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Vince McMahon

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Vince McMahon

1914–1984

American professional wrestling promoter (1914–1984)

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Vincent James McMahon, also referred to as Vince McMahon Sr., was an American professional wrestling promoter. He is best known for running the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, later known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the World Wrestling Federation. His father, Jess McMahon, and his son Vince McMahon were also professional wrestling promoters.

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The story of Vince McMahon, told in moments.

1914 Birth

Born Vincent James McMahon in Harlem, New York. His father, Jess McMahon, promoted boxing at Madison Square Garden. The family business was putting on fights.

1953 Event

Took control of Capitol Wrestling Corporation from his father. CWC ran the wrestling territory from Washington, D.C., to southern New England. McMahon understood that wrestling was entertainment first, athletics second.

1963 Event

Broke from the National Wrestling Alliance and founded the World Wide Wrestling Federation. Bruno Sammartino became his first champion and held the title for nearly eight years. McMahon built the promotion around Sammartino's drawing power.

1971 Life

Pioneered wrestling on television. His weekly broadcasts from venues around the Northeast brought wrestling into millions of living rooms. He respected territorial boundaries, an unwritten rule his son obliterated.

1982 Event

Sold the WWWF to his son, Vince McMahon Jr. The younger Vince promised not to take the promotion national. He immediately broke that promise and began the expansion that created modern pro wrestling.

1984 Death

Died of pancreatic cancer in North Miami Beach, Florida, at 69. He'd built wrestling from a regional carnival act into a nationally televised industry. His son took it global within a year of his death.

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The philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800 : abridged, with notes and biographical illustrations / by Charles Hutton, George Shaw

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Victoria Daily Times (1910-05-09) (IA victoriadailytimes19100509)

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Victoria Daily Times (1912-07-04) (IA victoriadailytimes19120704)

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Ontario Sessional Papers, 1890, No.12-18 (IA n04ontariosession22ontauoft)

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O'Connell, Jeremiah Joseph, 1821-1894

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The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive Condition of Man (6th ed., Longmans, 1902, John Lubbock Avebury)

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

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