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Vince McMahon
Born (1945-08-25) August 25, 1945 (age 79)
Pinehurst, North Carolina
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Vince McMahon
Mr. McMahon
Vincent Kennedy McMahon
Billed fromGreenwich, Connecticut

Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 25, 1945) 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). He primarily appears on the Raw brand, but also appears on ECW and SmackDown!.

Professional career

World Wide Wrestling Federation (1971-1979)

Early in his wrestling career, Vince was the in-ring announcer and then later, became the play-by-play announcer for television matches after he replaced Ray Morgan in 1971; a role he regularly maintained until November 1997.

Throughout the 1970's, McMahon became the prominent force in his father's company, and pushing for the renaming of the company to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The young McMahon was also behind the famous Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki match of 1976, the year that his daughter Stephanie McMahon was born. He has admited to having sex with Stephanie. He has put her in an angle with incest to please his old, sick, dirty mind

Feuds with non-wrestlers

McMahon vs. Bischoff

Vince McMahon began a feud with Eric Bischoff in late 2005, when he decided that Bischoff wasn't doing a good job as General Manager of RAW. He started "The Trial of Eric Bischoff" where McMahon served as the judge. Bischoff ended up losing the trial, and Vince "fired" him, and put him in a garbage truck and it drove away. Bischoff stayed gone for months. Almost a year later on RAW in late 2006, Bischoff was brought out by Vince McMahon's executive assistant Jonathan Coachman so that he could announce the completion of his book "Controversy Creates Ca$h." Bischoff began blasting remarks at McMahon, saying that he was fired "unceremoniously" as the RAW General Manager, that there would be no Mr. McMahon if it wasn't for Bischoff's over-the-top rebellious ideas, and that D-Generation X was nothing but a rip off of the nWo. Bischoff returned again in March 2007 to tell Vince his thoughts on Vince's WrestleMania 23 match, telling Vince he can't wait to see him get his head shaved bald.

McMahon vs. Trump

In early 2007, McMahon started a feud with real-estate tycoon Donald Trump, which was featured on major media outlets. Originally Trump wanted to fight McMahon himself but they came to a deal. Trump would pick a representative, and McMahon would pick a representative who would fight at WrestleMania 23 with Stone Cold Steve Austin serving as the Special Guest Referee. The man whose representative lost the match would have his head shaved bald. After the contract signing on RAW, Donald Trump pushed McMahon over the table in the ring onto his head after McMahon provoked Trump with several finger pokes to the shoulders. Later at a press conference, McMahon during a photo opportunity, offered a shake of hands to Trump but retracted his hand as Trump put out his. McMahon went on to fiddle with Trump's tie and flick Trump's nose. This angered Trump as he then slapped McMahon across the face. McMahon was then restrained from retaliating by Trump's bodyguards and Bobby Lashley. At WrestleMania 23, McMahon's representative (Umaga) lost the match with Stone Cold's help, and as a result, McMahon's hair was shaved off by Trump and Lashley, with Austin restraining the him. Later Austin gave Trump a Stone Cold Stunner.

Controversy

On February 1, 2006, McMahon was accused of sexual harassment by a worker at a Boca Raton tanning bar . The worker said that he "groped her and harassed her". At first, the charge appeared to be discredited because McMahon was in Miami for the Royal Rumble at the time in question; it was soon clarified that the alleged incident was reported to police on the day of the Rumble, but actually took place the day before. On March 27, a Florida television station reported that no charges would be filed against McMahon as a result of the investigation.

McMahon has also come under fire for constantly placing himself into sexual angles with many WWE Divas, including Sable, Trish Stratus, Stacy Keibler, Dawn Marie, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson and Jackie Gayda. In 2002 1wrestling.com had reported that the WWE had begun adding no-harassment clauses to all the contracts for both male and female wrestlers in an attempt to protect the company and its employees from sexual harassment complaints. The claim has since been verified during Q&A sessions on the quarterly stock-holders conference calls.

McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment as a whole has been the center of controversy in the past, especially in the "Attitude Era" of what was the World Wrestling including D-Generation X for their sexual references, and Stone Cold Steve Austin for his trademark drinking of beer and flipping the middle finger.

On the McMahon DVD, Stephanie comments that she had to nix a potential incest angle. According to her, Vince was to reveal himself as the father of her baby; when she said no, he pushed for Shane to be the father, but she turned that idea down as well. She also nixed Vince's idea that her wedding to Triple H be aired live on PPV, and said that the only reason Vince ever hired Eric Bischoff was to be able to say that his longtime nemesis once worked for him.

Other media

In 2001, Vince McMahon was interviewed by Playboy and performed an interview with his son Shane McMahon for the second issue of Playboy Magazine in the year.

In March 2006 (at age sixty) McMahon was featured on the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine. In the months after its publication, it could be seen in McMahon's office during backstage segments. A large version of the cover was used as a weapon during McMahon's match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 22 and was defaced by D-Generation X upon their reunification during an episode of RAW.

McMahon DVD

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The McMahon DVD cover featuring a split personality of Vince and Mr. McMahon

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:

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.

Vince McMahon admitted in an interview with Playboy magazine he had affairs on his wife. He has a $12 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. His net worth is an estimated 1.1 billion dollars .He is also known to be a generous humanitarian. 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 WWE 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.

Wrestling facts

Championships and accomplishments

File:VinceWWFChamp.jpg
Vince as the WWE Champion

References

  1. WWE chief accused of groping Boca tanning salon worker
  2. McMahon situation to get more publicity
  3. Scoff If You Wish, But The WWF Is A Real Business

External links

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Third generation
Fourth generation
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