Question of the Week: Who has grabbed Vince's brass ring?

**NoJabbaNoBogRoll** · 12-05-2014, 10:00 PM

I think there's some confusion over the definition of brass ring.

As far as I'm concerned, it means using the fullest of your abilities in your quest to attain the highest possible goal. Having it snatched away does not mean it was not grabbed.

It does not mean "was allowed to become the guy".

**Maluco** · 12-06-2014, 07:21 AM

But surely the fact that "noone has done it since Cena", in McMahon's own words, means that the person became a top guy, if not the top guy.

In his eyes, that obviously means take all the initiative and force them to make you the top guy. We can disagree, but he obviously sees people like Austin and Cena as having worked on their own to make it impossible for the company to not make them top guys. Hence, grabbing the ring, with their own hands, not having it handed to them.

It is hard to know why so many others have not been "met in the middle" through this arrangement, but McMahon obviously, and frustratingly, sees them as having failed in some way.

12-05-2014, 10:00 PM	#1
NoJabbaNoBogRoll Alive Posts: 13,683	I think there's some confusion over the definition of brass ring. As far as I'm concerned, it means using the fullest of your abilities in your quest to attain the highest possible goal. Having it snatched away does not mean it was not grabbed. It does not mean "was allowed to become the guy".

12-06-2014, 07:21 AM	#2
Maluco Reigning Tipsters Champ! Posts: 2,088	But surely the fact that "noone has done it since Cena", in McMahon's own words, means that the person became a top guy, if not the top guy. In his eyes, that obviously means take all the initiative and force them to make you the top guy. We can disagree, but he obviously sees people like Austin and Cena as having worked on their own to make it impossible for the company to not make them top guys. Hence, grabbing the ring, with their own hands, not having it handed to them. It is hard to know why so many others have not been "met in the middle" through this arrangement, but McMahon obviously, and frustratingly, sees them as having failed in some way.