Vince McMahon is also really rich, as in, Billionaire rich, This is a man who took the World Wide Wrestling Federation, then World Wrestling Federation, now World Wrestling Entertainment, from a regional promotion to a global entertainment phenomenon. With the Launch of a streaming service with the WWE network, containing both archival content for any wrestling fan and new programs which have been described as very fun to watch by those I've talked to.
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| Vince McMahon (Right) talks with Daniel Bryan (Left) on Monday Night Raw |
Vince McMahon hates rich people, which could be talking about all the self loathing he probably has, but he also doesn't consider himself a rich man. He does not see himself as rich or indulge in his money, he has a fast car and a fast motorbike, and his son-in-law got him a T-Rex head for his office, but like that T-Rex he'll never stop feeding and growing.
Maybe that's because Vince came up from an abused family in a trailer park, maybe it's because all that money doesn't mean anything to him, maybe it's because Vince is fucking insane. I'll go with the last one personally.
Vince McMahon is probably an amazing case study for a psychologist, and that simple statement of "I do not consider myself Rich" is probably another layer on the already multi-layered psychosis of the Billionaire corporate boss.
In other news, Wrestlemania 30 is a coming, the Grandest Stage of them All, the Showcase of the Immortals, that thing that two weeks ago looked like complete trash, and in two weeks, and really only 6 hours of shows, is now boiling blood.
At the Show of Shows, the Deadman, body decaying with his immortal streak of 21 straight wins with no losses, will fight against The Beast Incarnate, Brock Lesnar, the only man to be both WWE Champion and UFC World Heavyweight Champion, Who in 2012, busted open the face of the WWE John Cena, and licked his blood from his gloves.
John Cena himself, the face, the hero of children and the downtrodden, will be fighting the malicious, vile and degenerate Bray Wyatt. A cult leader who doesn't just claim to represent the devil, but the actual lord of darkness possessing the body of Husky Harris. Wyatt does not care about beating Cena, he wants to break his legacy, he wants to kill hope, and everything he's built.
And in the match that has been in the making for 6 months, Daniel Bryan, the American Dragon, will fight against Triple H, the COO of the WWE, a principal owner, who 6 months prior had stolen the WWE championship from Bryan after he won it, clean, from John Cena at Summerslam, and placed it upon his paper champion, Randy Orton. For 6 months Bryan has fought to regain HIS title, and Hunter Herset Helmsley had screwed him at every conceivable turn.
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| The moment that shocked the world, Daniel Bryan hit his Busaiku Knee and pinned John Cena clean for the WWE Championship, launching the storyline that would change the company |
As Triple H intended for his champion for face his old friend, Batista, Bryan took his place in history by occupying Monday Night Raw, demanding his match with the man who had tried his best to bury him for 6 months. And if he wins, Bryan will be added to the championship match, a shot at victory, after struggling and being beaten, and cheated for half a year!
In less than two weeks, on Sunday, we could see a Dragon become a god, we could see an immortal streak die, we could see the superman break. And those fans, behind the scenes know that this is all fake...
But what if they don't?
Triple H is notorious in real life for wanting to put himself over, and if he wins, HE gets added to the match, in fact, Bryan and Himself being in a match was never the plan, the sheer negativity towards the return of Batista, raking the spot away from the peoples champion Bryan, along with the real life departure of CM Punk for reasons no one knows because no one is saying anything, caused this.
Will an old plot-line have the same ending? Will Hunters ego put himself over?
And what of Wyatt and Cena? Wyatt is a fresh face for the audience, and Cena is the highest drawing person in the WWE, he is literally 1/5th of their quarterly revenue. On the biggest show of the year will Cena go over the young Wyatt? And if he does, will the storyline conclude in a way that puts Wyatt over?
And the Undertaker? he never loses at Wrestlemania! He can't lose! But... look at him! He looks like an old man, a greying 49 year old who's gone bald. How long can this go on? will the streak end when his career does? will the legitimate monster of Brock Lesnar end up hurting him and ending his career by accident?
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| The Undertaker(Right) looking very old and white for a 49 year old man. |
With such dual-storyline drama, the WWE is realer than any sport, sure the outcomes are pre-determined, but there's no less drama in knowing that a writing team controls them all. And that writing team is controlled by Vince McMahon, a 70 year old man who, to this day, sits in the Gorilla Position constantly talking into the ears of the commentators. This same control freak who never misses a show, never knew that a wrestler currently visiting back stage had been unemployed, wondering why he wasn't in ring gear.
Of course the WWE has it's Dual-storyline drama, it's own owner, Vince McMahon, is a duality of personality. And who can determine what parts of his psyche are real, and what parts he projects as part of that larger than life character?
But it sure as hell makes for some great TV
