"I don't like this at all, but I'll make it work." describes so many people's creative frustrations under Vince.

@deliriouswhome1

22 күн бұрын

To his created however , he created years worth of wrestlers , we all identify as great. It's natural your not going to hit on every idea.

@Ginric99

21 күн бұрын

@@deliriouswhome1he hasn’t created anything good in 20+ years, people say Vince is a genius because he had one great idea in the late 90’s lol

@DOSFrost

21 күн бұрын

@@Ginric99 And never forget that Vince HATED the Attitude era, that change was forced on him.

@jharp08

21 күн бұрын

Ha like the new day

@HijoDelHongo

20 күн бұрын

​@@deliriouswhome1and you can criticize his past 20 years of questionable and bad booking without saying "bUt hE gAvE uS sO mUcH" every time you see a critique. "50/50 booking" became a popular buzz phrase BECAUSE of Vince.

To this day the Max Dupri gimmick made zero sense to me. Because LA Knight was so over in NXT and currently. It was pretty obvious Vince didn’t like him and wanted to try and bury him. Why else would you take one of hottest talents and change their name and gimmick that was working extremely well?

@robertocioffi2523

23 күн бұрын

Probably. The age doesn't seem to be really the problem since Aj was the same age when he got to WWE. Granted Aj was considerably bigger than Eli Drake.

@5150crazyfun

23 күн бұрын

@@robertocioffi2523 AJ was the more established name but Eli Drake was pretty well known too. I’d say the biggest difference is Eli Drake/LA Knight needs improvement in the ring as at times his in ring work looks rushed and sloppy. AJ on the other hand is silky smooth.

@MOH_AL_K

23 күн бұрын

“La Knight was so over in Nxt” then why did y’all barely mention him back then?!

@infinite-sadness

23 күн бұрын

Vince did that with a bunch of nxt talents because Vince couldn't be bothered to watch nxt and understand the gimmicks that got the talents over.

@amirpourghoureiyan1637

22 күн бұрын

Vince was making money either way, this was just his way of getting sick gratification from messing with people's lives.

Always mad resepct to people who go all in on a gimmick they dont like. Reminds me of Cody amd Stardust. When he was on screen you couldnt tell he hated it. Dude gave 100%

@MALITH666

19 күн бұрын

Also GoldDust. Seems Vince never wanted to Dusty's sons to reach the top.

@BabyMaharaja0

18 күн бұрын

​@MALITH666 when did Dustin Rhodes say he hated the Goldust gimmick?

@MALITH666

17 күн бұрын

@@BabyMaharaja0 pretty much all the interviews he was asked how the character came to be. Vince told him to be a 'gay' character so people would boo him. He was extremely uncomfortable and did not like to do it personally. But went ahead.

@difference3maker36

17 күн бұрын

@@MALITH666it’s funny cause goldust is such a great character and I’m happy he didn’t change. I can’t see Dustin without seeing goldust

@MALITH666

17 күн бұрын

@@difference3maker36 Well, thing is he kept that 'gay' part of goldust in early attitude era, post 1999 its heavily toned down and Goldust became more different complex, larger than life character. Which he was able to do. But the point was not that, the point was, Vince was likely trying to hold him back , ergo my point, Vince didnt want the Rhode's sons to succede. Ironic, currently both of them are mega stars of the two most popular promotions.

I love how now that the old man is gone, wrestlers still in the company are burying how stupid his ideas were.

Let's give him credit for having tried to make it work, to the point Samantha Irvin announces Maxxine Du-PRIIII to this day. He's the true megastar for that.

L.A Knight…….YEAH!

@ww4l

24 күн бұрын

YEAH !!!

@ziplock007

22 күн бұрын

(Yeah!)

@KingC89

21 күн бұрын

DUMMY YEAH

@pthofleastresistance

21 күн бұрын

Yeah!

@ogreface8

20 күн бұрын

Affirmative

i loved watching the La knight fued with bray wyatt. he was gold on the mic and he showed lots of emotion.

Vince tried to bury anyone that got over without his direct help

@carlos3709

15 күн бұрын

Yup, Cesaro and Rusev were the worst examples but guys like Keith Lee, LA Knight, Finn Balor, Dominick Dijakovic, Alister Black, Ricochet Nakamura and so many others had a worse version of their characters under Vince’s leadership

@saintrocketIX

15 күн бұрын

Let's not forget Zack Ryder, the poster boy for getting buried for getting over.

I knew La knight ws winging it out there; i like that style.

LA Knight is gonna be World Champion by the end of the year! World Heavyweight Champion most likely. Money in the Bank!

@zacharyray6289

20 күн бұрын

I hope you’re right!

@danlc95

18 күн бұрын

They need to get that title off rhodes, because he absolutely sucks. That's the only title worthy of LA Knight

@Jeff_Pryce

16 күн бұрын

@@danlc95 😂 No. Cody is not dropping the title because “danic95” on KZread who doesn’t spend money on the product says so. LA Knight will start with the US title first, and then he’ll get his shot at bigger championships, like the world heavyweight championship.

@danlc95

16 күн бұрын

@Jeff_Pryce - Definitely not because "I said so", no. It's because cody rhodes - the character, the boring, weak, pompous, manipulative, crybaby, white bread, vanilla, Captain America casting reject persona is everything the top champ shouldn't be. That's not only my take, but a sentiment that grows as the days pass. It was a mistake, and they'll have to figure it out after the nostalgi-nepotisium wears off for those sad sacks that idolized Dusty to the point they can't be objective about who and what he is, and the limitations therin.

@noxious1209

15 күн бұрын

​@@Jeff_Pryce nobody gives a f about Cody, bro. 😂😂😂 people preferred Roman taking over a year again then see Cody.

loved his work as Eli Drake in the NWA,

Whoever told him that "Be someone else" Thing is someone who probably never drew a dime.

@kyriakoschrist

20 күн бұрын

Vince never drew a dime?

@Cw1047

19 күн бұрын

@@kyriakoschristit’s easy to make money off your employees when you run trains on them

@kyriakoschrist

19 күн бұрын

@@Cw1047 never denied that. The og comment said that vince never drew a dime

@John-Stark

12 күн бұрын

@@kyriakoschrist The only times he did was when he was getting his ass kicked...

@kyriakoschrist

12 күн бұрын

@@John-Stark see? you said it too

I speak for everyone when I say LA Knight deserves one of the two main titles. YEAHHH!!!

This dude is money wtf are they doing not putting a belt on him

@BrionTV

23 күн бұрын

I'm guessing SummerSlam. Everyone talks about Wrestlemania. But I feel like we get the majority of tide turning moments at SummerSlam

@ziplock007

22 күн бұрын

If he's not deserving of a title in 24 for his work in 23, nobody deserves a title... take them all away.

@jabrondestoroyah

22 күн бұрын

@@ziplock007 are you having a stroke

@deliriouswhome1

22 күн бұрын

Soon as WWE, gives la knight a belt.. fans will turn on him , in social media. Watch , and see.. I can see him , holding a belt but not at length.,

@tonyslicer7399

21 күн бұрын

Can't go over using other wrestling shtick

Need me a Title run for my boy man

A LOT of WWE Superstars before LA Knight had to go through & make dumbass gimmicks work in order to get to where they are, who they are & to the legendary status they’re at today. LA did the right thing…because at the right time & place the doors would open, like they have, & the fans would be chanting for LA Knight. And it was a smooth & effortless transition. NOW SOMEONE JUST PUT A DANG CHAMPIONSHIP ON HIM!

LA knight this works better in WWE. Stay LA Knight yeah!

Vince is a weirdo he has decades of history of burying his own talent just because he wants to. A very weird man from Dusty, Terry Taylor, Bray Wyatt, even the road warriors. Guy stood in his own way numerous times.

@kellijones6481

8 күн бұрын

It really all boils down to Vince having the behavior of a petty child. In the 80s and early 90s, if a guy went to work for Vince and he had already made a name for himself outside of the WWF, Vince would bury them simply because they weren’t one of his creations. Fast forward to the modern era, and so many wrestlers in WWE were able to get over with the fans. These were people that could’ve drawn money for the company, but if they weren’t one of Vince’s hand picked favorites, he’d bury them almost out of spite, as if he was saying “well I know that the people who spend money on my product really like this particular person, but I don’t think they’re all that great, so I’m gonna prove that the fans are wrong and I’m right”, so since Vince controlled everything in WWE, he’d put that person in a match or a segment just to bury and embarrass them. It was a self fulfilling prophecy. And since Vince was the boss and surrounded himself with yes men and women, there was nobody who could pull him aside and say “Vince what the hell are you doing?! This isn’t good for business”. I’m so glad he’s gone for good, it’s such a better product nowadays

Maybe if it had a more of a Rick Martel feel but LA Knight is way more over and awesome.

*LEMME TALK TO YA!!!* 🎤🌟

Bring back the Million Dolla!!!! Give this man a belt!!!!!

He could've made it work, but I saw it in his face, he look like he wasn't enjoying the character for long, and tbh.... He's more of a fighter than he is a fuckin model... I'm glad LA Knight is where he is right now, YEAH! 🔥

Eli Drake .......Yeah!!

Love or hate it, he made that Max Dupri gimmick work! He put a lot of effort into it.

Hope LA gets the Gold he earned soon

Him and Grimes. Eli Drake vs Trevor Lee. Both were in Impact at the same time and were some great heels. I don't think they fought each other.

I was always told to get on the juice and I passed and got in to martial arts instead

Vince: LA Knight? He's too old, too short. He can talk tho, make him a manager.

I'm more sad how Mace and Mansoor couldn't recover from it even though they are making the gimmick work in the indies...

I wish wrestlers would call him “max” like how triple h is called hunter. And he should kayfabe still be Maxine’s brother and fued with gable once gable wins the ic title

@tareklegrand7747

9 күн бұрын

Russo is that you?

wait is this guy also Eli Drake?

Wow, give guys the freedom to be themselves and you get new mega stars. IMAGINE THAT! 🙄

On a side note the Maximum Male Models were hilarious on KZread after he left.

I’ll never understand why Vince would blatantly ruin nxt characters that could make him money on the main roster. I guess because so many left him for Hollywood and other things, he probably doesn’t want them to get to big. Idk.

@dexenationgracey1979

18 күн бұрын

That's pretty much what it is. He has PTSD from Hulk Hogan becoming bigger than McMahon Land.

@John-Stark

12 күн бұрын

@@dexenationgracey1979 Hogan and Rock definitely influenced most of his "Ruin talent" decisions

Every time that max dupree came in the TV I'd fast forward. Couldn't stand it

Ask him why triple h doesn’t allow him promo time ??

@dkmenace1990

20 күн бұрын

Maybe Kevin Nash knows

@caligulalauren9071

19 күн бұрын

@@dkmenace1990damn. I didn’t think of that.

This reminds me of the reason why Adam Cole left WWE, damn you Vince

@anonymousbo0318

18 күн бұрын

Adam Cole is awful. Wtf are you smoking.

"Fake it to make it" is what you were probably told.

@Deathcatclub

19 күн бұрын

Nah that’s just some shitty advice you got from a terrible person

@anonymousbo0318

18 күн бұрын

​@@DeathcatclubYou're a goof.

@arturobolanos2680

15 күн бұрын

@Deathcatclub I'm saying what he was told by other person when they asked him to the the max Dupree gimmick. Did you not hear the whole interview?

@kellijones6481

8 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠@@arturobolanos2680I was actually thinking of a different quote that I heard from Jim Cornette. I was watching one of his interviews, and Cornette was talking about his time working in WWF creative. Apparently Vince had an idea that Jim either didn’t like or thought didn’t make sense, so Vince pulled him to the side and said “Corny, in this business, sometimes you gotta learn to eat shit and like the taste of it”. That’s what popped into my head when LA Knight was trying to think of the quote that someone told him 🤣

The people at my boarding school war like the Three Stooge Curly, Larry, and mow Miss Francis, Mr. Jones, Mr. n I like the Three Stooges they were annoying, and they treat me like a zoo animals💜💗

Vince did great things for the company and the business but there is that other side of him where you just had to scratch your head and wonder. WTF?

I dont know why they are still trying to keep him down!?!??!

@LeeTAZ-sl7de

19 күн бұрын

They arnt, if they were he would have been nowhere near the title. He would still be a glorified manager.

@danlc95

18 күн бұрын

I feel like he's going to be used for something big. I don't see Cody's run being all that long because he isn't a believable top champion. I could see Solo taking it, and Knight running with it for a good strong run.

Shit gimmick but seeing him do his best w it with the weird segments with Adam Pearce made me sure very early that this dude had it.

...Max Dupri... Who!?

At least he wasn’t like Sasha Banks and had a hissy fit and walked out

@anonymousbo0318

18 күн бұрын

Cause he's an adult who realizes Vince is (was) his boss paying him good money to do his job. Crappy ideas or not. Only seems like pro wrestling incel marks don't understand that simple concept. Must be because most of you low lives never had a job or something

@kellijones6481

8 күн бұрын

It just shows the difference between a professional and someone who thinks they’re better than what they actually are. Look where Sasha is now, wrestling in front of 700 people in a 10,000 seat arena and having a boss that’s a complete goof 🤣

Benoit parallels

@MugdhaMahdiShams

20 күн бұрын

In what way?

L.A knight does what on Vince's vision 🤨🤨

They gave him chicken shit and he made chicken salad.

Vince put Dusty Rhodes in polkadots, turned Dustin Rhodes into Goldust and made Cody deal with Stardust. Just that alone is proof that Vince was fucking nuts. He was successful despite himself, the epitome of failing up. A millionaire who should have been a billionaire. CM Punk was right about everything.

There’s is something he ain’t telling us about Bray Wyatt. I felt he was holding back just to be respectful of his death and people who loved him.

Everybody bangs on about the HHH era. But its really just marginally less shite post-Wrestlemania, been really flat after a really great WM40. LA Knight barely gets any time on the mic and is going nowhere still despite being so over with the fans.

@HellboundFS

21 күн бұрын

Well WWE is competing against other sports(not AEW) and they’re obviously going to lose. So why waste good storylines when it’s not getting as much eyes as during WM season.

@PiosPlace

21 күн бұрын

Relaxxxx. They’re prioritizing putting on banger house shows all around Europe right now. Give it a month and we’ll start picking up momentum again.

@Black-Circle

20 күн бұрын

He has nothing worth listening to. Its all corny catchphrases like Yeah

@PiosPlace

20 күн бұрын

@@Black-Circle 1) corny catchphrases make up 40% of wrestling characters brother, 2) He's spit some legitimately fire promos calling out other wrestlers. I feel like saying he just lives off of catchphrases, like say The Rock, is kinda reductive.

@MugdhaMahdiShams

20 күн бұрын

​@@Black-Circle So the Rock or Cena then

Holy extremely clickbaity titles Batman.

Funny part he was favor charter he didnt mind it now saying different... why wrestlers do this

WWE needs more belts cause when u have stars work a title for a freaking year before they lose it, it's insane. Knight will never hold a title with how the system is now.

@BreakingImageFilms

19 күн бұрын

No. They don’t need more belts.

@kennethmullenix

19 күн бұрын

​@@BreakingImageFilmsThey just added the Speed championship 😂 Dont get me started on how many titles AEW already got 😂

@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197

19 күн бұрын

They need less.

@anonymousbo0318

18 күн бұрын

Get this goofy as participation trophy bs out of here. The last thing WWE needs is more belts. They need less championships tbh

@danlc95

18 күн бұрын

The need three for the men's division. World "Heavyweight" Championship Intercontinental Championship Tag Team Championship. I could see maybe an Intercontinental tag Championship as well. No need for more.

I find it funny how he said he had great matches with Cameron Grimes in NXT when he's never had a great match in his life.

@RugBug18

21 күн бұрын

Incorrect but it's okay to be wrong sometimes so don't feel bad.

@MugdhaMahdiShams

20 күн бұрын

Forget that, I'm impressed how well you can type on youtube despite being blind.

Honestly don’t care what happens to Vince , the man’s the devil who would shit on his talents ( no pun intended) just for his entertainment losing money

Did you go old-school with this interview and pay LA night with a ball of Peruvian marching powder or something? Holy nose rubbing Batman

Bring back La Résistance Sylvain Grenier and René Duprée

LA knight should have retired wayyat ...

@ABIT-cb1qh

21 күн бұрын

But LA was his last opponent

Just pick your nose already

as low of mcmahon as i think of him, he's sunk to even deeper lows with all this stuff. he didn't do much in wrestling and gets undeserved credit. lucky he was the one in nyc tbh

@josheisert8380

22 күн бұрын

I don't even know why I'm responding to this. That is the most absurd thing I've read... Ever.

@grawakendream8980

22 күн бұрын

@@josheisert8380 i'm right

@josheisert8380

22 күн бұрын

@@grawakendream8980 Vince didn't do much in wrestling, got credit where credit wasn't due, and just got lucky.... Ok Pal.

@oldmanjesus9855

22 күн бұрын

Vince was guiding the WWE since the late 70s. Claiming that he gets undeserved praise is ignorance at its finest, when the guy literally gave us the best eras in wrestling. Think about your favorite wrestler and Vince was the one behind it. Heck, think about your mount Rushmore of wrestling and Vince was behind every wrestler you put there, so kindly stfu. You new wrestling fans are funny...

@grawakendream8980

22 күн бұрын

@@oldmanjesus9855 you sound like an ignoramus, and someone conditioned to believe whatever mcmahon programs you to believe. i guarantee you're no older than 40

Max Dupri was a hell of a gimmick.

An entire decade of WWE creative was ruined by Vince. Thankfully he is gone for good

I'm getting sick of your click bait titles

THIS is the dude that should have dethroned Reigns!

News flash he didn’t make it work. He 🗑️

MMM was better. Max dupri was better. La knight is just a catch phrase.

@deadheroz

21 күн бұрын

U r a clown

@user-nn6ow3xt5o

21 күн бұрын

Ok Vince.

@MugdhaMahdiShams

20 күн бұрын

Max Dupri was just him saying his name over and over again. You liked that more?

@cosminsevenstefan

19 күн бұрын

Every single persona in WWE is just a catchphrase...

I woulda jus fired him. He’s boring and unoriginal even now. Vince believed in him more than I do lmfao

Dude is lucky he's being allowed to be a gimmick thief 😂