3 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon expected to fail and 3 he tipped to succeed

#2 Vince McMahon expected Samoa Joe to fail

WWE director Bruce Prichard once revealed on his Something to Wrestle With podcast that Vince McMahon did not want to sign Samoa Joe because he thought he was “a fat Samoan” who looked out of shape.

In 2019, Joe all but confirmed that Prichard’s statement was correct when he said in an interview with Fightful that Vince McMahon “vehemently opposed” him joining his company.

“Vince vehemently opposed me being in WWE. He didn’t know me, wasn’t familiar with me, but now we have a great relationship and everything is working fine.”

Another example of Vince McMahon not seeing anything in Joe came in 2018 when the former IMPACT Wrestling star said in a ‘WWE Chronicle’ episode that Triple H even doubted whether Vince McMahon would ever call him up from NXT.

"[Triple H said] 'I don’t think Vince is looking to put a late thirty-something, you know, looking to promote him up to the main roster.' That was said within the first few sentences of us meeting."

As Joe said, everything worked out in the end and he now has a great relationship with Vince McMahon.