10 Most Shocking Vince McMahon Controversies

10. Black Saturday

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In the mid-eighties, Vince McMahon was close to his dream of running a nationally broadcast wrestling promotion, but there was one final piece of the puzzle required. If he could get a show on Ted Turner’s TBS he would have his wrestling everywhere, but Turner refused so McMahon instead bought shares in Georgia Championship Wrestling from the Brisco Brothers and Jim Barnett.

This made McMahon the majority shareholder of GCW and, as such, he was responsible for the television content, so on June 14th, 1984, Vince McMahon appeared on TBS in front of a banner that read “World Championship Wrestling” to inform fans of this change.

He promised they’d enjoy his show just as much as their old one, but fans of the southern NWA style of wrestling were furious that their show had been replaced by cartoon wrestling from New York. While fans turned away from WWF of TBS in droves, it spurred other promotions such as the AWA and WCCW to seek national broadcasting.