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| Vince McMahon | |
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| Born | (1945-08-24) August 24, 1945 (age 79) Pinehurst, North Carolina |
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| Ring name(s) | Vince McMahon Mr. McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon |
Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina) is an American wrestling promoter, occasional professional wrestler, on-screen personality, former play-by-play announcer, and film producer.
He is the chairman of the board and majority shareholder of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) and also is currently the interim General Manager on the Raw brand.
Professional career
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McMahon DVD
On August 22 2006, a two-disc DVD set showcasing McMahon's career was released. The DVD is simply titled McMahon. The box art symbolizes the blurred reality between Vince McMahon the person and Mr. McMahon the character.
The DVD includes the following McMahon matches:
- vs. Steve Austin (RAW is WAR, April 13 1998, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- vs. Steve Austin – Steel cage match (St. Valentine's Day Massacre, February 14 1999, Memphis, Tennessee)
- with Shane McMahon vs. Steve Austin – Handicap ladder match (King of the Ring, June 27 1999, Greensboro, North Carolina)
- vs. Triple H – No Holds Barred match (Armageddon, December 12 1999, Sunrise, Florida)
- vs. Shane McMahon – Street Fight match (WrestleMania X-Seven, April 1 2001, Houston, Texas)
- vs. Ric Flair – Street Fight match (Royal Rumble, January 20 2002, Atlanta, Georgia)
- vs. Hulk Hogan – Street Fight match (WrestleMania XIX, March 30 2003, Seattle, Washington)
- vs. Stephanie McMahon – "I Quit" match (No Mercy, October 19 2003, Baltimore, Maryland)
- vs. The Undertaker – Buried Alive match (Survivor Series, November 16 2003, Dallas, Texas)
While much of the DVD paints McMahon in a good light (the chapter on the XFL gives the impression it was a daring idea and not a massive failure), several segments did point out some of his drawbacks. Greg Gagne accuses Vince of destroying his father Verne and the AWA, almost everyone besides Vince talks of how horrible the Katie Vick angle was, and many wrestlers discuss how stubborn Vince can be and how he refuses to listen to others. It also became apparent that some have been offended by McMahon claiming to be the leader of a religion called McMahonism.
Personal life
Vince married Linda McMahon on August 26 1966 in New Bern, North Carolina. The two met in church when Linda was 13 and Vince was 16. They were introduced by Vince's mother, Vicky Askew. They have two children: Stephanie and Shane, both of whom work for WWE.
He has a $12 million penthouse in New York City, a $40 million mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut, a $20 million vacation home in Boca Raton, Florida, and owns the $30 million WWE Challenger 604 private jet that is sometimes seen on television. He was worth approximately 1.7 billion dollars after his company went public in 1999. He was on the Forbes 400 in 2000 at 1.1 billion and by 2001 had dropped off at 700 million. As of 2007, his 56 million shares of WWE are valued at around 900 million dollars. He is no longer on Forbes list of billionaires.
Vince wanted to be a wrestler when he was young but his father wouldn't let him (he was told that promoters do not appear on the show and should stay apart from his wrestlers).
Vince has two grandsons : Shane and wife Marissa's sons, Declan James McMahon & Kenyon Jesse McMahon. He also has one granddaughter Aurora Rose Levesque, daughter to Stephanie and Paul "Triple H" Levesque
McMahon has undergone several severe injuries in recent years, including neck surgery in 1994, a motorcycle accident in 1999, and severe quadriceps tears in both legs while diving into the ring at the 2005 Royal Rumble. Vince sat down when he arrived in the ring and, remarkably, did not appear to be in any pain when the camera did a close-up of him.
Handshake contracts
McMahon was known at one time to work out verbal agreements with wrestlers ending with a handshake. Ric Flair stated in his autobiography that their agreement reached in 1991 called for Flair to make an uncertain salary of at least 2.4 million U.S. dollars and the understanding that Flair could leave the WWF if he ever felt that he was being pushed as anything less than a main eventer. McMahon abandoned this practice after WCW signed several stars away, such as Lex Luger, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, and now signs talent to standard wrestler contracts.
Championships and accomplishments
- 1999 Royal Rumble Winner
- 1-time WWF Champion
- Owner Of World Wrestling Entertainment (Current)
- Owner of the intellectual properties of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling
- 1997 Feud of the Year (vs. Eric Bischoff)
- 1998 Feud of the Year (vs. Steve Austin)
- 1999 Feud of the Year (vs. Steve Austin)
- 2001 Feud of the Year (vs. Shane McMahon)
- 2002 Feud of the Year (vs. Ric Flair)
- 2003 Feud of the Year (vs. Hulk Hogan)
- 2006 Match of the Year – vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania 22, April 2 2006)
- He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 1996)
- 1987 Best Booker
- 1988 Best Promoter
- 1998 Best Booker
- 1998 Best Promoter
- 1999 Best Booker
- 1999 Best Promoter
- 2000 Best Promoter
- 1998 Feud of the Year (vs. Steve Austin)
- 1999 Feud of the Year (vs. Steve Austin)
- 1999 Best Non-Wrestler
- 2000 Best Non-Wrestler
- Other Accomplishments
- Madison Square Garden Walk of Famer
- Sport's Illustrated 'Sportsman of the Year' 2006 Nominee
- Created WrestleMania
References
- Assael, Shaun and Mooneyham, Mike (2004). Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation. New York, New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 1-4000-5143-6.
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