Former WWE star says Vince McMahon “had a thing for putting people in positions that made them feel uncomfortable”
While speaking on his podcast, former WWE star Matt Hardy commented on Vince McMahon’s treatment of performers such as Jim Ross…
“I mean, I felt like Vince had a thing. Vince had a thing for putting people in positions that made them feel uncomfortable, and he kind of got off on that, in all honesty. That was like one of his things. And I felt like he did that with JR quite a bit. That became a regular, common thing there.
There were certain people I felt like, if you ever showed signs of weakness or said, ‘No, I don’t want to do that,’ or if you were outright uncomfortable with it, then he would push it even harder. I know there are some people that did get that.
I feel like anytime he put us in positions where—and I feel like sometimes he said—’if you don’t go into areas or positions where you feel uncomfortable, you will never grow.’ And in some ways, that is true. But in some ways too, I think he was abusive with it as well.
And JR probably was one of the guys he was more abusive with in many, many ways. There was this real weird rivalry between them in some ways.”