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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a billion dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow [[Wrestling/BigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a billion dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels once said that Vince won't ask a wrestler to do anything that he himself wouldn't do. For example, the famous Shawn Michaels Zipline entrance, Vince did it himself just to proof Shawn it is safe enough for him to do it.
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** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels once said that Vince won't ask a wrestler to do anything that he himself wouldn't do. For example, the famous Shawn Michaels Zipline entrance, Vince did it a test run of Shawn's famous zipline entrance at [=WrestleMania=] 12 himself just to proof prove to Shawn that it is safe enough was safe. Vince would later do something similar at [=WrestleMania=] 36, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljfAD6nCY2M jumping off a ten-foot-high platform]] during the rehearsals for him to a stunt that NFL player Rob Gronkowski would do it.during the show itself.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million billion dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels once said that Vince won't ask a wrestler to do anything that he himself wouldn't do. For example, the famous Shawn Michaels Zipline entrance, Vince did it himself just to proof Shawn it is safe enough for him to do it.
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-->'''Vince''': '''WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!?'''
-->'''Vince''': '''WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!?'''
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** Wrestling/PaulHeyman kept asking Vince if it was OK to throw in his face the amount of bile he ended up throwing during his "You disrespected your father" promo. Vince's retort? ''[[MoneyDearBoy "Does it make me money?"]]'' And, of course, there's also Wrestling/CMPunk's "Pipebomb" promo. Yep. ''He's willing to let himself be insulted and disrespected in television by stuff [[WorkedShoot that happened in real life]] if that drives ratings, buyrates and the likes up.''
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** Wrestling/PaulHeyman kept asking Vince if it was OK to throw in his face the amount of bile he ended up throwing during his "You disrespected your father" promo. Vince's retort? ''[[MoneyDearBoy "Does it make me money?"]]'' And, of course, there's also Wrestling/CMPunk's "Pipebomb" promo. Yep. ''He's willing to let himself be insulted and disrespected in television by stuff [[WorkedShoot that happened in real life]] if that drives ratings, buyrates and the likes up.'''' This also has the residual effect of making it so that wrestlers taking shots at Vince on a [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} rival]] [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling promotion's]] [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling broadcast]] will have no effect on WWE whatsoever and nearly always come up just short of generating the desired buzz. Simply put, you can't hurt Vince [=McMahon=] by saying "Vince [=McMahon=] Sucks" when Vince [=McMahon=] himself put "Vince [=McMahon=] Sucks" into his own canon!
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him. It's even been said that Vince won't ask a wrestler to do anything that he himself wouldn't do. \\
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Driving the point home, in Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out, calling him "the most hardcore man in the business". His reasoning is that, on some level, the wrestlers do what they do because they need a paycheck, but Vince, on the other hand, is a billionaire who doesn't really need the money, and could do anything he pleases with his life, but he gets beaten up, thrown around, steel chairs wrapped around his head, thrown through tables, etc. on national television just because ''[[AwesomeDearBoy he likes it]]'' (and he knows people love to see him get beaten up, since he plays the heel all too well).
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him. It's even been him.
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** Wrestling/PaulHeyman kept asking Vince if it was OK to throw in his face thepoint home, amount of bile he ended up throwing during his "You disrespected your father" promo. Vince's retort? ''[[MoneyDearBoy "Does it make me money?"]]'' And, of course, there's also Wrestling/CMPunk's "Pipebomb" promo. Yep. ''He's willing to let himself be insulted and disrespected in television by stuff [[WorkedShoot that happened in real life]] if that drives ratings, buyrates and the likes up.''
** In Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out, calling him "the most hardcore man in the business". His reasoning is that, on some level, the wrestlers do what they do because they need a paycheck, but Vince, on the other hand, is a billionaire who doesn't really need the money, and could do anything he pleases with his life, but he gets beaten up, thrown around, steel chairs wrapped around his head, thrown through tables, etc. on national television just because ''[[AwesomeDearBoy he likes it]]'' (and he knows people love to see him get beaten up, since he plays the heel all too well).
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** In Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out, calling him "the most hardcore man in the business". His reasoning is that, on some level, the wrestlers do what they do because they need a paycheck, but Vince, on the other hand, is a billionaire who doesn't really need the money, and could do anything he pleases with his life, but he gets beaten up, thrown around, steel chairs wrapped around his head, thrown through tables, etc. on national television just because ''[[AwesomeDearBoy he likes it]]'' (and he knows people love to see him get beaten up, since he plays the heel all too well).
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Driving the point home, in Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out, calling him "the most hardcore man in the business". His reasoning is that, on some level, the wrestlers do what they do because they need a paycheck, but Vince, on the other hand, is a billionaire who doesn't really need the money, and could do anything he pleases with his life, but he gets beaten up, thrown around, steel chairs wrapped around his head, thrown through tables, etc. on national television just because ''he ''[[AwesomeDearBoy he likes it'' it]]'' (and he knows people love to see him get beaten up, since he plays the heel all too well).
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him. It's even been said that there's nothing Vince won't ask a wrestler to do that Vince won't do himself. \\
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him. It's even been said that there's nothing Vince won't ask a wrestler to do anything that Vince won't do himself.he himself wouldn't do. \\
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him. It's even been said that there's nothing Vince won't ask a wrestler to do that Vince won't do himself. \\
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, Wrestling/HellInACell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him. It's even been said that there's nothing Vince won't ask a wrestler to do that Vince won't do himself. \\
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* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[Wrestling/MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide {{Clip Show}}s didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund the first Wrestling/WrestleMania. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012. It can be ''intensely'' satisfying.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide {{Clip Show}}s didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund the first Wrestling/WrestleMania. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012. It can be ''intensely'' satisfying.
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* Yeah, it did involve [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob irreparably damaging]] the career of Wrestling/BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. [=McMahon=]-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.
** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
** In Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out, calling him "the most hardcore man in the business".
** In Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out, calling him "the most hardcore man in the business".
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him. \n** In It's even been said that there's nothing Vince won't ask a wrestler to do that Vince won't do himself. \\
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Driving the point home, in Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out, calling him "the most hardcore man in thebusiness".business". His reasoning is that, on some level, the wrestlers do what they do because they need a paycheck, but Vince, on the other hand, is a billionaire who doesn't really need the money, and could do anything he pleases with his life, but he gets beaten up, thrown around, steel chairs wrapped around his head, thrown through tables, etc. on national television just because ''he likes it'' (and he knows people love to see him get beaten up, since he plays the heel all too well).
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide {{Clip Show}}s didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund the first Wrestling/WrestleMania. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* Yeah, it did involve [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob irreparably damaging]] the career of Wrestling/BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. [=McMahon=]-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.
* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[Wrestling/MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012. It can be ''intensely'' satisfying.
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* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide {{Clip Show}}s didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund the first Wrestling/WrestleMania. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* Yeah, it did involve [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob irreparably damaging]] the career of Wrestling/BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. [=McMahon=]-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.
* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[Wrestling/MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012. It can be ''intensely'' satisfying.
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* Let's start with the first and most important fact of them all: the fact that he managed to turn a regional promotion such as Vince Sr.'s World Wide Wrestling Federation into the behemoth that the WWE is today. Singlehandedly, as pointed out by [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon his own son]] and many a wrestler out there.
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* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely'' satisfying.
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* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: face, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it 2012. It can be ''intensely'' satisfying.
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** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than [[Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRY FUNK]] pointed this out.
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** In Foley's Wrestling/MickFoley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than [[Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRY FUNK]] Wrestling/TerryFunk, the father of all {{garbage wrestler}}s, pointed this out.out, calling him "the most hardcore man in the business".
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[hWrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[hWrestling/{{Rikishi}} [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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* Vince being relived of his duties by HHH. (Nope, he didn't yell, "Vine....YOU'RE FIIIIIIIRED" and then Pedigree him.) It started as cheers because he got fired, but then Vince started crying and the crowd started chanting "THANK YOU VINCE". Crazy old bastard still knows how to work a crowd.
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* Vince being relived of his duties by HHH. (Nope, he didn't yell, "Vine...."Vince....YOU'RE FIIIIIIIRED" and then Pedigree him.) It started as cheers because he got fired, but then Vince started crying and the crowd started chanting "THANK YOU VINCE". Crazy old bastard still knows how to work a crowd.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Kane chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/MickFoley?from=Main.MickFoley Mick Foley]] that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DGenerationX?from=Main.DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rikishi another man's]] ass. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRY FUNK]] pointed this out.
* Vince being relived of his duties by HHH. (Nope, he didn't yell, "Vine....YOU'RE FIIIIIIIRED" and then Pedigree him.) It started as cheers because he got fired, but then Vince started crying and the crowd started chanting "THANK YOU VINCE". Crazy old bastard still knows how to work a crowd.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRY FUNK]] pointed this out.
* Vince being relived of his duties by HHH. (Nope, he didn't yell, "Vine....YOU'RE FIIIIIIIRED" and then Pedigree him.) It started as cheers because he got fired, but then Vince started crying and the crowd started chanting "THANK YOU VINCE". Crazy old bastard still knows how to work a crowd.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TripleH [[Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Kane [[Wrestling/{{Kane}} chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/MickFoley?from=Main.MickFoley Mick Foley]] Wrestling/MickFoley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/BrockLesnar [[Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DwayneJohnson [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/ShawnMichaels [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DGenerationX?from=Main.DGenerationX [[Wrestling/DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/RomanReigns [[Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheUndertaker [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rikishi [[hWrestling/{{Rikishi}} another man's]] ass. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheBigShow [[Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TerryFunk [[Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRY FUNK]] pointed this out.
* Vince being relived of his duties by HHH. (Nope, he didn't yell, "Vine....YOU'RE FIIIIIIIRED" and then Pedigree him.) It started as cheers because he got fired, but then Vince started crying and the crowd started chanting "THANK YOU VINCE". Crazy old bastard still knows how to work acrowd.crowd.
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** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRY FUNK]] pointed this out.out.
* Vince being relived of his duties by HHH. (Nope, he didn't yell, "Vine....YOU'RE FIIIIIIIRED" and then Pedigree him.) It started as cheers because he got fired, but then Vince started crying and the crowd started chanting "THANK YOU VINCE". Crazy old bastard still knows how to work a crowd.
* Vince being relived of his duties by HHH. (Nope, he didn't yell, "Vine....YOU'RE FIIIIIIIRED" and then Pedigree him.) It started as cheers because he got fired, but then Vince started crying and the crowd started chanting "THANK YOU VINCE". Crazy old bastard still knows how to work a crowd.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Kane chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/MickFoley?from=Main.MickFoley Mick Foley]] that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, had broken bones, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DGenerationX?from=Main.DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rikishi another man's]] ass. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Kane chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/MickFoley?from=Main.MickFoley Mick Foley]] that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/BrockLesnar F5'd,]] had broken bones, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed,]] put through tables, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DGenerationX?from=Main.DGenerationX covered in poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rikishi another man's]] ass. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, Pedigreed, nut shot, Stunned, hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Mick Foley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, Rock Bottomed, put through tables, superkicked, covered in poop, been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, Superman punched, chokeslammed, and had his face shoved into another man's ass. TWICE. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than TERRY FUNK pointed this out.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than TERRY FUNK pointed this out.
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* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, Pedigreed, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TripleH Pedigreed,]] nut shot, Stunned, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Stunned,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Kane chokeslammed,]] hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/MickFoley?from=Main.MickFoley Mick Foley Foley]] that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, had broken bones, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rock Bottomed, Bottomed,]] put through tables, superkicked, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/ShawnMichaels superkicked,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DGenerationX?from=Main.DGenerationX covered in poop, poop,]] been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/RomanReigns Superman punched, chokeslammed, punched,]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheUndertaker chokeslammed again,]] and had his face shoved into [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rikishi another man's man's]] ass. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TheBigShow TWICE.]] And that's probably not even half the list. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRYFUNK FUNK]] pointed this out.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/TerryFunk TERRY
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* Any time Vince goes into a match that ''doesn't'' end up a CurbStompBattle. His matches with Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/CMPunk were believably even handed. Even those he does get the worse of it, you have to admire his persistence (especially since most of the time he booked those matches himself).
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* Any time Vince goes into a match that ''doesn't'' end up a CurbStompBattle. His matches with Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/CMPunk were believably even handed. Even those he does get the worse of it, you have to admire his persistence (especially since most of the time he booked those matches himself).himself).
* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, Pedigreed, nut shot, Stunned, hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Mick Foley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, Rock Bottomed, put through tables, superkicked, covered in poop, been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, Superman punched, chokeslammed, and had his face shoved into another man's ass. TWICE. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than TERRY FUNK pointed this out.
* The sheer amount of punishment he's taken over the years, for the sake of making entertaining product. Keep in mind, Vince has been punched, kicked, Pedigreed, nut shot, Stunned, hit with every foreign object under the sun (including a chair shot by Mick Foley that, according to him, knocked two of Vince's teeth caps out), busted open, Rock Bottomed, put through tables, superkicked, covered in poop, been ground into the sides of Hell in a Cell, Superman punched, chokeslammed, and had his face shoved into another man's ass. TWICE. No one else who owns a million dollar company would even CONSIDER putting up with that, yet Vince has nary a hesitation to let those things happen to him.
** In Foley's book "Have A Nice Day!", no less than TERRY FUNK pointed this out.
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* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipShows didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.
* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short of TheDeterminator personified.
* Yeah, it did involve [[MontrealScrewJob irreparably damaging]] the career of BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. McMahon-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipShows didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.
* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short of TheDeterminator personified.
* Yeah, it did involve [[MontrealScrewJob irreparably damaging]] the career of BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. McMahon-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
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* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[MondayNightWars [[Wrestling/MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provideClipShows {{Clip Show}}s didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1.the first Wrestling/WrestleMania. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be''intensely satisfying''.
''intensely'' satisfying.
* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short ofTheDeterminator {{Determinator}} personified.
* Yeah, it did involve[[MontrealScrewJob [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob irreparably damaging]] the career of BretHart, Wrestling/BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. McMahon-Stone [=McMahon=]-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be
* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short of
* Yeah, it did involve
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* Any time Vince goes into a match that ''doesn't'' end up a CurbstompBattle. His matches with Ric Flair and CMPunk were believably even handed. Even those he does get the worse of it, you have to admire his persistence (especially since most of the time he booked those matches himself).
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* Any time Vince goes into a match that ''doesn't'' end up a CurbstompBattle. CurbStompBattle. His matches with Ric Flair Wrestling/RicFlair and CMPunk Wrestling/CMPunk were believably even handed. Even those he does get the worse of it, you have to admire his persistence (especially since most of the time he booked those matches himself).
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** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.
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** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.it.
* Any time Vince goes into a match that ''doesn't'' end up a CurbstompBattle. His matches with Ric Flair and CMPunk were believably even handed. Even those he does get the worse of it, you have to admire his persistence (especially since most of the time he booked those matches himself).
* Any time Vince goes into a match that ''doesn't'' end up a CurbstompBattle. His matches with Ric Flair and CMPunk were believably even handed. Even those he does get the worse of it, you have to admire his persistence (especially since most of the time he booked those matches himself).
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Not sure if dickish is even allowed.
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* Yeah, it did involve [[MontrealScrewJob irreparably damaging]] the career of BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. McMahon-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
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* Yeah, it did involve [[MontrealScrewJob irreparably damaging]] the career of BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. McMahon-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.finest.
** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.
** It helps that Bret Hart and Vince made amends mid-2005 and Vince admitted in the ''Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be'' DVD that the Montreal Screwjob was kind of a dickish move and showed some regret in doing it.
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* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short of TheDeterminator personified.
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* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short of TheDeterminator personified.personified.
* Yeah, it did involve [[MontrealScrewJob irreparably damaging]] the career of BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. McMahon-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
* Yeah, it did involve [[MontrealScrewJob irreparably damaging]] the career of BretHart, but you almost have to admire the cojones it takes to take something that was nothing short of a disaster for the business (revealing that everything is rigged, and that you literally just screwed a company man on live television) and turn it into a massive, ''massive'' boon via the invention of the Mr. McMahon-Stone Cold Steve Austin rivalry. PragmaticVillainy at its finest.
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* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.
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* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.satisfying''.
* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short of TheDeterminator personified.
* The way he grew up in a trailer park with an abusive step-father. He also had dyslexia. Comparing what he's achieved with his background, he's nothing short of TheDeterminator personified.
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* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.
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* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCPpQcca6Y Kurt Angle]] in 2004, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.
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* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipShows didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
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* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipShows didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.money.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.
* When Mr. [=McMahon=] fires somebody as a face (see: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymkd6WGxLY Paul Heyman]] in 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FnCjJl014 Eric Bischoff]] in 2005, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NVE4CisVtE John Laurinaitis]] in 2012), it can be ''intensely satisfying''.
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* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipEpisodes didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
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* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipEpisodes ClipShows didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
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* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.
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* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.goal.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipEpisodes didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
* Black Saturday in 1985 where Vince bought Georgia Championship Wrestling and it's time on WTBS was a disaster. The traditional Southern fans hated the WWE's product, and the fact that Vince only bothered to provide ClipEpisodes didn't help. However, his recovery qualifies as a real-life CMOA. Vince negotiated his way out of the contract and then sold the timeslot back to Jim Crockett Promotions for one million dollars, money which he used to fund Wrestlemania 1. So in summary, Vince stole a timeslot out from under his biggest rival, sold it back at a huge markup, and that aforementioned rival ending up essentially paying for a successful and profitable PPV that made Vince even more money.
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* Appearing at the very last telecast of WCW Monday Nitro, where he announced the purchase of WCW. Whether you like him or not; after [[MondayNightWars all]] he's gone through from 1995 to 2001, it was probably satisfying for him to have finally reached his goal.
