10 Reasons Why Vince McMahon Will NEVER Shake Off The WWE ‘Stigma’
6. The Pro Wrestling Paradox
McMahon may desperately crave mainstream acceptance, but it will always be a sticking point that the one thing he managed to over-perform in was pro wrestling.
It's the industry that fed his fortune, his ego and his belief that he could do so much more outside of it, but the unfair aspersions cast upon it by the mainstream entertainment industry at large will permanently restrict his expectations.
To refer back to his most powerful friend, there are few arenas Donald Trump has not wealthily pushed his way into based on arguable success elsewhere. He's successful slapped the 'Trump' branding on all sorts en route to the White House in a way McMahon still hasn't done with his various food, music, film and book divisions over the course of the last two decades.
Splitting off from WWE entirely, McMahon's 'Alpha Entertainment' offshoot is perhaps as much to combat the huckster stereotype as it is re-position himself as more than just 'the wrestling guy'. History suggests a combination of his own sports entertainment bluster and a jagged relationship with the media won't allow for the clean break he needs.