In a recent interview with Flagrant, former MMA fighter Chael Sonnen made controversial allegations regarding Vince McMahon, implying that he engaged in inappropriate behavior with male WWE wrestlers.
Earlier this year, McMahon stepped down from his position at WWE in the wake of allegations involving sex trafficking, assault, and other serious accusations, all of which he has denied.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On things he has heard about McMahon: “I never met Vince, and I know 11 people that he slept with eight of them women, all consenting adults, so which is the implication to [the others being men]. I was talking trash but I wasn’t joking on ‘The Jim Rome Show.’ Anyway, I mean, when Vince got me-too’d out of the business I did think it was a surprise. But as good as he is, I would not completely count that he couldn’t come back. But when the men start coming out, it will be a different story.”
On McMahon allegedly making overtures to male wrestlers: “He would hold their careers over him, just like he would the women. It was the same thing. You get paid more, you get pushed more. This is not a secret in the industry. Like, I’m not talking trash. This was very well known. But, I mean, Shawn Michaels, like guys that you would know there was … [when asked if McMahon and Michaels slept together, he replied] or whatever it is that they [were doing].”
On the rumors not being kept secret: “There is a lot of homosexuals that Vince came across but there was also straight guys that just wanted a push in the business, where it, like, turned into prostitution. That was very well known … And not just Vince, Pat Patterson, and some other executives [did too]. Everybody would know, ‘[McMahon would think] This girl turned me down, she’s pulled off TV’.”
On why he thinks the rumors are true: “Vince spoke about this [his homosexual experience] a number of times and people have always thought that he was joking. He was never trying to joke. He was just telling the story.”
