5 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon had a complicated relationship with

#1 Vince McMahon had a complicated relationship with Bruno Sammartino

After Bruno Sammartino officially retired for the second time in 1987, he let it be known on various talk shows and radio stations that he did not like the direction that WWE was going in under Vince McMahon.

Sammartino, who previously worked for Vince McMahon Sr., held the WWE Championship (then known as the WWWF Championship) on two occasions between 1963-1971 and 1973-1977, making him the longest-reigning holder of the title in WWE history (4,040 days).

Following his return to WWE as a color commentator and occasional in-ring performer in 1984, Sammartino noticed that many of Vince McMahon’s Superstars were involved with drugs and steroids.

The Italian-American did not like the environment that Vince McMahon created – so much so that he refused to travel with his fellow Superstars in case any of them were caught with drugs in their possession.

Sammartino, who left the wrestling business in 1988, repeatedly refused to be inducted into Vince McMahon’s WWE Hall of Fame.

In 2013, the two-time WWE Champion finally accepted a WWE Hall of Fame induction after he was made aware of the positive changes that WWE had made, both on-screen and off-screen.

Although Triple H is the person who built bridges between Sammartino and WWE, Vince McMahon also reconciled with the 2013 WWE Hall of Famer.