“I Beat Vince McMahon in Court”: WWE Hall of Famer Reveals How He Won His Lawsuit

Vince McMahon has worked closely with numerous people. However, one of the people he worked with in the initial days was Jesse Ventura. Both Jesse and Vince have contributed to the sport with their commentary in the 80s. Despite the fact that they have worked closely for many years, their relationship has been on and off for a long.

Talking to Chris Jericho on his ‘Talk Is Jericho’ podcast, Ventura recently recounted an incident in which he sued Mr. McMahon and prevailed in the legal battle.

In the episode, he talked about the time he defeated Mr. McMahon in court. He stated, “Chris, always remember one thing. I beat Vince McMahon in the court.”

When Jericho prompted him to tell the story, he recalled the time he climbed to Mr. McMahon and inquired about the royalties for selling his TV matches. McMahon said that he didn’t pay royalties so because the law didn’t require him to and that he didn’t.

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He also added that he later forced McMahon to negotiate with an agent for the first time in the business’s history. Later, when his agent from that year took his videotapes to McMahon, he was told that they don’t pay royalties each time. Additionally, this made him enraged, and he told to battle this in court.

How did Vince McMahon lose the case?

He went on to told, “So we went to court now. Here’s where we got him. It was during discovery we also sued under something. And here’s what we want on called quantum meruit.”

Quantum meruit is the legal term for a civil action that is taken to recover payment for labor and work completed when no price has been agreed upon.

Moreover, he added, “Well, during discovery we found out that Vince was lying when he said nobody gets paid for videotapes. Hogan was getting paid Mr. T. was getting paid, Cindy Lauper was getting paid. All the people from outside the entertainment world were getting videotape royalties from the WWE.”

He said that his lawyer questioned him whether he had worked after knowing that wrestlers get paid royalties. He said strongly, “No, he will not.” Consequently, he won the lawsuit since the only people who weren’t paid were the wrestlers.

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The federal court ruled that McMahon must pay Ventura $801,333. In addition, the judge awarded him $8,625 in back compensation for every piece of non-video WWF merchandise, that included Ventura.