Why Vince McMahon Has Softened On Older Wrestlers

It happens to everyone. Vince McMahon has long since been the most powerful person in all of wrestling and that is not likely to change anytime soon. He has dominated the wrestling world for the better part of four decades and is probably going to be doing so until he is gone. That is a long time to be on top and a lot of things have changed during that time. One might be his perception, which is rather interesting.

One of the changes that has taken place over the last few years has been the usage of some older wrestlers. For a good while, WWE was not wild on having people in their forties and fifties wrestling in high profile matches for the most part, but some of the circumstances have changed a little bit. You see this taking place more and more now, and there may be a McMahon reason for that.

According to Wrestling Observer Radio, the change may be due to McMahon getting older. Now that he is in his mid 70s, a wrestler being in their 40s does not seem as old to him. McMahon had previously tried to move Hulk Hogan out of the top of the card when Hogan was in his late 30s due to worries about his age, but Randy Orton, at 40 years old, won the WWE Championship last month at Hell In A Cell.

He’s the boss. Check out what McMahon can do in his older age:

Opinion: I’m not sure what to think of this but it isn’t the best way to deal with the fact that the WWE roster is leaning a lot older in some places. NXT is providing some new wrestlers, but at the same time, you can only get so far in the short amount of time. This isn’t the worst thing though, as there are some very talented wrestlers who have been around for quite a long time now. I’m not sure what this is going to mean long term, but it is certainly a change of pace.

What do you think of the move? Who should be the company’s focal point? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. Thank you for reading!