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Jiminy Glick, Wrestling Interviewer
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In the nightmare world where I own a wrestling promotion, Jiminy Glick is the backstage interviewer.
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Vince McMahon Has Retired
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I don’t know how to begin covering what is possibly the biggest story in the history of professional wrestling. Vince McMahon is retiring from WWE. In his tweet and in WWE’s press release containing his statement on the matter, McMahon led with the fact that he is 77, intimating that it is age, and…
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If There Is an Ethical Way to Watch WWE, It Is Via Piracy
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Money in the Bank, WWE’s failed attempt at turning a lukewarm narrative conceit into another stadium show, airs this Sunday on Peacock/WWE Network. Please do not pay for the pleasure of either means of watching WWE’s product. Actually, let me walk that back: I love The ‘Cock. It features great shows like Columbo and Murder, She…
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On SmackDown, Vince McMahon Asserted Himself As the Center of His Industry
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Yesterday, at 9:19am, the WWE Twitter account announced that Mr. McMahon would open SmackDown. It is crucial that they said Mr. McMahon and not Vince McMahon, as, since 1997, there has been some separation between the Vince McMahon who runs WWE in reality, and the Mr. McMahon who runs the product that WWE sells.…
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Tonight, Vince McMahon Addresses His Enemies
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Tonight, on SmackDown, Vince McMahon will reportedly appear in character as Mr. McMahon to address the allegations made against him in Wednesday’s bombshell Wall Street Journal report about his alleged use of company funds to buy the silence of several mistresses. Stephanie McMahon, who recently went on hiatus from her role in the company,…
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Vince McMahon Losing the Reins of WWE Is No Longer Impossible
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Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the board of World Wrestling Entertainment was investigating a secret $3 million settlement paid by Vince McMahon to an exiting employee in January of last year. There is so much to say about this, much of which the WSJ has already done, probing into an undetermined number…
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The $100 Vince McMahon T-Shirt: A Review
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WWE is selling a $100 Vince McMahon shirt. That’s, uh, bad. But it’s also pretty funny because people will buy it, dazzled by the premium price, which will somehow create the illusion of scarcity that drives collectables buyers despite the fact that this is a direct to garment t-shirt and not a Funko Pop…
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What Is a WWE Superstar? A Theory.
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Yesterday, Vince McMahon did an interview on The Pat McAfee Show, hosted, as you might guess, by former NFL punter turned podcaster and WWE SmackDown color commentator Pat McAfee. While it probably would have been a good idea to—interviews with McMahon have tended to be rare, and are increasingly so has he ages —…
