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As the chairman of WWE, Vince McMahon has contributed so much to the company and the professional wrestling business. He is responsible for pretty much everything the WWE product has been for decades, whether it be good, bad, or anywhere in between.
Some of those contributions have come in the form of Mr. McMahon, the evil character he became on-screen in WWE in the aftermath of the Montreal Screwjob. Since then, McMahon has done a plethora of outrageous things, with some remaining more memorable than the others.
The ones that stick out are when he "defeated God" at WWE Backlash 2006 and his despicable actions with Trish Stratus and his wife, Linda, in the build to a WrestleMania match against his son, Shane. Vince McMahon even faked his own death with a limousine explosion on WWE RAW.
He has done countless other things, with some of them slipping under the radar. Not all of these show him as the most heinous villain in wrestling, but a couple of them do. Here are five things you may not remember Vince McMahon has done on-screen in WWE.
#5 Vince McMahon was attacked by AJ Styles (WWE SmackDown 25/12/2018)
In an angle that was so quickly forgotten, Vince McMahon's interest in bringing out the 'real' AJ Styles did not go anywhere. This bizarre segment between the chairman of WWE and "The Phenomenal One" ended on the Christmas Day episode of WWE SmackDown in 2018.
McMahon told Styles to allow his inner "animal" to come out and provoked him to the point of violence. He even slapped the two-time WWE Champion before Styles punched his boss in the face.McMahon was even smiling after the attack.
This segment could have been the start of a very interesting character arc for Styles after his lengthy run as the WWE Champion. However, nothing truly major came out of it. Styles faced Daniel Bryan once again for the WWE Championship at WWE Royal Rumble, with the crowd staying silent throughout the match due to its placement on the card.
There was no sign of a heel turn for AJ Styles anytime soon after he punched McMahon, at least until he reunited with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson over six months later. As a result, this segment is one of the most forgotten encounters McMahon has had with a current full-time WWE Superstar.
#4 Vince McMahon mocked Jim Ross' colon surgery (WWE RAW 24/10/2005)
As a trusted and loyal employee of Vince McMahon's, one would expect Jim Ross to be forever treated with the love and respect that he's earned over the years. However, that dynamic wasn't always the case. McMahon loved making fun of the commentator, with the biggest evidence of this behavior coming during a 2005 episode of WWE RAW.
A week after Ross had a colonoscopy in real life, the chairman of WWE decided to dedicate air time to a segment that mocked the surgery. McMahon played the character, Dr. Heiney and pretended to perform surgery on JR. It was tasteless when it aired, and it remains tasteless now
The seven-minute segment featured a prosthetic behind, which McMahon pulled some objects out of, including an American football and a goldfish. He even pulled out some Steve Austin merchandise, among other things. While the bit was designed to be funny, it truly wasn't.
Years later, during an appearance on Talk is Jericho, Ross stated that the main reason why he had an issue with the segment was that it made his wife, Jan, cry. Many fans have heard the sentiment McMahon has a pretty strange taste in comedy.
#3 Vince McMahon fought his daughter in a brutal 'I Quit' Match (WWE No Mercy 2003)
While his Street Fight against Shane McMahon at WrestleMania 17 is well-known, Vince McMahon has also faced Stephanie McMahon in a pay-per-view match. Following months of disagreement on the booking of SmackDown in the summer of 2003, the father and daughter pair clashed in a brutal 'I Quit' Match at WWE No Mercy.
That was exactly what Vince showed in this match: no mercy. This was him at his villainous worst, as he pummeled his daughter just so she would resign as the general manager of the blue brand. That being said, Stephanie put up a valiant effort and garnered quite a lot of sympathy from the fans.
It sounds outrageous, but this story worked. The two McMahons had a heated rivalry, and everything came to a head in this match. The bout and the beatdown walked the fine line between heel heat and genuine uneasiness, with Linda McMahon ultimately throwing in the towel on her daughter's behalf.
This match took place just six days before Stephanie's wedding with Triple H, which makes this whole ordeal even more bizarre. Nevertheless, it was a pretty compelling story between a likable babyface and a detestable heel.
#2 Vince McMahon fired Jeff Jarrett for real (WWE RAW 26/3/2001)
Vince McMahon has fired loads of WWE Superstars on TV, with the manner in which he did so becoming his signature catchphrase. All of them were merely in storyline, but one time he actually fired someone on-air. On the first WWE RAW after the company purchased WCW, the chairman personally fired Jeff Jarrett when he addressed what he would do with the brand he just bought.
McMahon mocked Jarrett's way of speaking and said that he was Capital G, Double O, Double N, Double E. Gone. This development came nearly two years after the WWE Hall of Famer "held McMahon up" for a large sum of money to drop the WWE Intercontinental Championship a day after his contract expired.
It is fair to say that McMahon not take kindly to being forced to pay around $300,000 for Jarrett to drop the IC Title to Chyna at WWE No Mercy 1999.L-- Regardless, it's not exactly nice for your firing to happen on live TV, especially in the brutal way McMahon did it.
The two parties have since mended bridges, with Jarrett entering the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018 and returning in the 2019 Men's Royal Rumble Match. He is now a backstage producer with the company
#1 Vince McMahon won the WWE Championship (WWE SmackDown 14/9/1999)
Though he's not a wrestler, Vince McMahon has booked himself to win multiple Championships in WWE. He won the ECW Championship from Bobby Lashley a few weeks after the champion and Donald Trump shaved McMahon's head at WrestleMania 23, but seeing the chairman win the WWE Championship was even more shocking.
At the height of the Attitude Era, McMahon gave himself the company's top title. Having won the Royal Rumble Match in January 1999, the chairman of WWE won the gold in September. He did so with a lot of help, particularly from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
McMahon's nemesis stunned Triple H and allowed him to pin "The Game," with special guest referee Shane McMahon counting the three. This moment was stunning and controversial, even with McMahon being a babyface at the time.
His reign did not last very long at all, which may explain why it isn't frequently remembered. The belt was vacated on the following episode of WWE RAW. However, it will always be in the record books: McMahon defeated Triple H to win the WWE Championship right at the peak of the Attitude Era.
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