10 Reasons Why Vince McMahon Will NEVER Shake Off The WWE ‘Stigma’
2. "A Millionaire That Should Be A Billionaire"
They were CM Punk's most caustic words in a promo littered with acidic barbs, if only for how painfully true they were at the time.
Yes, McMahon has since returned to the ten-figure club, but a host of spectacularly bad short and long term decisions between 2000 and 2016 ensured that his original stay there was a brief one. The birth of the XFL during his wrestling product's most successful period ever was the most ostentatious example, but he dropped countless b*llocks on a smaller scale.
Internally, he seems destined to drive WWE into further homogenisation, stifling characters, charisma and creativity as he goes. How on earth is this the model for a successful enterprise in an entirely different industry? Yes, McMahon has the resources to employ people to do just that on his behalf, but when has history ever suggested he'd do something like that?
Whatever 'Alpha Entertainment' curates, it's likely to be in his image. Even the name alone denotes his ego and all-too-regularly-publicised 'grapefruits'. In this company, WWE and everything else he's ever been at the helm of, Vince has insisted upon being the top dog. No other spot will do.