Jesse Ventura Explains Why Vince McMahon Was Successful

WWE Hall of Famer Jesse โ€œThe Bodyโ€ Ventura appeared on the Bill Simmons podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including why Vince McMahon was successful despite the reputation that the former WWE Chairman had.

Ventura said, โ€œVince was successful because as bad as he was, all the other promoters were worse. Iโ€™m serious. Vince was like the savior. I knew when I went to Vince that final time, I was gonna quit the business, this was it. Iโ€™m gonna do this last hoorah with Vince; if it fails, Iโ€™m done, if it succeeds, weโ€™ll take it to wherever it goes and fortunately, we succeeded. Vince actually did me a great favor along the way and thatโ€™s why I had loyalty to him, and Iโ€™ll just leave it at that.โ€

On what led to his WWE exit:

โ€œI was uncontrollable. Number one, I tried to unionize. Number two, I wouldnโ€™t allow them to market me without negotiating it. Thatโ€™s what ultimately got me thrown out of the WWF/WWE.โ€

On why he left WCW:

โ€œEric Bischoff then got the head job in WCW, and then behind my back, he went out and got Hogan โ€ฆ they gave Hogan total artistic control. He came in [and] got me immediately fired.โ€

You can check out the complete podcast below.