Vince McMahon afasta 'The Wrestler" e é criticado

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Vince McMahon teve recentemente a oportunidade de ver o filme "The Wrestler" e não ficou nada satisfeito. Vince aproveitou então o facto de poder vetar "publicidade relacionada com wrestling" na MyNetworkTV (estação gerida pela FOX que transmite o Smackdown nos EUA) para impedir que fossem transmitidos quaisquer anúncios do filme no canal durante as horas de transmissão do Smackdown, afastando assim a promoção do "The Wrestler" ao seu público alvo.

Quando soube disso, o escritor / director do filme, Richard O'Sullivan, atacou duramente Vince:

"Vince McMahon is a wrestling promoter. His wrestling company, which his father left to him, is the only thing that's ever been successful for him. His boxing events failed. His restaurant failed. Evel Knievel jumping the Snake River Canyon failed. He bought the Debbie Reynolds Hotel…that failed. He started a football league and a bodybuilding league and he's made a bunch of movies, which get horrible reviews and don't turn a profit. The only one of his guys who actually did turn into an a-list star was Dwayne Johnson and that was only after he broke away from Vince, got out of ‘the wrestling vacuum,' and took control of his own career. So I can see how Vince would be really pissed that a movie about ‘his' industry - which thematically is out of step with his vision of the business - is getting great reviews and winning awards."

Recentemente, Aronofsky disse também:

"There's really no reason why these guys are not in SAG, they're in front of a camera performing and doing stunts, and they should have that protection. They should have health insurance and they should be protected. When I won the Golden Lion, I dedicated the film to all the wrestlers; I kind of shared their stories. They're a unique lot. They're not organized, they have no pension, no health care, so many of them are tragically dying at a young age. I was talking to Mickey, ‘Why aren't wrestlers in SAG?' If you really think about it, the Screen Actors Guild should organize them…they're performing in front of a camera, and stuntmen are SAG."

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É irónico. O Vince não gosta do filme mas claramente inspirou-se nele para fazer a rivalidade Shawn Michaels vs JBL!