Vince McMahon, the chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment, celebrated his 64th birthday in Las Vegas in front of WWE cameras. This makes sense, because McMahon is as much a character in the body-slamming soap opera as the Lyrca-wearing wrestlers, and his real and fictional lives merge in this arena. As part of the bday festivities, some rainbow-colored gals joined him in the ring, followed by two masked performers from Cirque du Soleil. And that’s when GLAAD’s alarm bells went off. According to McMahon, “those masks are really gay.” Gasp!
(Cue to 8:10)
Was the flippant comment upsetting? Sure. Was it to be expected? Yep. Is McMahon sorry about it? Doubtful. But really, thank goodness we have a stereotypically machismo enterprise trafficking in sadly predictable comments, because otherwise the WWE would just be a bunch of muscle queens groping each other in front of a paying audience. No homo.
Rick
This homo likes wrestling.
naprem
Lycra. Not Lyrca.
Twice. Seriously, you guys. It’s embarrassing.
vernonvanderbilt
@Rick: Seconded, though I don’t watch it as often as I used to. I prefer watching older matches on DVD for the most part.
jason
Vince “retard” McMahon is symptomatic of many “straight” guys in America. If they call something “gay”, it’s usually because they’re projecting their own same-sex feelings onto it.
Rick
Yeah this ain’t gay whatsoever….
[img]http://www.terceracaida.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/randy-orton.jpg[/img]
Neither is this:
[img]http://z.about.com/d/prowrestling/1/0/i/4/-/-/cena.jpg[/img]
And most definitely this is not in any way homosexual whatsoever either:
http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingGalleryImages2003/cena-orton-ontplace-aug04.jpg
ousslander
love me some randy orton or batista
vernonvanderbilt
@ousslander: You can have Batista, but I claimed Randy years ago. I’m willing to split Rhodes and DiBiase with you though.
Bob Lablah
@vernonvanderbilt: If you like old classic wrestlers such as Dick the Bruiser, the Crusher, Wild Bull Curry, Bruno Samartino and such go to youtube and just put int the name of who it is.
I watched ol’ Gorgeous George last weekend. The same goes for those old disco hits like Gino Soccio with Dancer.
God bless http://www.youtube.com and First Choice with Dr. Love.
vernonvanderbilt
@Bob Lablah: Mercy yes, youtube can be a godsend when trying to track down footage of some of the golden age performers. Gorgeous George in particular is a perennial favorite and was a huge influence on my own wrestling persona, back when I was actually semi-involved with a local fed.
WWE has been good about some of the late 70’s and 80’s stars on DVD releases, but they don’t dig much beyond that for the most part. I think the Dusty Rhodes DVD had some of the older matches I can recall on it, some early 70’s stuff. I’m only 29 myself, so the late 80’s/early 90’s is my nostalgic era. I’m still waiting for a damn Goldust DVD set. He was one of the greatest heels ever until they pussified him and made him the punchline to their increasingly unfunny joke.
But I digress…get me started on wrestling and I can talk for hours. It’s nice to see there are other homos out there who appreciate the artistry behind the entertainment. Usually I just get laughed at and asked if I’m straight.
NIZARA
get the photos of Vince Mcmahon’s wrestling shtick where he has the losers kiss his bare ass. That’s some Daddy worship !
xxox