Vince McMahon's 1993 Heel Character

[haVoc 0]

After reading the Scott Keith thread I decided to read up somethings on Vince McMahon and came across this on wikipedia

 

McMahon in the USWA (1993)

 

While the Mr. McMahon character marked the first time that McMahon had been portrayed as a heel in WWE, in 1993, McMahon was engaged in a bitter feud with Jerry Lawler as part of a cross-promotion between the World Wrestling Federation and the United States Wrestling Association. In Memphis, Tennessee (where the USWA was produced), Lawler was seen as a major babyface character (as opposed to his WWF persona which was seen as a cowardly heel), whereas McMahon was seen as a smug heel (similar to the "Mr. McMahon" character) to the Memphis audience, hell-bent on dethroning Lawler as the "king of professional wrestling." As part of the angle, McMahon would send various WWF wrestlers down to Memphis in order to achieve such a goal, such as Bret "Hitman" Hart, Owen "Rocket" Hart, Giant Gonzalez, "War Eagle" Tatanka and "Macho Man" Randy Savage (all of whom were seen as heels in Memphis as well). This angle also proved to be the first time that McMahon would physically interject himself into matches, as he would occasionally trip Lawler or throw punches at him while seated at ringside. The peak of the angle came with Tatanka defeating Lawler to win the Unifed World Championship with McMahon gloating at Lawler while wearing the championship belt.

 

However, the angle came to an abrupt end when Jerry Lawler was accused of raping a young girl in Memphis and he and the WWF parted ways. It is interesting to note, however, that during the angle, McMahon was never directly acknowledged as the owner of the WWF (back in 1993, McMahon was only portrayed as the head announcer on television) and the feud between Lawler and McMahon was not acknowledged on WWF television, as the two continued to provide commentary together (along with Savage) for the television show Superstars. The feud between Lawler and McMahon would also help build towards Lawler's matches against Bret Hart at SummerSlam 1993 and Survivor Series 1993 (which ultimately did not take place).

 

Vince McMahon wearing the USWA championship belt in 1993.

 

I've never knew any of this. This would have been great on the McMahon DVD. Is there any video's online?

[bob_barron 0]

I actually went to a show in Memphis in 1993 where McMahon played a heel- it was quite surreal.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

Is there any video's online?

 

http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=pop...p;search=Search

[NYU 0]

Moved to General Wrestling considering this is roughly fifteen years old now.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Supposedly McMahon even wrestled under a mask in Memphis to prepare for a McMahon/Lawler in-ring encounter. I don't know if that is true or just a wrestling urban legend, though.