Vince McMahon

[10.0] "Say what you will about Vince McMahon personally, no one, and I mean NO ONE can deny the impact that Vince McMahon had on not just World Wrestling Entertainment, but ALL of professional wrestling. He made the WWF/WWE into a multi billion dollar company that's still going strong today. So, yeah Vince McMahon, regardless of his personal life, is THE single greatest promoter in professional wrestling."

[0.0] ""Vince McMahon created it all" yeah, he almost killed it all too. Let's not forget the disgusting stuff he did behind the scenes while WWE was becoming a big thing. Let's not forget how out of touch he was in 2017-2022. Raw was unwatchable, smackdown was inconsistent, PLES were boring, he had already begun to decline from 2010-2016, but he then became even worse. He's had some of the worst ideas in pro wrestling history and has zero respect for some of the wrestlers in his company. I do not want to see him anywhere near a wrestling promotion in 2026. He can go to hell if you're asking me lmao."

[3.0] "dogshit wrestler + ruined spots based kayfabe + introduced nonsensical titles and conceptions that distorted the minds of many fans and his stupid ideas creep into even the notion of competition. what the fuck is an intercontinental title? what the fuck is a us title defended by non americans? you don't need midcard titles you have midcard fights and then if they had brains all their stars could alternate main events for world titles in weight divisions. anti trust should have busted his ass. ass matches. ass creative. even at his creative peak its arguably mediocre. ass."

[2.0] ""Vince McMahon will always be the man who took wrestling global, but history needs to stop pretending that makes him some untouchable genius. The truth is he was a visionary in the 80s, an accidental beneficiary of a red-hot roster in the 90s, and an anchor dragging WWE down through most of the 2000s and 2010s. By the mid-2000s, Vince became the very thing he once rebelled against -- an out-of-touch, egomaniacal gatekeeper who stifled creativity, forced his bizarre fetishes onto programming, and micromanaged the life out of his product. His creative vision post-Attitude Era was rotten with juvenile humor, corporate-safe characters, and cringe-worthy storylines that undermined talent at every turn. His obsession with controlling every word, every gesture, every camera angle suffocated stars like Bray Wyatt, Rusev, Cesaro, and countless others who could have thrived if left to their own devices. Vince didn't just fail to adapt. He actively sabotaged anyone who didn't fit his narrow mold. And beyond the creative failures, the man's personal conduct is indefensible. His alleged use of hush money, sexual harassment, and reported connections to trafficking-level abuses paint a dark, ugly shadow over his entire legacy. Vince didn't just foster a toxic work culture. He was the toxic culture. He manipulated, exploited, and cast aside countless employees, women, and talent while propping himself up as the king of the circus. Yes, he made wrestling what it is. And yes, he very nearly killed it in the process. It took his forced exit to allow WWE to breathe again. His departure was not a tragedy. It was an overdue purge.""

[4.0] "He was able to get himself over as the most hated man in wrestling history while embodying exactly that in everything to do with his outside life. The last decade of his career was a stumbling mess both in and out of the ring. Awful human being, bad booker, and a personality that deteriorated consistently. There was nothing desirable about him being on the screen for the majority of his career, and the best portions involved riffing off stone cold."

[8.0] "No one, again. No one can deny the work he did to the business, he did a lot of things, he's a good booker and also he changed the game in a way or another, I don't care about him as human. I'm rating his work for the business and he did a lot, so you should consider that, one of the best heels ever, oh definitely. He really changed the game."

[10.0] "Couldn't care less about his lawsuits. He's the genius who created a revolution in Wrestling. We need him back, TKO is KILLING wrestling with all the crap. Whiners can cry all they want, he was very important and that's a fact."

[0.0] "Let's go back to 2017-2019 shall we? The Jinder Mahal reign? The Brock-Kofi squash match? The start of the Saudi deal? The excessive Shane McMahon push? The 2019 HIAC match? Whose ideas were those? What about the attitude era? The bra and panties matches? The unneeded Austin heel turn? The weak invasion storyline? Whose ideas were those? HUH? Couldn't have been Trips. Couldn't have been TKO. Oh what a surprise! IT'S VINCE MCMAHON! NEVER utter the words "Good booking" and "Vince" in the same sentence. Need further help convincing yourself that this guy sucks? Look up "Vince McMahon lawsuit." Paul Heyman was on to something when he cut that "death to sports entertainment" promo."

[10.0] "How can you rate this high Chris Benoit, who killed his own famil (wife and kids included) and then drag down Vince McMahon the following year he got pursuits when he had an average of 8.20? You're nothing but hypocrites with no brains and you've got no excuse. Vince McMahon has the kind of leadership Triple H will never have. He revolutionized and popularized wrestling by putting his own fortune on the line for WrestleMania 1. Attitude Era, Ruthless Agression, une qualité de booking que Tony Khan n'aura jamais de savie. He even made it a family product by lowering ticket prices, while TKO is now stuffing their faces with your money. Zero IQ, period. Firm opinion, and I mean every word i'm saying."

[1.0] "This comes down to "do you sepparate the art from the artist". The answer to that debate should be no, because art is deeply connected to its creator and therefore should not be considered as distinct. Vince McMahon is the most important man in wrestling history. He helped creating two gigantic boom and created a worldwide monopoly which seems unreachable for any rival promotion. He was an awesome tv character and great foe to steve austin. But he was a horrible person, destroyed multiple promotions, careers and most importantly lives. He is the napoleon of wrestling. U.deniable impact, but belongs in the trash."

"A Critical Look at Vince McMahon's Controversies and Legacy Vince McMahon's impact on professional wrestling is undeniable--he transformed WWE from a regional promotion into a global entertainment empire. However, his legacy is not without significant controversy, often clouded by decades of troubling behavior, questionable creative decisions, and serious allegations. Racially Insensitive Storylines and Actions McMahon has been widely criticized for promoting racially insensitive content over the years. From stereotypical gimmicks assigned to Black, Asian, and Latino performers, to the infamous segment where he used the N-word on live television in a 2005 sketch involving John Cena and Booker T, McMahon's record on race is deeply problematic. Critics argue that many of these decisions reflect a tone-deaf or exploitative approach to racial identity for shock value or ratings. Sexism and Treatment of Women Throughout WWE's history under McMahon, women were often portrayed through a hyper-sexualized lens, especially during the "Attitude Era." Women were frequently booked in degrading segments like bikini contests, "bra and panties" matches, or forced to strip in the ring. Numerous female performers have spoken out about the toxic backstage culture and lack of respect for women as athletes. In recent years, WWE has attempted to move toward a more respectful presentation of its female talent, but much of that shift occurred after McMahon's influence began to wane. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct In 2022 and 2023, McMahon stepped down as WWE CEO following investigations into hush money payments allegedly made to suppress claims of sexual misconduct. Reports indicated he paid millions of dollars to multiple women to silence allegations of coercion and inappropriate workplace relationships. While McMahon denied wrongdoing, these allegations were enough to prompt investigations by WWE's board and damage public trust. Homophobic Content WWE under McMahon has also aired content that many considered homophobic, particularly during the 1990s and early 2000s. Segments mocking LGBTQ+ individuals or using slurs as punchlines were not uncommon. While the company has since made attempts to be more inclusive, the past damage and lack of apology for some of these portrayals still linger. Problematic Storylines Involving Minors There have been creative choices under McMahon's leadership that many fans found deeply inappropriate, including storylines involving minors or age-inappropriate romantic angles. While these weren't criminal actions, the tone and nature of some of these segments have drawn criticism for poor taste and lack of ethical oversight. Final Thoughts Vince McMahon may be hailed as a business visionary, but the darker side of his reign--marked by racist, sexist, and exploitative content, as well as serious misconduct allegations--cannot and should not be ignored. His legacy is a reminder of how power, left unchecked, can foster a culture that marginalizes and exploits others. As WWE evolves into a new era, many fans hope that the next generation of leadership learns from these failings rather than repeats them."

[0.0] ""Vince McMahon is the most influential man in wrestling".So you mean to tell me without Vince McMahon we wouldn't have wrestling being accepted as the 4th priority in a WRESTLING company and we wouldn't have a ton of sexual abusers walking free and making money from the industry. You mean to tell me I have to suck this guys dick because he poisoned a whole generation to believe any wrestling other than the WWE is inferior and that they shouldn't think about the product and just blindly consume? I don't know man, maybe this guy should never have been born, thats just me though. And I haven't even covered half of the reasons why this guy is a piece of shit. Most of the people here are either blinded by nostalgia or are one of those "seperate the art from the artist" type of folks. Well when a guy says the n word on pay per view and forces one of his employees to bark like a dog on national television and then goes ahead and runs an illegal sex trafficking ring, then no I can't really do that because the art matches the artist, if you can even call it that. Fuck this guy. Utter disgrace."

[7.0] "Vince McMahon is one of the most influential figures in professional wrestling history--both for better and worse. As a promoter and businessman, his vision undeniably transformed WWE into a global powerhouse. The Attitude Era, WrestleMania's growth, and the ruthless expansion of WWE all happened under his watch. But his legacy is complicated. While he created stars like Austin, Rock, and Taker, he also famously micromanaged talent and often stifled organic crowd favorites. His in-ring work as "Mr. McMahon" was iconic in its own right, playing one of the greatest heel authority figures ever. However, creative stagnation in later years and serious real-world controversies have rightfully tainted how many view his contributions. A polarizing figure, but a titan nonetheless."

[4.0] "- Terrible human - Barely competent booker since at least the end of the ruthless aggression era - Consistently held down guys who got over own their own - His goal was always the disneyfication of wrestling, and on the path to attaining that goal, he destroyed any speck of believability the business still had - The only positive about him is that he caused the WWE to make shit tons of money, which I couldn't care less about, but some of that money went towards paying the boys, which is wonderful."

[3.0] "There is no doubt that without this man, WWE or professional wrestling in general wouldn't be where it is today. We wouldn't have had stars such as Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, John Cena, etc. And we wouldn't have had some of the most memorable moments in WWE history. However, his questionable decisions (especially during his later years), combined with the fact that he's a shit human being, essentially drown out all the positive things. And don't get me started on all the sexual allegations that he's went through. Again, you gotta give him props for all the contributions he made with WWE and the entire pro wrestling scene, but Vince McMahon as a human being? Genuinely disgusting."

[0.0] "Vince McMahon will always be the man who took wrestling global, but history needs to stop pretending that makes him some untouchable genius. The truth is he was a visionary in the 80s, an accidental beneficiary of a red-hot roster in the 90s, and an anchor dragging WWE down through most of the 2000s and 2010s. By the mid-2000s, Vince became the very thing he once rebelled against -- an out-of-touch, egomaniacal gatekeeper who stifled creativity, forced his bizarre fetishes onto programming, and micromanaged the life out of his product. His creative vision post-Attitude Era was rotten with juvenile humor, corporate-safe characters, and cringe-worthy storylines that undermined talent at every turn. His obsession with controlling every word, every gesture, every camera angle suffocated stars like Bray Wyatt, Rusev, Cesaro, and countless others who could have thrived if left to their own devices. Vince didn't just fail to adapt. He actively sabotaged anyone who didn't fit his narrow mold. And beyond the creative failures, the man's personal conduct is indefensible. His alleged use of hush money, sexual harassment, and reported connections to trafficking-level abuses paint a dark, ugly shadow over his entire legacy. Vince didn't just foster a toxic work culture. He was the toxic culture. He manipulated, exploited, and cast aside countless employees, women, and talent while propping himself up as the king of the circus. Yes, he made wrestling what it is. And yes, he very nearly killed it in the process. It took his forced exit to allow WWE to breathe again. His departure was not a tragedy. It was an overdue purge."

[6.0] "One of the best heels of all time, and one of the worst people. Never good in ring but could always cut a great promo. He was best when he was barely around"

[3.0] "Vince McMahon is a great figure. He is clearly someone who contributed greatly to the rise of the professional wrestling industry, but on the other hand, he is also someone who has many horror stories. So, I think Vince during the Attitude Era was a great person, but the current Vince is like a broken clock that is sometimes right. He certainly created megastars like Hogan, Austin, and Rock Cena, but he also buried countless wrestlers. And his later years were filled with bizarre scripts that were too much to handle, and he ended up stepping down from his position as president due to a sexual harassment scandal."

[10.0] "Elevated the business to a billion dollar industry is extraordinary. For me he is the best heel in WWE history. He has done so much for this business, a lot of sacrifices.This man is my spiritual father. If I could only have one match at WrestleMania, it would be with or against Vince McMahon. You can do whatever you want with him. He's turned wrestling into a mainstream media. He's very, very difficult to get close to, even physically because he has 2 bodyguards and he's very intimidating, but if he starts to like you, if he starts to trust you, he can become a spiritual father. Vince McMahon is a genius who revolutionized the wrestling industry."

[6.0] "One of the strangest human beings of all time, without him wrestling would still be in high school gyms, local arenas and carnivals. Elevated the business to a billion dollar industry. But what a weird man.. His brain should be studied when he dies, i'm sure he has two of them. My childhood was the attitude era, he and Stone Cold were the attitude era. The Mr McMahon was the greatest gimmick of all time BECAUSE you didn't know if it was Vince or the character speaking. Hard to rate, purely as a Wrestler he gets a 6, as the Character Mr McMahon he gets a 10, and as Vince he gets both a 0 and a 10, Schrodingers Vince."

[10.0] "Vince McMahon is the greatest promoter to ever live. A quintessential American success story and one of the most interesting people of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Innovative and a definitive big picture guy. An unparalleled middle-aged emergence as on-screen superstar.. He has no criminal record despite a litany of slander against the man most responsible for the genre as we know it today."

[7.0] "How do you even rate someone like Vince McMahon? He's arguably the most important character in pro wrestling history. As time went on it seemed like he wasn't so much playing a character as he was allowing his inner self loose on the big screen. While he's done a lot for the growth of the industry he's also done a lot to make sure the less productive and positive aspects of the industry kept going strong. It doesn't help that he's just an absolutely terrible human being. Any purist will hate him with a passion, and I think that's a completely legitimate opinion to have. I can't stand the guy, but I certainly enjoyed having such an obviously awful person to root against every week."

[9.0] "The Greatest. You can see all these negative reviews, but that's life as the owner of a wrestling company. From Bischoff to Heyman to Gagne, every promoter has their imperfections, and people will hate them for it. You'll never find a wrestling promoter who is universally loved, unlike wrestlers, where the majority can agree that stars like Austin or Shawn are among the greatest despite their flaws. It's no coincidence that the greatest is the most hated. There's simply too much for promoters to handle to be judged solely on every wrestler they've wronged. Wrestling is an unpredictable business, and perfection is impossible. Yet, despite the challenges, he managed to transform a regional wrestling territory into a global monopoly in just 40 years while being responsible for some of the greatest television in wrestling history. On top of that, he's also one of the greatest on-screen characters of all time. He was just as important as Austin when it came to the Attitude Era. -1 point for his booking of WWE in the latter years, though."

"A complete psychopath and mental case, and the greatest wrestling promoter who has ever lived. One of the most interesting and consequential people in post-war American history. Could not wrestle."

[6.0] "Undeniably the greatest promoter of all time, and one of the best heel characters ever. With that being said, he was a good booker, until he wasn't anymore and overstayed his welcome. Also a pretty mediocre worker, even if he was willing to take every bump and run every blade imaginable. Vince was one of the best things that ever happened to wrestling, and then he became the worst thing that ever happened to wrestling"

[0.0] "All I'm gonna say is may he soon rest in piss, terrible human being and a cancer to wrestling industry (no matter how much good thing he did for it), and the bigger problem is that a lot of stupid and terrible things he did in WWE has damaged a lot of "wrestling fans" brain and wrestling knowledge, I don't care about attitude era or his feud with Stone Cold or about the "funny moments", sure he did a lot of memorable things for WWE and that "he made wrestling famous and popular", but you must all know that Vince didn't even like wrestling, in fact he hated it, and he wanted (and succeed) to turn WWE/WWF into sports entertainement instead of wrestling, so he should not take credit for "making wrestling famous", he is one of the worst personalities in wrestling and I didn't even need to talk about his criminal record"

[9.0] "We estimate characters, don't we? Mr. McMahon's been the greatest heel ever so far. No influentional biss McMahon - no wrestling in USA would develope"

[1.0] "Leaving aside his growing criminal record, I have never liked Mr. McMahon's character in WWE, because I knew it would end in a mediocre match full of tricks so that his inexperience would not be so evident, people remember with great nostalgia his segments (where Stone Cold did everything) that were not as good as they think. Creatively it was noted that without Patterson and others he is not the creative genius that he made us believe (this idiot almost cancelled the Royal Rumble and many of the good things that happened in WWE were despite him, and not thanks to him). Whether he is good or not in business is not the point on this page... anyway I give him 1 point for his match against Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 22. Vince will be remembered as the man who formed the image of what current wrestling is, just because that is how he portrayed himself on his own show... sad that many fall for it and continue preaching that lie."

[0.0] "Your reputation precedes you that's all i have to say. He should be in jail for the rest of his life for all the crimes he have committed through the years. From firing people for no reason resulting in ruining their lives (drvg addictions, depression and worse (RIP Ashley) to the SA charges and all the female talent and employees he took advantage off through the years and cheating on his wife with. To the racism, closing his eyes on drvgs, steroids use. On his male employees doing the same. Taking advantage of talent and bullying them. From John Laryngitis, to Bill Demott, Michael Hayes, Bruce Pritchard, Kevin Dunn, Mark Carrano. And Pat Paterson promising guys to get them hired if they performed rainbow favors for him is that a good way to describe it and keep it PG? Allegedly ;)"

[1.0] "A heel inside and out of the ring.... Vince McMahon may have changed the face of wrestling, but his legacy is now buried under scandals, hush-money payments, and allegations that make even his worst storylines seem tame..... His obsession with control stifled talent, while his questionable ethics disillusioned employees and fans alike.... His wrestling was dreadful. Clunky and being carried by other performers. I guess he could have the crowd in the palm of his hand as a heel and would give his all to his performance...... If he's aiming to be remembered as the ultimate villain, he's nailed it -- but this time, it's not scripted..... I agree this mans rating needs to be brought down, it surely must be nostalgia that carries his rating......."

[0.0] "How is this guy over an 8 in average? His average definitely needs to be brought down. He is a criminal, narcissist, and deviant. Also he was a murderer leading Owen Hart to his death (it was noted well in Dark Side of the Ring that he didnt want to do that stunt). Even as a wrestler, he was horrible. Yes, he brought WWF/WWE to the forefront but he ruined many peoples lives and refused to go with the times. Even as a promoter, He was notorious for pushing bigger wrestlers even if they weren't the best workers and failing to push smaller wrestlers until he was forced to do so (i.e. Bryan Danielson). He also demeaned his employees (i.e. Trish Stratus, Hornswoggle, etc). Fortunately it seems like his son-in-law has a better head for the times. People that would've never made it to the Hall of Fame such as Bull Nakano get in now. Funny, how this platform is saying my comment is too low for the rating I am giving this piece of garbage."

[1.0] "Oh boy, Vince McMahon Jr... If it was not for this man, wrestling would not be where it is today, he built the largest company in the world (as of now) whose legacy is a combination of excellence, but also of abuse and degeneracy. People only give him any praise and recognition because he founded and lead the WWF, now WWE, for 42 years, and the WWF/E had many heights which embodied the best parts of wrestling. However, Vince McMahon himself, was not a good booker, I firmly do not believe that Wrestling was all downhill since 2001, but the cracks began to show, and in 2016-2021, Vince's booking was so bad that WWE felt unwatchable. Is it a surprise that since 2023, when Vince lost his power, WWE started getting better? But all of the above is about how he was as a booker, but Vince as a person was one of the worst human beings in Wrestling. He would very famously put wrestlers and figures into embarrassing storylines specifically to humiliate them, and would regularly mistreat some of his best employees, like Jim Ross. However, his misdeeds cross from assholery to flat out illegal degeneracy, in the early 80s he covered up a murder, to preserve the image of one of his wrestlers (Jimmy Snuka), his negligence and desire to humiliate the wrestler, Owen Hart, ended up leading to his preventable death, allowing misconduct, and now we know, he's a rapist. He may have started the biggest wrestling company in the world, but he is, and always was, a deplorable human being, and I am glad he's getting the dishonour he deserves."

[0.0] "The mainly bad things happened in the wrestling world because of this guy. And I CAN'T about all of those things. Just find them. Everyone knows how bad he was as a promoter, booker, human being and the horrible things he did to people's lifes. Not talking about to what he did to the girls, but the WRESTLERS. Think about the wrestlers that lost years of their lives in a company that has no ability to do things right. For how bad Vince Russo was, at least he was trying to be somewhat innovative booking things and not being boring. I see no redeeming qualities about Vince in the wrestling world. And the only reason he won is because guys like Bischoff were controlling WCW. Plus, just to remind you, many of the stars of WWE were HATED by Vince and were mainly kept by guys like JR, Heyman and Brisco. Vince was good at surrounding himself with people, not at being a promoter. Once he got Johnny Ace by his side WWE totally lost themselves for 20 years."

"Unable to rate at the moment due to being a new account, but I would give Vince McMahon a 9/10 booking wise, and a 10/10 character wise. Controversies aside, the man propelled pro wrestling from dying territorial days to what it is today and had the vision to make it what it is. Personally, I favor Vince's booking better than the current product because of how much more corporatised its become today. Not to say that his booking was always good 100% of the time, though. His peak booking came during the Attitude/Ruthless aggression era and his peak character came during the Austin/McMahon feud."

[1.0] "I am sure the high rating Vince has is because of his work as an executive, promoter, and the many other things he did across the decades he spent building the immense empire that WWE is today. That is understandable, because yes, all of that is true. The world of wrestling as it is today would be entirely different had he not stepped in. However, he was far from perfect. As years passed by, some of his booking choices became more and more flawed, if not outright wrong. Many potential stars with bright futures came to WWE only for their reputation and credibility to be dragged through the mud. Him no longer leading WWE is a blessing for fans of the business. Now, as for the thing I am actually reviewing here. He was indeed willing to take crazy bumps and risk his body for a good show, but he simply wasn't a good wrestler. At all. And while his heel work is good, it was best suited for a non-wrestler, an authority figure. That's when he truly shone."

[3.0] "Spent years and years building WWF/E, and then spent years and years wrecking it. Years of decent to brilliant decisions followed by years of dud after dud, all wrapped up by being ousted from his own company. The fact the best thing Vince-related that happened to the WWE in years was him being forced out due to his disgusting actions (which could have legitimately been the ending of the company in general if the people that picked it up were of the same mentality as him booking wise) says it all."

[3.0] "Let's ignore what a real world dickhead he is and focus on the pro side. Vince has had a huge impact on the industry but not a good one in my opinion, Vince violently went after any and all competition from national companies to small territories and as a result Vince gained a near monopoly on pro wrestling in the US, and with this Vince promoted a style of pro wrestling which I frankly dislike. Vince also made far more awful decisions than good decisions, he buried lots of good talent, fucked up the invasion storyline over tribalistic bullshit, held women back, ruined the potential gold the ECW revival could have given us. I hate the WWF Golden Age, its just not my thing, the attitude and ruthless aggression eras were hit and miss, everything after 2007/8 was shit. Bad decision maker, poor commentator, mediocre in-ring, damaged the industry."

[8.0] "Professional wrestling would look entirely different or even be completely forgotten without this guy. He's definietly a father of pro wrestling."

[10.0] "I rated this point based on the business or impact that he had because no one in the history of pro wrestling had been more successful than this man, Vince McMahon is the person who built WWE from one of the normal territories wrestling promotion becoming a multi-billion juggernaut company, and of course he deserved all of his credit for this success. He beat WCW and all of his competitors. He made many audiences become WWE fans. I didn't deduct any points for his poor creative ideas that insulted the intelligence of the viewer in the 3-4 years of his last tenure, and maybe he is one of the worst person in real life, but I couldn't rate him below 10 points."

"If there is any figure in pro wrestling who is impossible to rate, it's Vince. The ways he built up the industry, turned it into what it is today - it's nothing short of a 10. But the ways he bullied, and mistreated, his talent, his insane booking decisions, especially in the 2010s, and the sexual assault news coming out in the last year... it's a 0. Vince's rating lies somewhere in between, but I can't rate him."

[4.0] "The most deranged person in wrestling history, I wish nothing but the worst for this man. He is the embodiment of old (and new) America, making a monopoly on American wrestling, distorting it into his own image (for better & worse). I must say though, his character work from 98 to 01 was genuinely great and his 02-07 stuff was awful but at least in a funny way and he still set himself to be the butt of a joke. None of that takes away from the sheer insanity that is and was the WWF, the most inconsistent wrestling company ever. I find it to be pretty much impossible to confidently rate him because of all this"

"He was once one of the most influential wrestling figures of all time and worthy of being rated 10/10 for his contributions to this business. However, his current legal troubles would be far too damning if they're true, so I won't leave a rating here. Vince could talk and run a promotion better than most, but some things are more serious than silly ratings on a niche wrestling site."

"For someone who doesn't like wrestling, he definitely checks every box for the stereotypical wrestling promoter. For every star he's either helped make or made entirely, there's also dozens of names who have either gone forgotten or misused under his watch."

[2.0] "2 points for Vinny Mac. One for being there to help the rise of Stone Cold Steve Austin, and one for helping the WWE to get to the point it was before he tried to kill his own company. He warned us, he said himself that he was going to inject the WWF with a lethal dose of poison. Little did we know he was speaking about himself and his terrible creative decisions, and wanting to kill any momentum that was gained outside of his control. Terrible person outside of wrestling too, and I hope he stays far away from wrestling now that its all come to light about how he is. He does not deserve to be remembered fondly. Not even as the character of Vince McMahon. I know that people hold Benoit to a different standard, but Vince is one that needs to be forgotten about permanently."

[4.0] "Ahahahahah this ranking is fantastic. Vince used to be a genius of entertainment in the 80s and after this decade he got sparkles of geniality by making himself the most hated heel of the AE, Batista's building, the Streak etc... Leaving aside all of that, he was and is an absolute jerk. I'm not referring to his personal accuses, I'm only focusing on his job. He got right 1 thing of 20: the 80% of his job is composed of very trash comedy, inept wrestlers pushed because of big and sweaty men fetish, a plethora of good athletes got their career ruined by idiotic booking ideas, workers punished for dumb reasons, great storylines worsen by disappointing ends and many more. He is lucky most of WWE fans are children or occasionals, if there had been more smart people watching wrestling he would be out of business 10 years ago."

[5.0] "Hoo boy, where to begin. A-number-one as a promoter, surprisingly good as a commentator, hit or miss as a booker, abhorrent as a wrestler and even worse as a person. His overall contributions to wrestling are stratospheres above anyone else who's ever lived, but unfortunately he'll be remembered as the senile old man who ran his company into the ground for years in the 2010s-2020s with lousy wrestling and insistence on shoving things the fans didn't want down their throats and whose reputation is forever tarnished by a litany of sexual assaults and worse."

[10.0] "As a human being, he's wretched. But people lile Chris Benoit have high ratings on this site so I will put that aside. Vince is the greatest character in wrestling history. He always cut amazing promos and even though he could never take the stunner correctly, when he did the building exploded."

[1.0] "1 point for his work as Mr. McMahon: as a foil of Stone Cold Steve Austin and all his sweet matches where he gets beaten by a variety of better human beings. However, other than that, he is personally loathsome due to his many vile crimes and he also held back the art of pro wrestling so much for over 2 decades between 2001-2022 (and apart from some highlights 80s and early 90s were also steering wrestling in the wrong direction) with his shitty booking, preference for roided up muscles, ridiculous whims, and buddies such as Johnny Ace and Kevin Dunn wielding much power with shitty attitudes and ideas how to run the biggest pro wrestling company in the world. Only now, in the Renaissance era of WWE, unshackled from his creative vision, we're seeing how pro wrestling could've been so much better for the last 20 years."

[4.0] "Hard to rate. Obviously he is an incredibly terrible person, but there's no denying the role he has played in growing the popularity of pro wrestling and turning WWE into a global empire. He was also a good on-screen heel character, and his rivalry with Stone Cold Steve Austin in particular is legendary. He also engaged in many unethical business practices and was merciless in monopolizing the industry, and his my-way-or-the-highway attitude made WWE preeeeetty shitty for a while there. So even if you take all the criminal allegations out of the picture (and why should you? ) I feel justified in ranking him this low..."

[9.0] "DISCLAIMER: I AM JUDGING THE CHARACTER. In my personal opinion, Vince McMahon is the greatest heel ever. Not only because he was the booker (which obviously people didn't know back then but still) and booked himself to win the world championship over one of the most over wrestlers ever, but also just his pure heel work. The guy was so easy to hate because Vince could remind some people of their bosses, a greedy good for absolutely nothing piece of shit who's not only trying to make as much money as he can while you get paid pennies, but he's being a piece of shit while doing it. Not only that but the guy also wrestled from time to time and would book himself to win (again no one knew that really back then) which is a notoriously frowned upon thing by the way. Not only that but the way he would treat his workers and family fucking terrible and looking at him in a 2024 lens, this guy has BEEN a weird dude. The entirety of the Linda/Trish story line is probably one of the worst ever and he booked it, he booked his wife to have a nervous breakdown to the point of her ending up wheelchair bound and then booked himself to make out with Trish Stratus directly in front of her. Dude sucked, but he sucked because he would do WHATEVER it took to sell tickets."