10 WWE Wrestlers Vince McMahon Loved At First Sight
2. Dr Jerry Graham
Dr. Jerry Graham was a gripping grappling heel that was able to turn Madison Square Garden into a primitive moshpit with his bad guy schtick (a riot he once started resulted in the venue initiating an age-of-entrance policy for two decades), and was, thanks to his propensity for living the gimmick, a young Vince McMahon's absolute favourite wrestler to watch.
A legendary character throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Graham was the man McMahon imitated the most, but ironically also the performer that inadvertently drove The Chairman into promotion of pro wrestling instead.
Desperate to mimic his hero, Vince Sr banned his son from becoming a wrestler in his image. With a thirst for the industry at large, the Junior took on other roles instead until he ended up taking over the entire company in 1982.
Graham died in 1997 and was posthumously inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 2017 with a WWE Network finally set up to present some of his wildest moments in best possible quality.