On the immediate heels (and babyfaces) of WrestleMania Weekend, the worlds of MMA and pro wrestling were shaken up by Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor Group officially buying out a majority stake in the WWE. Rumors about the buyout and merger plans went public a day before, hours ahead of Night 2 of the annual pay-per-view extravaganza, and the news was made official early Monday morning, with both Emanuel and Vince McMahon shining some light on the massive sports-entertainment deal in an interview. And as interesting and game-changing as it all is, for better or worse, I can’t help but be more entertained by everyone’s mirthful reactions to McMahon’s determination to pull off his new and unnaturally dark mustache.
While the former WWE CEO certainly attracted some responses after showing off his updated look during WrestleMania 39, Vince McMahon sparked a wave of new and endlessly hilarious reactions while speaking with CNBC’s Scott Wapner for a relatively rare TV interview. (Made all the more rare by his temporary absence from events during that much-discussed retirement phase.) Seemingly every roast was 100% on point, no matter how specific or vague, such as this multi-headed comment that works in references to a Hanna-Barbera villain, a Strawberry Shortcake villain, and a real-life politico’s TV fail.
