How Vince McMahon created the WWE and conquered the world of pro wrestling
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- Before Vince McMahon and his company WWE ruled the world of professional wrestling, the landscape looked completely different.
For decades, professional wrestling in North America operated under a system of informally defined "territories." Each territory represented an individual promotion with its own stable of talent that drew crowds to local arenas and broadcast the product on regional television stations.
In 1982, Vincent Kennedy McMahon purchased his father's company, the World Wrestling Federation. For almost two decades, he endured an epic conquest of the pro wrestling world that led to where he is today: standing tall as the undisputed king of the industry.
This is the story of how his victory was achieved, with insight from WWE Hall of Famers Jim Ross and Pat Patterson.
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Game of thrones but with wrestling
ShadowsHeat - Is watch that religiously.
Watch A&E biography of Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea. Vince McMahon made a deal with Hulk Hogan and turned pro wrestling from a show where athletes were barely making a living to where the biggest stars became multi-millionaires in the 1980s. Pro wrestling would be struggling to find athletes in an era where NFL players now sign contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars without the business genius Vince McMahon Jr.
Seriously, had there been no Vince McMahon JR, you don’t think someone along the lines of Ted Turner or someone with some big financial clout during the 1980s-1990s would’ve looked at wrestling and wondered “hey they have this in every other state or town” and ultimately formulating that “hey this could be the next circus/stars on ice/musical act/etc.”?
If cable wouldn’t have doomed the territory system, the internet absolutely would’ve made it a relic.
Nope
nope
Is it history who creates great men? Or great men who creates history?
@@WackadoodleMalarkey the people that actually act on their ambition are the ones that create history and become great
Someone probably had that idea and brought it up. But Vince did it first and won
The only reason that vince remained the top pro wrestling owner was his brain. I mean he got such ideas to spread wwf or wwe by fighting with others. Even in this pg era he is holding our interest by putting unthinkable sometimes. He had no chance in 90s to get over WCW bcz they got everything better than wwf. But again VINCE used his genius and won. I gotta respect his intelligence though sometimes I get angry on him for making wwe pg
Everyone treasures childhood memories. Vince runs it in generational cycles. You have to come around and grab the next group of kids. For one thing, they are the future money spenders. pg to r
PG destroyed everything we loved about wwe
@@MohamedAli-xu3uw What it destroyed?
I disagree they were neck and neck. WCW was also seeing depleting ratings. Which is why they sold it to Vince.
WWE was PG for 90% of its existence because his father believed pro wrestling should be family entertainment. It was only not PG for a small amount of time.
Vince's dad was a great promoter.. but Vince Is on another level. He straight up took over and destroyed the competition. I think once he dies though some other company might blow up.
Aew
@@cesarcompean9060 indy sjw trash
If he dies very much likely, triple h will take over
Vince is Genius!!! He changed the whole wrestling world and whole world started to watch Wrestling because of him !
You guys are high, he is killing wrestling and now the Ancient Sport has grown immune to the bullshit. Take to the WWE to the guillotine.
He's an asshole tho
Shawn Bishop he’s killing wrestling now not before
He made sports entertainment he never made pro wrestling he just killed it. He is a asshole
@@axlsixx4679 like you?
Holy shit, vince had wcw for only 4,2 mil?
A decent Manhattan apartment costs more than that.
His success with the WWE says more than your opinion on how he ruined wrestling. That's a fact!
*Opinion*
Fact.
It doesn't really, the wwe will always make money because people love pro-wrestling. Bad pro-wrestling is still pro-wrestling
Why is Vince McMahon successful? Because he does it his way. He doesn't listen to fans. He doesn't care how much the niche hardcore fanbase complains when they don't get what they want.
"I don't give a damn what you want." - VKM
"If you listen to the fans, you'll be sitting up there with them." - Buddy Ryan
Stupid take, Vince only pushed Austin in 97' because he listened to the fans. The only reason Danielson got his main was because Vince listened to the fans. The only reason we got heel Reigns was because he listened to the fans. So listening to the fans can't be that bad can it?
@@jamielambert1850 Vince pushed Austin because Austin represented the culture back then.
Also, if the marks were the reason Vince decided to push Bryan in the main event then how come he decided to go with Batista to win the Rumble? You can't have it both ways.
@@yokaigypsy That last comment makes absolutely no sense. Vince did it his way by going with Batista to win the rumble, but after he realised the people loved Danielson he changed his mind, listened to them and bobs your uncle, we had one of the best storylines the wwe has ever had.
Vince did it 'his way' on numerous other occasions and did not listen to the fans, for example WM32, and look what happened, one of the worst manias of all time.
I don't understand you last comment at all, I never tried to have anything both ways, I was consistant with my view and never contradicted myself, so I don't know what you are on about.
The only reason why I watch wrestling is because of WWE. Vince is a genius!
Like or hate him, hes a genius. and i think fans have it too easy now with the internet. 20 years ago you would never moan about any of it on facebook or watch "better" stuff on youtube. youd just go there, watch stone cold and the rock go against each other and then go home happy. i bet if the much hated roman reigns was around in the attitude era or earlier he wouldve been a fan favourite because back then people were easy to please. roman reigns vs someone like hulk hogan in 95 wouldve been one of those matches you never forget. but nowadays just because he cant do 205live crap hes not liked. thats the fans problem not his. btw im not a big roman fan i just know hes better than people think he is.
Well i think Vince is a really smart man who really understands professional wrestling. Hell, he is the most knowledgeable about it. But the thing is, he has a different goal now. 30 years ago, he saw WWE as a wrestling promotion. Now, he see it as business. He focused on expanding consumers rather than focus on quality. I think this is the main reason that Jinder, Kofi, Becky and Drew (just to name a few) became so succesful. Let's also not forget the Saudi Arabia shows. He is a genius, he just viewed wrestling differently.
Vince mcmahon lord of the seven terretories "protector" of the wrestle lord of the awa and nwa's by now declare king of wwesteros
Still a bullshitter. "Oh, these little territories barely scraping by...". Yeah. That's why they were running full time, with full rosters for decades.
there were times when the Von Erich or the Crockett promotions were making more money than the New York office.
In Dallas, the WWF couldn't touch World Class Championship Wrestling. No doubt. Similarly, the Crockett territories in the south rejected everything WWF. Look no further than Black Saturday. Vince McMahon took over the TV time slot, and his shows were immediately crapped on by fans to the point where he had to sell back the time slot.
If the promoters could have actually cooperated with one another (of course, they couldn't, see the AWA and what happened when they attempted to work with the USWA and World Class Championship Wrestling), they may have been able to survive. All they had to do is fight back instead of sitting on their thumbs hoping McMahon would spend himself out of business. He may not have, but Crockett sure did.
and he also exposed the business and was the downfall of pro wrestling and the creator of "sports entertainment"
Hopefully we can get back to the territories or at least to three or four large companies like in the 90's.
Well now AEW is coming
@@tejush7147 hopefully they don't fall in the trap is others
Never would happen
TNA, WWA, GFW, and ROH all tried. Surprising how they’re all still standing. AEW at least has an NFL owner's money behind them.
Territories? Seriously? You do realize what made that system work was that each wrestler never got too stale and was able to pop up in another town since most folks never heard of him or her before. Today's internet is yesterday's dirt sheets for free as if the paper is printed 24/7 and at your fingertips before, during and after each show. Once Vince was able to widdled down his major competition to just Ted Turner's WCW, USWA & SMW tried to live under Vince & Turner's shadows, where both also folded because there were only 2 companies left. Then even Turner's empire got swallowed into WWE!
Wrestling doesn't need 3 or 4 major promotions. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
It will be interesting to see where the industry is when Vince is no longer involved in it that's the key by either retirement or death.
His kids will carry on his vision.
Apple is still going after steve jobs...but vince is huge in comparison.. (not wealth wise)...
Vince McMahon is a genius, no doubt! However, he didn’t create WWE. His Grandafather did. (Jess Roderick McMahon & Toots Mondt) Vince is 3rd generation.
Vince made it the giant global empire we see today, but he didn’t create it.
Well said. However I don’t think Vince McMahon is genius. His grandfather and father were genius. Vince Jr is a greedy corrupt deregulated capitalist.
Vince had a "big picture" vision. Remember, at that time, 1982, when he bought the company, there was a big debate on whether it was "real or fake". The "territories" promoted it as a real sport, whereas Vince coined the term "sports entertainment". He basically told us, the fans, I'm not going to try and insult your intelligence, I just want to bring you the best product possible and I want you to enjoy it. Jim Ross said it best, the other "territories" refused to change their ways of promotion and went out of business. Definitely a risky and ballsy move by Vince, but it worked for a long time.....at least up until this PG era they have now!!
Still making 100s of millions per year
@@pipebombhs1412 🤣🤣🤣
Yet he still makes it as if the WWF was on the verge of collapse when WCW did him what he did to the territories.
@@rlouie05 it ended up being a good thing in the long run as it forced Vince to rebrand and create the attitude era to counter WCW
@@leogetz3570 I seriously wonder how WCW suddenly fell off in 2000 as if all of their main talent suddenly got stale extremely fast after a somewhat okay start to 2000. Was it really Russo with no filter? Lack of fresh storylines? The Radicalz?
I feel like there was a video game that did this wrestling territory thing but I cant remember what it was or if I'm tripping. Anybody know?
I think u right. Somehow I recall a map in the game when u chose a wrestler it pans to they territory like what street fighter did. I could sworn I played it on Nintendo. But I somehow recall Hulk, Warrior and Heart was in that game. Lol
Billy Corgan, the main man for the Smashing Pumpkins has recently somehow purchased the rights to the name brand the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) World Championship titles and logos. He has plans in motion. NWA on youtube.
Vincent the Conquerer
Vince Mcmahon = Alpha Male to the extreme 10th power
This is the best video and short on how Mcmahon did it. Excellent video.
Vince sucks now! Years ago, he had the right idea. The 80's and 90's were the best, at least back then you saw more wrestling, and the Attitude Era was a lot better than the PG Era now. It has become a circus. After the Austin and The Rock era it really went downhill. And most of these guys are juiced up now. People are also bored to death of HHH and Stephanie on the screen at every single Raw show.
He is 70 years old now
90s were full of juiced up steroids freaks lmfao. Time changes
Professional wrestling is a billion dollar entertainment industry.
Billion Dollar!
mrawesome669 So Pro Wrestling is a billion-dollar entertainment industry is that right
If you factor in the WWE With other large companies like New Japan Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor and all the other large and small independent wrestling promotions all over the world then yes. The entire industry earns hundreds of millions of dollars globally
Very little information of value here. He got that, he did this, he won.
thanks for the hard work.
Hmm on Wikipedia it says WWF wasn't renamed till 1979 not 1982
Wikipedia could be changed by anyine who have the wiki account... u do know that dont u 🤣🤣😁😁
@@khansahib7110 yes I did on purpose for people to look and check 🤣
@@danielcoleman7163 well i didnt need to. Been following wwf/e since 80....
@@khansahib7110 damn
Vince is smart af! He knows what audience wants and delivers it
No he's not, he fell off 20 years ago. He will make money no matter how bad his product is because people just love wrestling and the wwe is thr only wrestling promotion anybody knows about
GOAT
Capitol renamed the World Wide Wrestling Federation to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979, not Vince Jr.
He didn't claim Vince Jr changed it. He said it'd already been charged by the time he took over
@@gregorsamsa1364 he got ot wrong.
Vince senior had ot as capitol and wwwf. Vince junior changed it in 82 as wwf under titan sports....
Wcw a lot better.
Yep, that's why they are out of businees.😂
He made a pact with Lucifer
Illuminati
Definitely. This was all preplanned. There is no way the other promoters let that little snake buy a company from his dad and put then out of business that easily. Against his dad's wishes he "outsmarts" men who have been in the business for decades? Yea right. This seems like the illuminati was done with the territory system and when their cable system came out they wanted 1 or 2 promotions only for their national brainwashing the masses campaign. Look at the new WWE logo it's a 33 right in plain sight. The old territory system was also illuminati but the higher ups were done with that system and handed the "Reigns" to Vince JR.
Didn't he bully and put these territories out of businesses so his company could be the biggest wrestling company in the world???!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem Vince exploited was that...we, the fans had always liked pro wrestling. The wrestling industry only gave us territorial wrestling. Suddenly Vince popped in with his guys and we automatically watched it. That's the short of it.
@SpaghettiandSauce
Yeah, the countless mom and pops pushed out by the likes of Walmart, Starbucks, and Amazon just didn't deserve to survive. eventually when one company owns all industry, it'll just mean no one else "deserved" it
Freakin Genius.
Vince needs thank The Rock and Steve Austin with out them to make the show the way it was we all would of kept watching ECW and Wcw
I came back here because WWE gets fcked up by AEW
Long Live Vince.... ur pain ur toil is really fruitful......
Imagine Vince as a Drug Lord
He'll make drugs legal in every state
How about vince for USA PRESIDENCY 2024???
@@khansahib7110 Oh , hell no !
@@bruceflashback3877 he would do way better job than biden
Legend
Selling WCW for 4.2 Million was dumb. Better off closing up shop if they was losing money and try again in about 5 years with more younger guys n some vets that don't have creative control.
It's even worse knowing that TT sold out for aol, in 2001. It wasn't long after that, that aol became an afterthought. I was a nwa/wcw fan,but Turner sold out his stars and fans. Atleast ya know Vince really cares about the business.
Ted wasn`t calling the shots on wrestling programing and the network that owned WCW didn`t want wrestling in any form. It took almost 20 years to get wrestling back on TBS. I assume because of new managment people since 2001 when WCW was sold.
Vince wanted to save the video library more than anything, he didn't want it to get lost or destroyed, love or hate him he wants his industry to continue and to celebrate its past.
@@reggiegreen7245 You mean Vince Jr really cares for the business by distancing himself from wrestling ,like calling it sports entertanment and the wrestlers sports entertainers and crap like that ?
It's Mcmahon-a-mania Brother!
I feel like conquered the world of pro wrestling needs a few dozen asterisks'.
With the sale of wwe and the retirement of Vincent Kennedy mcmahon an era has come to pass. Whether you like him or not, Vincent made pro wrestling mainstream.
I believe the term is "Rape and Pillage"
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I want to work for WWE, not as a wrestler but as a marketing team member. #HireMeWWE
WCW was better
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lotta comments praising the genius of a guy who monopolized wrestling and sexually exploited dozens of women
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Me guess love Women Wrestlers them Underwears Slips in WWE or any federation like Some of Men Wrestlers of WWE or any federation like similar me and agree with me ! find them out and,follow them
WE the People are Voting Trump OUT!!! Double G double O double N double E. Joe Biden is the CHOSEN ONE!!!! By WWE the PEOPLE.
What is the difference of smack down and raw?
Color
Raw is aired on mondays , and smack down is aired on tuesdays
I just came here to wish everyone a happy Rusev Day!!!!
MrStonedJosh and a very happy ruuuuuuseeev daaaaaay to you too!!! 😁
Rusev is a jobber
Is that a Russian holiday or something? Sorry for not understanding.
Me guess love Women Wrestlers them Underwears Slips like some of Men Wrestlers love its similar like me and agree with me,,find them out and,follow them
Lol wwe is more than 1 billion dollars
Vince really was the Genghis Khan of wrestling
McMahon ruined wrestling and turned it into a circus.
And then aew came
Wwe is better
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Awesome and inspiring
Reupload and longer uh oh
I thought he owned wcw
Pro=show
HAIL TO THE KING BABY!
Vince McMahon ruined wrestling for good!!!!!!!!!! 💯
If he pay his westler what they worth they would leave wwe
nice
So basically Vince is the nobunaga oda of wrestling
This didn’t age well.
Only one word to describe vince. genius genius genius
All hail Vince!!!
I never like vince..
What about tna lol
It didn't exist yet
WWE is the biggest but NJPW is the best
Yep
What channel?
Please reply me
The fighting is real Or fake??
suraj bhosale the wwe is rea, but sometimes its fake just for fun they do fake punches but the truth is wwe is real bro
@@badberwari0913 Thank for replying sir😇🙏😄
@@badberwari0913 lmfao noob reply. Must be indian
It's scripted
See it's simple bro
Matches are scripted means winner and looser are already decided before the match but The moves they performed in the ring are real just like sports athletes
You can simply say it's scripted not fake because they perform real moves,stunts etc...
Vince can kiss my ass, I don't like how he treated Kofi
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Watching this in 2021. Tony Khan is the perfect cryptonite for Vince. Vince demolished the territory system and Tony reinvigorated it.
It’s like the Chinese civil war
Vince Sr founded the wrestling
It is like an game of throne
Cool!
ted turner made pro wrestling great please buy wcw back ted
rmrMrMmrs 7reltserWTyler Haha! No
Wrestle mania 3 the greatest wrestling event ever🙂
Vince Mcmahon is a genius
He killed wrestling. Nothing but pumped up clowns now
Mark Chadwick You probably won't watch wrestling if it wasn'tfor him
+Mark Chadwick How did Vince McMahon kill wrestling?
That is the exact opposite of what it is today
He made wrestling popular
The real wresling is playing in asia agree
Aew on tnt
This should be the greatest show ever if was reall but we all know this is fake 100%
Shain McMahon father Vince McMahon father Vincent j. McMahon developed wwwf
_Shane McMahon_
Just another guy who was born into wealth. No surprises.
Vincent Sr. left his famliy and only took the eldest. Vincent Jr. didn't even met his dad when he was 12. His father didn't even have any plans to improve the company he was about to sell to someone else until Vince Jr. saw potential in it and bought it.
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Vince Jr. was involved in the business since he was a kid. Did you not know he was one of the early promoters for the business thanks to his father being the owner?
Or are you just a Trump fan that believes everyone who inherited wealth did so with no help from their rich family?
Yeah as a kid he would go with his Dad on MSG to learn the business. Only after he bought it from his dad.
What does Trump have to do with any of these though? I'm not even a Trump fan.
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My point is that he was involved in the business from a very young age. Did he hustle? Yes. Was he a good salesman? Yes. Would he have been able to buy the business if he weren't born to his father? No.
LunarX Vince McMahon Jr actually grew up with his relatively broke single mother for most of his childhood. I've heard the guy recall stories of the multiple abusive stepfathers he had to deal with at the time. He was also sort of a delinquent youth who got in fights frequently. If I recall, he never even met his dad (Vince sr.) Until he was like 12 or something, and never lived with him for an extended amount of time as a child or young man. He'd occasionally visit his father from time to time and observe the business, but he didn't live with him full time.
Its not even pro wrestling its fake wrestling lol
Just like any movie for fake reality show that you watch on TV or at the movies
That anime you have in your pic is also fake.
@@mr.b9613 final fantasy 13 is a video game not an anime show dumb ass learn the difference
The WWF/WWE had great high spots in their history,but in the long run ruined pro wrestling.
+Roddypiperfan How did WWF/WWE ruin pro wrestling?
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