Vince McMahon has built a wrestling empire on building good guys and bad guys and creating storylines out of thin air that some people might even buy. Well, I'm sorry Vince, I'm not buying it, not this time.
When the first note in your notebook refers to game-time weather conditions, it hits you that you aren't settling in for just another hockey game. When your last note is in regards to fireworks and Sidney Crosby stickhandling through the snow en route to scoring the game-winning goal in a shootout because the goalie lost sight of the puck in the snow, you're pretty much certain of it.
CNN's Drew Griffin talks with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon about allegations of steroid abuse in pro wrestling.
The late Chris Benoit idolized the Dynamite Kid, who was half of a professional wrestling team famous in the 1980s for spectacular high-flying, acrobatic moves.
WWE Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon is known for trying to intimidate interviewers, poking them in the chest and backhanding their notes. So CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin was prepared for a volatile McMahon, and so was the crew.
Imagine, if you will, that in the last decade 186 men who had played major league baseball died before they were 50. Imagine that in that same time 435 men who had played in the NFL likewise died before they were 50.
In November 2005, 38-year-old professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero died in a Minneapolis hotel room due to what a coroner later ruled as heart disease, complicated by an enlarged heart resulting from a history of anabolic steroid use.
SI.com: Close shaveupdated: Mon Apr 02 2007 00:07:00
Donald Trump ended up getting a "Stone Cold Stunner," but he walked out of Ford Field with his hair. Vince McMahon wasn't as lucky.
SI.com's Arash Markazi once again skipped out on the Final Four and instead decided to check out the Super Bowl of professional wrestling, WrestleMania. He will check in with several updates from the scene through Monday.
When Donald Trump got into a verbal smackdown with Rosie O'Donnell back in December, many in the media said it had all the makings of a perfect WWE showdown. It was a suggestion that wasn't lost on Vince McMahon, who was in the process of making plans for WrestleMania 23 at the time.
Fortune: People To Watch 2001updated: Mon Jan 08 2001 00:01:00
Dot-com euphoria reached a new level this year when Hollywood decided that stock traders were every bit as sexy as doctors, lawyers, or gay, tubby, naked survivors. The movies offered us Boiler Roo...
The 20,000 fans packing the Raleigh Durham Sports Arena are all on their feet. It's late August, it's SummerSlam--one of the World Wrestling Federation's biggest events--and Shane McMahon is scalin...
Fortune: Sweat-Equity Timeupdated: Mon Oct 16 2000 00:01:00
If it seems to you that business news has gotten a little bizarre lately, I would submit that it's because business itself has become somewhat bizarre. Consider the professional wrestling promoter,...
The reason Time Warner is buying Turner Broadcasting for $7.5 billion is of course that the company covets Turner's choice media properties: CNN, TBS, the Atlanta Braves, and MGM's film library. Bu...
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