Last week the Wall Street Journal released a report claiming that Vince McMahon, “agreed to pay more than $12 million over the past 16 years to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity.” Vince McMahon has become a very hot topic in the wrestling world for obvious reasons and everyone is waiting to see how things will play out for Vince moving forward.
Former WWE Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho recently discussed the allegations on the True Geordie podcast, and he noted that he wasn’t surprised when he heard the news.
“Not really. Is it a surprise in any industry when it happens? When you look at it, it’s really not illegal. He had an affair, paid the lady off to not say anything, and moved on. It’s almost like, ‘Okay, and?’ People want to jump on it but there is still always an undertone of ‘it’s wrestling. Oh, it’s just wrestling,’ If you look, that story came out with a bang, and then you really haven’t heard anything about it since. If this was Hollywood, with Harvey Weinstein, that sort of thing…the difference between that is, he was holding women back for getting gigs, Harvey Weinstein. ‘Either bang me or you don’t get the starring role.’ This has never been said in Vince’s thing. It was a mutual acknowledgement of the affair, he paid the lady to say nothing, and she took the money. I really know Vince well and it sucks that happened, it sucks that he did it, but is anything really going to happen from it? I don’t think so.”
“That’s Vince McMahon. I think it’ll come and go. Is it morally right? Absolutely not. Is it illegal? No. Is it something that is going to get him into real trouble? I don’t think so. Once again, unfortunately, ‘Oh, it’s just Vince McMahon, it’s just wrestling, of course he’s going to do that.’ Those things come and go, they happen, it’s too bad, but I really think it doesn’t matter in the long run. Six months from now, I’ll either be right or I’ll be wrong.”
Vince McMahon made multiple appearances on WWE programming following the initial report that the Wall Street Journal released on June 15th. He didn’t appear on SmackDown last week, but he was backstage and you can get more on his reaction to the allegations by clicking here.
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