When the names of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, Junkyard Dog, the Fabulous Freebirds, the Von Erich dynasty, and Jerry “The King” Lawler are mentioned, some might immediately label them as fan favorite “rasslers” from the South, who once worked for the previous Chairman and CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon. And while some consider that southern born or popularized wrestlers in that region weren’t treated as equally as their counterparts from the North by McMahon, “Double J” Jeff Jarrett disagrees entirely.
“I do not personally consider Vince, like, gave two strikes against you when you were southern,” the previous six-time WWE Intercontinental Champion said on his “My World” podcast. “I just don’t…And while you have a look at every little thing to go together with it, I mean, you may’t say Hulk [Hogan], the largest box office attraction he ever had, he’s actually not a Latest York City slicker. I’m not going to say he’s a southern guy, but he’s Tampa…I just don’t ever have a look at Vince as having that crazy sort of bias. I never did.”
Several of the names listed above went on to grow to be focal icons for the corporate, even winning the grandest championships conceivable. Despite the turbulent flaws McMahon had that eventually cost him his profession, irrespective of where a wrestler got here from, in the event that they had the “It” factor, McMahon was the primary to leap in head first to capture and hone their talent into unbeatable heights.
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