 What's good, George? We're all back again with another video. So I'm going to check out 10 WWE superstars who bravely stood up to Vince McMahon. Now, it's not that many individuals that will stand up to Vince McMahon himself. But the ones that have, you got to have, I guess you can say, a set of cojones to stand up to the almighty Vince. And sometimes that can benefit you. It shows Vince that you're passionate about what you're standing up to him about, and sometimes it depending on how you deliver that information, it could ultimately hurt you and you may end up getting punished for it by your bookings like you and may end up in horrible situations. Booking wise, your character may end up getting destroyed on TV because of it. So it's really a give or take dependent on how much it really depends on how much Vince values you as a commodity to the program where he'll it depends on how much he'll let you say to him. You know, it just depends. Like, for example, Roman Reigns can say certain things. Defense like, I'm not really about to do that. I don't know about that. Vince, I think we need to switch it up compared to someone lower on the card. You know, like, I'm just using an example like maybe like a Grayson Waller. If Vince was still around, it would be hard for Grayson Waller to really tell Vince to change his character or do this or do that. He may be able to suggest it, but it would be hard for Vince to really take him, you know, probably not. I wouldn't say take him seriously. Well, I would say that could seem like the type of like he'll hear you and then they'll just go on about his day. You know what I'm saying? So a Roman Reigns addressing something to Vince compared to like a Grayson Waller addressing something to Vince, you can tell who it actually, you know, who Vince would listen to more. I'm just using that as an example. But we're going to take out some of the moments where people said, nah, Vince, I'm not doing that shit. Appreciate all love and support. Let's get right into it, man. Vince McMahon is notoriously one of the scariest individuals in pro wrestling. McMahon is truly an enigma and wrestlers past and present have spoken out about how daunting interactions with McMahon can be. The majority of wrestlers have allowed McMahon to micromanage them. But certain wrestlers have shown no intimidation when it comes to McMahon and have stood up for what they believe is right. Yeah. Join us now as WrestleMania looks at 10 W because guess what? A lot of times sometimes. Well, I wouldn't say a lot of times, but some of those individuals knew how valuable they were to Vince. PWB wrestlers who stood up to Vince McMahon. Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell for daily wrestling videos. It's about the dollars for exclusively if you're valuable to a new channel. He'll listen to you more. Number 10, the shield. After debuting in WWE in late 2012, the shield were on an impressive run, but it was set to come to a halt at the 2013 Elimination Chamber event. In a short period, plans called for the shield to lose a six-man tag match against John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus. And the plan finish was to see Cena stand tall. No, I'm so glad I didn't have it. Rollins knew that this was the wrong finish. The finish wouldn't have benefited anyone and would have ultimately buried the shield just before WrestleMania 29. Yeah, it's been well documented how the shield reacted to these creative plans as the decorated trio decided to boldly take a visit to Vince McMahon's office and they stood up to the creative direction WWE were taking. The shield logically explained why the creative decision didn't work. An amazing lean McMahon actually listened to what the trio had to say and even changed the finish. The shield would win the six-man tag match which would remain unbeaten for the next several months on WWE. And that's crazy. Those three guys are at the top of the wrestling. Industry because of that one and because of that potential decision right there. Didn't kill the momentum. Crazy television. Number nine, the Godfather. In 1999, the Godfather was struggling to find a place in the card. And as a result, he went to Vince McMahon to vent his frustrations. McMahon stated that it's sometimes beneficial to be off TV, but Godfather clamped back at McMahon as he questioned what McMahon was saying. As a result, the former Intercontinental champion was booked in a one-minute squash on TV as a punishment for standing up to the boss. I just told y'all, sometimes it can benefit you to stand up to them. And then sometimes you do that and then you get punished for it, bro. In comparison, the shield had a higher ceiling than what they had planned for the Godfather. So who's making them more money, potentially? Put some insight into the stories on with Briscoe and Bradshaw. So I go under and talk to Vince and I explain my side to Vince. He goes, you know, Charles, sometimes it's better not to be on TV than it is to be on TV. But I don't hear that. I don't hear that. I keep going. No, I'll, I got it out. Once again, Charles, sometimes it's better not to be on TV than it is to be on TV. Don't want to hear. Okay. All right. I'll put you on TV. You want to be on TV? So the new car comes up, right? Godfather, Triple H, no hoes, one minute. Wow. Number eight. That's crazy. He was telling them just let it go, Charles. And he's like, nah, all right, I'll put you on TV. And it ain't nothing worse than getting squashed in one minute. Rob Van Dam. A Rob Van Dam has always been a wrestler who's been willing to go against the norm and remove himself from situations that he feels uncomfortable in. In the 2000s, Vince McMahon wanted RVD to attend the annual tribute to the troops show in Iraq, but RVD told McMahon that he had no plans of going to the event. On his podcast, this is what the former WWE champion had to say about the infamous act of defiance. I was stewing about it and other wrestlers are coming up to me saying, man, Rob, I respect you for saying no. Like I don't want to go either, but I can't say no. I'm not RVD, dude. Why do I always hear that? Like there's something in my contract that says I can get no heat. You know what I mean? I just have principles and I'm not going to be a puppet. And you know, that works for and against me, but I'm here saying that Christmas break, I'll be in Calif or wherever the hell I lived at the time. I guess that was it. Anyway, it was a subject like, are they not going to let you go? I was getting mad. What do you mean, let me not go? Like I'm a prisoner. According to the former head of talent relations for WWE Jim Ross on his podcast, RVD saying no to the trip resulted in him receiving substantial backstage heat. Of course, there was backstage heat. Vince looked at it as an unpatriotic act, more or less. And look, I admire and I always have Vince McMahon's patriotism and the United States should love him because he pays a load of taxes. And I know he's legit about his love of Dr. Martin Luther King. Amen to that. But you know, sometimes you can take this stuff too far. Here's the deal. Here's how I would have addressed that. Vince, he doesn't want to go. He's not comfortable going. Number seven, Mark Henry. And that's crazy. That's, that's so crazy, bro. That's crazy. I ain't going. And Vince, no, Vince being Vince. Oh, you won't, you don't. That's wild. That's a while. Back in 2011, a prank on Mark Henry fired in a major way and it resulted in Henry confronting Vince McMahon and almost quitting on the spot. Henry was supposed to wrestle a dark match against Sin Cara, but Cara never appeared for the match. And this left Henry utterly embarrassed. According to Henry, during an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Henry expressed why the incident made him angry and the Hall of Famer had a completely valid argument. I felt disrespected. I felt trivialized. Out of all the work that I did, like all the sacrifices, new people say, oh, you got paid a lot of money. You know what, man? I didn't get paid enough money to dummy down my pride and respect as a man. Ain't no price for that. And when that happened, I felt like, okay, I'm expendable. I'm useless to them. They don't respect me. Being that I'm a man and I was able to say my piece to Vince and everybody involved like, just know who I am because that won't ever happen again. If it does, like us talking will not be an option. Everyone onto state that he used the anger from the incident to fuel the acclaimed Hall of Paying character, which would arguably end up being Henry's most successful and celebrated run in WWE. Yeah. Number six, Mick Foley. Mick Foley and Vince McMahon have always had an interesting relationship behind the scenes. And at one point during Foley's stint as a commentator on Smackdown, Foley had enough of McMahon's poor behaviour and management, and this ultimately led to him exiting WWE in favour of TNA. Foley and McMahon would embark in a heated confrontation due to Foley giving his notice to the company, which Foley detailed on his podcast. He officially gave the notice. I made it really clear that if that was part of the job, I didn't want any part of it. And Vince, you know, he tried to... This is where I'm hesitant because you know, Vince had, you know, he's imagined going through a tough time. I tried to text him for his birthday and that's the WWE number, so it's not working anymore. But he... I said, well, I said, Vince, what's the end game here? I work hard at this for 10 years and I get as good as I can possibly be. You treat me the way you treat J.R. And then he gets about this close. He goes, you think I've been bad to him? I said, I think you've made his life a lot more difficult than it needed to be. Number five, Chris Jericho. And here's the thing, it's been countless reports of how Vince has treated J.R. for sure. For sure it has not been the best. It has it. It definitely has it. He's made fun of him for what he's, you know, his medical condition, all types of shit. He has not really treated him the best. And he is the one of the most important integral parts of the success of the WWE in the attitude era, because he was the voice that we heard on our television sets, capturing those iconic moments. So it makes a fair point there, Mick Foley. Even though Chris Jericho is an AEW talent, he's still... Yeah, Chris is dealing with... He's in some hot water right now. We don't know how true the allegations are, but he's in his own sink and ship right now. Hopefully they can figure that all out. Extremely close with Vince McMahon, with Jericho even going on record to say that he could text McMahon at any time of the day and it would be guaranteed a reply. The relationship between the two hasn't always been great, however, as according to Jericho, the two had an argument that was so severe that Jericho wanted to punch McMahon in the face. The story goes that when Jericho was picked to host their show Downfall, he kept it private, as he didn't want WWE or McMahon interfering. However, when Jericho was on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter, McMahon was furious that Jericho didn't tell him. According to Jericho, McMahon insisted that he wasn't allowing Jericho to host the show, and the two had a verbal back and forth, which included McMahon claiming that Jericho was fired. The two eventually worked things out, and Jericho was allowed to host the show with McMahon's blessing. It's not always main event talent that I've had the courage to stand up to Vince McMahon, as Mustafa Ali earned a ton of respect from his peers and fans when he stood up for himself in an argument with McMahon. During the development stages of Ali's infamous new American persona, McMahon pitted something to Ali that Ali would have never in a million years be comfortable in doing. His refusal led to a confrontation between himself and McMahon, and McMahon was so furious with Ali's active defiance that it was pulled from WWE TV indefinitely. It was reported following the argument that Ali had requested his WWE release, which at the time was outright rejected by WWE. Number three, Nails. Nails had one of the most controversial. This one we've seen a video about. This is like the only person I know that's actually attacked Vince. Like legitimately put the beats on Vincent Kennedy, McMahon. It's the only person I know of that's it's been reported that put the beats to Vince bro legit special firings of all time as he aspired for literally assaulting Vince McMahon. In late 1992 Nails confronted McMahon in his office over pay dispute and according to Bret Hart, Nails cornered McMahon in his office screamed at him for over 15 minutes. It was believed that this verbal tirade escalated into Nails knocking McMahon over in his chair and choking him. Apart from some more insight into the crazy incident in his autobiography, Kevin Nails cornered Vince McMahon in his office and screamed at him for 15 minutes about all the lies he'd been told. His yelling got so loud I got goosebumps up my back as I listened from down the hall. Suddenly there was a loud crash. Nails had knocked Vince over his chair choking him violently until Lanza, Slaughter and a swarm of agents teamed up to pull him off. Nails walked out and immediately called the police and accused Vince of making a sexual advance toward him. Vince was charged with sexual assault but the charges were dropped soon after. Some of the boys actually admired Nails for snatching Vince while covering his tracks to not get charged himself. The last thing Vince wanted was another scandal. That's crazy so he's choking this nigga they get him off him from choking Vince McMahon so to cover his tracks he calls the police to tell them hey this nigga Vince sexually assaulted me even though he was choking this nigga out. That's crazy fucking crazy. Brock Lesnar for the rest of the day for main event was met with widespread criticism from fans and critics alike. The main event saw Brock Lesnar collide with Roman Reigns for the universal title and there was no demand to see the match up especially in the main event slot of the biggest show of the year. Due to fan resentment towards the match the live crowd turned on both men as they booed and chanted for other wrestlers that weren't even in the match. Lesnar was absolutely livid with the response to the match up but when he got backstage he was titled directly at Vince McMahon and was reported that a full blown argument between the two took place. Whilst the argument was said to be intense the two eventually made amends and the two have managed to maintain a strong relationship over the past five years. And number one the Undertaker has no greater bond in per wrestling than the bond between the Undertaker and Vince McMahon. The two see each other as family and it came as no surprise when McMahon inducted the Deadman into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022. A friendship aside the two have butted heads in the past most notably in 1997 when the Deadman felt utterly betrayed by McMahon. When the Montreal screw job went down the Deadman was bewildered. The Undertaker had a great relationship with Bret Hart and had no idea that McMahon planned on screwing Hart out of the title. The Undertaker wanted answers and he reportedly confronted McMahon and demanded to know what on earth McMahon was thinking. According to Hart during an interview with Sports Illustrated the Deadman was pounding on McMahon's door insisting that McMahon explained himself to the locker room. I punched out Vince McMahon in the locker room but the only reason Vince was in the locker room was because the Undertaker pounded on Vince's door after the screw job. He said get your ass down into that dressing room and explain yourself. And Vince wouldn't have listened to anybody else. I wrote taker a letter when I left. Hart said you have to be the voice of the dressing room and the leader now that I'm calling it. And that's what he was. If there's anybody in the Undertaker was truly a locker room leader bro. Truly a locker room leader that was all about making sure the business get done correctly. And he had no qualms of charging up Vince himself when he felt like what went down with Bret was not cool. That's what you call respect and guess what that's what Vince had to listen even though that's his employee we all everybody knows the Undertaker you know Mark his his his what he was building even at that time they knew he was he was cut from a different cloth and Vince respected him and a lot of people in that locker room respected him so hey man if there's anybody that's gonna check Vince it's gonna be Mark Calloway or aka the Undertaker man comment down below let me know man some other videos you guys want me to check out appreciate all the love and support you guys have shown on the channel roll 250k and I'm still gonna speak to you to the rest of the world appreciate y'all kicking you with me see y'all next one peace