WWE: Vince McMahon - Professional wrestling's greatest artist

The Montreal Screwjob

The MSJ incident made Vince McMahon the most hated man in professional wrestling, and this was Vince’s trump card. He created the greatest rivalry in the history of professional wrestling when he handpicked a blue collared redneck by the name of Stone Cold Steve Austin, and helped him in becoming the single greatest name in professional wrestling.

With the Austin-McMahon rivalry in full flow, WWF beat WCW in the ratings and never looked back. Vince McMahon once again took something that should have been a death blow, and created something magical out of it.

Once again, Vince proved that he had the greatest mind in the business, and like everything else in the past, he defeated great odds and remained on top of sports entertainment industry.

There will come a time in the near future when Vince McMahon will not be amongst the wrestling fraternity. But Vince has created a legacy which is already a legend on its own. From the Bobby Heenans to Jake Roberts, from the Paul Heymans to Jim Cornettes, there have been great minds in the business.

But everyone will agree on two things; Vince McMahon is not only one of the most hated people in professional wrestling, but also the most respected in a business where respect is not given, but earned.

Professional wrestling is a business which has seen all the highs and the lows. They say professional wrestling does not need one individual to survive, and that pro-wrestling is greater than any individual.

While that is true, there is always an exception. In this case, professional wrestling owes a lot to Vince McMahon, and Vince McMahon is arguably the only individual who will ever be greater than the industry itself.

For once, the industry didn’t make Vince McMahon. Vince McMahon made himself, and Vince McMahon has made sure that when he moves on, he would’ve left behind the greatest contribution to a business that has, in one way or the other, touched each and every one of us.