What Would Happen If Vince McMahon ACTUALLY Sold WWE?
Just another Mickey Mouse wrestling promotion.
The collected wrestling fan consciousness ranged from mass confusion to mild intrigue this week after Dutch Mantell revealed via tweet that WWE could be sold to "ESPN and Fox" as early as "mid-May". An atomic bomb-sized piece of news if it came corroborated or confirmed with timelines and paperwork and stockholder remarks, this was instead a telegram-telephone-tell a wrestler for the modern age that ended, as many now do, with 280 characters on the matter.
Mantell's a legendary figure within the industry and hugely respected for his wealth of contributions over an outstanding career either side of the camera, but he's neither Dave Meltzer, nor John Pollock nor even WWE.com when it comes to the dropping an update tweet that leaves you trying to pick up your jaw for the rest of the day. This was a story.
But the story was the story in this story.
Little has been added to Mantell's original missive from anybody else since his original remarks. That's not to say he wasn't bang on - others could just have been doing a better job of keeping schtum during these seismic events - but this "pics or gtfo" tale would be the biggest news of this or any the last few decades if it actually came to pass.
WWE outside of McMahon controlling ownership looks and feels impossible. But as Nelson Mandela said, “It always seems impossible until it is done.” Google reckons Bruce Wayne got in on that too, but there's no way some DC pr*ck will get a look in if the company ends up moving to Disney+.
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