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

Gradually, the nature of professional wrestling became an open secret, although American promotions ' events were still often regulated by state athletic commissions through the 1980s, until World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon publicly admitted that wrestling was entertainment, not competition.

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!

The league was founded by World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon.

A further problem was that the XFL itself was the brainchild of Vince McMahon, a man who was ridiculed by mainstream sports journalists due to the stigma attached to professional wrestling as being " fake "; many journalists even jokingly speculated whether any of the league's games were rigged, although nothing of this sort was ever proven.

* Coliseum Video, a video distribution company founded by Vince McMahon

The team was a member of the XFL begun by Vince McMahon of World Wrestling Entertainment and by NBC, a major television network in the United States.

Vince McMahon is the majority owner, chairman and chief executive officer ( CEO ) of the company.

Although the WWWF had withdrawn from the NWA, Vince McMahon, Sr. quietly rejoined the organization in 1971, although he did not book an NWA world champion in his territory until Harley Race in the late 1970s.

Following Bret Hart's departure, Vince McMahon used the resulting backlash in the creation of his " Mr. McMahon " character, a dictatorial and fierce ruler who favored heels who were " good for business " over " misfit " faces like Austin.

Both Vince McMahon, Sr. and Vince McMahon, Jr. were inducted in to the Madison Square Garden walk of fame, and altogether four generations of the McMahon family have promoted events at the Garden.

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

* Vince McMahon, Professional wrestling promoter and owner and chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment, was born and raised in Pinehurst.

* The main competition of Tenderloins is SiliCones, a strip club owned by Dirk McMahon ( voiced by Vince McMahon ) who openly admits his obsession for Erotica to work at his club.

Since Vince McMahon only acquired select assets, the company that was once WCW became known as Universal Wrestling Corporation once again ; its only purpose now, however, was to deal with old contracts and lawsuits.

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.

* 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.

In addition to changing the names of the main characters from Ralf and Clark to Paul and Vince, the military commander the player rescues at the end of the game is named General Kawasaki in the Japanese version ( named after SNK's former president Eikichi Kawasaki ) and Colonel Cook in the US / Euro version ( named after Tradewest's founder Leland Cook ).

:* Vince McMahon, Sr. ( 1914 – 1984 ), wrestling promoter and founder of WWE's immediate predecessor company, the World Wide Wrestling Federation

The members were also all founder members of the Creative Jazz Orchestra, alongside Vince Mendoza, Anthony Braxton, Mike Gibbs, Kenny Wheeler and Mark Anthony Turnage.

Opening in medias res as the news staff of The Weekly Islander pays for lunch at a restaurant, editor Dave Bowie and founder Vince Teague test young intern Stephanie McCann's powers of deduction regarding their tipping procedure.

* Vince Teague – The 90-year-old founder of the Islander, who transformed the paper from the Weekly Shopper and Trading Post in 1948.

A riff-driven synthpop song, " Just Can't Get Enough " was the final single to be written by founder member Vince Clarke, who would leave the band in December 1981.

* Stephanie McMahon, WWE personality, daughter of WWE founder Vince McMahon

Linda and Vince founded Titan Sports, Inc. in 1980.

In 1984, Vince McMahon's Titan Sports, Inc. ( which operated under the World Wrestling Federation brand name ) bought Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc.

The Don Shula Sports Center includes the William H. Johnson Natatorium and the Ralph Vince Fitness Center.

They also appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in late 2002 and early 2003 as part of a group that opposed Vince Russo ’ s faction Sports Entertainment Xtreme but only wrestled one actual match for the federation.

Vince Russo at the time was at the center of a massive power struggle ( kayfabe ) between the TNA roster and Russo's stable of young wrestlers called Sports Entertainment Xtreme.

He was initially a heel and one of the founding members of Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction.

After defeating David Flair on January 15 to become the number one contender, Styles recruited the help of Larry Zbyszko and associated himself with Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction.

The Road Warriors appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in late 2002-early 2003 as part of a group that opposed Vince Russo ’ s faction Sports Entertainment Xtreme but only wrestled one actual match for the federation.

He also joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction.

Harris rejected Vince Russo's offer to join his stable of degenerates, Sports Entertainment Xtreme ( S. E. X ).

On the same evening, Triple X joined Sports Entertainment Xtreme, a large villainous faction headed by Vince Russo.

Vince Cellini serves as a full time host for NBA TV's GameTime and a collection of online programs across Turner Sports ' digital properties.

He joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme ( S. E. X.

Their last run in a big federation was with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling when they were part of Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction.

He then rejoined Dusty in fighting Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme ( S. E. X.

They joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction in December 2002, and remained with the stable until it disbanded in mid 2003.

Siaki now heel, went on to joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme ; a faction that tried to take ( kayfabe ) over TNA.

The team was originally formed in late 2002 as part of Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme superstable.

Triple X began as a team under Vince Russo's " Sports Entertainment Xtreme " faction.

A full-page photo of The Missing Link appeared in the April 29, 1985, issue of Sports Illustrated, which had Hulk Hogan on the cover and reported on Vince McMahon's aggressive strategy to take his World Wrestling Federation national.