Wrestling fans across social media woke up Friday morning to the news that after leaving the WWE six months ago after various allegations of using company money as “hush money” to silence those he had relationships with in the past, Vince McMahon is back in the WWE.
The reaction and feeling has been largely negative with the overwhelming majority of fans outraged and disappointed with McMahon’s decision.
On Reddit the reaction was mostly negative:
“Bronson Reed, Braun Strowman, Dexter Lumis, Johnny Gargano, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Tommaso Ciampa, Bray Wyatt, Karrion Kross, Top Dolla, Ashante Adonis, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Mia Yim, B-Fab, Emma, Scarlett, Tegan Nox, Valhalla, Cathy Kelly & William Regal are all sweating now,” Gear4Vegito wrote.
MyJelloJiggles wrote: “Keep playing the “injecting the lethal dose of poison” in my head on loop saying he will kill his own creation.”
Prophet_Tehenhauin wrote: “Was there ever any chance of it not happening? The largest share holder said he’d refuse all media rights negotiations unless he was put back on. What company would even enter into negotiations with the WWE with that hanging over the negotiation?”
ClockworkDinosaurs wrote: “Well, we can start to talk about his sexual harassment history again. If people would stop moving on from that shit so quickly, perpetrators wouldn’t go away for a few months then come back like nothing happened.”
Environmental_Lie478 wrote: “Imagine being one of the three board members that just got the boot because this old lunatic refuses to accept the consequences of his actions.”
Twitter was largely the same:
https://twitter.com/JustAlyxCentral/status/1611116236506644488?s=20&t=fuuKiEihGYUx3h6ur8xLdQ
Solution: How Triple H should book Vince McMahon when he returns…pic.twitter.com/3KSbBl06FH
— Macho T (@ItsMachoT) January 5, 2023
Vince McMahon is the prime example that consequences don’t actually happen to rich, white old people.
They just take sad vacations and then keep being rich, old white people.
— “Tom”. (@NotThatTomGreen) January 5, 2023
It took Vince McMahon less time to assemble multi-billion dollar hostile takeover of the company he resigned in disgrace from than it did Triple H to pin Booker T at WrestleMania 19
— Michael Hamflett (@MichaelHamflett) January 5, 2023
Dear Tony Khan…
I have hated on you in the past but I apologise… You're amazing.
Please buy WWE and save us from Vince McMahon.
Kind Regards, WWE viewer. pic.twitter.com/77ccPJE8yh
— stu (@DawgVanDam) January 5, 2023
Per the WSJ, an absolute NIGHTMARE scenario with Vince McMahon informing the WWE Board that he plans to return to the company to pursue a sale of the business and unless he has direct involvement, he won't approve of ANY sale or media rights deal. The man is a fucking egomaniac.
— Jason Solomon (@solomonster) January 5, 2023
Vince McMahon has officially returned to the WWE board of directors.
Dear God help us all… pic.twitter.com/GmosPyZ7Vc
— Public Enemies Podcast (@PublicEnemiesHQ) January 6, 2023
Wrestlers that came back to the WWE just because Vince McMahon was gone finding out he’s coming back pic.twitter.com/Grt8DbqRwe
— . (@IovelsX) January 5, 2023
If Vince McMahon actually has interest in selling #WWE, he wants to control the process. But his involvement in said process — given allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him — would badly compromise interest from potential buyers. And he knows that. https://t.co/RREYjNYRs3
— Moonlight Graham 🌙✨ (@ReeceKelleyG) January 5, 2023
Vince McMahon is going to win the Royal Rumble isn't he 💀 pic.twitter.com/aHsPS2nLfI
— . (@Bub3m16) January 5, 2023
All it took was 6 days into the New Year, and WWE has potentially already been destroyed.
Vince McMahon is officially back on the Board of Directors and if you don’t think he is making ALL day to day decisions, you’re out of your fucking mind.
This is a nightmare
— JDfromNY (@JDfromNY206) January 6, 2023
It certainly makes sense why so many names within WWE, especially higher ups, were keen on telling me last month how much they didn't want Vince McMahon back around.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 5, 2023
Vince McMahon is finally injecting that dose of LETHAL POISON he promised 20 years ago! pic.twitter.com/HdKLDwqKAv
— Top Rope Nation 🎙️ (@TopRopeNation) January 5, 2023
quick someone put a VR headset on Vince McMahon and just let him play with a WWE simulator for the rest of his days
— Billy Mays III (@infinitethird) January 5, 2023
Based on what we know about Vince McMahon, one could easily conclude that his announced interest in selling #WWE is only a ploy to regain executive and creative control in the company. Threatening to hold up media-rights deals is a power play. Not a report, just conjecture.
— Moonlight Graham 🌙✨ (@ReeceKelleyG) January 5, 2023
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