The foreign secretary of the British Indian government, Henry McMahon, who had drawn up the proposal, decided to bypass the Chinese ( although instructed not to by his superiors ) and settle the border bilaterally by negotiating directly with Tibet.

However, after appearing on the network television competition show — and clearly charming host Ed McMahon in addition to the more important fact of being a one-week champion on — Star Search, Rimes decided to pursue a career in country music.

McMahon and Dick Clark hosted the television series ( and later special broadcasts of ) TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes on NBC from 1982 – 98, when Clark decided to move the production of the series to ABC.

Despite McMahon trying to blackball him there as well, Tunney decided to take a chance.

It was decided by McMahon that Shawn Michaels would win the contest, and the WWF title, from Bret Hart no matter what.

" I decided then and there that I had enough of carrying water for the Joint Chiefs and I said ' Fred, I'll take every Stinger you can send me ,'" McMahon recalled.

After Pat Patterson stepped down from his post on the writing staff, McMahon decided that out of respect for Patterson, the spot would be left vacant.

Souness decided to sell McMahon, Houghton, Beardsley, and Steve Staunton, thus removing some of Liverpool's best players under Dalglish and breaking up the last great Liverpool team to win a title.

McMahon and Flair decided that, since both world championships had not been unified, that a tournament would be set up at Vengeance in December.

In 1988, with the WWF's WrestleMania IV around the corner, Crockett decided to give McMahon a taste of his own medicine.

Austin decided to forfeit the title to The Rock but, instead, Austin gave The Rock a Stone Cold Stunner and knocked McMahon off the ring ropes.

Austin decided to put his title shot on the line against McMahon so he could get a chance to fight Vince at In Your House: St. Valentine's Day Massacre in a steel cage match.

Though Hart said that he was willing to vacate the title the next night on RAW, McMahon feared that Hart would leave the company with the title, take the belt to WCW, and disrespect it as Madusa had done in 1995 with the WWF Women's Championship, throwing the belt into a garbage can during a live Nitro show.

UPN aired only one regular network sports event program: the much-hyped XFL in 2001, as part of a package from co-creator Vince McMahon which also included what was then WWF SmackDown!

* May 24 – Vincent J. McMahon, professional wrestling promoter WWF ( b. 1914 )

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.

The WWF did incredible business on the shoulders of McMahon and his all-American babyface hero, Hulk Hogan, for the next several years, creating what some observers dubbed a second golden age for professional wrestling.

McMahon was eventually exonerated, but it was a public relations nightmare for the WWF.

1997 ended with McMahon facing real life controversy resulting in major ratings and financial losses after becoming widely despised by his employees, wrestling critics, and wrestling fans following Bret Hart's controversial departure from the WWF, later known as the Montreal Screwjob.

It also featured the established Monday Night Wars, where both WCW and the WWF had Monday night shows that competed against each other in the ratings, and saw the WWF finally beat WCW for the first time in 84 weeks when McMahon made his in-ring debut against Austin.

Other interviews with Slaughter and McMahon have revealed that Slaughter left the company more over a dispute that emerged due to the WWF not allowing Slaughter's role in the G. I.

Because of his close relationship with Vince McMahon, Sr. and his family, Blassie remained on the WWF roster until the day he died.

Born on September 24, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut to Linda and Vince McMahon, Stephanie Marie McMahon appeared at the age of 13 in World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) merchandise catalogs, modeling T-shirts and hats.

In early 1999, at the suggestion of WWF writer Vince Russo, Stephanie McMahon debuted as the sweet and innocent daughter of Vince McMahon during an on-screen storyline involving Vince and The Undertaker.

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

In 2000, with Vince McMahon absent as a result of injuries inflicted upon him by Triple H at the Armageddon event in 1999, Triple H and Stephanie became the on-screen owners of the WWF, a period known as the " McMahon-Helmsley Era " and dominated by the McMahon-Helmsley Faction.

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.

As a result, after Triple H won the Royal Rumble, McMahon appointed herself special guest referee in a match between Kurt Angle and Triple H at No Way Out with Triple H's WrestleMania WWF Undisputed Champion shot on the line.

On the March 25 episode of Raw, Jericho and McMahon lost to Triple H in a Triple Threat match for the Undisputed Championship, with the stipulation that, if McMahon was pinned, she would be forced to leave the WWF ; In the match, Triple H pinned McMahon.

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 !.

As Vince McMahon and his northeastern-based World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) attempted to end pro wrestling's regional era in the mid-1980s ( by establishing the WWF as a national promotion ), Gagne made several decisions that caused his AWA to lose momentum in the emerging wrestling promotion war, including overemphasizing his son Greg Gagne in AWA storylines ( which led to speculation of nepotism by Verne within the company ) and failing to make Hulk Hogan the focus of his company when he had the chance.

McMahon suffered a strained glute as the result of a hit taken in the NFC Championship Game and flew his acupuncturist into New Orleans to get treatment.

Under his ownership, World Championship Wrestling became the only federation to outrate and outsell the McMahon family and their World Wrestling Federation.

Mondt and McMahon wanted Rogers to keep the NWA World Championship, but Rogers was unwilling to sacrifice his $ 25, 000 deposit on the belt ( title holders at the time had to pay a deposit to insure they honored their commitments as champion ).

Rogers lost the NWA World Championship to Lou Thesz in a one-fall match in Toronto, Ontario on January 24, 1963, which led to Mondt, McMahon, and the CWC leaving the NWA in protest, creating the World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ) in the process.

Waltman held the European Championship until February 1999 when he lost the title to Shane McMahon.

At WrestleMania XV in 1999, he had a rematch with McMahon for the European Championship, but Triple H betrayed him and cost Waltman the title.

Shortly after the purchase, Vince McMahon purchased the entire tape library for an additional $ 1. 7 million, bringing the final tally of World Championship Wrestling's sale to $ 4. 2 million.

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

In 1984, McMahon bought NWA member Georgia Championship Wrestling ( GCW ) and merged it into the WWF, with the WWF taking over GCW's long-time TV slot on TBS.

Flair's new on-screen role was that of the co-owner of the WWF, with the explanation that Shane and Stephanie McMahon had sold their stock in the company to a consortium ( namely Flair ) prior to purchasing World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling.

This led to a match between Dude Love and Austin at Unforgiven: In Your House, where Austin hit McMahon with a steel chair, then the following month they had a rematch at Over the Edge: In Your House for the WWF Championship.

At St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Stone Cold got a one-on-one match against McMahon in a Steel Cage match, with the WWF Championship opportunity at WrestleMania XV at stake.

However, after he won it, The Undertaker came and hit him with the title belt, leading to a First Blood match between the two at Fully Loaded where Mr. McMahon stipulated that if Austin lost he would never be able to wrestle for the WWF Championship again, and if Austin won, he would never see McMahon again.

Austin appeared at Backlash 2000, attacking Triple H and Vince McMahon to help The Rock reclaim the WWF Championship.

The event also featured Vince and Shane McMahon in a Street Fight, while Edge and Christian won the WWF Tag Team Championship against the Hardy Boyz and Dudley Boyz in the second Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.

On September 12, 2007, Cuban said that he was in talks with Vince, Linda, Stephanie, and Shane McMahon of World Wrestling Entertainment in creating a mixed martial arts company that would compete with Ultimate Fighting Championship.