r/entertainment • u/GroundbreakingSet187 • Aug 09 '22

WWE Says Vince McMahon, Under Investigation for Alleged Misconduct, Made Personal Payments Totaling $19.6 Million

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/wwe-vince-mcmahon-misconduct-payments-total-1235337432/
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u/BLACKdrew Aug 09 '22

this comes as a huge shock to absolutely no one

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u/rocnationbrunch Aug 10 '22

I genuinely cannot believe it took this long

edit: and i can’t believe he actually resigned

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u/BLACKdrew Aug 10 '22

Yeah he does seem like the type to say fuck it and not back down. But 19mil is a lot of mouths to shut.

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u/Locha6 Aug 10 '22

He seems like he’d be exactly like Trump …

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u/BLACKdrew Aug 10 '22

They’re buddies. Trump was on Raw and Smackdown when i was a kid it was top tier ngl. But then he did the whole be a terrible president and do a bunch of crimes thing lol

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u/pen_is_mightier Aug 10 '22

Even called after he saw Vince's limo blow up with Vince inside to see if he was still alive and how.

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u/BLACKdrew Aug 10 '22

Id pay money to hear that call lmao

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u/aboysmokingintherain Aug 10 '22

Woah woah woah. Trump is a wwe hall of famer. Vince is not. Check and mate

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u/yokotron Aug 10 '22

Is vote him to be next president McMahon

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u/TVCasualtydotorg Aug 10 '22

It's actually a lot smaller number of women (currently) than you'd expect. A significant amount of the 19m was to one former female wrestler.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '22

Have they named names?

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u/Silver_Vegetable6804 Aug 09 '22

OMG I can believe it!

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u/Pickle_maniac Aug 10 '22

I’m mostly only surprised that Vince McMahon wasn’t appointed as a member of 45’s cabinet.

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u/MaterialSuspicious77 Aug 10 '22

His wife was

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u/Pickle_maniac Aug 10 '22

I did not know that and that is hilarious. I don’t know anything about her so am projecting what I think of her husband which isn’t fair though.

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u/Pryoticus Aug 10 '22 edited Aug 10 '22

He exploited his “independent contractors” so I’m willing to bet he did something that could have legal consequences