WWE Mount Rushmore: Which Superstars Are the Greatest of All-Time?
By Josh.0
WWE.com
Vincent K. McMahon – George Washington
The name almost everyone forgets when creating this list is ironically the one without whom none of it would be possible. Vincent “Vince” Kennedy McMahon is the son of Vincent James McMahon, who is essentially the grandfather of the WWE. Remember that for this list we are only considering the personnel who are part of Titan Sports which was started by Vince.
Vince McMahon is undoubtedly the George Washington of the WWE. As the founding father of the United States, Washington represented the struggle our country faced for the independence from England. In his own respect, Vince embodied the struggle to create his company’s own independence from the wrestling promotions that existed under the Capitol Wrestling Corporation and National Wrestling Alliance associated with his father and grandfather in the 1950s and 1960s.
Through the efforts of our first President, America flourished. We became unified in a way that gave our nation the ability to control its own destiny. Vince did the same for the WWE, working tirelessly to get programming on syndicated television all across the United States. This expansion signified an end to the territory system that had been in use since the 1940s and infuriated the pro wrestling establishment. Vince described his decision to Sports Illustrated in a way that echoed George Washington’s displeasure with England’s monarchy:
"“In the old days, there were wrestling fiefdoms all over the country, each with its own little lord in charge. Each little lord respected the rights of his neighboring little lord. No takeovers or raids were allowed. There were maybe 30 of these tiny kingdoms in the U.S. and if I hadn’t bought out my dad, there would still be 30 of them, fragmented and struggling. I, of course, had no allegiance to those little lords.”"
George Washington refused to bend the knee to King George. Vince refused to bend the knee to individual promoters. Both men fought for their vision to become unified under one banner. Washington had the United States and Vince had the WWE.