WWE stocks bodyslammed, Vince McMahon no longer a billionaire

Toronto Sun ^ | May 16, 2014 | QMI Agency

[GreenHornet]

What with the celebrations for the first openly homosexual basketball, football, etc. player, it is a real insult to the WWWF/WWF/WWE as they had an openly homosexual wrestler back in the 80's (Adrian Adonis). They were way ahead of the curve on this one. I can't understand why the gay agenda crowd doesn't recognize this accomplishment.

Adonis wasn't actually gay, but played a gay wrestler on the programs. As someone else here pointed out, at that point in his career, Adonis was out of shape and on the down side of his career. He agreed to the gimmick in order to keep working. His character was constantly mocked and ridiculed, so I don't think the Gaystopo would be too pleased about this "accomplishment." Unfortunately, Adrian Adonis died in a car accident not long after leaving the WWF.

[The Iceman Cometh]

C'mon. You're not playing along with the "I'm culturally superior" game. You've been on FR long enough.

Not sure I understand your point, however my point is that amongst the cultural wasteland know as TV, the WWE ain't that bad.

I'm actually a cable cutter so I don't have any TV service other than rabbit ears, Netflix, Hulu & Amazon Prime.

[southern rock]

My point was simply that there are a lot of freepers who feel superior by claiming they have never seen or heard of something pop culture related.

[buffaloguy]

McMahon will be back in the billionaire club in a year or so. For those who like this stuff his company produces consistently excellent entertainment. I am not one of them but I do recognize a quality product when I see it.

Vince seems to really understand his customer base, far better than most CEOs. Kudos to him.