WWE’s Titus O’Neil has no drawback expressing his gratitude for Vince McMahon following the discharge of Netflix’s docu collection concerning the scandal-ridden former CEO.
O’Neil — who now works as a world ambassador for WWE after a prolonged in-ring profession with the corporate — just lately began watching Netflix’s six-part collection Mr. McMahon, which premiered September 25 and particulars the legacy of McMahon, 79, who’s at present below a federal probe following allegations of intercourse trafficking and sexual assault by a former worker.
“On the finish of the day, what he constructed can’t be erased,” O’Neil, 47, completely instructed Us Weekly Saturday, September 28, on the 2024 HollyRod Basis DesignCares Gala in Los Angeles. “It’s unhappy that the scenario got here to what it got here to, however I don’t have any unhealthy phrases for Vince.”
O’Neil added, “It’s very attention-grabbing to listen to totally different views on issues, however on the finish of the day, I’ll ceaselessly be pleased about what Vince McMahon constructed, the platform that he constructed for thus many individuals. He’s human, similar to anybody else.”
McMahon, in the meantime, has denied the allegations, although he stepped down from his place with the corporate the day after the lawsuit was filed.
“Do I condone a few of the issues that I’ve learn? No,” O’Neil continued. “However I don’t know all of the insides and outs of what’s happening and what’s not happening. All I do know is that my life was modified as a result of I had a chance to turn out to be a WWE famous person. So many individuals’s lives have been modified as a result of that they had a chance to work for that firm.”
O’Neil, who retired from in-ring motion in 2021, mentioned his interactions with McMahon have “at all times been skilled.”
“Have we had our variations of opinion on sure issues? Completely,” O’Neil, who’s father to sons TJ and Titus and daughter Leah, added. “However on the finish of the day, he basically helped me change my life. My youngsters are in faculty due to the chance that I’ve with WWE. They went to non-public faculty. All three of my youngsters are in faculty on a scholarship doing nicely. I’ve been in a position to present a fantastic life for my household. I’ve been in a position to present a fantastic life for the folks locally.”
O’Neil mentioned he started watching Mr. McMahon with a “very open thoughts” and argued that a lot of the narrative — which includes a narrative about McMahon drafting a storyline the place he would impregnate real-life daughter Stephanie McMahon, amongst different sordid tales — occurred earlier than he signed with WWE’s developmental model in 2009.
“I wasn’t there within the ‘90s, I wasn’t there within the ‘80s,” O’Neil urged. “I wasn’t there within the early 2000s. I simply know I used to be there from 2009 to the current. I’m grateful for the folks in that locker room.”
All six episodes of Mr. McMahon can be found to stream now on Netflix.
– Reporting by Mike Vulpo