Vince McMahon may actually be done this time [Trigger warning: Sexual Assault]

[The Gaffer]

Sheamus makes sense when you consider that being a floundering, WWE-ascribed-but-never-crowd-bought 'top guy' on their secondary belt circuit for years and years probably takes being pally with Vince. 

[Chico Torres]

Other guests at the birthday party were Drew McIntyre, The Miz and Maryse, Jerry Lawler and Titus O’Neill.

[digforvictory]

Never been more convinced that Vince will be back fairly soon.

Feels like they're slowly but surely laying the groundwork for it. And he'll probably get a monster reaction if he comes out on TV, which is fucking depressing to think about but almost certainly what will happen.

And when I say back I mean offically back. The creative nosedive in 2025 suggests he may be involved again already, most of his stooges are still there so he's probably controlling them that way. 

[Onyx2]

8 hours ago, Chico Torres said:

Other guests at the birthday party were Drew McIntyre, The Miz and Maryse, Jerry Lawler and Titus O’Neill.

Not sure who posted it first but they were asked to take it down from Instagram. So make sure you don't share this anywhere. 

[wordsfromlee]

After the reception Hogan got when he made his last appearance, do you think Vince won’t get the same welcome from a live audience if he made a return. 

[Daaaaaad!]

26 minutes ago, Onyx2 said:

Not sure who posted it first

It was Jerry Lawler, because of course the guy whose once retweeted the newspaper front page announcing he’d been charged with sodomy of a teenager would think nothing of proudly showing he was at a fellow sex pest’s birthday. 

[BomberPat]

I don't think Vince comes back in any significant capacity, because it's clear that Triple H had wanted shot of him for years, regardless of the lawsuit. I wouldn't rule out him appearing on-screen for Cena's retirement, but I don't think he'll be given a position of power again.

[The Gaffer]

Yeah, I imagine most gratuitous scenario is they Flair him and give him the Hall of Fame sendoff whilst the guy himself is thinking the whole time "I wanna go to work."

Knowing the general chaos novelty to wrestling's ether, he'll probably get a banger a couple of weeks afterwards which will be used to soft landing his legacy back to historic/archival visibility. 

[Infinity Land]

22 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

I don't think Vince comes back in any significant capacity, because it's clear that Triple H had wanted shot of him for years, regardless of the lawsuit. I wouldn't rule out him appearing on-screen for Cena's retirement, but I don't think he'll be given a position of power again.

He'll never be back booking WWE, I think even he's willing to move on from that. But i'm sure he'll be trying to get back to where he's one of the faces of TKO again. On the board or with some title. UFC at the White House next year he won't want to be seen as Linda's +1.  

[FUM]

6 minutes ago, Infinity Land said:

UFC at the White House next year he won't want to be seen as Linda's +1.  

Linda and Vince split a long time ago and live very separate lives. That’s been confirmed publicly by Linda’s lawyer.

[Supremo]

1 hour ago, wordsfromlee said:

After the reception Hogan got when he made his last appearance, do you think Vince won’t get the same welcome from a live audience if he made a return. 

Bowing and, “thank you, Vince!” chants. Guaranteed.

[DavidB6937]

4 minutes ago, Supremo said:

Bowing and, “thank you, Vince!” chants. Guaranteed.

Enthusiastically singing along to "NO CHANCE! NO CHANCE IN HELL!" too of course, with Vince smirking because he knows that song is about anyone who tries to bring him down.

[Onyx2]

He's looking at his basically 80 year old mate and thinking 'well if he can run the country at his age, I can run a tinpot rasslin' company and take it out of smoke filled halls.'

[Hannibal Scorch]

3 hours ago, wordsfromlee said:

After the reception Hogan got when he made his last appearance, do you think Vince won’t get the same welcome from a live audience if he made a return. 

And remember why he left that time as well 

Yes they booed Hogan. But the Summerslam crowd booed Trump but lost there minds with excitement when Brock “named 22 times in an on going sex trafficking legal case” Lesner returned.

Edited August 27, 2025 by Hannibal Scorch

[FUM]

12 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

And remember why he left that time as well 

Yes they booed Hogan. But the Summerslam crowd booed Trump but lost there minds with excitement when Brock “named 22 times in an on going sex trafficking legal case” Lesner returned.

In fairness, was the extent of what was known at this stage not just that he had paid for some women to sign NDAs to keep quiet his sexual exploits as opposed to rape and sex trafficking?