WWE: WWE being sold to Endeavor Group Holdings, forming media company $21B merger with UFC

[Megahab]

Don't worry guys Vince said he'll "be in the weeds" in terms of the creative process.

...Just like when he said the same when he brought Heyman and Bischoff in to run Raw and Smackdown respectively.

..maybe he was involved with last night.

Bischoff was never involved creatively, was he? Pretty sure he was just strictly a performer.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Bischoff was never involved creatively, was he? Pretty sure he was just strictly a performer.

No his last run which lasted about 35 minutes, he was like the executive producer of one of the shows and Heyman was EP of the other, Brother Love took over for Both eventually, but Eric barely had time to unpack his suitcase

 

[Megahab]

No his last run which lasted about 35 minutes, he was like the executive producer of one of the shows and Heyman was EP of the other, Brother Love took over for Both eventually, but Eric barely had time to unpack his suitcase

I have no memory of this.

 

[Unholy Diver]

I have no memory of this.

Bischoff was kind of brought in out of the blue and hadn't been following the product, didn't know what was going on, or who most of the wrestlers were, he was pretty much lost, and has admitted that he realized about 6 weeks in it wasn't going to work. He was on SD and apparently Fox was unhappy with his results, so he was cut loose after like 3 months or so

 

[Emperoreddy]

I would be more curious if Vince decides to stick his nose into Dana's world

 

[GKJ]

I would be more curious if Vince decides to stick his nose into Dana's world

Oh that’s absolutely coming. Vince definitely gonna wave it around that he’s a superior

 

[BruinDust]

I would be more curious if Vince decides to stick his nose into Dana's world

Dana's world could use some Vince IMO.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Deadpool8812]

Weird...wasn't it awhile ago where Shane told Vince to buy UFC?

Funny how things work out

 

[Emperoreddy]

Weird...wasn't it awhile ago where Shane told Vince to buy UFC?

Funny how things work out

He told him that before they bought WCW

 

[Oddbob]

Omos vs The Great Khali in a 240 Minute Last Man Standing UFC Cage Fight for the 24/7 Universal Intercontinental Lightweight TV PPV Belt!

 

[Unholy Diver]

He told him that before they bought WCW

UFC would have been long dead and buried by now had they done that back then

 

[joestevens29]

Dana's world could use some Vince IMO.

Ya I wouldn't mind seeing Dana get in the cage like Vince has the ring lol

 

[Hammettf2b]

if the WWE goes back to ppv, i would never watch again. I rarely watch now let alone having to pay a premium for it.

 

[DoyleG]

Weird...wasn't it awhile ago where Shane told Vince to buy UFC?

Funny how things work out

That was PRIDE Shane was looking to buy.

 

[Unholy Diver]

That was PRIDE Shane was looking to buy.

Vince McMahon's son Shane failed in UFC takeover bid back in 2004

WWE legend Shane McMahon once unsuccessfully tried to buy UFC before Dana White transformed the MMA company. The son of billionaire ex-WWE owner Vince McMahon is just as keen on Mixed Martial Arts …

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[Emperoreddy]

That was PRIDE Shane was looking to buy.

Shane tried to convince Vince to buy both. UFC when it was still super stagnant, and then a few years later Pride before UFC bought it.

UFC in 2004 and Pride in 2006. Vince nixed both deals

 

[CDJ]

Best thing that could’ve happened to AEW

 

[93gilmour93]

I’m just glad it wasn’t sold to Disney lol

 

[MMC]

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Cuts is like standard practice after any giant corporate mergers in business. I give it like a month. You will see a bunch of office staff given their walking papers for sure and likely talent as well.

 

[CDJ]

It’s because the ufc pays their fighters jack shit

ESPN deal is also MASSIVE for the ufc. They get paid so much money and all they have to do is trot out mediocre cards every week


Edit: just saw I was responding to a pillar of the mma board, I don’t need to tell you these things lol

 

[GKJ]

Corporate mergers always begin with audits.

 

[EverettMike]

I can't believe how bad this sale is going to be for the actual product and fans. Vince really just nuking his legacy in every single way he can so he can hold onto a company that hates his guts.

 

[jcs0218]

His stupid mustache is one of the funniest things I've seen. It's so bad

He doesn't even look like Vince McMahon anymore.

I thought they had reanimated the corpse of Charlie Chaplin.