10 Biggest Megalomaniacs In WWE History
1. Vince McMahon
There was no on else but Vince who could top this list. The man has probably earned much of his ego, as he is the last titan standing in the world of professional wrestling. But along the way he’s become a megalomaniac. He sees the world of sports entertainment through his own distorted view, and everyone who isn’t on board needs to go. There is no other way than the McMahon way.
Over the years, WWE has become the personal playground of Vince McMahon. Making money seems like a secondary reason for the company’s existence, as the first is about how the boss can goof off in front of millions of people. He brings back legends only to have them take part in idiotic segments. His personal, awful sense of humor permeates throughout Raw and SmackDown. He has a genius like Paul Heyman under contract (someone who knows more about wrestling than Vince himself does), but won’t give him any creative power because it doesn’t fit his own, personal vision; a vision that has caused millions of fans to depart his product. Basically, he does whatever the hell he wants because he thinks he's a genius.
He should change his ways, but he's blinded by his past. While he can see a passionate crowd reaction in NXT, he won’t accept it as genuine, otherwise he would adopt the philosophies of that brand onto Raw and SmackDown. He is so in love with himself that when fans chanted "ECW" in his arenas, he believed it was because he conditioned them to, not because they have a love for a former rival. He is wildly out of touch, and won't listen to people who are more talented than him.
Going back to Heyman, according to Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW, when the former owner of ECW suggested fans chanting for CM Punk in a non-Punk segment wasn’t a bad thing at all, Vince reportedly blew a gasket and yelled:
Get this through your thick f***ing head—my focus is on Bobby Lashley and only Bobby Lashley! That man is the brand's icon, the brand's superhero. He is ECW and he will be, at the expense of Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Test, and everyone else, and you can hit the door if don't like it!
How well did that play out for the Chairman? Time and time again history has been shown he’s been wrong on who to push, and it seems that talent like Steve Austin (originally pushed as The Ringmaster) and The Rock (originally pushed as a lame, smiling babyface) ended up succeeding in spite of their boss, not because of him.
But since Vince is the only one standing, he remains set in his ways and will never change. As a supposed genius, he doesn't even seem to comprehend business or math, as he's scared off millions of viewers with his presentation of wrestling. Still, it's Vince McMahon's world, and he's never going to give up his empire willingly. His ego depends far too much on it.