Why The Viking Experience Shows Vince McMahon Has FINALLY Lost It

The Viking Experience is an actual theme park attraction. In York, England. It is impossible to take them seriously now, and it was a challenge to do so in the first instance. Vince McMahon called up a tag team, but he debuted a meme.

This is what Vince McMahon sees when he looks at the NXT roster on a purely visual basis. They are vikings, pal, so let's call 'em vikings. Aleister Black has a supernatural aura, so let’s add a creaking Hammer Horror sound effect to his entrance. Goof it up some. He is Dracula now. He is also a guy who loses three “championship opportunities” in six days. Ricochet is a space age athlete, so let’s add laser tag effects to the sting of his theme music. Vince is making us laugh, wryly, at stars we are meant to receive as special.

It’s depressing enough that Vince mishandles call-ups, even when those acts have completed story arcs on the black and gold brand. We have reached a point now at which Vince’s all-consuming need to control everything has infected the continuity and vitality of NXT. This isn’t an isolated incident; Vince’s meddling has, in 2019, exacerbated Tommaso Ciampa’s neck problems, killed off EC3, vanished Nikki Cross, 50/50’d Heavy Machinery, and normalised two of the most special talents in NXT. Ricochet had so much left to accomplish on the TakeOver stage, too. A 30 minute NXT Championship challenge will forever remain a Dream match.

Without a second thought, Vince has taken to pulling at the last thread that tethers the core audience WWE targets to WWE.

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