Vince McMahon On Releasing Talent: ‘Everybody Has A Million Excuses’

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Appearing on the Pat McAfee Show, Vince McMahon addressed the decision making process when it comes to releasing talent, which has of course been a big topic for the past couple of years.

McMahon stated:

“I’m always concerned about what’s best for the audience. Always. What does the audience want. And if you have deadweight around, you have situations where someone’s not cutting it and you have an opportunity for someone else to come in, it’s like, okay, that’s probably the best thing.

“It’s one of the reasons why, with Hogan, and a lot of those guys who left me at one time and why I brought them back. It’s like, ‘I’ll never bring that son of a bitch back again as long as I live’. When you say stuff like that, you’re really hurting yourself because you’re not thinking about your audience. You’re not thinking about your product. It’s not about you and your ego, it’s like, yeah, maybe I really felt that way, maybe I didn’t, but nonetheless, it doesn’t matter. What’s the best thing for business? If the audience wants Hulk Hogan back, you bring him back. He has value that way.”

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Vince went on to explain how the company changed when it went public and how he made adjustments, saying:

“Once I took the company public, it helped me be a better businessman, because, once, I was running the business, with my head, but mostly with my heart as well. And these decisions are so damn tough when you do that. Somebody has kids, somebody has cancer in the family, all that computes in your head.

“But once you’re a public company, now you owe stockholders. It is the business then. So it helps me make easier and better business decisions, because my heart, there’s still some of it in there, but at the same time, it’s business. And there’s nothing personal about it in terms of whether I like somebody or don’t like someone or whatever.

“Again, athletes, maybe more so in our type of business, when not given the opportunity – or even if they are and it doesn’t work – people from all walks of life seldom look in the mirror and say, ‘I was the guy who f**ked up, it was on me’. Instead, everybody has a million excuses why things didn’t work, and generally speaking, the heat has to go someplace, the old blame game, and I’m the bad guy. That’s part of the job.”

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As previously mentioned, Vince McMahon also addressed how he treats family members in comparison to other WWE employees during the same interview.

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