Biography Of Vincent K McMahon

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Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina) is an American professional wrestling promoter, on-screen personality, and occasional play-by-play announcer. In terms of kayfabe, as a commentator and in his babyface role, he is known as Vince McMahon. As a heel, he is known as Mr. McMahon.

He is currently the chairman and majority owner of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). According to kayfabe, he is also a former WWE Champion, and is currently serving as the interim General Manager of Monday Night RAW.



Early life and career
Vincent Kennedy McMahon attended Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia, where he became the first cadet in the school's history to be court-martialed. He was not convicted, however. He graduated from East Carolina University in 1968 with a degree in Business Administration/Marketing. He had married Linda Edwards (also an ECU graduate), three years into his junior year, in 1966. His first child, Shane Brandon McMahon, was born in 1970.

Vince was actually raised as Vinnie Lupton. His mother, Victoria 'Vicki' Lupton, remarried after her first marriage to famed wrestling promoter Vincent J. McMahon failed during World War II. Vince also has a slightly older brother, Rodney McMahon, who is understood to work in the steel industry in Texas.

Vince didn't meet his biological father, Vincent J. McMahon until he was 12. Living in a trailer park in North Carolina, he had only known a string of abusive stepfathers until his mother revealed that his father was Vincent J McMahon. McMahon's company, the WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation), and its parent company the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, had dominated pro wrestling in the Northeastern United States during the mid-20th century, when it was divided into strictly regional enterprises.

Vince Jr. and Sr. quickly grew close over the subsequent years, and Vince Jr. was fascinated by the pro wrestling business. He became involved in it himself after a ring announcer left abruptly over money and his father needed a quick replacement, but his father wasn't pleased by his son's eagerness to be in the business, since he knew how difficult it could be. Vince Jr wanted to wrestle but his father was strongly against the idea of his son wrestling.

The elder McMahon was willing to give his son, then a struggling traveling salesman, a shot, however, in Bangor, Maine. In 1971 he promoted his first wrestling card there. In 1972, in addition to promoting, McMahon provided play-by-play TV commentary for the WWWF, but promotion was his real interest.

Throughout the 1970s, McMahon became a prominent force in his father's company, tripling the WWWF's TV syndication 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 his daughter, the now Stephanie McMahon-Levesque was born. In 1979, the WWWF became the WWF and Vincent K. purchased the Cape Cod Coliseum, which held both hockey and wrestling events. In 1980, he incorporated Titan Sports, Inc., which would purchase the Capitol Wrestling Corporation from his father in 1982.

Against his father's express wishes, McMahon began a national expansion process that would fundamentally change the business. By 1983, Vince had full control and ownership of the WWF and its future direction, having bought out all of his father's former partners, including the legendary Gorilla Monsoon (as part of the deal, Vince promised Monsoon lifetime employment, and Monsoon did in fact remain affiliated with the WWF until his death). Vince's father died in 1984, leaving his son behind to carry on his pro wrestling legacy. The first thing he did as full owner of the WWF was to break away from the National Wrestling Alliance, as his vision of a new, national wrestling promotion was incompatible with their old-school promoting philosophy.

In Rocky III, Hulk Hogan began to expand on his new-found celebrity, and returned to Vince McMahon's all-new WWF. Hogan won the WWF Championship on January 23, 1984—just weeks after his return—and helped engineer Hogan's emmersion into the mainstream entertainment media, in which Hogan was portrayed as the ultimate all-American good guy. McMahon did not stop there, however, inviting rock and pop stars such as Alice Cooper and Cyndi Lauper to participate in WWF storylines in what would come to be called the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection." The popularity of the WWF increased exponentially as MTV often featured wrestling in its programming to follow the exploits of music stars and other celebrities in the wrestling world. McMahon called the incorporation of pro wrestling among other types of entertainment such as music and movies Sports Entertainment. Hogan even co-hosted Saturday Night Live and had his own CBS cartoon series. With Hulk Hogan as the performer, and McMahon as the promoter, the two worked to take the pro wrestling business to places no one ever deemed imaginable.

Around the same time, McMahon publicly admitted the secret behind kayfabe in pro wrestling: that its outcomes were predetermined, moves planned and rehearsed, and that wrestlers played character roles much like Hollywood actors do. While general knowledge to most wrestling fans, this admission broke the final taboo of the old ways of wrestling, and earned McMahon much ire among old-school fans, wrestlers, and promoters, who were already incensed at McMahon for his invasion into long-held NWA territories. Then-NWA Champion Harley Race was very vocal of his frustrations toward McMahon and the WWF; when promoting a show in his hometown of Kansas City, Race supposedly attempted to burn down a WWF ring. Interestingly, Race jumped ship to the WWF just two years later, and became "King" Harley Race.

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The culmination of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection was the first-ever WrestleMania event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. While wrestling mega-events were not a new idea (the NWA's StarrCade had existed since November 1983), WrestleMania, held on March 31, 1985, was innovative in its inclusion of mainstream stars, including Mr. T, Cyndi Lauper, old pal Muhammad Ali, Billy Martin, Liberace, and the Radio City Rockettes. McMahon promoted the event across the country on closed-circuit TV (pay-per-view technology was not yet sufficiently developed), pouring all of his and his company's resources into what was widely seen in the business as a long shot.

The investment paid off, and the inaugural WrestleMania was a resounding financial success. The show became an annual event, held every March or April, with it already completing 21 incarnations. WrestleMania III on March 29, 1987 was the most popular, drawing a reported 93,173 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome and claiming to set a record for indoor attendance (the real figure was actually much lower than that, reported to be roughly 87,000, but McMahon, in an effort to "prove" to the general public how popular his brand of sports-entertainment was, wanted to do something memorable. Without asking for any proof of the feat, the media jumped on the WWF bandwagon and accepted the inflated 93,000 figure. The practice continues today in pro wrestling as most (if not all) federations routinely inflate their pay-per-view buys and attendance numbers, confident that no one cares enough to check the numbers for accuracy) in Pontiac, Michigan and many more viewers on PPV for the much-anticipated showdown between WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and challenger André the Giant. This is the famous match which saw Hogan body slam the 7'4", 520-pound Giant, and hand André a rare pinfall defeat.

Also in 1987, McMahon launched a second annual PPV extravaganza, known as the Survivor Series, held roughly every Thanksgiving. In August 1988, the SummerSlam series was launched, and then in January 1989 the Royal Rumble spectacular was added to the calendar, although it had its TV debut the year prior. Things stayed like this until 1993, when a fifth PPV, the now defunct King of the Ring launched. By 1995, the WWF was promoting 12 pay-per-view cards; one a month. The big five events stayed in their traditional places, while the other months played host to the In Your House shows, which were generally shorter and cheaper to view than the main five shows. In September 1997, the In Your House concept was amended to fill three hours as per the other five main cards, and it has roughly remained this way ever since with, McMahon now promoting one (or sometimes two) three-hour PPV cards each calendar month.

From 1988 to around 1992, the WWF firmly ruled when it came to "sports entertainment." McMahon ventured outside of wrestling and founded a bodybuilding company called the World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF). At roughly the same time, some die-hard NWA territories run by Jim Crockett, Jr., badly bruised by McMahon's tactics of attempting to undermine Crockett's shows by threatening PPV carriers of witholding his WrestleMania if they showed Crockett's shows, placing his shows directly opposite of Crockett's (a tactic that Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff would later employ on McMahon), and his garish comic book heroes, sold up to Ted Turner, thus creating WCW. WCW never really troubled the WWF at this juncture when it came to TV ratings or attendances, but it was generally accepted amongst many that WCW had the edge when it came to "real" pro wrestling.

However, around 1992, things began to change. The WBF went out of business as alleged steroid abuse among both McMahon's wrestlers and bodybuilders came under scrutiny. Hulk Hogan was nearing the end of his big run in the WWF at the time. The equally 'well-sculptured' Sid Justice vanished, and a comeback run for the 'chiseled' Ultimate Warrior was aborted that year after 7 months. Smaller, more technical wrestlers such as Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair were prime beneficiaries of this shift in focus, as were rather unorthodox stars such as the "sumo" wrestler Yokozuna. However, silly storylines and characters still abounded throughout 1993 in particular, with an expensive and failed attempt to turn Lex Luger into the next Hogan not helping matters. By 1994, things were slowly turning in WCW's favor, especially when they signed Hulk Hogan.

McMahon was put on trial in 1994, accused of distributing steroids to his wrestlers. As a legal move, his wife Linda was made CEO of the WWF during the trial. He was acquitted of all charges, but later admitted taking steroids himself in the 80s. The prosecution made Hulk Hogan its star witness, and his testimony in the trial severely damaged the two's friendship; even though Hogan's testimony defended McMahon. After Hogan's testimony, McMahon would go the media declaring that he wished Hogan had not lied about him on the witness stand. McMahon's rationale for stating such a comment was later revealed to be his attempt at villifying Hogan before he entered WCW. Despite not being convicted, McMahon and the WWF took a major public relations hit. The WWF's popularity sharply declined from that point, mainly in part to even more poor ideas and matches being served up in Vince's enforced absence.

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The Monday Night Wars and WWF Attitude
In 1997, the WWF and its flagship show on the USA Network, Monday Night RAW, were consistently losing the ratings war with WCW and its new show, WCW Monday Nitro, which premiered in September 1995. Despite the fans' loud yearning for less over-the-top gimmicks like "The Patriot" and "Doink the Clown", the returning McMahon resisted, and the WWF product was very event went down, and WWF fans witnessed McMahon – who to many was known more for being an announcer rather than the WWF owner, although despite being lesser known as owner of the WWF, no secret was made of it – "screw" Bret Hart out of the WWF Title "for real."

After the 1997 Survivor Series, McMahon inserted himself into the WWF show as an evil owner character, Mr. McMahon, who conspired and meddled in the affairs of other fan favorite wrestlers. He eventually led various heel stars in the 'Corporation' stable, which complimented the prolific Austin vs. McMahon feud which saw popular beer-guzzling, finger-waving, profanity-spewing anti-hero "Stone Cold" Steve Austin challenge McMahon's authority every week on Raw, and business really picked up.

In the spring of 1998, the WWF solidified itself as the wrestling ratings king and never looked back. After a complex storyline with The Undertaker in 1999 (as a super-monster heel who terrorized his daughter, Stephanie), McMahon turned face again since his debut in the WWF in the 80s, but quickly turned heel again when he revealed he was in cahoots with the Undertaker all along (so he could gain Stephanie's control of the WWF and thwart Austin); however, Linda foiled McMahon's scheme by naming Austin the new CEO of the WWF.

McMahon then made his third face run during a feud with Triple H. On the September 16, 1999 edition of SmackDown!, McMahon defeated Triple H to become the WWF Champion with assistance from several people including his son Shane and Stone Cold Steve Austin. The feud with Triple H intensified that fall, upon Stephanie's engagement to Test; at the wedding, Triple H showed video footage of eloping with an obviously-drugged Stephanie at a drive-through wedding chapel in Las Vegas. In December of that year, McMahon (as a babyface) established himself as a legitimate physical presence in a thirty minute 'No Holds Barred' match with Triple H at the Armageddon PPV. However, Stephanie turned heel when she betrayed her father at the end of the match, thus starting the McMahon-Helmsley Era storyline.

Mr. McMahon was both a face and a heel on WWF programming for the next several years, turning on The Rock at WrestleMania 2000, having to combat the WCW/ECW Alliance, and siding with Kurt Angle after the Alliance's demise. In 2003, Hulk Hogan, who had returned to WWE in 2002, and McMahon turned their real-life animosity over McMahon's steroid trial into fuel for a wrestling storyline, and the two had a street fight match at WrestleMania XIX. Before Wrestlemania, Vince McMahon attacked Hogan with a steel chair on Smackdown! busting him wide open and then he signed the contract. He would then go up to a bloody Hogan laying in the middle of the ring and stab him in the forehead with the pen, thus making him sign his name in his own blood. His last match was against Eric Bischoff on Monday Night RAW with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the Guest Referee. The Match ended in a no contest when Brock Lesnar of SmackDown! interfered in the match by giving Austin an F5. During that time it was a heel vs. heel match, since Vince still had a feud with Austin and questioned his skills as a referee.

Now 60 years old, Mr. McMahon no longer wrestles and makes far less frequent appearances on WWE TV. When he does appear, he generally receives face reactions and makes fan-pleasing storyline decisions, such as firing then-SmackDown! General Manager Kurt Angle in 2004, and antagonizing former rival turned RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff, who he fired on December 5, 2005. However, he has recently been starting a feud with Shawn Michaels, and taking the role of a heel.

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The new millennium and the birth of WWE
In 1999, McMahon took the WWF public; the McMahon family retained the vast majority of voting shares, however. Forbes has put his net worth at $700 million.

In 2001, his company created a joint venture with NBC for a new professional football league, the XFL. The league folded after one season and is widely regarded as a colossal failure.

Also in 2001, the North American wrestling landscape changed forever when McMahon purchased his then-failing rival, WCW. AOL Time Warner, then WCW's parent company, was looking to cut costs dramatically in the wake of its merger. WCW was an easy choice, since it was now losing millions of dollars a year after the departure of figurehead and nWo architect Eric Bischoff. ECW went bankrupt that same year, and McMahon purchased the rights to its video library and trademarks. This WCW, ECW, and WWF "merger" created the biggest and practically only major pro wrestling organization in North America. Since then, however, the WWF failed to hold onto WCW and ECW viewers as well as many of its own viewers, and the wrestling business is largely viewed to be in decline. In fairness, McMahon would be the first to point out that the company is still very profitable, making millions of dollars a year, and its brand recognition is strong.

Having saturated itself with its own talent as well as much of the former talent WCW and ECW, the WWF underwent a talent roster and brand split a year later, creating separate WWF RAW and WWF SmackDown! (a new WWF show broadcast on the United Paramount Network beginning in 1999) brand both with exclusive title belts.

In May 2002, McMahon changed the WWF's name to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in the midst of an ongoing lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund over the use of and trading using the WWF initials.


SmackDown!
Vince was involved in a storyline with his daughter Stephanie in which he had started to have a relationship with Rena Mero known as Sable, which led to Stephanie getting angry at her father. Vince made a first ever Daughter vs. Father match at No Mercy 2003. Linda McMahon also got involved the match so she was in Stephanie's corner while Sable was in Vince's corner. Vince later won the match when Linda threw in the towel on Steph's behalf after she was getting choked with a lead pipe. Vince then got into a storyline with The Undertaker which then led to a Buried Alive match at Survivor Series. Vince won the match thanks to an interference from Kane.

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New Era?
Most recently Vince launched a 'new era' after the episode of WWE Homecoming on October 3, 2005, where he made his fifth heel turn by showing highlights of his favorite moments of beating up Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin then made his appearance, told Vince he didn't like being made fun of and proceeded to show clips of some of their classic confrontations, all ending with Vince on the short end of things. Shortly thereafter, Austin stunned Vince. The other McMahons – Shane, Stephanie and Linda – each came to the ring, only for Austin to stun each of them.

The following week Vince attended RAW live to publicly reprimand RAW announcers Jim Ross, Jonathan Coachman and Jerry Lawler (because they did nothing to stop Austin's rampage a week earlier). The skit ended when McMahon's wife, Linda, turned heel and "fired" Ross.

Two weeks later Vince did a reenactment of JR's colon surgery which involved Vince pretending to be Dr. Heiney which involved him taking various items out of JR's butt until pulling out JR's head then shoved JR off the table and grabbed the nurse and made out with the nurse. During the segment, off camera, the crowd were not interested in the sketch and chanted "boring." When the sketch ended, Vince was visibly angry with the crowd's reaction and quickly bashed the town he was in before he left the ring.

The 'new era' consisted of the return of Austin, Stephanie, and himself. With the storylines based on the rebelliousness of Stone Cold Steve Austin and the egomaniac Vince McMahon - basically a throwback of the old main event storyline from the Attitude Era. However, this was generally well-received by the fans, who mostly prefer to see the return of Austin and the McMahons rather than the concept of the storyline being the same. However, Austin lost interest in the storyline and walked out on the company.

Somewhere within this time, Vince quickly turned face once again. On November 28, Vince said that Eric Bischoff had to set a goal and met it by the end of the night or he would look for a new General Manager of RAW. Bischoff said that nobody could do the job that he does and then Shane McMahon's music hit and he came down to the ring. Vince announced that unless Bischoff meet his goal Shane would most likely be the new General Manager. Bischoff's goal was that John Cena would tap out and lose his WWE Championship in a submission match against Kurt Angle and Chris Masters in a Triple Threat Match. Cena made Masters tap out to the STF-U and Bischoff did not meet his goal. Vince told Shane that next week it was time to take out the trash.

The following RAW, Vince held a trial for Eric Bischoff which had Johnathan Coachman representing Eric and it saw Mick Foley as the prosecuter. Vince turned out to be the more than slightly biased judge. Mick Foley brought in witnesses such as Maria, Stephanie McMahon, and Tajiri while Bischoff could not get one successful witness. From Vince's bias towards Eric and his and Coach's failing to get a single good witness, Eric was "fired." After Vince uttered his famous phrase, John Cena came out and FU'd Eric Bischoff followed by McMahon actually carrying Bischoff over to a garbage truck at ring side and throwing him in it thus "Taking out the Trash" as the show concluded. Bischoff's firing is believed to be kayfabe, although he has been removed from WWE's website and they gave their standard "Eric Bischoff and WWE have come to term on his release. We wish Eric Bischoff good luck in his future endeavors" statement. Currently, Vince McMahon acts as interim general manager of RAW.

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2006 feud with Shawn Michaels/Return to the ring
Vince's latest face run didn't last long as he made his latest heel turn by engaging in a feud with Shawn Michaels, rooting it in the Montreal Screwjob some eight years earlier. This is the first time Vince has started a feud with another wrestler since his latest brief feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin at Homecoming. When Michaels asked McMahon to let the infamous match go (since both he and Bret Hart had moved on from the incident), McMahon started making Michaels' life miserable, placing on-the-spot stipulations on his match that placed his career or participation in various main-event matches (such as the Elimination Chamber at New Year's Revolution; or the Royal Rumble) on the line. Michaels, however, foiled McMahon at every turn. On the January 23 RAW broadcast, McMahon – playing the part of The Devil – asked Michaels to help him turn back the clock 30 years and re-live the times when the then-WWF was about "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" and, after cajoling him into betraying his morals and family aside in exchange for glory, asked him what happened to his "wild side," pill-popping personality. Michaels flatly refused McMahon's offer. Taken aback, McMahon vowed that Michaels' luck would run out at the Royal Rumble.

McMahon made good on his threats during the Royal Rumble match. Not long after Michaels got on a roll and eliminated MNM and Shelton Benjamin, McMahon entered the ring area to taunt Michaels. A distracted Michaels was no match for Shane McMahon, who ran into the ring, attacked from behind and eliminated Michaels from the match. An irate Michaels - after re-entering the ring to attack Triple H - ran after Vince and Shane.

McMahon celebrated the success of his plan on the January 30 RAW, when Michaels confronted him in the ring. Michaels again declined to revert to his "WWF Attitude"-era persona, then challenged McMahon to a match. When McMahon refused, Michaels taunted him and asked if his "king sized grapefruits" had all shriveled up. McMahon then dared Michaels to hit him, noting that if he did, it would be "career suicide." Before Michaels could finish pondering whether to hit McMahon, Shane McMahon ran into the ring and struck Michaels with a chair; Shane then helped his father out of the ring.

On February 6, Michaels was scheduled to face The Big Show in the first round of an eight-man "Road to WrestleMania 22" elimination tournament, where the eventual winner faces the WWE Champion. However, McMahon immediately pulled Michaels from the match (replacing him with Shelton Benjamin) and announced that Michaels was going to be forced to retire. When Michaels stood his ground, McMahon said that a "retirement" ceremony was being planned for the February 16 RAW and that Michaels was going to attend, voluntarily or not. Michaels chased McMahon to the back.

During the "retirement" ceremony (aired February 13 in the U.K. and Canada and Feburary 16 in the United States), McMahon again played the role of The Devil, suggesting that Michaels had "something" he wanted: his inner peace. He then screamed at Michaels and demanded that he sign "the papers" to formalize his resignation. Michaels – who had repeatedly told McMahon he was not retiring – teased signing it, but then tore up the contract. McMahon slapped Michaels and left the ring. Michaels began chasing after him, but McMahon warned that he would regret not resigning voluntarily.

On the February 20, 2006 edition of RAW, McMahon made Michaels face the Spirit Squad in a four-on-one handicap match. After Shawn won the match by disqualification, the Squad attacked him, when out of nowhere, HBK's former partner, Marty Jannetty, ran in and helped him. McMahon later came out and announced that he would reinstate Jannetty (who had been legitimately released from WWE due to no showing in the summer of 2005) providing that he join the The "Mr. McMahon's Kiss My Ass Club".

On the February 27, 2006 edition of RAW, Mr. McMahon forced Jannetty to kiss his ass after "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters put Marty in the Masterlock. Shawn Michaels then came to the ring to make the save. However, he was attacked by Vince's son, Shane, eventually getting knocked out by a steel chair. An unconscious Michaels was then forced to kiss Mr. McMahon's ass. McMahon then anounced that he wolud be kicking Michaels's Ass at Wrestlmania 22. This will be McMahon's third Wrestlemania match and his first match since going against Eric Bishoff on Raw with Stone Cold Steve Austin as special guest referee. This will also be the first time Michaels and McMahon will wrestle each other at a pay per view event.

The following week on the March 6, 2006 edition of RAW, after Michaels was defeated in a match against Shane, Vince added insult to injury and faced HBK, pinning him in under ten seconds (only after Stephanie had been seen putting something into Michaels water bottle, drugging him earlier in the night)

On the March 13 edition of RAW, Vince and Shane then proceeded to try to test Shawn for drugs. Shawn went through then said, "it's better to get pissed off then pissed on!". He then dumped his cup of urine on Vince and Shane. Vince later booked Shawn in a steel cage match against the Spirit Squad.

Michaels is the third person McMahon tried to get rid of without firing in storylines. Others have been Hulk Hogan and then SmackDown! GM, Stephanie McMahon.

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List of Superstars Vince "fired"
In wrestling storylines, one of McMahon's more notable gimmicks is his ability to terminate whoever he feels from either a position or the company. This is a list of those he has "fired."

Kane (Kane was quickly rehired for that one night)
Mick Foley (as Commissioner, twice)
Paul Heyman (as an announcer for RAW)
Hulk Hogan (after it was proven that Hogan was indeed "Mr. America")
Kurt Angle (as SmackDown! General Manager and forced back as wrestler)
Eric Bischoff (since the RAW brand lost to SmackDown! at Survivor Series 2005, plus for failing to accomplish "his goals")
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin (numerous times)
Jim Ross (blamed for being Stone Cold's friend, representative of an off-screen decision to replace Ross; Joey Styles is the new replacement RAW play-by-play commentator)
Shawn Michaels (as Commissioner)
The Undertaker (though Linda McMahon signed him to a new contract just 10 months later)
Dude Love (for not being able to defeat Steve Austin at Over the Edge '98. However, Mankind came back later in the night.)


Mr. McMahon's Kiss My Ass Club
McMahon's other trademark gimmick is "Mr. McMahon's Kiss My Ass Club." It refers to those people who have literaly kissed Mr. McMahon's backside in order to either get or keep a job within the company. William Regal joined the club first, followed by Jim Ross, who was forced to join when Mr. McMahon spotted him laughing. The Undertaker came to Ross's rescue, but made his latest heel turn during that time by shoving JR's face into McMahon's ass. Shawn Michaels was likewise forced into the club; after getting knocked out with a steel chair, he was forced by McMahon's son, Shane, to kiss Mr. McMahon's ass. So far, Regal is the only member who has willingly joined.


Controversy

McMahon backstage at Survivor Series 2005.During a backstage promo for the Survivor Series 2005, McMahon called John Cena "my Nigga." Booker T happened to be close by while witnessing this incident. Soon after, Booker T responded by using one of his catchphrases "Tell me he didn't just say that." Additionally, many world-wide replays of that incident were swiftly edited out, however this incident didn't cause as much controversy as was predicted by many.

On February 1, 2006 McMahon was accused of sexual harassment by a worker at a Boca Raton tanning bar[1]. The worker said that he "groped her and harassed her." The charge was thought to have been discredited as McMahon was at the post-Royal Rumble company meeting in Miami during the alleged event. However, Dave Meltzer reported that confusion about the alleged day occurred due to a Florida newspaper reporting that the accuser stated the incident took place on Sunday when it in fact is reported to have taken place Saturday. Meltzer reported that, "The confusion is because the alleged victim told police the story on Sunday, but apparently not that it happened on Sunday." The Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that police reports say the reported incident took place Saturday (see [2]).

Boca Raton News then reported that Vince was seeking a divorce from his wife, Linda. However, this was proven false, as the journalist was merely quoting from Vince's online biography at WWE.com, while failing to differentiate storyline from factual information [3].


Personal life
McMahon married his high school sweetheart Linda Edwards on August 6, 1966. They have two children, Shane and Stephanie, both of whom are WWE executives. He also has a daughter-in-law, Marissa Mazzola, who is a WWE publicist; and a son-in-law, Triple H, who currently wrestles on RAW. McMahon and Linda divide their time between Greenwich, Connecticut, and Boca Raton, Florida, and are grandparents to Shane and Marissa's son, Declan James McMahon, who was born on February 13, 2004. He has two grandchildren on the way, Shane and Marissa's second child due April 3, 2006 (the day after WrestleMania 22) and Stephanie and Triple H are expecting their first child due late July 2006.

In politics, McMahon is known to be a financial contributor to the Republican Party, and he holds pro-capitalist and pro-military views, oftentimes producing matches of RAW and SmackDown! in Iraq to support the troops. Due to the content of his business however, it is a stretch to describe him as "conservative." McMahon also allowed Mick Foley to endorse John Kerry for President in 2004 through WWE programing.

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