Bye Bye Vince

If you missed the conclusion to Raw last night you missed yet another moment that will go down in Pro-Wrestling History.

The show started with Vince McMahon, accompanied by John Laurinaitis, announcing a Tournament to decide who it is that will be the new WWE Champion. He also touched on how there would be serious consequences for John Cena who did not take part the Tournament.

Throughout the night the tournament was the only matches that took place other than a pointless 7 on 7 Diva tag match, but let’s not talk about that.

It started with an “Injured” Miz vs. Alex Riley which Miz won, Truth then faced Jack Swagger, Truth was victorious, followed by Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio (kinder unneeded as Del Rio is Mr. Money in the Bank) which Kofi won and lastly Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler, Rey won. All those matches were pretty reasonable and nicely length matches.

In round 2 Kofi took on the Miz in a well-played out match where Miz stole the win, the other match being Rey vs. R-Truth in the best match of the night.

Rey won that match and waited in the ring for his opponent for the final round but received Vince McMahon instead; Vince apologised to Rey and said that he would have to postpone the match as there are more pressing issues.

Vince then began to speak about the fate of John Cena, and the way he was speaking it looked like that he was going to fire Cena.

Cena then came to the ring. Cena said about how Vince could create another John Cena or someone of his stature in time for Mania and things will go off without a hitch, he then moved on to say that this is what he does, and what he loves.

To quote Cena:

“I just need tell ya something, and I want this to sink in. I love the WWE and I truly believe I belong here. And man I hate saying this but if you’re about to tell me that I’m not welcome here, if you’re about to tell me that I have no other option, I love this, this is what I do, if you make we walk tonight then I will walk on someone else’s television show and keep doing this BROTHER!”

Strong words there and I think the first time the WWE has almost straight up acknowledged the opposing wrestling company, live on air, namely Hulk Hogan and TNA.

Vince then came to the point of firing Cena but right then the one and only Triple H made his way to the ring to the roar of the crowd suited and booted.

He spoke about a board of directors meeting that happened that morning. He spoke about how the board was concerned about Vince. There concerned about “Vince’s extremely questionable decisions.” Throughout what Triple H was telling Vince he was trying to get him to come to the back but Vince seemed to want to keep this public.

Triple H then moves on to say, “Vince, the board has asked me to come here, to tell you, that they have filed an injunction against you with a vote of no confidence. And Vince the family agrees.”

Emoticons started to rise between the two of them by this point, while the crowd could sense what was coming and were humming with excitement.

Triple H moved on to say, “on top of that, Vince, the board has appointed someone, to take over the day to day operations of the WWE.”

Tears started to well now, showing some superb acting and most probably real emotion between these long-time friends, rivals, and family members.

Triple H then said, “I can’t believe I’m even going to say this, but Vince it’s me.”

That’s right people Triple H is now in charge of the WWE, something we knew would happen one day, but I don’t think any of us predicted it would be so soon.

Triple H then moved on to make the CeNation crowd very happy by announcing that Vince was not going to fire Cena, and that he wasn’t going to do anything else.

To quote Triple H again, “you taught me from day one, that nobody is bigger than this business, nobody, and this is just business, can’t even believe I’m going to say this and believe Vince this with all due respect, I am here to inform you, that Vince you are relived of your duties.”

The Crowd was mixed but you could hear the cheers, Vince was in tears and I think it showed that this was very legit. The crowd started to chant, “Na na na na naa, hey hey hey, goodbye.”

Triple H then ended it off with, “I love you pop, and I’m sorry.”

He then dropped the mic and left the ring.

Vince stood in the ring a broken man, sad and teary eyed looking out to the crowd. The crowd did start to cheer, and chant “Thank you Vince.”

You clearly see Vince ask for the broadcast to end but he did have a mic in hand so there is a chance that the people in Green Bay got to hear Vince’s final words.

So what’s next? With Triple H in charge will we have an Evolution of the company? I just hope that Trips takes the company in good new directions, not to mention bringing in more amazing storylines like the ones we have been having of recent weeks.

Let’s also hope that Triple H will recognize the faults in the company and make the changes necessary to overcome them and make things better for the fans and the Superstars.

The future of WWE is unknown but hopefully big and bright, the next year will be an interesting one!

I just want to say I have faith in Triple H, and although Vince has made some silly, stupid and reckless decisions in the past, he did build the company that I have grown to love over the last 7 and a half years.

Thank you Vince, and farewell.

Matty.D signing off.