Vince McMahon retires from WWE: Wrestling Observer Radio
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2022
- Bryan and Dave talk everything regarding Vince McMahon's retirement announcement on Friday, including where the company goes from here financially and creatively. [July 22, 2022]
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Gotta love how Bryan starts the intro and Dave immediately interjects with the usual babbling nonsense. 😂
Lmao that was gold 😂😂😂 Bryan is the only person who has the patience for Dave
I can’t stand when he babbles. Have to fast forward alot of the time. He does it every time
Dave gonna Dave.
You can tell Dave is sunroof that genuinely loves to hear himself talk. It's unbearable
@@SebastianMikulec that should be on a shirt lol
Bryan: “The retirement of Vince McMahon is easily the biggest story of the last 25-30 years with the exception of the death of WCW…”
Uncle Dave: “And and and and and and and the birth of AEW.”
Bryan: “Sure.”
I know this wasn’t supposed to be funny, but this whole exchange killed me.
The fact Bryan just glossed over that says it all.
That was funny, as if he wasn't already seen as a pathetic dweeb already in most peoples eyes.
Wwe is a 5 billon dollar company , what is aew ??
@@patrickward8269 A shit show on Wednesday nights.
Dave said the Benoit tragedy before that as well
Find someone who likes you as much as Dave likes to say Paul Leveque
also take a shot everytime he says "you know"
It’s a great name to be fair 😂
It's the guy's name. What's the big deal? Besides, like the other guy said, it's a great name.
Or interrupting people
Levesque*
with an s, a silent s
"I have it right here. I'm very well prepared...actually, I don't have it."
😂😂
Somehow, someway, behind the scenes without anybody knowing about it, Vince will still be pulling the strings.
Oh we know he still going to be the puppet Master and controlling WWE we just saw him smackdown that it's just business as usual because Bruce prichard is still in charge of creative but this is only the first step soon triple h will have that position and Paul Heyman those shows are going to be great again I believe it right now I'm just thankful we have aew
@@johnbeal6114 it's only been a couple hours. Not enough time to change executives.
If Kevin Dunne and Pritchard get removed Vince really is gone, if they stay Vince is really in charge. We will see
The first time there's colon surgery on a puppet, someone getting a Fudgy the Whale stuffed in their face, or someone screwing a corpse, we'll know.
@@83jdc1 oh I know it's going to take time we can't expect change overnight we still go get the crappy shows every single week because Vince McMahon right hand man Bruce prichard is still in charge of all creative and Kevin Dunn is still in position also I'm getting sick and tired of those camera cuts that's why it's hard for me to watch the shows because it's pissing me off and making me dizzy
Tbh very few people in wrestling ever actually retire from the business.
I think he'll still have some say here and there but he is older now so I assume he'll stay home more often
People keep talking about how stressful the job would be for Trips. The stress come in with him trying to toe the line of pleasing Vince and putting out your vision. So if one of those things are out of the equation there’s no stress.
Trips is DONE he is a walking corpse
Exactly. With the old man gone, Trips can actually do his fucking job. Hopefully, this means he returns as head of NXT, but that's no guarantee. Time will tell.
He does have to tow the line with his wife though, who is as much of an idiot.
This is all waaaay more interesting than anything on WWE TV for a decade lol
The first thing I thought of when the entire Vince scandal came out was "Vince screwed Vince".
It's really not that clever, Dave.
Vince screwed Dave's wife.
@@jesuschrist3097 HAHAHAHAHA Vince has standards bro. And when are you coming back? You've been gone a long time.
Dave is so hard to listen to. He is one of those guys that always has to correct what someone else has said and then often struggles to find something wrong with it so he just stammers in circles.
And he can’t tell the truth
I really wish Dave could complete just one sentence. Just one. That's all I ask.
He's to busy interrupting others so they can't complete theirs lol
@@Sorugue hell, he's busy interrupting himself lol
Bryan starts to say something and half a second later
Dave : “Yeah yeah you wanna know me”
This is the best thing to happen to the wwe in years
That remains to be seen.
Brock walked out, no more Lesnar vs Reigns, rejoice! Seth is cackling right, he's definitely main eventing the next WrestleMania. This is great news for Cody too, he's now THE babyface.
I think it has the potential to be, I see this as being more of a positive than a negative.
@@greyfox4838 Get them all out
Worst.
It took Meltzer 8 seconds until he interrupted Bryan LMAO! I timed it.. Never change, Dave. Never change 😂
Edit: looks like everyone else commented about this as well 😂
He was gunna explode if he stayed quiet any longer
It's actually kinda annoying ngl
I hate dave meltzer. I always have hated him
Yeah I find it hilarious. Dave rambles for 5 minutes. Bryan tries to respond and gets cut off in seconds. 🤣🤣
Wrestling Observer drinking game: Take a sip for the following;
-Dave says "Paul Leveque"
-Bryan starts the intro and Dave immediately interjects with nonsense
-Dave mentions working out/gym
-Dave says "you know......"
-Bryan and Dave argue about semantics
Bryan can't even finish the intro without getting interrupted.
Dave is up there in my favorite people of all time. He goes
"There's so many questions some of which are answerable and some of which aren't"
And then moves on.
You mean he's a moron! Yea I agree.
I watched the whole 20+ min of this and I couldn’t tell you a single thing Dave said
That’s cause it wasn’t a video, it was audio.
2022 is a crazy year for wrestling news
yep…
Topping even 2015.
@@luisrizo8813 what stuff happened in 2015 that topped this?
I don't think anything came close
@@reubenelite I never forgot his opening paragraph...even seven years later (ua-cam.com/video/N0cUZoCM1HY/v-deo.html)
Dude I personally didn't think it could get any crazier than Cody leaving AEW for WWE like point blank even with the vince stuff out there I thought that was the craziest story we'd get this year cuz it seemed like he wasn't going anywhere... AND THEN!!!
It's amazing how much these two can argue about semantics
Adrenaline.
In his soul.
EVP experience.
Has Cody Rhodes.
😂😂😂😂😂
You Cody Marks are delusional you're right maybe Cody will set himself up with an angle that he can't win the WWE World title because we all saw how good that went for him in aew what a bonehead move that was the guy is a drama queen
@@thewindozer learn to take a joke mate
Imagine if they bring blading back lmao
@@thewindozer go touch grass lmfao
Alvarez with the scoop of the year "BrOcK WaLkED OuT!" 😂😭
He walked out to get a hair cut lol 😂
you really think that every reputable reporter being tricked into believing lesnar was gone (nobody benefits from this lie btw), is a more likely story than "they convinced brock to come back"? 💀
@@Funkmonkv1 He needed some elk jerky.
@@greybaum "HeS a RePuTiBLe RePoRtEr" 🤣🤣
@@greybaum these guys aren’t reporters they’re stooges bro stop saying these guys are journalists and reporters.
Ric Flair somehow has outlasted Vince McMahon in the wrestling industry
PS: Retirements in wrestling are not permanent.
The only permanent retirement is when that casket drops. Other than that, never say never.
Poetic
Bryan literally goes on vacation for 80% of the summer and then is surprised he is traveling when news breaks lol
His vacations are literally 2 hours away from where he lives. Its not a real vacation
@@blablablaa14 thats a vacation brother
@@coolguygrant77 That a summer house dumb dumb. He still works from there half the time
@@blablablaa14 ok? I am aware of the concept of a vacation house
@@blablablaa14 "hurr durr it not vacation if he live there guhhhhhhh"
As english being my primary language, I've had an easier time watching a foreign movie (without subtitles) than listening to Dave try to articulate a full sentence.
And he's a 'journalist' lol
It’s gotten worse too. It’s unbearable.
@@iwasbroco6126 they gotta get him off the air, its as bad as jim ross being crabby.
@@iwasbroco6126 Yeah he used to not be this bad. I wonder what the hell has happened.
Why do people stalk this youtube channel just to shit on Dave? Seems unhealthy and pathetic behaviour.
Quite Frankly, a long long time coming for him, Pal!
It's sad it had to end this way
We’re about to see the most interesting WWE storyline of all time play out
Matt Cardonna: 'The Alliance finally won'
"Level headed presence in gorilla" that's the funniest thing I've heard in awhile!!
Can't wait for Vince's podcast
“Hey everyone, it’s Conrad Thompson and you’re listening to the No Chance in Hell Podcast with Vince McMahon!”
@@Eyeshield11721 "Chat me up Vince, what happened when you helped Snuka cover up murdering his girlfriend"
@@micheal8509 "Meltzer reported...."
The board must be aware of some SERIOUSLY bad information if Vince was cornered into retirement.
I wonder what could have been worse that's already came out.
@@maxxdahl6062 rape and impregnation?
NDAs for male wrestlers
@@mattdanger4045 I doubt even that would be that bad, I'm leaning towards something non-consentual.
@@mattdanger4045 gud one😂😂😂
Now if they can clean house of his stooges starting with Prichard and Dunn…
They need to go and get rid of the Hollywood writers
Yep, time for the Thanos snap.
I always feel like it’s shitty to root for people to lose their job. Granted Kevin Dunn has a lot of money from his time. The last three years of his disclosed base pay through 2019 were just under $1M. And I believe after he recently sold a chunk of stock they said his remaining shares carry a market value of around $18M. I would feel shitty for Bruce though because he doesn’t have a big pile to fall back onto like Dunn.
@@Matt-cr4vv Kevin Dunn. People. Choose one.
i cannot imagine the nuclear, scorched earth story that is probably about to come out that forced him to retire so suddenly
McMahon and Hulk Hogan in blackface exposing themselves to a pregnant Dawn Marie.
If Vince McMahon, Mr. “IM NOT LEAVING, ILL NEVER RETIRE, PAL!” himself, actually leaves you know that something or a multitude of things are gonna come out that’s really fucking bad.
@@wilcee238 what’s funny is that is actually possible 🤣
We know the stories. There have been rumors for years and now with the national media digging around, there was going to be a lot more coming out.
It is not suddenly. He has been under investigation for a month now. IT is likely that Nick Khan, Stephanie, and Triple H told him that regardless of the outcome of hte investigation, it would not be good for the company going forward having him working for the company in any capacity. This isn't sudden. This is simple, pragmatic business.
lol at the 80% comments about Dave being a rambling doofus. Amazing this bloke has been in media for like 40 years
It takes Uncle Dave 4 paragraphs to speak 3 sentences with all of the times he says "um" and "uh" and "you know". This may be the quickest I've ever heard him get to the subject matter.
To quote Michael Cole on this breaking news "oh my!! Are you kidding me??!!!"
We probably wont see a big change in the product till after summer slam
It’s going to take time. We won’t see the beginning stages of Post Vince era WWE TV until after Mania next year probably.
It all depends on what happens to Kevin Dunn, Bruce Pritchard, and Ed Koskey.
Those 3 stooges need binning, 1 stooge in Johnny Ace is gone. Now Vince is gone, 3 more need to go.
@@nu-metalfan2654 id say until the new year starts. Supposedly Dunn will be gone within the year. Pritchard needs to be gone. Then Stephanie handles the company, Khan more so the business side. Hunter heads creative like Vince but having multiple teams under him.
I don't think anything will change. But you can give them a chance and it might actually start to be at least something decent. People know how bad Steph is, now there is a possibility that her creative powers were just held down to the point she really seemed to s*ck at it. One thing I think can actually happen, is that NXT can start the slow process of healing. As for Raw and Smackdown, it might just be too late. Think about it, they make the money so why change anything?
@@noiisserpmii no Hunter can do the Talent relations and Developmental stuff.
I don’t want WWE turning into AEW and vanillia Indy shit.
I would much prefer Shane in head of creative role.
@@nu-metalfan2654 the same shane who booked the Royal Rumble around him? I like Shane but I dont think he should be near creative
What Is dave rambling about
Vince still owns the company right? So with Steph as Co-CEO a forced by out looks unlikely. Seems to me that this is a sweetener for a potential buyer further down the line.
WWE is a publicly traded company, he was majority shareholder. He has to sell all that stock now. He's done.
@@aggrodkreg4321 They can't force him to sell his shares.
Afraid I agree with all the comments regarding Dave's interruptions. Ruins Bryan's intro then around the 2:58 mark Bryan tries again and this happens:
Bryan: "Well in case you're listening to this by the way and you don't know what's going on, Vince Mcmahon announced today that-"
Dave: "I think people know."
FFS Dave.
P.S. I have learned today that turning on closed-captions on some Meltzer speech is flippin' hilarious! 🤣
"That was meant as a joke by the way." Oh thanks Dave, I never understood sarcasm before you came along.
Vince McMahon needs to be in the wwe hall of fame next year
Well maybe I will watch WWE again someday now, I gave up years ago completely and I only watch Dynamite, now that we don't have Vince screaming "SAY WWE UNIVERSE" on Cole's headphones anymore this can be watchable again.
Sure,you don't want week pal
you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know
How long does Bruce last?
Dave is borderline unlistenable these days
Towards the end of this I completely agree lol
Seriously, I remember being able to listen to Dave talk about wrestling without wanting to scream. What *happened*
Both of these guys are so biased
I think Bryan beats him up after shows for interrupting
@@MeMe-td1ye I'm considering it, I just happened across the video.
There won’t be huge changes but they’ve all learned from Vince but if there questioning things you know someone will say just think what would Vince do.
Vince isn’t retiring. I’m not buying that. What? People think he’ll be having lazy days around the house. Afternoon naps. Watching Netflix. Hmmm!! He’ll be pulling the strings.
They don’t know what to think until Dave tells them
Why did they show adam pearce talking to somebody on the phone saying that yes corbin was out of the building. Why did they show that. Vince retiring is a work?
Vince will still be running the show. Once I heard Stephanie McMahon within, I said it’s Vince still running things but just not a name.
Wrong. He's gone. he cannot run things otherwise he would be lying to investors and that is a big violation of SEC regulations.
Stephanie’s there to make investors feel comfortable about the change that a McMahon is still at the helm.
But the truth is, I feel like this will be a Nick Kahn run company now.
Before it is ultimately sold.
Get ready for a sale coming up.
He will still decide everything
@@jfgibson73 No he won't for reasons I mentioned.
Why you Wwe bubble dwellers cant just admit that Vince is gone for good, hes no God
We're this much closer to the cho cho chosen one running the show. From a pure comedy standpoint, I have my fingers crossed.
That would be hilarious and I think there’s a decent he at least get put in charge of creative
I've been waiting for Vince to retire.
What about Shane because I have not heard his name one time since this went down
Thanks to dynamite dave here for ruining what could have been a clear, honest review into this story without your usual incessant blabbering and unrelated tangents.. Was really hoping it was going to be Bryan and dare I say Mike talking about this.
18:45-18:46 🤣 I'm fucking dying 🤣
Damn, Dave LET BRYAN TALK WITHOUT INTERRUPTING.
Thank you Vince
Vince McMahon is still the Owner. So I don't see any major changes as long as he's making the primary decisions no matter from where he does it. People assume Stephanie McMahon will do better? Nick Khan? Cuz those are the ones after Vince McMahon that have been in charge.
to think I'd live to see the day
There was one name that you did not bring up as Head of Creative: Paul Heyman. He certainly has a lot to offer.
Great so he can leak shit to dirt sheets like he did back than.
Paul wanted to push Ricochet and Cesaro. So NO, he'd be a horrible head of creative.
Seems to me that people automatically assume that it will be Stephanie and HHH who will run the show and not Nick Khan. I wouldn't celebrate so soon because it can get worse.
Nick Khan is a businessman, so he'll run the business side of it. Stephanie and HHH will manage the show and talent. Anything else would make no sense, and Nick Khan isn't an idiot
Stephanie and HHH have ego’s that far exceed their ability.
@@travismcdonald6576 NXT kinda proved otherwise. HHH can spot talent and put on a good show, which is why NXT was the more popular brand before Vince decided to tinker with it.
Am I misremembering or didn’t they take NXT control from HHH as soon as you they moved to live? I loves the show before they went to USA and Raw/Smackdown poached all his talent.
#BryanAlvarezForCreative
Bryan was actually offered a job by wwe to become one of the writers. He declined obviously.
he can't even get the "news" right
And you guys are not prepared..last time i will be listening
Vince will be back by Wrestlemania. Vince vs. Fake Vince BOOK IT!
And he looks him dead in the eyes, and says "YOU'RE FIRED"! And then make fake Vince kiss his ass.
Good Lord. This is so hard to hear. And it’s not about the news. It’s who’s accompanying Alvarez. Oh, Dave. 😂
If you subtracted all the 'erms', 'yeah, yeah, yeah' etc from Dave's speech, this video would be barely 15mins. Dave, for the love of God, stick to print!
"And and and and....so so so so."
Dave wonders at the end of the video why Vince left at this time. I would hypothesize that there's a "higher power" behind the scenes, and I am eager to see it reveal himself soon.
Its vince the whole time
The DOJ? The SEC?
@@calvarycatcher66 in the words of JR: "Aw son-of-a-bitch."
I'm just waiting for the "Riddle & Theory" tag-team and feud. The people there must be aching to make those puns.
Was Cole saying "WWE fans" his FU to Vince for all the years of screaming in his headphones?
Who indicts Vince into the WWE HOF? Theory?
I won't believe Vince is gone for good unless we get past the next Wrestlemania without seeing or hearing from him.
Maybe the WWE will get better.
Everyone in the world thought Vince would keel over on the job before he would retire. As wade Barrett would say; the winds of change is coming to the wwe
Finally!
Vince Mcmahon doesn't need to "pull the strings" behind the scenes. For years he's groomed Stephanie to be his successor, she's going to see the business much in the same way the he did.
grooming is probably isn't the best word right now
@@spac18 it's the correct application of the word in this context, "groomed" simply means prepared. All we're talking about is the business.
I agree this is the biggest news since Vince McMahon spent money on WCW
1.05 Vince retired
1.06 Vince bored senseless
Vince will return before Bryan is allowed to speak without interruption.
No kidding, yikes.
Hahaha
Dave repeating himself like a madman and desperately trying to shoehorn AEW into the "biggest stories of the last 25 years" point Bryan made was absolutely hilarious. 🤣🤣
You're always gonna find some way to shit on AEW, you old people really need to move on
Shoehorn in what was a big story? He named the Benoit tragedy before that.
It actually was a pretty big story. Other than TNA for 5 minutes, nobody had really competed with WWE since 2001.
Now, AEW versus WWE in terms of business isn't even close. WWE has a 35 year head start, and they're not shy about doing business with literal press murderers.
Nick has no idea what is going on with wrestling they have to turn to HHH because there is no one else. They aren't going to hire some random person from the wrestling industry. Their only other option is Haymen and i dont think they will go that route after last time
Ashley Massaro…
Let’s not forget WHY Vince has retired.
Have they came out and said she rode the pony?
@@bryanowings2044 it’s not that she and Vince did the nasty, necessarily, but when she was raped overseas, they pressured her to not say anything and didn’t do anything about it. It really messed her up. Not sure if they paid her to shut up, or just intimidated her into keeping her story quiet.
"if he's gone, I'm gone" 🤣🤣🤣
Vince screwed over many people and wrestling companies since the 80s. He made stars. He had times where he delivered a good product and then times not so good. With all the allegations against him, it's a good decision to remove him.
I agree this was a damn good decision and I know Vince was forced out of this position he didn't do this himself
Idk if anyone realizes this
But this day july 23 the day vince retires is exactly 28 years after vince was proven not guilty in the steroid trials
July 23rd 1994
What a coincidence
Pretty close, Vince retired the 22nd. But this still spooks me a lil
Also exactly 10 years after RAW went to 3 hours.
@@homerjfong4494 yea
@@brandoncochran5318 well that's true lol
How long before wwe does a show with aew now that vince is done? They should def do.it
the faster the better, would love seeing Owens, Zayin and AJ in AEW for at least one match.
Retired after getting caught using hush money to every women work in WWE because you can't keep in your pants. Stay classy, Vince!
I keep having this bad feeling he's going to be back in that position again hey but he brought it on to himself without keeping it in his pants
You’re jealous man go get some and then talk
Of which zero have claimed any sort of non consensual
@@danielwebb8402 Rita Chatterton says hello.
@@maxxdahl6062
Never heard of them.
Are they an AEW flippy flop fan boy?
No sound
My sound is working.
Nothing will change unless they start bringing in more creative minds from wrestling rather than from the mainstream tv industry.
Go out there and get someone who is booking their own Indy shows and give them a shot on the writing team.There may be another Eddie Graham or a young Vince with a great mind for the business.They just need someone to give them a chance.
It’s a hell of a lot better than hiring a female comedian that does not know who Bobby Lashley is.
You don't get it, they're not writing wrestling programs, they're writing television. All they care about is ratings pops and quarterly earnings.
HHH should be head of creative and Stephanie the face of the company. I’m hoping this is good for creative but I’ll guess we will see.
Kevin Dunn is primarily responsible for changing the terms away from "wrestling" or even "sports" terminology. Dunn hates pro wrestling, always has, and didn't want to be seen as producing 'rasslin'. With Dunn potentially on a far tighter leash at least, look for a million small changes that might well bring WWE back to being a wrestling company.
Paul Levesque walking back into WWE like Ray Patterson on The Simpsons.
Jay White vs Tomohiro Ishii B Block G1 32 - just had an absolute worldie!!! Hope you're going to cover some of this.
You're the only one on the planet that watched that.
For the love of god, Paul, get Kevin Dunn out of there…
Until Vince is in the ground I'm not getting my hopes up
I agree we should not keep our hopes up
He's gonna run shit through Stephanie. And when he dies he's gonna run shit from beyond the grave. 😂
@@johnbeal6114 Think about it, Steph was head of creative already. And that shit sucked. But she could have just been held down. So there is hope. But if she wasn't held down then, those who follow wwe are in deep sh*t. She is way younger than Vince, and for her to pass the torch it will take more hope xD
Dreadful post, no class at all.
@@wrestlingp The guy who pays women in his employment to not speak about his affairs with them deserves more respect? 🤷♂️
Even with 12 millions in NDA’s public, there’s still a part of me that doesn’t believe he’s done with wrestling, just the official capacity.
How empowered is Steph? Does she listen to her father like his yes men do? All Vince knows is wrestling I genuinely have no idea how he’ll spend his time
Well if the off chance he does not come back, he’s most likely is gonna decline health wise
@@NWOWCW4Life1 like most people who retire from high powered and high maintenance jobs.
Spend more time with Linda??
Ooohhhhhh maybe not.
Hard to say. But when considering the fact that he owns around 80% +/- of the shareholder voting power I have to think he will still be involved in a behind the scenes capacity.
Shareholders elect the directors of the Board who in turn appoint the executives of the company. It’s hard to think that if Steph, Khan and HHH don’t take things in a direction that he approves of that he wouldn’t use that power. The only reason I would be hesitant to say he absolutely would do this is the fact that if he did there would be a very real chance of the stock price dropping and in turn him losing basically what amounts to his entire fortune.
A less controversial way that I could see him remaining involved is simply that those in power there are his family and people he knows. It isn’t all that uncommon for new leadership to call old leadership for advice. It’s hard to say that Stephanie would never call him to get advice or that Prichard (if he gets to remain in his role) would never seek advice from him. It wouldn’t be altogether shocking if he stays involved behind the scenes in a much lower profile fashion, and possibly if it blows over, even returning.
Perhaps Vince will end up getting into politics.
I love that Vince is out and Jeff Jarrett is in the company lmao
Kevin Dunn has to be Crapping his Pants
He should be grateful, he had a long run and made way more money than he ever had any right to.
Tony Khan should buy it
Christ, Bryan can’t even get out the date and website info before Dave starts running over him.
I'm not 100% buying it but if he is indeed retired it's going to be very telling the moves that they make and the moves that they don't make from here on out.
the moves that they makes in the moves? What?
Nick Khan being named CO-CEO has to be a big telling where this was going.
Has Dave ever let another human being finish a sentence??