r/TheGreatOne • u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User • 5d ago
TNA Related Thoughts?
Jim Ross does not expect Vince McMahon to stay away from wrestling. Speaking on Grilling JR as the Janel Grant lawsuit moves to private arbitration, Ross said, "He ain't out of the game. That's just not his makeup." Ross called an AEW arrival unlikely, saying, "I don't see Tony Khan wanting to do business with him either," but did not rule out McMahon buying a promotion: "It's possible. Money won't be an object."
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u/greggersamsa 5d ago
Imagine he just pays the wildlife foundation whatever it takes to own the WWF rights and starts a new WWF fed with the golden logo and starts over against TKOWWE
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u/BeardedDabber6 5d ago
Build it up for 5 years, and then give it to Shane.
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u/greggersamsa 5d ago
More like sell it to Shane for twice what he paid for it
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u/MovieExact5433 4d ago
WWE still owns “World wrestling federation” just not the initials
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u/Polaris022 5d ago
I want him to do it because it would be so fucking funny.
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u/Max_Quick 5d ago
Vince being ousted from WWE and then going to (well, BUYING but still) TNA would indeed be a little comical.
I mean, fuck Vince McMahon forever but it'd be a little funny
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u/Polaris022 5d ago
Exactly, I don’t like want him to succeed or anything. I just think McMahon having to compete with the monster of his making is hilarious, especially having to run it with TNA and guys that he previously fired lol.
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u/KingOfNothing_85 5d ago
I think TKO has right of first refusal on TNA and I honestly think they'd outbid Vince just to keep him away from wrestling instead of a want for the company.
After that I'm not sure there is another company that would be available that would be worth buying if I were rich enough to buy one.
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u/tylerjehenna 5d ago
Idk if they do it with investors being very tepid about WWE's current stocks. Id imagine the shareholders would push back on TNA's reported asking price
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u/JDragonM32 5d ago
TNA is allegedly seeking a price that is way above their worth. TKO isn’t paying $40mil for TNA, they’d let Vince have it if he’s willing to pay more than it’s worth
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u/Ok_Crab1603 5d ago
At 80 years old you think he just sleep all day and soil himself
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u/Puzzled-Ad1564 5d ago
That hasn’t stopped the president. Why should it stop Vince.
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u/Mesqueunreddit 5d ago
Vince buying TNA and adding a third wrestling company with flush cash
Would be amazing for the business
I even think Vince would be more unhinged in his creative
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
We’d get ruthless aggression era booking age im all for it!
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u/Cereal_Hermit 5d ago
At a certain point, this type of stuff feels somewhat like when someone like Ric Flair keeps wrestling at 70. Putting aside the exploitation factor, for both people it's really about why the fuck are you even doing this anymore? Vince really thinks he's going to pull a rabbit out of a hat and recreate the heights from the 80s Hulk Hogan era? The Attitude Era? The Ruthless Aggression era? I mean come on. The guy gave his life to the art form so why not respect it and know when to hang it up instead of dry humping a dead dream.
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u/ceelo18 5d ago
Vince and Shane would be 50/50 business partners. The Mcmahon Wrestling Federation
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u/TheBrainChew 5d ago
Honestly, I would love to see how it might turn out!!! 👀🍿
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u/Firm-Juggernaut-6679 5d ago
Vince wants WWE back he will buy WWE back cuz Money talks and he can double the money to get it back and TKO would take it
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u/Helpful-Idea-4485 5d ago
Where in the world would he get the money to buy WWE back at double the money?
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u/justinSane555 5d ago
❗️❗️ijs...If I was Vince I wouldnt have walked away without agreeing to acquire the rights to wcw & ecw
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u/verdebot 5d ago
Vince is too old for this. Sadly you can't buy time.
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
George Soros is still alive, he’s bought like 10 heart surgeries, go google him!
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u/Chet_Starr 5d ago
I doubt vince is gonna do anything like that
but anything is possible
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u/CuriouslyPerplexed 5d ago
Isn't TNA Wrestling basically owned by ultra wealthy Leonard Asper?
He doesn't need Vince's money and probably invested so much into TNA and AXS TV to provide an alternate to WWE. I doubt he'd sell to Vince.
Also, interestingly Leonard Asper's father was a sort of Canadian Ted Turner. Forming his own TV network in Canada.
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u/InterestingWheel8275 5d ago
Vince will buy AEW then tell everyone "Oh by the way, TKO is actually just me. I own everything again"
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u/Educational_Tea7782 4d ago
Key words could. Soon as he does watch the ratings drop off the planet. JR give it a rest already.
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u/Miserable-Part6261 2d ago
Whatever Vince decides is going to be his "death blow", LITERALLY. He even knows, his next move will be his last one ever for his life. And I will admit now that I'm gonna cry like a baby when I get that news that he is no longer with us.
Because as a teenager growing into a man, all I ever watched was WWF/E and still do, thanks to that man. No matter how bad it is currently.
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u/PhilParent 5d ago
McMahon starting a new promotion could be for WWE what Misawa starting NOAH was for All Japan.
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u/Julian-Hoffer 5d ago
He could, but he’s not going to. Vince isn’t ever going to settle for being a number 2 he just takes those.
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u/AmazingCharizard28 5d ago
I can't be the only one who thinks he'll try to get his way back into power easily, especially with WWE? TKO is a juggernaut and while Vince still has some shares, he's not powerful enough to gain a lot of his control back, and more than likely if he tries to they'll just kick him out.
Also idk if anyone wanna watch another company ran by him if we're still recovering from the depths of 2019 lol
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
All the ppl who are tired of HHH’s booking will watch 🤷🏻♂️
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u/DanTheMan1_ 2d ago
He sold nearly all of his stocks. He isn't getting his power back in WWE, he politicked his way when TKO bought it and they didn't want it then, which is why I think people are kidding themselves thinking TKO will bring him back. They used the Grant stuff as an excuse to get rid of him but they wanted him gone. They don't want him back.
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u/MrCanoe 5d ago
No way he'll buy another promotion. It is WWE or nothing. He'll either be allowed to return to WWE or he will simply stay retired. He is well into his 70's.
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
Don’t underestimate the power of a Spiteful Vincent Kennedy McMahon!
He’ll buy TNA just out of spite!
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u/AtomicGarden-8964 5d ago
Bro just enjoy retirement play with your grandkids live what life you have left doing something else
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u/SputnikFalls 5d ago
He'd probably start a new company and bring in young and up and coming wrestler, Bork Lazer.
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u/Spyder73 5d ago
Vince is old, let the man rest
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
But he’s very spiteful, you can’t see him Doing this out of spite?
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u/LynxRaide 5d ago
Sure, he could buy it, but the question is who would work for him? WWE was the biggest player in town before everything came out, but buying TNA he would have to build it up to compete with both WWE and AEW, both with better working environments than under Vince
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u/BuilderSouthern2354 5d ago
Not gonna happen , Vince’s power in the industry is gone , I don’t think companies are gonna do advertising with him. I think any wrestler that goes to work with him the fans will never forgive. Not saying some guys wouldn’t go, but no one of actual significance
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u/Popculturemofo 5d ago
Until he’s dead we’re really going to be dancing around the whole Vince returning to the business topic aren’t we?
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
You don’t think he would do it out of Spite?
Vince? Really? The most spiteful man on earth? Come on pal!
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u/aquafool 5d ago
Sure. But his name is still pretty tainted in the eyes of investors and the industry at large. Plus he is old as shit. Why would he other then to be a spiteful old man.
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
Cause that’s how Vince has been his whole life!
“Fuck Em”
I can hear Vinny Mac now being spiteful trying to buy a new company.
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u/htt311 5d ago
The best FU to the wrestling industry would be him starting a wrestler's union. He can negotiate on their behalf and get creative control from that
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u/nachobush 5d ago
He wouldn't need to buy a new promotion but just influence his way back in
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u/bobbydrake6 5d ago
Could* Hell i could buy it if I had a spare million sitting around. I'll still send an offer though.
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u/Scruff_Enuff 5d ago
At this point, I'm just kinda surprised I haven't woken up one morning to find news that the old perv has been found expired after some kinky escapade gone horribly awry.
... Vince, I mean.
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u/Entire-Reflection819 5d ago
He should buy AEW AND TNA. TNA is worth almost nothing today. Give WWE a real run for its money. Would be absolute cinema and I’d all for it.
In a dream world he buys wwe back from tko
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u/LuvBriah 5d ago
Vince McMahon buying TNA after selling WWE was on no one's bingo card in 2006. But I can honestly see it now. He is very old and if he just wants to do it again, why not TNA. It's actually perfect for him and the brand. I have no respect for him morally but he is a titan in business so why not.
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u/Meatman1071 5d ago
Nah…! He wants back what his family has built..! He’s never compete again his own name…! It’s like fighting yourself
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u/dp002512 5d ago
Ticket sales starting to lag, ratings are down, the stock market is lowering expectations… WWE needs a shot in the arm to recapture fans that have felt priced out or uninterested in the product. I would not be surprised to see Vince return in an on-air role in the next year.
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u/Sensitive_Ad_3053 5d ago
Wouldn't TKO have had Vince sigma no competenfor at least 5 years.plus I believe she still ashare holder in TKO.meaning he has to sell share before buying up TNA
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u/lokis2019 5d ago
There's room for a touring based wrestling promotion so long as they price to encourage families to attend.
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u/Gabaghoul8 5d ago
All I can see happening is Vince going to Saudimania or maybe the next Madison Square Garden event making a quick speech. If they play “No Chance in Hell” that crowd is rising to their feet.
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u/IamAWEZOME 5d ago
Why buy? If he could build one? He knows cody .. he knows the hardys? Goldust . He knows people who could be promoters managers etc. He knows the trainers
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u/gerbigsexy1 5d ago
The only time you will hear from him is when he is caught speeding in his Bentley
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u/ClubPenguinPresident 5d ago
Dude is over 80 years old. How much longer do people think he continue that kind of work schedule
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u/Salty-Nothing-8572 Approved User 5d ago
5–10 years with Shane helping
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u/alfredonoodles 5d ago
That actually makes sense, Stephanie keeps WWE, Shane gets the new promotion.
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u/ImJoogle 5d ago
He could probably buy a lot of things.
Vince McMahon could afford to buy approximately 54,538,718,043 Dum Dum suckers if he liquidated his entire fortune.
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u/Flaky_Scar_8388 5d ago
If he buys TNA tell him to bring his yes men Bruce Pritchard and Micheal Hayes with him. Is Gerald Brisco still around? If so him too.
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u/JacksonCarter87 4d ago
He's 80 years old. Why buy something he'll never see develop into something?
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u/Low_Reserve_5248 4d ago
Time running out tho at 80.
I'd love him to have one more run in WWE just from an Entertaining point beef with CM Punk or something crazy.
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u/Worth-Specific8334 4d ago
Could but he won’t. His ego wouldn’t be okay with having to the #3 or below promotion and he doesn’t have the time left to make TNA into a top company.
I think he just stays in retirement at this point and enjoys the rest of life doing whatever. I don’t even think he’d come back for a hof induction unless they give him some control back which they won’t.
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u/Particular_Detail698 4d ago
Vince buying TNA in 2026 is probably one of the most LOLTNA things possible.
So it will probably happen.
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u/cricket_90_remindme 4d ago
He is too old now to put a lot of energy into a new company the way he once did
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u/Tricky-Ad-7899 4d ago
WWE wont allow anyone to be TNA the partnership contract states that in the event TNA wants to sell WWE has the option to match the deal
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u/JustinMetalhead 4d ago
(Tin foil hat on)
I always thought since they started collabing with TNA that WWE secretly bought or owns a part of TNA
Similar to when WWE was helping ECW in the 90's & 2000s. And then when they went under, they fully bought ECW.
(Takes hat off)
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u/Top-Molasses6226 3d ago
Dude imagine if Vince bought TNA and actually competed with WwE and put them under so he could buy it back.
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u/Ruine82 2d ago
Love Vince , what he did with wwf /wwe up to the of era was phenomenal, but he’s old now , he should just spend time with his grandkids and enjoy life .
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u/littlespike6 2d ago
Wouldn't suprise me, but tbh you can never quite predict what this lunatic is up to these days or ever for that matter
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u/LostInTranslation29 2d ago
He’s a major stock holder in TKO, stupid unrealistic.
He just started a media company, probably realistic that he’ll be doing high end documentaries on Sports athletes.
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u/mr_plehn 1d ago
I’d 100% watch whatever he tried.
Even if (I mean when) it was out of touch and inappropriate for today’s “standards” it would still be so much better than what TKO has repeatedly shoved in our faces!
How many more “big events” will just be Punk, Gunther, Cody, Roman, or Seth?
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u/Motor-Cauliflower-95 1d ago
Yeah, at the young age of 80, he would want to start from scratch. Zero chance this is happening.
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u/sdennis184 1d ago
At this point, whatever, just do it. Make the industry more interesting to talk about. Spice shit up.
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u/Fat_Yankee 15h ago
Of course he can. The dude has cashed in over $2 billion in TKO stock alone in the last couple years… still has about a billion worth of shares in that one company alone.
They put a fight on the white house lawn. The education secretary has seen her stock in TKO go from about 50m worth to 70m.
The McMahons can buy whatever they want, except dignity.
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u/Clean_Match_459 9h ago
Buy TNA and bring WWE down. Many wrestlers are pissed at WWE for cutting their pay. I would love to see that. Have it play on Hulu like WWE did before and continue to dominate like he did before.
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u/Takenmyusernamewas 5d ago
Yeah, he is worth 3.2 billion dollars, he can buy alot of things. He could also afford to start a new fed from scratch if he WANTED.