On how he was concerned about her having to see Triple H and Stephanie together at work if she did re-sign:
“And to be honest with you, I was very leery of trying to retain her services under the present atmosphere. In other words, how is it gonna be for her to come to work every week and see Hunter and Stephanie together?
Because Joanie was very emotional, very sensitive believe it or not, very sensitive, and I used to tell somebody, before she passed away, I said when she would come to my office, she would get on these crying things, God bless her.”
On how Vince McMahon didn’t interfere in JR’s negotiations with Chyna:
“So even though I wanted to re-sign her, I didn’t get any pressure from Vince, he said, ‘What do you think you’re gonna do with her?’ And he kind of left it up to me. And I said, ‘Well, I’m gonna try to retain her services, we got a lot of money and time in her, so why wouldn’t we try to retain her.’
He said, ‘Do what you want to do.’ He never interfered in Hunter and Stephanie’s defense, I’ll say that for Vince, it was all business. I said, ‘Vince, if I can’t get a decent number, we may have to pass on it.’ He said, ‘Well, that’s your call.’ So, I couldn’t give her a million dollars a year. Could she have earned over a million dollars a year? She probably did a couple of times, if I remember correctly. But that guarantee is just too big.”
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