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Vince McMahon’s Birth
Vincent Kennedy McMahon was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina. McMahon spent a large amount of his childhood living with his mother and siblings along with a long string of stepfathers, He didn’t meet his biological father until he turned 12 and it wasn’t until then that he finally gained an interest in the wrestling and sports promoting business. -
Roderick Mcmahon Sr. & James Mondt establish the Capitol Wrestling Corporation
Roderick Mcmahon Sr. & James Mondt established the Capitol Wrestling Corporation in 1952 and was WWE’s precursor. This was a humble beginning for what is today regarded to as one of the largest entertainment companies in the world. -
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Longest Title Reign in History
Bruno Sammartino currently holds the record for longest individual title reign in Professional Wrestling history, holding the World Heavyweight Championship for an astounding 2803 days. -
Wrestlemania 1
The first ever Wrestlemania was the first of many of the WWE’s most popular Pay-Pay-View 'Wrestlemania'. Dating back to 1985, Wrestlemania 1’s main event saw Hulk Hogan and Mr.T take on Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff despite this Wrestlemania not being as star-studded and as action-packed as Wrestlemania’s in recent memory it still paved the way for what would be a long line of shows that have made the WWE millions of dollars. -
Wrestlemania 3
Wrestlemania 3 is a Wrestlemania that really helped shape the Professional Wrestling industry as the show saw one of the greatest showcases of grapple-style wrestling as Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat squared off against Randy “Macho Man” Savage for the WWF Intercontinental Title as well as the main event that saw the battle between the iconic Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant that was most renowned for the moment that the 235kg Andre the Giant was body slammed by Hulk Hogan -
‘The Undertaker’ Makes his WWF Debut
The Undertaker debuted at the 1990 Survivor Series teaming with Ted DiBiase, Greg Valentine and the Honky Tonk Man in a 4 on 4 elimination tag team match, the debut of the Undertaker was the beginning of what is an amazing career in the Professional Wrestling business with the Undertaker wrestling for an astounding 25 years in the WWE winning a total of 15 titles and a Royal Rumble as well as being the owner of ‘The Streak’ a Wrestlemania streak in which he went 21-0. -
WWF Launch first episode of ‘Monday Night Raw’
The launch of Monday Night Raw is significant as it was the start of what is the Longest running weekly episodic show in History with over 1000 episodes and was the main cause of what led to be the Monday Night Wars, a period in WWE History in which WWE’s Monday Night Raw and WCW’s Monday Night Nitro battled for weeks for TV Ratings. -
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Monday Night Wars
The Monday Night Wars were a time in WWE history in which they competed for TV ratings against competition brand WCW. This period of time help future stars such as The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin & Mick Foley shine and rise to main-event level. -
Curtain Call
This was a moment in WWE history in which backstage group ‘The Kliq’ broke character at a WWE Show in MSG this was due to members Scott Hall and Kevin Nash leaving for WCW and therefore just wrestled their final match. McMahon was furious and Paul Levesque “Triple H” was the main person punished due to Shawn Michaels being the champion at the time and Hall and Nash leaving for WCW, He was booked to win the 1996 King of the Ring but lost this to Steve Austin, this helped the rise of Stone Cold. -
The Montreal Screwjob
The Montreal Screwjob was an unscripted moment and it saw Shawn Michaels take on Bret Hart for the WWF Belt at the 1997 Survivor Series, Hart was the champ at the time but he was leaving to go WCW and he refused to drop the belt that night, McMahon agreed for him to drop the belt the next night on Raw. Although he feared that Hart wouldn’t show up and would appear on WCW with the belt so during the match when Michaels applied a submission McMahon rung the bell despite Hart never submitting.
