25 Things You Didn't Know About Vince McMahon

4. He Ran An Illegal Booze Racket

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Speaking on a young life of petty crime to Playboy back in 2001, McMahon hilariously admitted to peddling dodgy booze as if he was trying to get around a prohibition law long binned in his North Carolina locale. All, as it turned out, for a rather paltry reward.

He said; "I ran a load of moonshine in Harlowe, North Carolina, in a 1952 Ford V8. That was a badass car at the time...[I got paid] A fortune...I think it was 20 bucks."

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