10 Craziest Things Vince McMahon Has Ever Said To Wrestlers

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VINCE RICK RUDE
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Is Chris Jericho the most gossipy of all the wrestling legends, or is Vince McMahon just 24/7, 365 batsh*t?

Both can be true, though that should be corrected to 22/7, owing to the two hours of sleep per day Vince permits himself.

Mickey Rourke didn't know what to make of this wrestling lark, and it's no surprise, looking at the mixed messages he received when he found himself in its orbit. Was it bad for his Oscar prospects, or no? Did WWE disapprove of 'The Wrestler', and why did that suddenly change when they figured they could promote it, to their financial benefit, at WrestleMania 25?

Torn apart by the who's-working-who nature of the industry, and the working skills of would-be WrestleMania opponent Chris Jericho, Rourke somehow became convinced that Jericho was going to shoot on him at the show. Jericho made sure to sort out the misunderstanding on the day of, but Rourke brought along muscle, in case the sh*t hit the fan, in the form of MMA legend Frank Shamrock. Frank Shamrock is exponentially harder than Vince irrespective of how many staged falls the CEO has taken.

That did not stop Vince, when Jericho relayed the story to him, of offering to take out "the m*dget" (Shamrock), who Corey Graves still sh*ts himself at the thought of.

It's not that crazy, in that Vince being Vince just decided to prey on who he perceived to be weak, but it is crazy that Vince took one look at one of the toughest individuals ever to walk the earth, and all but said "Yeah but he's not Baron Corbin, is he?"

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