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WWE Hall of Famer Blasts Vince McMahon for Forcing Wrestlers Into His Infamous Club in the Past

Published 03/06/2023, 10:00 AM EST

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WWE is as much about controversies as it is about wrestling. Over the years, fans saw so many disputes happening inside or outside the ring. The consistent frequency of issues has led to this phenomenon being the norm now. It is more so because the former head of the company Vince McMahon himself has invited a lot of controversies.

Among many infamous storylines in history, one of the most notorious was McMahon’s ‘kiss my A** club’. McMahon founded this club to make superstars demonstrate their loyalty toward him in the crudest way possible. The then-CEO forced his talent to kiss his rear during live shows.

The creepy club had its roots back in 2001 at the end of the Attitude era when a fired William Regal was asked to kiss McMahon’s bare a** as a condition for continuing further with the wrestling promotion.

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Jake Roberts’ contempt for Vince McMahon’s ‘Kiss My a**’ Club

Some stars, including Vince’s own son Shane McMahon, Jim Ross, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, and Hornswoggle, fell victim to this nasty trap. However, there are many who managed to save themselves from the agony. One of them was current AEW star, Jake Roberts.

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Recently appearing on his Snake Pit podcast, the former WWE star spoke his mind about how he witnessed Vince’s villainous streak even in the late 80s. Dragging the plot over Vince’s ill-famed club, Roberts noted, ‘Absolutely. Why couldn’t he make himself a top heel? He’s got his hand on the business. Everybody has to do whatever he says, whether it’s kissing somebody’s ass or … nevermind,”

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Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts even didn’t refrain from calling the entire idea of such a practice, ‘as low as you could get’ when Co-host DeAngelo, too, derided so.

The WWE Hall of Famer recently made his return to Tony Khan’s company, marking his in-ring comeback. McMahon was notorious for creating absurd ideas for programming, but fans can be thankful that this storyline didn’t hit the screens.

McMahon was once on the verge of having an incest storyline involving his daughter

Apart from the above-mentioned disgraceful deed, Vince McMahon did many other weird things throughout his era in the WWE. Though there is no doubt in his valuable impact on the pro wrestling business, the Evil Genius gave birth to many questionable moments in WWE. One of them was definitely Vince wanting to push his son into his daughter Stephanie’s pregnancy as a storyline on WWE TV. The more shocking thing was McMahon even didn’t rule himself out to be revealed as the father of the child.

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A rumor came about indicating that Vince was back on the creative after WWE featured his name in the WrestleMania 39 poster. However, it didn’t last long as the company replaced it shortly.

With due credit to McMahon’s contribution to the business, WWE fans probably can’t ever forget the awful controversies surrounding the former boss no matter what. What’s your take on Vince McMahon’s controversial WWE storylines? Let us know in the comments.

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Shreya Nag is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. She has been working in the media sector for the past year as a content writer, after completing her graduation and post-graduation diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication. Apart from WWE, Shreya follows soccer, cricket, and badminton.
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Amal Joyce