“He Didn’t Have the Opportunity”: WWE Legend, Close to Vince McMahon, Shares the Billionaire’s Only Known Regret

During his time as the owner of WWE, Vince McMahon, shared a close bond with some of his employees. This includes wrestlers like The Undertaker, Ric Flair, and Brock Lesnar, among others. One of McMahon’s closest allies and longest tenured employees, once revealed that McMahon regretted the way his friendship with a WWE legend ended.

McMahon created a lot of stars when he was in charge of WWE. He also formed a close association with some of these stars over the years

One such individual was the WWE legend, Andre the Giant. Andre was already a big name in pro wrestling when he signed for McMahon’s WWE in 1984. Over the years, McMahon turned the 7’4” pro-wrestler into a global name, and the two forged a close friendship.

However, WWE legend, Bruce Prichard, said that the duo had a fall out in 1992, which ended their friendship.

Vince McMahon regretted falling out with Andre

Bruce Prichard on his ‘Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard’ podcast, revealed that following the death of Andre the Giant, Vince McMahon regretted not making up and bidding goodbye to his close friend.

Prichard talked about how hard did Andre’s death hit Vince, saying, “Vince took it hard. Vince and Andre were the same age and had birthdays that were fairly close together.

He continued, “Vince considered Andre one of his best friends and really hated the falling out that they had. I think there was a little bit of regret that hadn’t been completely rectified and he didn’t have the opportunity to say goodbye to his friend.”

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The story goes that after Vince McMahon signed Andre to a WWE deal; it prevented him from appearing for any other wrestling promotion. Whereas, before, the giant used to wrestle all over the world without being bound in any such contract.

However, McMahon wanted the biggest stars to appear only for his promotion and made them sign exclusive deals. He did, though, allow Andre to appear for New Japan Pro Wrestling.

But their friendship soured after the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ appeared for WCW in 1992, appearing for their 20th anniversary show. A year later, the 500lb wrestler passed away, because of the congestive heart failure.

WWE continues to honor the legacy of Andre. They named him as the first ever inductee into their Hall of Fame, posthumously, in 1993. The company has also held the ‘Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal’ every year since WrestleMania 30 in his memory.

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