddy
Back when.wwe and Vince where really cool, the good old days of wwe,😎🍻🍺👍🤣
WWF was the best
After the show Vince tried to have Conan fired for mentioning Ted Turner. In 2010 Vince enlisted the help of Jay Leno to get the job done! 😂
Stephen M. Jester II Really?
source?
Now Conan works for Ted Turner!
@@CraigDRB It was a joke
I still say Vince McMahon was a factor in getting Trump elected that no one talks about. Vince taught him how to use wrestling type promos to work crowds and build heat etc.
Damn ,,back in the good ole days right here...damn
I will always love you Vinnie Mac
The huge year of Attitude Era
This side of Vince was nice too see
At the end of conans intro you can hear him, under his breath, say "lets get this over with" like he doesnt want vince there. Lol
Lol potentially yes, but I've heard Conan say that sardonically a couple of times on multiple topics or people.
I was eleven days old when this interview took place.
FAKE!!! WHERE IS HIS POWER WALK?!?!
Vince looks like the father guy on people under the stairs
Good movie
@@Elvismontroy yes wes craven was a genius
The discussion about lawsuits near the end was likely because it was announced Martha Hart launched a wrongful death lawsuit against Vince over Owen's death not too long before this.
“He takes lithium all day” Jesus, Vince...
Vince talks on one side of his mouth mostly, never noticed that till now.
Holy shit they played Rumble when Vince McMahon came out
Genius!
Weird timing for Vince to be on Conan. This wasn't too long after Owen's death.
MarkoAnzio I was thinking the same thing tbh. Exactly a month after too. It was particularly eerie when Conan brought up a lawsuit and Vince was like "yay, another lawsuit is just what I need". An interview like that wouldn't fly today as Vince would be grilled beyond recognition about his reckless decision that night. RIP Owen
Right I was thinking the same as you.
@@8492shc To continue the show?
Yeah it’s amazing how times have changed. Back then controversy was profitable so the situation probably helped
If Conan was a wrestler, I'd picture Alex Wright with red hair.
Who else here's the sssssssssssssssssss in the backround when u trying too listen
Conor Mctapper Think you have a ghost 👀
So it was Andy who moved the briefcase!
TrueLawlessVictory 🤔 🤔 🤔
I KNEW he was going to ask about WCW, knew it. Vince was so jealous of Turner and everyone knew it.
Vince was killing Turner by this point
LOl wut? The WWF was killing WCW in the ratings at the time. People at WCW were sick of the company's backstage politics so much they migrated to the WWF by the time this interview was aired.
@@paulle1899 Dude even after Vince won, he was jealous as hell of Ted Turner. It's well known.
Back when they never broke character
Vince did not give a FUCK when talking about Turner or about other possible lawsuits coming his way lmao. That's the Vince I miss.
Amusingly enough, there totally was another figure of him at the time this aired. The one they showed with the blazer and the microphone was from 1996-97, before he did the whole Mr. McMahon character when he was still announcing and doing promo interviews. If I'm not mistaken there was a Royal Rumble wrestling ring playset that came with an all new Mr. McMahon figure in wrestling attire with an 'angry' face.
I checked, the first "wrestler" McMahon are from 1999. So yes, probally.
LOL at the song used during the video package 😂
Awesome they played Link Wray!!!
Vinnie Mac you're the Don
Nice touch by the band playing Rumble as Vince walked out
Promoting the first pay-per-view event after Owen Hart’s death. Probably what he was referring to when he said, “another lawsuit”.
To bad he didn't do more interviews like this
If the WWE would produce a new prime time TV MA pro wrestling show with the unscripted edge of RAW is WAR in 1996-1999 on the network it would get record high ratings. There is a massive fan base of this format. Please give fans what they want. Just try it!
Yes I agree with that. Similar to the 80s Prime Time show on USA Network with Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon, but this time maybe have two announcers/host with the same chemistry that The Brain and Monsoon had. Hmm maybe Corey Graves and Saxton, or Michael Cole & Graves, .... Or bring back a legend announcer and have Tazz and Jim Ross, or Jerry Lawler and Booker T etc...the possibilities are endless .
I’m a network subscriber and they asked a few months ago in a survey what type of programming would we like to see on the network, a TV-MA program was a suggestion in said survey and I chose it, hopefully we get that in 2019
BillyBadAssENT that would be a very good business for the streaming network. What would make it best would be a strong rival and record viewers. If it’s solid word will travel fast. Time will tell.
agree
Yeah because when TNA did that it worked soooo well.
It's a niche market and a niche fan base that can't successfully support the product alone anymore. And the content from that type of promotion drives away potential advertisers and business partners. Crap idea.
Vince looking great all juiced up.
Vincebt Kennedy Mcmahon🔥🔥🔥
The legend.
Even how he scans the room, you know he's one concrete dude. Unbreakable. Much respect!
Conan roasted the man.
Vince sounds like his pre mr mcmahon voice here. Then in about 2002 his voice started to get like it is now after years of screaming in his heel character. Also he seems calm about about lawsuits even after it being so soon after Owen hart died during one of his shows.
I miss this vince!! He use to be funny and extremely creative!!
He burned TT so hard lol. Vince is king.
That Nas song is the song The Miz used after he won the WWE Title.
Only one month after the Owen tragedy...
Sensitivity is not Vince's strong suit.
That's like 5 years in wrestling time
Looked like vince was having a lot of fun in this one.
"From the heart of the Amazon, he is the thigh-clappin', vine-swingin', meat-hangin' juuuungle man ... CHEEKS!"
Should've booked it, Vince.
Vince deserve alot of respect
Vince was a handsome man.
No wonder Sting waited till 2014 to sign with WWE
Beach Master lmfaoooo
McMahon is cool as shit. Conan comes off as frivolous. Salute to my guy.
0:29 “It was me Austin...” “Aww son of a bitch” “...it was me all along Austin!”
w
That angle sucked. They shouldve bought Jake the Snake in 🐍🐍🐍
2 legends here
Vince had once said he wanted WWE to be like SNL so you have to imagine he was pretty serious when Conan joked about himself being involved with wrestling.
Mcmahon is the most defense person I've ever seen
Andy looking like lord Alfred Hayes from Tuesday night titans
Vince's horrified look reminds me of the same expression by James Stewart.
this would have ruined my illusion as a kid if i seen Vince McMahon out of his evil boss character.
You could have taken my money to see Andy wrestle with Conan as his manager
I have a wallof fame at home and vince is on it
This "interview" was more loaded than a 38 special revolver !
That ladder match ruled btw
Not a lot of bosses would be so happy after one of their employees had plummeted to a bloody, grisly death weeks before.
Ah .....1999....good times, and fun wrestling on TV.
Damn, Vince is uncomfortable
Never noticed,but his this self reminding me of Hugh Jackman!
& Jensen Ackles
Underrated