Up until 1996, Vince McMahon was strictly treated on-air as a broadcast personality and announcer, though memorable rants from Jim Ross and Stone Cold in 1996 both made reference to him being the real-life owner of the WWE. Vince's presence on TV was further expanded when Bret Hart attacked him following his losing a Steel Cage Match to Psycho Sid, but the night that everything changed forever was September 22, 1997, when Stone Cold came out to the ring to attack Owen Hart. A number of police officers interrupted Austin, as did Vince, who tried to calm Austin down given his near-career-ending injury suffered at Hart's hands just 7 weeks earlier. Austin then gave Vince a Stunner, and one of the most legendary feuds in wrestling history was born. The Mr. McMahon character outlived the feud and became a beast of his own, enduring over the years as one of the most-loathed heels in the history of the company. Not bad for what could so easily have been nothing more than a lame ego-trip.
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