Basic Information About Vince McMahon
Category | Athletes › Wrestlers |
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Professions | Wrestler, Professional Wrestling Promoter, Film Producer, Announcer, Sports commentator, Television producer, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter |
Net worth | $1,800,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1945-08-24 (79 years old) |
Place of birth | Pinehurst |
Nationality | United States of America |
Curiosities and Trademarks | Finishing move: The Corporate Elbow/MacElbow (Feint Leg Drop to Elbow Drop, his version of the People's Elbow) Finishing move: The MacStunner (his version of the Stone Cold Stunner) Trademark move: The MacWonder (Low Blow) Trademark: Return of the Mac (goes on hiatus; and dramatically, unexpectedly "resurfaces from the dead") |
Spouse | Linda McMahon - (6 August 1966 - present) (2 children) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Vince McMahon win?
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Golden Globe |
Golder Raspberry |
BAFTA |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vince McMahon roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Ruthless People | Wrestling Anouncer on TV (voice) (uncredited) |
Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) unknown episodes |
WWE Monday Night RAW | Director |
WWE Monday Night RAW | Writer |
WWE Monday Night RAW | Writer |
WWE Monday Night RAW | Writer |
WWE Monday Night RAW | Mr. McMahon / ... 647 episodes, 1993-2020 |
Celebrity Deathmatch | Vince McMahon 2 episodes, 1998-2000 |
WCW Monday Nitro | Mr. McMahon 1 episode, 2001 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest 1 episode, 1999 |
Vince McMahon's Quotes
- In this very ring.
- I got balls the size of grapefruits!
- You've got no chance. No chance in hell.
- Stone Cold [Steve Austin] doesn't have the the testicular fortitude to turn up here tonight.
- Do not cross the boss!
Interesting Facts about Vince McMahon
- Owner of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
- Son of Vincent McMahon.
- Father of Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon
- Is said to be worth about US$200 Million
- Bought the World Wrestling Federation from his father in 1982.
- He graduated from East Carolina University in 1964 with a degree in Marketing.
- He was sent to Fishburne Military School, as a youth, in Waynesboro, Virginia, where he became the first cadet in the school's history to be court-martialed, although unsuccessfully.
- He was the best man at the wedding of son Shane McMahon.
- Former WWF Champion
- Won the Royal Rumble: No Chance in Hell (1999).
- Was in direct competition with Eric Bischoff and WCW (which he eventually bought out).
- Both WrestleMania IV (1988) and WrestleMania V (1989) were held in Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, NJ. When WrestleMania magazine asked 'Donald Trump' what the best part of the show was, he replied, "Getting to know Vince McMahon". At Madison Square Garden, when Trump was asked why he was sitting front row at a WWF house show, he replied, "Because I love the action and I'm a great friend of Vince's".
- Purchased Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling organization after former WCW President 'Eric Bischoff' in March 2001 and his partners in Fusient Media Ventures backed out of the deal, thereby owning his own competition. In real life, McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment now owns World Championship Wrestling, its film library, and all its trademarked items, and his son Shane McMahon is the man who oversees everything that happens in WCW, but in television story lines Shane bought the WCW out from under his father and thus is now being billed on TV as WCW owner Shane McMahon. [March 2001]
- Listed at #260 on Forbes.com's "400 Richest Americans" list, reportedly worth $700 million. [March 2002]
- Is good friends with Donald Trump.
- Became involved in the sports-entertainment business after a ring announcer in 1971 left abruptly and his father, Vincent McMahon, needed a replacement.
- Brought Hulk Hogan back to the World Wrestling Federation in 1983. Before, his father had dismissed the then-unknown grappler as nothing more than "flavor of the month". But after _Rocky III (1982), Hogan's popularity skyrocketed and McMahon decided to hire him.
- Complete opposite in real life as his on-screen character of "Mr. McMahon".
- Conceptualized the pay-per-view event WrestleMania (1985) in 1984 after his father passed away that same year.
- Owns over 80% of World Wrestling Federation stock.
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