5 times Vince McMahon totally lost it on-screen

Vince McMahon made a return to our screens this past Tuesday at the 1000 edition of SmackDown! Of course the owner of the WWE is a lot more low key these days and often chooses to stay out of the limelight. However, it hasn't always been this way, for the best part of a decade Vince McMahon was an integral part of WWE programming often being involved in scenes and storylines.

Vince McMahon started to become an on-screen character shortly after the 'Montreal screw job' incident at Survivor Series 1997 when Bret Hart was screwed out of his WWE title by McMahon in real life. The fall out from the incident and McMahon subsequently stating that "Bret screwed Bret" positioned the WWE Chairman as the vicious and evil character that he became.

Vince's main feud was against his longtime nemesis Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Texas Rattlesnake would often find ways of getting under the Chairman's skin and this would often lead to a maniacal McMahon extracting his revenge. In an iconic moment on Raw, while Austin was tied up in the ropes McMahon got up close to the Texas Rattlesnake and began hurling abuse at him.

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Vince would often be embroiled in rivalries with his own family and even faced his own son Shane at WrestleMania 17. This extremely embittered rivalry saw Vince engage in extra marital affair with Trish Stratus and the pair extraordinarily kissed in front of Vince's wife Linda. The Chairman of the WWE faced his daughter Stephanie in an I Quit match at No Mercy 2003 in what was arguably the darkest side of the McMahon character.

These are just a few moment where Vince McMahon lost it onscreen, here are 5 more...

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#5 Vince McMahon goes to church

In 2006 Vince McMahon became involved in a rivalry with Shawn Michaels. After HBK had defeated McMahon in a brutal street fight at WrestleMania 22, McMahon found a way to get under the skin of the Heartbreak Kid.

McMahon would mock Michaels, who is a born again Christian, and specifically his relationship with God. Taking this a step further, Vince along with Shane, went to a church in a comical segment during an episode of Raw.

McMahon made a mockery of the church, at one point spitting the holy water out in the style of Triple H. Vince would then get on the alter and begin to talk to God, listing his achievements and comparing them to God's.

Vince would then read through a list of his own commandments and then make Shane recite a prayer at the altar that he had written out himself. McMahon finished off by telling Shawn Michaels that he would "unleash the apocalypse" on him and if he doesn't may God "strike him down". Shane then moved to the side as Vince remarked that God had "forsaken" HBK.

Here we saw a side to the McMahon character that we had never seen before, him openly mocking God in a church was certainly close to crossing the line if not going to far. What is certainly true is that we saw the crazy McMahon character go into overdrive.

#4 Vince McMahon is distraught after limo crash

Shortly after Vince's match with Shawn Michaels at Backlash, Triple H returned and he reformed D-Generation X with the Heartbreak Kid. DX would go on to ruffle some of McMahon's feathers at times which included dropping manure on Vince, Shane and the Spirit Squad on an episode of Raw. They would also impersonate Vince and Shane and sneak onto Vince's private jet.

But one moment that really made Vince lose it was when DX tampered with the McMahon's limo causing the back to wheels to fall off as it drove off with Vince and Shane inside. An angry Vince exited the limo furiously and threatened to attack the limo driver. As Vince and Shane turned to look back towards the limo they noticed that 'DX' had been sprayed on the limo clearly indicating that it was Triple H and Shawn Michaels responsible for this prank. McMahon then began to angrily kick the limo and scream in anger before laying distraught over the broken limo.

In this moment we see Vince in full meltdown mode, full of rage and out for revenge. Safe to say Vince wasn't going to let this one go lightly.

#3 Vince McMahon destroys Hulk Hogan

Vince McMahon vs Hulk Hogan was dubbed 20 Years In The Making. The much publicized real-life falling out between The Hulkster and Vince McMahon in the early 90's and the steroid scandal was part of the storyline going into this match at WrestleMania 19.

The incident happened at the contract signing for their WrestleMania match during an episode of SmackDown! During the signing McMahon attacked Hogan from behind with multiple chair shots, first to the face and then to the skull of Hogan. McMahon then signed the contract before aggressively attacking Hogan with the pen and then signing the contract for Hogan with his own blood.

The evil McMahon character came to the fore in their no disqualifications match at WrestleMania. In what was to be an iconic moment a bloodied McMahon went under the ring to pull out a weapon and had a demonic look on his face as he emerged with a lead pipe.

The evil McMahon character featured prominently in WWE programming throughout 2003 and here we saw him attempt to 'kill' the legend that is Hulkamania.

#2 Vince McMahon drives his car into the DX limo

Back in the latter end of 1999, Vince McMahon was engaged in a bitter feud with Triple H. After The Game had married Vince's daughter Stephanie in a drive-thru wedding while she laid unconscious, The Chairman was understandably in full revenge mode.

Here Vince waited outside the arena in his car waiting for DX to arrive. When the limo arrived an enraged McMahon rammed his car repeatedly into the back portion of the limo before exiting his car and began hitting it with a baseball bat. DX had managed to escape but Vince made his way into the arena and waited outside the DX locker room with a baseball bat.

Shane and Pat Patterson attempted to calm down the crazed McMahon who began hitting the dressing room door with the bat before the police showed up and arrested McMahon. As the police led a handcuffed McMahon away, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, and X-Pac emerged from the locker room distracting the police which allowed Triple H to nail a helpless McMahon.

#1 Vince McMahon threatens Paul Heyman

As Vince McMahon headed towards his Buried Alive match with Undertaker at Survivor Series 2003, The Chairman of the WWE really began to lose his mind.

McMahon told then SmackDown general manager Paul Heyman that at Survivor Series there wasn't going to be an Undertaker and that he would be "carried out". Heyman then informed an already enraged McMahon that he gave Undertaker the night off. McMahon then really began to lose the plot, clearly wanting to avoid the prospect of getting Buried Alive, McMahon told Heyman that "terrorists were going to burn down the Undertaker's house" and that his children would be "kidnapped".

Vince would then threaten Heyman, telling the SmackDown GM that he was going to drag him out to the ring and that he would "choke the life" out of him. Heyman calmed McMahon down telling him that he would find a way out of this, just as he would always dig himself out when faced with adversity.

This might not be the most high profile case of Vince 'losing it' but it is certainly the maddest we have seen the WWE Chairman. Certainly, Mr. McMahon threatening to murder The Undertaker and Paul Heyman is unlike anything we have seen on WWE television.