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Vince McMahon is a living legend and one of the main reasons why WWE has reached the heights of success and continues to do so. While the WWE Universe has started criticizing Vince McMahon a lot in the last few years, he still is the man who runs WWE. All the major scripts go through him, he stays in the Gorilla position for all the WWE shows.
But more than just an off-screen presence, the character of Vince McMahon is one of the most iconic ones in WWE history. No one can forget his memorable rivalry against Stone Cold Steve Austin and all those Stunners that the boss has received.
It is, in fact, true that if Vince McMahon sees potential in a WWE Superstar, he doesn't shy away from doing anything to get him over - be it getting attacked by that WWE Superstar himself. Even at the age of 74, Vince McMahon would never hesitate from taking a bump, if he finds it necessary. And the message sent is simple - even the WWE boss is not safe from the wrath of the WWE Superstars.
Let's take a look at five incidents where WWE Superstars assaulted their boss, Vince McMahon.
#5 A frustrated Kevin Owens lays out Vince McMahon
In my opinion, Kevin Owens has all the attributes required to become this generation's Stone Cold Steve Austin. Not only is he exceptional in the ring, on the mic, and highly over with the WWE Universe, but he has also retaliated to the authority of Vince McMahon, both on-screen and in real-life. Owens went up to the boss himself asking to make masks mandatory for the performers who appear as audience for shows.
Speaking of the on-screen segment between the two, it took place on an episode of SmackDown Live in September 2017. This segment took place during the initial days of the Kevin Owens vs Shane McMahon feud where KO insulted Shane's family that led to Shane O'Mac attacking KO, and getting suspended.
Next week, it was announced that Vince McMahon himself will confront Kevin Owens for his actions and answer to the threat of KO filing a lawsuit against them. In what was an amazing segment as Vince McMahon insulted KO, making fun of him and even threatening that he would never win the lawsuit against him. He went on to announce a Hell in a Cell match between Owens and Shane.
Kevin Owens agreed, but asked Vince McMahon to give him his word that he won't face any consequences for "beating a McMahon senseless". The Boss agreed, but little did he knew what Owens had in his mind as he went on to brutally headbutt Vince McMahon, busting him open.
That was not all, as he went on to superkick him and then delivered a frog splash from the top rope on the WWE Chairman.
No one imagined Vince McMahon to take such a beating, but he went the extra mile and did that to further establish the character of Kevin Owens!
#4 Brock Lesnar F5s Vince McMahon
There have been several moments throughout WWE history where Vince McMahon has established the fact that Brock Lesnar does what The Beast Incarnate wants, and no one can stop him from doing so - not even The WWE Chairman himself.
The above incident took place in January 2013 when Vince McMahon was taking a "Personal Performance Review" of Paul Heyman. Heyman was accused of being involved with Brad Maddox and The Shield and paying them to help CM Punk retain his title. While Heyman initially refused, Vince McMahon showed backstage footage of Heyman with Maddox and The Shield, exposing him!
This led to Heyman stating that the man in the video was not him. Just when Vince McMahon was about to say the three magical words (You are Fired!) to Heyman, Brock Lesnar's music hit and out came the Beast Incarnate.
Paul Heyman sensed what was about to come and tried to tell Lesnar that he had things in control. But Lesnar shushed him and got in the face of Vince McMahon. The boss told Lesnar not to do anything that he'll regret later. But Lesnar did not care and he went on to deliver a thunderous F5 to Vince McMahon to the shock of the entire WWE Universe!
#3 Randy Orton attacks Vince McMahon
During his days as "the Legend Killer", Randy Orton was arguably the biggest heel in modern WWE. The above incident took place a few days before the 2009 Royal Rumble PPV, which Randy Orton ultimately won. Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon were in the ring and Orton came out and demanded an apology from Stephanie for slapping him earlier that day for no reason.
The Viper went on to insult Stephanie, calling her worthless and whatnot which, naturally, made her furious. Vince McMahon took control of the situation and asked his daughter to leave the ring.
He then told Orton that it was him who made his dad, Cowboy Bob Orton, a Superstar, and without him, Randy Orton wouldn't have been where he is today.
Vince McMahon went on to ask the Apex Predator to apologize to him and threatened to fire him. Randy Orton angrily replied - "You do not want to do that, sir!"
Fans in the arena started chanting "RKO", wanting to see Randy deliver his famous finisher to Vince McMahon. But Orton took it a step further, as he delivered his vicious Punt Kick to the WWE Chairman.
Stephanie McMahon and several WWE officials came out to check on Mr. McMahon, who was lying senseless in the ring as Randy Orton looked in disbelief as to what he had just done!
#2 Vince McMahon brings out the fire in AJ Styles
When AJ Styles made his WWE debut at the 2016 Royal Rumble, there were major concerns in the WWE Universe about Vince McMahon not using him properly or even "burying him" just because he was not an original WWE guy.
Things turned out to be the opposite as AJ Styles went on to defeat John Cena and became a two-time WWE Champion within two years of his WWE debut. Vince McMahon clearly considered him to be a top WWE Superstar and this was the reason why he didn't hesitate in taking a beating from him during this "Christmas special" episode of SmackDown Live in December 2018.
At the end of the show, Vince McMahon met AJ Styles backstage and asked him "who are you?" to which the Phenomenal One said that he AJ Styles and SmackDown is the house that he built. McMahon went on to ask him that if that's so then why was he not competing that night, and why was "the new" Daniel Bryan raising hell on SmackDown?
Vince McMahon told Styles that they both were very similar and he wanted to see the animal inside AJ Styles. The WWE Chairman went on to slap him, which enraged the Phenomenal One as he took out Vince McMahon with a right hand. WWE officials came and stopped a furious Styles as Vince McMahon was lying on the floor after that huge strike!
After the attack, AJ Styles went on to tweet that if necessary, he'll do it again! Well, Vince got what he wanted, didn't he?
#1 Roman Reigns takes out Vince McMahon
Roman Reigns has been one of the biggest projects of Vince McMahon over the past few years. While he has faced a lot of criticism from the WWE Universe for "forcing him down everyone's throats", Vince McMahon continues to push The Big Dog in every way possible.
There's no surprise then that the WWE Chairman has gone the extra step on more than one occasion to establish Reigns by being on the receiving side of a few Superman Punches from the Big Dog.
On an episode of RAW in January 2016, Vince McMahon was the special guest referee for Roman Reigns' match against Sheamus with the Big Dog's WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the line. Being the biggest on-screen heel character, Vince tried everything possible to cost Roman the title but ultimately went on to receive a Superman Punch from a frustrated Big Dog.
Recently, during the 2019 Superstar Shake-up, Roman Reigns moved to SmackDown Live and went on to take out Vince McMahon in the ring before announcing that The Blue brand was his yard.
