>>19396931Walt Disney was based. Disney, the corporation, is cringe because Walt's family was forced out and greed took over. It's the exact same thing that happened to WWE when TKO bought it btw.
>he guy who refused to call it wrestling?That was because Vince wanted to get around the athletic commissions, which were power hungry in several states. He wanted his talent classified as entertainers to avoid the commissions. Plus it was a marketing gimmick: Vince knows the public stigma towards pro wrestling, but no such stigma exists for entertainment. TKO-WWE says "wrestling" all the time and the product is pure shit and not "wrestling" at all.
>The guy who hated JR on commentary because he sounded too much like a "wrasslin" commentator?Vince "hated" JR so much that he gave him the role of lead commentator for 20 years? Ridiculous. Yes they did quarrel, but obviously Vince didn't hate JR. JR is too sensitive and can't handle Vince's ribs or his bombastic personality. Vince is admittedly kind of an asshole too.
Now if you really want to criticize Vince, you should call out his weird obsession with grooming Michael Cole into the 'voice of WWE' despite Cole being one of the worst play-by-play commentators for a major promotion in the entire history of pro wrestling.
>The guy who booked a run-in from Netflix zombies?Vince has obviously lost his creative touch years ago. I'm not denying that. But it's asinine to pretend Vince doesn't love pro wrestling. Vince literally dreamed of being a pro wrestler when he was younger (was not allowed btw) which helps explain why Vince eventually did become one with the Mr. McMahon gimmick in the attitude era. Speaking of, Vince was willing to regularly humiliate himself on live TV just to play the evil villain gimmick and to work the audience. And Vince was so damn good at it too! He clearly put every ounce of his effort into that gimmick, and that is not happening if Vince didn't love pro wrestling.
