{"id":150868,"date":"2022-12-14T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=150868"},"modified":"2022-12-14T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:28:44","slug":"ric-flair-says-that-vince-mcmahon-is-entitled-to-do-what-he-wants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/12\/14\/ric-flair-says-that-vince-mcmahon-is-entitled-to-do-what-he-wants\/","title":{"rendered":"Ric Flair says that Vince McMahon is entitled to do what he wants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3728724662\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Ric Flair says that Vince McMahon is entitled to do what he wants, including making a return to WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Flair commented during his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adfreeshows.com\/\">To Be The Man podcast<\/a> on the news that Vince McMahon was looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/12\/13\/vince-mcmahon-reportedly-set-to-attempt-wwe-comeback\/\">make a comeback<\/a> to WWE after announcing his retirement in July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, you&#8217;re not gonna get a negative word out of me,&#8221; Flair said about McMahon. &#8220;I love Vince McMahon. I think he should be \u2014 he&#8217;s entitled to do whatever he wants, and I&#8217;m telling you, shame on the people that don&#8217;t think so. He built it. Nobody else built it. Nobody helped him. He fought every war.&#8221; (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/1138040\/ric-flair-believes-vince-mcmahon-is-entitled-to-wwe-return\/\">Wrestling Inc<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>McMahon retired amid allegations of sexual misconduct by multiple women and a WWE Board of Directors investigation in to hush money payments made by McMahon to employees of WWE with whom he allegedly had affairs with. A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/12\/13\/vince-mcmahon-faces-new-demands-from-sexual-abuse-accusers\/\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> article detailed new accusations and legal requests were made to McMahon including paying damages over $11 million.<\/p>\n<p>With McMahon out of WWE Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan took over as Co-CEO&#8217;s with Stephanie holding the Chairwoman title. Paul Levesque took over for McMahon as the Head of Creative for WWE and now holds the title of Chief Content Officer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/12\/14\/mandy-rose-reportedly-released-from-wwe\/\">Mandy Rose reportedly released from WWE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-827756821\"><div id=\"pwtor-3194220295\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ric Flair says that Vince McMahon is entitled to do what he wants, including making a return to WWE. 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