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Just wondering which individuals Vince McMahon Sr told his son to "look after" almost like a loyalty reward, or job for life etc when Vince bought the company from his dad. Tito, Albano, Andre, Gorilla are the ones I'm guessing but wondered if anyone knew for sure.
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Gorilla is the first to come to mind, along with Arnold Skaaland and maybe Andre and Albano.
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Fred Blassie
Andre the Giant
Gorilla Monsoon
Arnold Skaaland
Lou Albano
Tony Garea
Jay Strongbow
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Is that list fact or opinion or based on interviews etc. Vince stuck to his word I guess
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Monsoon for sure they even say it.
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James Dudley, who managed Bobo Brazil in the WWWF and was an early inductee into the WWF/E HOF, would be another person.
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Tito - no
When did James Dudley pass away?
Howard Finkel was an employee of Titan Sports. In fact, he was Vince's first hire. He would not be one of Vince Srs guys.
Vince Jr was to be loyal to guys that preceded him into the business (talent who debuted prior to 1972)
Moolah appears to be someone else that Vince jr was loyal to
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January 07th, 2013 00:34 GMT |
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Tony Altimore?
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I think Moolah was more a business arrangement than anything else. Moolah controlled the title and had a stable of women wrestlers on hand. Even before he went diva crazy McMahon never cared about women's wrestling.....if he had, he wouldn't have been bother with Moolah to begin with.
I think the guys who had points in Capital Wrestling when he bought them out he promised his father he'd take care of them. I think he promised to take care of Albano as well. As far as Andre, Blassie, Garea, and Strongbow.......for all of his flaws McMahon has shown a personal loyalty to some guys.
I remember reading somewhere that Monsoon deal after the buyout was something like 5 cent on every ticket on every show that McMahon ran, house shows, TV, everything. When you remember that at the height of the expansion McMahon was running 3 shows a night, 5, 6 nights a week........that adds up pretty quick.
my two cents....
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I think Monsoon got prelim pay for every WWF card (TV taping, house show, PPV) from 1983 - 1999
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This message was edited by Backlundcollector on January 07th, 2013 18:41 GMT
Quoted from: BattleRoyal, January 06th, 2013 20:51 GMT Howard Finkel was an employee of Titan Sports. In fact, he was Vince's first hire. He would not be one of Vince Srs guys.
Don't think so, Battle. Finkel approached the crew running the New Haven, Coliseum shows sometime around 1975-76 and got a tryout as a ring announcer there. He was good, and was installed as the ring announcer at MSG in 1977 and also became the voice of the voice-overs on the bicycle tapes. That was all well before Titan Sports, which, if memory serves, came into being in early 1980. Finkel was a McMahon Sr. guy. He remains on the payroll at WWE as their web historian.
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Quoted from: Backlundcollector, January 07th, 2013 18:35 GMTQuoted from: BattleRoyal, January 06th, 2013 20:51 GMT Howard Finkel was an employee of Titan Sports. In fact, he was Vince's first hire. He would not be one of Vince Srs guys.
Don't think so, Battle. Finkel approached the crew running the New Haven, Coliseum shows sometime around 1975-76 and got a tryout as a ring announcer there. He was good, and was installed as the ring announcer at MSG in 1977 and also became the voice of the voice-overs on the bicycle tapes. That was all well before Titan Sports, which, if memory serves, came into being in early 1980. Finkel was a McMahon Sr. guy. He remains on the payroll at WWE as their web historian.
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at one time he owned a share of the company (before it went public) but I have no idea what his "deal" is with them now
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