5 Superstars who Vince McMahon would not let wrestle for WWE again

#1 Vince McMahon would not let Andre the Giant wrestle for WWE again

Andre the Giant also worked for Vince McMahon Sr.

Like many of the Superstars in this article, Andre the Giant is among the most iconic names in WWE history. The former WWE Champion had a close relationship with Vince McMahon for many years before the two men fell out in the early 1990s.

Around that time, Vince McMahon came to the decision that Andre should stop performing as an in-ring competitor. The Frenchman struggled with various health issues and he could not compete at the same level as before.

Bruce Prichard said on his Something to Wrestle With podcast that Vince McMahon “loved” Andre and wanted to see him perform. However, it got to a point where the WWE Chairman did not want his Superstar to continue when he was clearly not at full health.

"I think it was time [for Andre to retire], and no one ever wants to admit it's time to hang them up. As bad a shape as Andre was in, there was still a part of him that wanted to perform.

"Vince, loving Andre, [and wanting] to keep the myth of Andre the Giant alive forever, didn't want to put Andre out there less than [100 percent] - we did that long enough to please Andre."

Regarding Vince McMahon’s fallout with Andre, Prichard said only those two know exactly why they stopped speaking to each other. He speculated that Andre was unhappy that Vince McMahon told him to stop performing, which is why he went on to work for the NWA.