Despite WWE being a huge company worth an incredible sum of money, while Vince McMahon was Chairman, the sports entertainment giant operated at his whim.
With regard to WWE television, McMahon was known to change his mind on storylines, wrestlers and matches frequently and often with zero warning. Pushes for stars evaporated with no warning, and too many episodes of Raw and SmackDown were rewritten at the 11th hour to even count.
Matt Hardy On Vince McMahon’s “Erratic Conduct”
Speaking on the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, now AEW star Matt Hardy recalled what it was like working under someone who was so unpredictable. Hardy even recalled seeing McMahon “quit on” stars for simply not liking how they threw punches in the ring.
“I’ve seen him quit on people for having a bad punch, you know, whatever. It’s just, yeah, he’s just so he’s very matter of factly. You know, just like, I see this, I like this person, I got his back. Oh I saw this, it was terrible, get them out of here, fire them, tell him to go home, whatever. I mean, I’ve seen some very erratic conduct. I didn’t want to say erratic behaviour. But I mean, I’ve seen some very erratic conduct in behaviour from Vince as well, when it comes to making decisions like that.
I mean, just if someone rubs him the right way, and he’s like, supportive of that person, usually pretty solidly has their back. You know, you have to do a lot to like, p*ss Vince off if he legitimately likes you.
But there are some people when he’s beginning to form a bond with that there’s just something that, you know, rubs him the wrong way. And he can cut them off right from the beginning, and just like not even give them an opportunity.”
Hardy’s comments come after another wrestling veteran recently revealed that Vince McMahon once paid a Superstar just $100 for a WrestleMania appearance because he “thought he was an idiot.”
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