Vince McMahon’s reserving selections in WWE have been arbitrary for his personal private needs. Neglecting fan curiosity and responses through the years, McMahon’s selections additionally got here off as spontaneous as he would try to get a celebrity extra in style however would hinder their momentum.
On “The Excessive Lifetime of Matt Hardy,” Matt Hardy regarded again on the WWE run of Billy Gunn and the way McMahon stored him down.
“I do not suppose Vince perceived him as being a larger-than-life persona, and I believe if Billy Gunn in his prime got here alongside now, like at AEW, with simply his work charge, it could change as a result of they sort of have a unique mindset these days there,” Hardy stated. “Very similar to Jerry Lynn — I really feel like Jerry Lynn was sort of in the identical boat the place Vince did not see a larger-than-life persona in him, and possibly even Lance Storm in some capacities.”
Hardy acknowledged that wrestlers like Lynn and Storm, who had personalities extra on the conservative aspect, have been nice athletes and nice wrestlers. Regardless of their in-ring skills, Hardy believes their personalities held them again with McMahon. That drew the query of how this was potential with Gunn who’s well-known as having a loud and outgoing persona. Hardy was then requested if some other performers had bother exuding their real-life personalities onto their on-screen characters.
“You realize who is likely one of the biggest examples of that? Dean Malenko,” Hardy answered. “This man’s a riot backstage, continuous, acquired a ton a persona. Then he would go on the market after which he is ‘The Iceman,’ he is a really severe wrestler.”
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