5 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon helped in real life

#4 Madusa

Vince McMahon has made a bunch of rivals during his stint as the WWE Chairman. With some, he settled differences and welcomed them back to WWE with open arms. Former Women's Champion Alundra Blayze aka Madusa is one such Superstar. She revealed a few years ago how she was living on the streets before making it to WWE. Madusa added that Vince asked her if he could help her in any way, and she requested him to pay off her debt which was $80,000. Vince ended up paying off her full debt.

“I lived in my car. My car got repossessed and I was on the streets. People don't know that I've lived on the streets for awhile and I rose above that and I got a call. And so when I finally got my contract, I was going into WWE, he says, 'is there anything I can do for you?' Anything this or that? And I said, 'yeah, you can pay off my IRS bill!'And he goes, 'how much do you owe?' I said, 'I paid everything off. I could have filed for bankruptcy, but I never did, sir.' He said, 'alright.' The next day, he sent a check and paid my IRS bill. He was amazing.”

Madusa went on to take the WWE Women's title with her to WCW and trashed it on an episode of Nitro. This led to WWE blacklisting her for years on end. She was later welcomed back to the company and inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015.

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