October 2011
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This is Sports Entertainment just got a swank new cover, and a new price to go with it. Both methods of purchase are now 50% off. That’s not a sale, either. That’s just the price now. The economy is that bad, people.
1. Click here to buy the book for your Kindle directly from Amazon at an unbelievable and vaguely insulting 99 cents.
2. Click right here to buy the book directly...
August 2011
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It's my birthday, I can blog if I want to
I stopped writing this blog last year because I was put into a coma by the Nexus. I came back because the Rock was around and we couldn’t just have Justin Roberts announce his name. I stuck around because I really wanted to see what R Truth was going to say next, and I couldn’t stop watching Sin Cara fall on his ass. And then my son in law had to go and fire me.
Understandably,...
July 2011
3 posts
A whimper
I’ve been kicked off my own show too many times to count.
It seems like it’s a yearly occurrence that some force seals me away. Austin won a match to keep me off TV. My daughter took over my company. Donald Trump tried to buy Raw. Goldberg blew up my limo. The Nexus put me in a coma. HHH has now thrice exiled me. It reminds me of that line in the third Pirates movie: “Four of...
Star Power
I want to set the record straight on this. There are rumors that we’re scrambling to re-sign Punk because of a recognized chasm in star power on the show. These rumors are horse shit. We don’t worry about stars.
Yeah, in the last two years, a lot of sports entertainers have left to become…other things, I guess. What is Batista doing now? Anyone heard from Jericho? Anyways, why...
The Long Stare
On the fourth of July of the year of our lord 2011, I walked out onto my stage and spoke to you, the WWE universe. I succinctly explained away any notion of cm punk. On cue, John Cena arrived on the scene, about to convince me of why I was wrong and how we should go about setting things right. The hero of the show, defending the villain of the show against, of course, the real villain: Me.
Even...
June 2011
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Punk went off message →
“Chris Masters Punk,” I say, “If that is your real name.”
A guest piece I did for Fair to Flair. Those guys have nice hair.
May 2011
2 posts
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Fair to Flair Quarterly
Look, I know I’m supposed to be in a coma (The Rock couldn’t take the news, so I pretend to not be in the coma when he’s around), but I just had to let you know that if you don’t buy an aggressive amount of Fair to Flair Quarterly copies, I will release Zack Ryder. It will be humiliating, I will do it on the air, and I will hire Robbie E from TNA to fill his shoes. This...
alexiswilsonisrowdy-deactivated asked: In all serious, I just read that "wrestling" isn't allowed in WWE? So what I want to know is, what do all of us fans say? When someone ask do you watch wrestling, we used to say yes I do and I'm damn proud. What about the women and men all over the world that want to be part of the WWE? Do we say ,"Oh I want to be a model that works for the WWE." Last time I checked,...
March 2011
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Are we getting excited for Wrestlemania?
Of course you are. We’ve certainly given you enough reasons. I mean, come on, The Rock? The Rock was great enough that I could come out of my coma and absolutely nobody commented because OMFG it’s The Rock. Cena and Miz? Hello, what a build. We’ve turned Miz into a killer so fast nobody’s even talking about how he hasn’t won a match without interference in four...
August 2010
22 posts
mirandarevitup-deactivated20110 asked: Happy birthday, sir!
It's my birthday, I can take time off if I want to
We’re rolling into Wrestlemania season for the next little while (no, we didn’t change the schedule. Wrestlemania is still in March. We plan this stuff, you know) so I’m going to be busy trying to figure out what you’ll hate in the moment but appreciate in three-five years and look back on incredibly fondly in 10 while you totally fail to realize that you’re still...
Nowinski didn't even go to Harvard
So Chris Nowinski is firing at us because Cade died the other week and it’s our fault, even though he wasn’t even working for us anymore. You can watch the video from a few days ago down further on the blog, but it doesn’t matter what he says, because he’s wrong. Chris Nowinski is wrong about everything, which is exactly what we sent to the Atlantic as an editorial...
WatchAdd Nowinski to the list of guys not allowed on the highlight reel.
If Pro Wrestling Was real →
I just want to put this right here to remind you all one day when a UFC guy gets arrested for assault.
I've been doing this for a year
I started blogging for you marktards almost a year ago. Your life is different because of me. Your life is better.
If we had kept Darren Young around Cena much...
You remember that movie Southland Tales where the world ended because the two guys who were the same person but from different universes got too close to one another? You know, the one movie where the Rock showed any acting chops whatsoever? Well, Darren Young is John Cena, but from another universe. We tempted fate last night by having them in the same ring at the same time, but never again. We...
Anonymous asked: why bring danielson back?
living-in-kayfabe asked: Are the Randy Savage / Steph rumors true ? The rape thing ?
So HHH calls me...
And he says “Hey, pops. What happened last night? I thought the plan was I was gonna be the seventh man and destroy this Nexus bullshit all by myself?”
I cough for a second, and say, “Well hunter, that’s great, but I’m in the entertainment business.”
It’s been a while since I’ve said that, and I have to say, it felt pretty great.
“Yeah,...
alexiswilsonisrowdy-deactivated asked: What do you think of Roddy Piper and Rady Savage? Can we see Savage in the HOF? I heard about possible Divas being on NXT next season, thats great!
Fuck You, Vince
People are saying this is somehow my fault, that somehow Lance’s death is on my head.
Well.
Look, I’m as sad as anyone else to hear that Lance passed. Am I surprised, though? No, not really. As much as Shawn Michaels will defend Lance, he never loved the business. He was here because wrestling pays you a lot of money and gives you a lot of free time to waste on abusing substances.
...
Anonymous asked: What do you think about Jeff Hardy? Drug habits? Your opinion on him having a child? What do you think about Matt?
This is the first Summerslam worth buying
No, seriously. This is the first Summerslam in history where it hasn’t been a giant ripoff.
Oh, you didn’t realize Summerslam was always a giant ripoff? Hmm. Really? It should have been obvious by now. Every single Summerslam is based around one of three things:
A) A rematch from Wrestlemania.
B) The first match in a long feud, oftentimes being the worst contest in the set.
C) A...
boywhocriedawesome asked: Hey, fakeVince -
What is the deal with the audio mixes on some of the relatively recent DVDs? Check out the Dusty, Mr. Perfect, HHH: KoK, and Jake Roberts DVDs and tell me the music is supposed to be mixed that loudly -it just sounds odd to me.
What is the deal with the audio mixes on some of the relatively recent DVDs? Check out the Dusty, Mr. Perfect, HHH: KoK, and Jake Roberts DVDs and tell me the music is supposed to be mixed that loudly -it just sounds odd to me.
Is it even worth suing over?
I mean, sure, we’ve got them by the balls. But if TNA wants to put on an ECW show without calling it ECW (even though they totally did a few times), use guys with names we own, rip off our idea entirely, and generally completely disrespect the idea of intellectual property and copyright, BUT, if nobody is around to hear it, did it actually happen?
They did their best to cover up the fact...
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A Better Raw
A Better Raw is an experiment. I didn’t know what it would do, so I put it out there. Quite a few people gave me thoughts and comments, but they weren’t the ones I was looking for. I wanted people to think about our flagship show in a different way. But I should have listened to Hunter, who’s always right about this sort of stuff. After he watched the first one, he told me that...
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A Better Raw, episode 2
I do want to thank everyone for the feedback, both good and bad. I’m working on the choppiness, and the timing issues. Obviously, the show has kinks to work out. But that’s sort of the point, right now. Monday Night Raw has been done the same way for fourteen years. Of course it’s a smooth product. Shaking things up, applying dramaturgical processes, and generally experimenting...
July 2010
34 posts
alexiswilsonisrowdy-deactivated asked: Dear Vinny Mac, I ordered some shirts from you. I got: Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels and Hart Dynasty. I just wanted to say, I love the shirts a lot! I also ordered the Diva charm bracelet. It's adorable! It's for sure a great product! Keep up the great work, I am enjoying every bit of it!
Anonymous asked: what i just heard you fired mickie james ? WHY ?
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A Better Raw notes
Here are some things we’re playing with on this project:
Time: Wrestling shows have always read from left to right. I thought it would be interesting to play with this a little. From airing segments in a different order, the viewer can think of the plot in a way that makes a little more logistical sense. For instance, John Cena’s Summerslam team makes a lot more sense if you watch A...
Here are some things that TNA has assumed
Russo defined the attitude era
Raven was a draw
Nash would put over the young guys
Savage would stick around for more than 5 minutes
The X Division would be different than the WCW cruiserweight division
The move from PPV to Saturday nights to Thursday nights to Monday nights and back to Thursday nights would increase their audience
Kurt Angle was a draw
Booker T wasn’t a tired old...
nerd-of-house-baratheon asked: Good day sir, I was wondering about what are your thoughts about smarks in general, thank you.
Anonymous asked: I think you should hire: Mercedes Martinez, Angela Fong, Mickie James, ODB, Shelly Matinez, and Daffney (From WCW and TNA)
So everyone has had a day to watch A Better Raw
Patterson thinks it’s bullshit, and he didn’t understand it.
Heyman thought it was brave, but most wrestling fans wouldn’t get it.
HHH thought it was brilliant, because I cut the bullshit matches and put the real main event last. He’s a purist, though he doesn’t want you to know that.
Steph was gripped.
Brisco thought we should destroy it before it kills the...
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A Better Raw, episode 1
Okay, sue me. Vinnie Mac’s not the best at this whole “giving people things they want” thing. But I do eventually give you what you need, and you need to watch “A Better Raw” episode one, and here it is.
Download “A Better Raw” episode 1.
Now, what is this? I don’t want to spoil it completely, but it is last week’s episode of Raw. Except...
Until after Raw tonight, A Better Raw will only be...
I want to get a couple of very important opinions before releasing it to the general public. A Better Raw is a very important thing. So I’m having my people call their people. Heyman. Bischoff. Gabe whatshisface. Hogan. I need them to know that I’m doing this, that they will be undone. After I see the white’s of their eyes, I’ll know it’s ready for everyone.
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A Little History
Many of you are too young to realize this, but the current format for WWE RAW has been exactly the same for fourteen years. Here are the major elements that we use when putting together an episode of RAW:
2 hours of prime-time programming
interview segments followed by matches followed by angles, all in sequential order. One sequence always follows another. Flashbacks, flash-forwards, and other...
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it's what i've been saying for years
this needs to happen. People want this. They’ve wanted it since 1997.
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it's coming
It’s going to change everything.
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I'm working on something big
You’ll see it on Monday.
No, not on RAW. Before RAW. Sometime in the day. And it won’t be on any WWE site, though there’s a lot of people in Titan Towers who are rooting for this project to succeed.
I’ll give you a hint. I’ll give you the title of the project:
A Better Raw.
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Oh, Billy
“If the money was right, I’d go out there and do it in two seconds … I’d have to be totally prepared for it, because I wouldn’t want to tarnish my image, but I’d like to be in the ring one more time so that my wife and my son can see me wrestle live.”
Billy Goldberg, my door has always been open, of course, and my demands have always been the same. Ill give you all the money you wants....
