He’s still in the ring.
Vince McMahon’s sex trafficking scandal may have ended his career — but it doesn’t seem to have affected his standing in the wrestling world much.
Page Six hears that the longtime WWE boss threw himself a lavish 80th birthday party last week, with bashes at Midtown’s opulent Baccarat Hotel and Gotham Hall — and, in spite of the ongoing FBI investigation into his alleged head-spinning conduct, wrestling greats including John Cena and The Undertaker turned out to fête him.
McMahon resigned last year from the professional wrestling empire that he crafted after the Wall Street Journal reported that the feds had launched an investigation into claims that the wrestling impresario had forced an employee, Janel Grant, to, among other things, have threesomes with McMahon and another WWE colleague. McMahon has strenuously denied the allegations.
The weekend’s festivities seem to be something of a show of support for the deposed boss.
Alongside legends Cena and The Undertaker, also there to celebrate McMahon’s milestone birthday were The Undertaker’s wife and fellow wrestling great, Michelle McCool, ’90s favorite Sgt. Slaughter, squared circle great Kane and McMahon’s son and fellow WWE exec Shane.
We’re told Kid Rock also appeared at the Gotham Hall leg of the festivities.
Cena has publicly defended McMahon, telling the New York Times, “I don’t care who hears it: I love Vince.”
“I’m not downplaying anything that needs to be decided or allegations of any kind, but when I love somebody, I love them wholeheartedly,” the WWE champion turned actor continued. “I know people are going to be angry about that, but they can’t put their value on my relationship with somebody I love.”
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