10 Reasons Why Vince McMahon Will NEVER Shake Off The WWE ‘Stigma’

8. Scandal

Trish Stratus Vince McMahon
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Vince McMahon will almost definitely never write a book about his life as so many others around him have since Mick Foley ushered in a boom period for wrestlers committing their lives to libraries. Why would he? All the really juicy stories are probably the ones he can't even tell.

Furthermore, most of them have been rehashed in some form or another by the countless scribes that try in vain to nail down the complexities of his ludicrous personality.

WWE - and by proxy McMahon himself - has had the lot. The murky underbellies attached to sex, death and drugs have all briefly been forced to the front following one catastrophe or another, but as just a wrestling promotor, Vince routinely escapes relatively unscathed. Such fire escapes aren't flung open for those in organisations allegedly considered more legitimate than his knockabout stunt show.

He seemed not to realise that during the first and second times his wife Linda ran unsuccessful political campaigns in 2010 and 2012 (more on that later), and bit back pathetically with a 'Stand Up For WWE' campaign that begged fans/apologists for their support in response to the negative media the company received. 'Alpha Entertainment', the mere second it attempts something credible (if it even does), will face identical scrutiny.

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