Against his father's wishes, McMahon began an expansion process that fundamentally changed the industry.

Other promoters were furious when McMahon began syndicating WWF television shows to television stations across the United States, in areas outside of the WWF's traditional northeastern stronghold.

McMahon also began selling videotapes of WWF events outside the Northeast through his Coliseum Video distribution company.

McMahon managed to keep Bret Hart from reverting to WCW, and began a feud with Hart and Steve Austin.

This, in turn, led to the Austin vs. McMahon feud, which, along with D-Generation X who briefly hired Mike Tyson in the build up to WrestleMania XIV, officially began the Attitude Era.

He continued as the Cougars ' punter as the 1978 season began, but when Marc Wilson was injured in the third game of the season ( against Colorado State ), McMahon became the starting quarterback.

McMahon began his career as a bingo caller in Maine when he was fifteen.

McMahon began appearing regularly on WWE in 1999 as a part of a storyline with The Undertaker.

McMahon then began an on-screen relationship with wrestler Test, which led to a rivalry between him and her older brother Shane.

McMahon returned in January 2002 when Triple H made a comeback as a fan-favorite, but the good couple began having problems, as McMahon began acting like a nagging and clingy wife.

Meanwhile, Vince McMahon began to resent Stephanie's attempts to stop him from pursuing an affair with Sable.

McMahon began to find his studies at the University to be boring, so he began a successful modeling career.

In addition to a career as a fashion model, including a jeans commercial for Levi Strauss, McMahon began an acting career on Australian soap Home and Away, playing the soldier Ben Lucini ( 1989 – 1991 ).

Despite their feud in the USWA in 1993, by 1998, Vince McMahon had turned heel in the WWF for the first time and left the announce position, to which Lawler began praising McMahon's name on commentary as part of his own heel persona, much to the chagrin of Jim Ross.

On a number of occasions, Mølby began matches as a third central defender or deep-lying sweeper, before moving into midfield alongside Steve McMahon, often with devastating effect, as the match wore on.

McMahon began to defer payments to Hart, claiming that the WWF was in " financial peril.

Later in the night, a storyline between Hart and McMahon began with the two appearing to have their own reconciliation only to have McMahon subsequently kick Hart in the gut: in real life, Hart and McMahon have been on speaking terms since 2002, when McMahon called Hart during his recovery from a stroke.

Stephanie McMahon Levesque ( née Stephanie Marie McMahon ; born September 24, 1976 ) better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is an American corporate executive who is currently the Executive Vice President, Creative, for World Wrestling Entertainment.

The Undertaker stalked and abducted McMahon, culminating in almost marrying her in the middle of the ring before being rescued by Stone Cold Steve Austin.

The couple were eventually engaged, but during the in-ring ceremony, Triple H showed a video which revealed that he had drugged McMahon and taken her to Las Vegas, Nevada where they were married in a drive-through ceremony.

McMahon seemed to abhor Triple H at first, but eventually revealed that she had sided with him and that the wedding was real — a revenge plot against her father for the aforementioned kidnappings, thus turning her character into a villain.

Stephanie reconciled with her father and brother at WrestleMania 2000 when they helped Triple H defend his title against The Rock, leaving Linda McMahon as the only fan-favorite in the McMahon family.

McMahon later revealed that she had purchased Extreme Championship Wrestling and intended to bankrupt the WWF ( in reality, the ownership of ECW assets at this time was highly disputed ), along with her brother Shane, who had become the on-screen owner of World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ), and the two rosters merged to form a " supergroup " known as The Alliance.

Triple H later discovered that she was lying through a phone call from Linda McMahon and left her at the altar during the renewal ceremony.

She feuded with Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff throughout 2002, though the enemies inexplicably shared a kiss at a Halloween party in which McMahon was dressed as a witch and Bischoff was disguised as her father underneath a mask.

McMahon was accompanied by her mother, the CEO of WWE Linda McMahon, and Sable accompanied Vince McMahon in their match.

When Michaels left to get her some water, McMahon pulled out an unmarked substance out of her brassiere and poured it into his bottle of water.

McMahon also appeared at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 1, 2006 and in a backstage vignette with her immediate family at WrestleMania 22.

McMahon returned during a backstage segment in April 2007 at WrestleMania 23, visiting her father before his " Battle of the Billionaires " match.

On the taped edition of Raw that aired September 3, 2007, Stephanie, along with her mother Linda and her brother Shane, made several appearances to confront Mr. McMahon about the child, who was later revealed to be Hornswoggle, turning into a fan favourite.

During her segment, Vince McMahon awoke from a coma after his doctor, played by actor and one-time WWE employee Freddie Prinze Jr., informed him that his wife Linda had invested millions in her campaign as she runs for senate.

* 1914 – Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE ( d. 1984 )

* 1948 – Linda McMahon, CEO of WWE

* August 24 – Vincent K. McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter, chairman and CEO of WWE

Together with his wife Linda McMahon, and their children Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Levesque ( WWE Executive Vice President of Creative ), the McMahons hold approximately 70 % of WWE's economic interest and 96 % of the voting power in the company.

Vince McMahon, founder of Titan Sports, Inc. and current Majority owner, Chairman, and CEO of WWE.

WWE Chairman and CEO Vincent K. McMahon and his wife Linda McMahon both graduated with a degree in business administration as well.

Vince McMahon, the chairman of WWE, is considered by many as one of the icons of pay-per-view promotion.

* XFL is founded by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, but the league folded that same year, after the Los Angeles Xtreme won the league's only championship.

On the June 26 episode of SmackDown !, McMahon told Gowen that if he would join his " Kiss My Ass Club ", he would be awarded a WWE contract.

She is the daughter of WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon, the younger sister of Shane McMahon, and wife of WWE wrestler Paul " Triple H " Levesque.

McMahon as WWE Women's Champion | WWF Women's Champion at King of the Ring in 2000.

On July 18, 2002, McMahon returned to the WWF ( renamed WWE following a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund ) as the General Manager of SmackDown !.

McMahon was given credit for the return of the WWE United States Championship and for the creation of the WWE Tag Team Championship.