Paid Members air_raid Posted November 8, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, theringmaster said: I honestly think the vast majority don't understand this 'wwe will be sold' thing, if it's sold the same people will be running it, the property of wwe will be in a major companies name but the day to day will still be Titan Towers and The Mad Hatter, I mean Vince's, Control. I think he is, for lack of better term, biding his time, when anything happens to Vince he will be the guy running it all. Is there a source for this, or just your opinion? If Vince would only sell the company on condition that he was still running it, I don’t see the point of selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 1 minute ago, air_raid said: Is there a source for this, or just your opinion? If Vince would only sell the company on condition that he was still running it, I don’t see the point of selling. It's what happens in a lot of businesses. A bigger company swallows up another and keep the same people running it as they have the knowledge of running it. If they don't keep them on, then they get stuck with long term non-compete clauses so that the person selling up doesn't simply create a competitor. A corporate entity might want the money and content the WWE can bring. They don't have someone on hand with the specialist knowledge of actually running the company. That time will come though. Look at how WCW had turnover with the various people Turner put in charge over the years. As for why Vince would do it? Have your cake and eat it. Get the payday and still run it with little oversight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted November 8, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 8, 2021 It entirely depends on why they're selling and who is buying. In my opinion, for Vince to sell, it would be because he's ready to let go. Otherwise, I think he'd just keep it. He'd probably stay on in some consultancy capacity for a while but essentially, I do not see Vince working for someone else. There'd be a good chance that he'd negotiate positions for his family but that's where it depends who is buying and what they want out of it. Could be a changeover period until they establish their own people or they could keep Steph, HHH, Shane, Khan, Dunn, etc long term. I still don't see Vince selling and I think his kids are the heir apparent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted November 8, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 8, 2021 49 minutes ago, Infinity Land said: A corporate entity might want the money and content the WWE can bring. They don't have someone on hand with the specialist knowledge of actually running the company. That time will come though. Look at how WCW had turnover with the various people Turner put in charge over the years. Things have changed enormously over the decades since Turner and WCW though. Back then, we'd have said nobody could do Star Wars without George Lucas, and miss the upturn in quality since he was taken off it. And a major competitor has shown that this 'specialist knowledge' isn't as special as they may think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 1 hour ago, theringmaster said: He isn't going anywhere, Even if wwe is sold he will still have shares that come with a guaranteed position. I honestly think the vast majority don't understand this 'wwe will be sold' thing, if it's sold the same people will be running it, the property of wwe will be in a major companies name but the day to day will still be Titan Towers and The Mad Hatter, I mean Vince's, Control. I think he is, for lack of better term, biding his time, when anything happens to Vince he will be the guy running it all. No one on here knows anything. It's all speculation. You don't know any better than anyone else. It's not about 'understanding' is it? You're just assuming as much as the next person, unless you're Vince and I would strongly assume that you're not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted November 8, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 8, 2021 there still seems to be received wisdom that Vince McMahon is the only person who can "do" wrestling - there's all sorts of stories about the value of WWE stock going down every time they suggest on-screen that he won't be in charge any more, like when they did the Donald Trump buying RAW angle. I think they've done a lot over the years to platform Stephanie as Triple H as the heirs apparent specifically to try and counteract that effect when they take over. It seems to be taken as read that WWE are preparing to sell up - I find it difficult to rationalise that with what we know about Vince McMahon, but also, there's so much about what they've been doing over the last couple of years that really points in that direction. They're becoming, even by WWE standards, more insular, have seemingly scrapped any plans for international expansion (which was the big project of the last decade), and seem happy to increasingly operate as a content provider. A lot's been made of the Disney/Marvel comparisons, and people saying how WWE do X and Marvel never would, and how WWE are nothing like Marvel because they don't have the investment in their storytelling, and that's completely misinterpreting what "we're like Marvel" means at a corporate level, and who the intended audience for those statements is. My interpretation of WWE being "like Marvel" just means that they are producing X hours of content, and within that content is a series of brand names - WWE, Wrestlemania, Roman Reigns, John Cena - that can be leveraged for advertising revenue. If Nick Khan crunches the numbers and finds that the most effective way to monetise WWE is purely by heavily merchandising Austin 3:16, Hulkamania and the nWo at the expense of anything current, we'd see a massive uptick in archive material on the Network and vintage shirts getting pumped out. It's all about branding and content, wrestling and storytelling barely get a look in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 44 minutes ago, Chris B said: Back then, we'd have said nobody could do Star Wars without George Lucas George Lucas being an example of someone that was retained in his position and phased out, rather than removed from Lucasfilm's operations after selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 The main reason I don't want Vince to sell before he dies is I want to hear about the Death of Stain-style shenanigans that'll go down as people jockey for position. I'd watch the shit out of Death of Vince McMahon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted November 8, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 8, 2021 6 hours ago, tiger_rick said: I do not see Vince working for someone else If he did sell and ended up staying on I'd love for them to do a fly on the wall documentary of it, watching him trying to explain to normal people why a group of writers needed letting go because they sneezed in a meeting or being moaned at for calling his new boss up at 3 in the morning because he thought everyone thinks sleeping is a sign of weakness.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) HHH Sighting! Â He's alive and well enough. Â https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1461722692000878604/pu/vid/576x1024/UiL1P4Cslh2cHhe6.mp4?tag=12 Edited November 20, 2021 by Loki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted November 20, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 20, 2021 What's being built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted November 20, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 20, 2021 Did I clock Johnny Ace and Bruce walking ahead of him in that video? Tough times for Trips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, BigJag said: What's being built? New office, apparently. I guess Titan Towers is for the chop?   17 minutes ago, Supremo said: Did I clock Johnny Ace and Bruce walking ahead of him in that video? Tough times for Trips. Yeah, I didn't want to be the conspiracy theorist or anything but I would not be surprised if Vince's "court" is like that - the closer you're walking behind the boss, the more in favour you are. Edited November 20, 2021 by 69MeDon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted November 20, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted November 20, 2021 Indeed they are moving. I saw this the other day https://amp.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/11/new-details-on-wwe-moving-company-hq-in-stamford/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitoRyo Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 At least he's got a hat hardon. What am I saying? I meant a hat hardon.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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