It Would Take A True WWE Fan To Make It Through This McMahon Quiz

In the vast and expansive WWE Universe, there will never be another family with the influence and power of the McMahon’s. Starting way back in the 1960s when Vince McMahon, Sr. co-founded the promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment has been the family’s playground, and this is unlikely to ever change. Such is the reach of the McMahon’s control that not only do they pull the strings behind the scenes, but they’ve also been taking front and center roles inside the ring from the Attitude Era onward.

At certain points, it even felt like wrestling fans saw more of the McMahon’s than any actual wrestlers on the roster. This was especially true after Stephanie McMahon married a main event superstar and combined their powers, allowing the family to easily award one of their own the WWE Championship time and again. While his day in the ring may finally be over, the family continues running the show as Commissioners of Raw and SmackDown to this day, with no end to their reign in sight.

If you’re a wrestling fan at all, you’re definitely aware of the McMahon family in one way or another, but only those who have been paying attention for a long time know the entire story. For those who consider themselves experts on all things WWE, keep reading to take a quiz on the McMahon family that only a true fan will be able to pass.

Question 1

Which McMahon owns the WWE Universe?

All right, so “The McMahon Family” has owned the WWE Universe since it was created. However, from a technical standpoint, only one person is considered the true “owner” and majority shareholder. Ultimately, this person holds all the power in the company, and can overrule even their immediate family members when push comes to shove. They’re also the reason WWE looks like it will be a family company forever, or at least until this person in particular is no longer around to ensure that remains a fact.

Question 2

Who is Stephanie McMahon’s husband?

More important than any actual human with McMahon in their name these days is the semi-retired pro wrestler who joined the family through marriage. Appropriately, their courtship started inside a WWE ring, when their characters got married long before any actual relationship began. Real life soon imitated wrestling when the two dated, and four short years later, they were married. Nowadays, Steph’s husband sits atop the WWE Universe as its King of Kings and the only other authority figure who has a chance at silencing Vince.

Question 3

What stable did Vince and Shane lead during the Attitude Era?

Powerful as they are in a metaphorical sense, the McMahon family is actually relatively weak compared to the average pro wrestler. For this reason, Vince and company often surround themselves with a half dozen of their angriest, most vicious employees to serve as bodyguards and close confidants. The trend started during the Attitude Era right after Vince revealed himself as the company’s owner, and he needed men like Ken Shamrock and the Big Bossman to protect himself and his family. What did he call his group?

Question 4

Who is Shane McMahon’s wife?

Unlike his baby sister, Shane McMahon decided to resist the temptation of dating his father’s employees. Well, technically. While Shane’s wife originally had nothing to do with the wrestling business, after they got married, it was only a matter of time before she made some appearances. It’s been a very long time since she has, but back in the Attitude Era, Mrs. Shane McMahon was a regular face as a host and interviewer on minor WWE C-Shows like LiveWire. Eventually, she moved behind the camera as a film producer.

Question 5

Who partnered with Vince McMahon, Sr. to found the WWE Universe?

According to official WWE history these days, Vince McMahon, Sr. founded the company we now know as WWE, and that’s about the end of the story. In reality, however, there was another man heavily involved in the process, who had actually worked with Vince’s grandfather Jess McMahon several years prior. Before that still, he was also credited with innovating the “Slam Bang Western Style” of wrestling that the McMahon’s adapted into “sports entertainment.” After decades of downplaying the man’s contributions, WWE finally inducted him to the Hall of Fame in 2017.

Question 6

Who did Vince McMahon defeat for the WWE Championship?

Make no mistake about it—when people say Vince McMahon holds all the power in the WWE Universe, this is in no way an exaggeration. Not only does he run the board room all day, but if Vince wants to jump in the ring and start winning his own championship belts, that’s exactly what he’ll to do. It’s no surprise he eventually felt so inclined, as he originally wanted to be a pro wrestler himself before his father forbade it. 15 years after his father’s death, though, he finally lived the dream and became his own World Champion.

Question 7

Which McMahon is the Commissioner of Raw?

In a literal and physical sense, the WWE Universe is larger today than it has ever been before. Due to an oversized roster and more TV time than they know what to do with, the company has been splintered into two, treating Raw and SmackDown like separate brands. Regardless, Vince is still the man on top of it all, and he naturally installed his family members as the leaders of each show. Raw has always been considered the flagship, so perhaps he was picking favorites when he named its Commissioner.

Question 8

What stable did Stephanie and Triple H form in 2013?

Technically speaking, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon have been playing a huge role in running WWE since way back during the McMahon-Helmsley Regime era. That said, in recent years especially, they’ve taken front row center as the primary leadership figures in the company. This was especially true from 2013 to 2016, when Vince was taking increasingly long sabbaticals, allowing these two to assume nearly complete control. Just as Vince had done during the Corporation days, HHH and Steph also surrounded themselves with a bunch of muscle to ensure no one could threaten their power.

Question 9

How many times has Triple H been World Champion?

For all his power and alleged egomania, Vince McMahon only crowned himself the WWE Champion one single time, and for only a few short days. By contrast, his son-in-law his reached the top of the mountain a near-record amount, and he’s held virtually every other title in the WWE Universe along his path to glory. Complain though some fans might about how he’s using his position in the company to achieve this status, it must be remembered his first couple pieces of gold came well before he married Stephanie.

Question 10

Who did Vince “screw” at Survivor Series 1997?

There has never been a WWE Universe free of McMahon’s, but up until the Attitude Era, the family didn’t flaunt their control all that much. This slowly started to change throughout late 1997, with an integral event at that year’s Survivor Series forever turning Vince and his relatives into the most hated names in all of wrestling. Known as the Montreal Screwjob, Vince and several of his employees conspired to make it look like a certain wrestler had submitted to a move he was actually in the process of reversing. Who got “screwed?”

Question 11

Who did Shane face in a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania 32?

From 2010 to 2016, it looked like Shane McMahon had flown the coop, completely removing himself from the WWE Universe. Suddenly, just as it looked like his father was going to award Stephanie McMahon a historic award named after their grandfather, Shane made his long awaited return to give them a piece of his mind. Quickly, one thing lead to another, and Vince punished his son with a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania 32, where Shane inevitably pushed his body to the limit with a gigantic and disastrous leap of faith. Who was his opponent?

Question 12

Who did Stephanie defeat for the Women’s Championship?

Following in her father’s footsteps, not only has Stephanie McMahon asserted herself as a top authority figure in WWE, but she’s also worn a bit of the company’s gold around her waist. Naturally, Stephanie’s title of choice was the original WWE Women’s Championship, which she held for several months in the year 2000. For much of this time, her husband Triple H was also the WWE World Championship, making them the only husband and wife duo to simultaneously hold the titles. Unsurprisingly, Triple H’s friends also had a lot to do with Stephanie winning hers.

Question 13

What wrestler was the McMahon family’s greatest rival throughout the Attitude Era?

No matter what it is a person does for a living, there’s an unfortunate chance they won’t entirely get along with their boss. WWE superstars know this feeling all too well, with countless employees revolting against the McMahon family to varying degrees of success. That said, from the Attitude Era onward, one wrestler in particular has always been considered Vince McMahon and his entire family’s greatest rival. Indeed, he’s the only person to have laid out every single McMahon with his finishing move in one night, not to mention a thousand other times he did it to Vince alone.

Question 14

Which McMahon is the Commissioner of SmackDown?

Unable to resist the temptation of creating conflict, the second Vince McMahon decided his daughter Stephanie should be the Commissioner of Raw, he put another family member in charge of SmackDown. Apparently, he’s a fan of the awkward family dinners that would result, with the two constant vying against one another to achieve brand supremacy. In stark contrast to how Stephanie rules Raw with an iron fist, at least this McMahon tries to make the fans happy over on the blue brand, always putting on the best show possible.

Question 15

What rebellious group did Triple H lead before going corporate?

In one of the most ironic twists wrestling has ever organically created, long before Triple H was the face of the Authority in the WWE Universe, he was one of Vince McMahon’s greatest antagonists. This status began when he formed an intentionally childish group with his friends Shawn Michaels and Chyna, annoying McMahon with sophomoric humor and over-the-top antics. After HBK’s initial retirement, HHH assumed control of the group, and things only got sillier and more offensive from there. Given the time frame, this behavior naturally made them some of the most popular names around.

Question 16

Which of Vince’s secretaries feuded with Stephanie?

As one might expect from a young woman happily calling herself “Daddy’s Little Girl” or the “Billion Dollar Princess,” there was a time when Stephanie McMahon didn’t quite appreciate her father trying to get romantic with female talent around her age. The disapproving looks when Vince hit on employees never quite stopped, but they only lead to repeat violence and heated matches once. During the build to WrestleMania X7, Vince had clearly picked one favorite secretary/assistant in particular, and Stephanie was decidedly not a fan.

Question 17

Which wrestler did Shane defeat for the European Championship?

Believe it or not, neither Vince nor Stephanie were the first McMahon to wear a WWE title belt around their waist. Several months prior to Vince winning the World Championship, his son Shane became the European Champion in one of his very first matches. Shortly thereafter, he successfully defended the gold in a rematch at WrestleMania, then decided to “retire as champion” rather than keep putting it on the line. Eventually, Shane did get back in the ring, but he never did defend the title again.

Question 18

Who did Vince challenge to the Battle of the Billionaires?

Of all the huge challenges Vince McMahon has faced at WrestleMania, none received more attention than the so-called “Battle of the Billionaires.” While Vince and his “opponent” were very much the focus, neither of them actually got in the ring, hiring wrestlers to serve as their avatars in a match where both businessman put his hair on the line. Defending Vince’s honor was Umaga, and his guest rival hired the services of Bobby Lashley. Ultimately, Lashley won the match, meaning Vince’s enemy got to shave his head.

Question 19

Who was the guest referee during Shane and Vince’s WrestleMania X7 Street Fight?

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, so it’s no surprise the McMahon family has pretty much always had trouble getting along. Vince’s children in particular are constantly attempting to stop living in his shadow and find their own stake in life, something that inspired Shane to leave the WWE Universe on numerous occasions. Vince always forgave his prodigal son, but he was nonetheless mighty upset when Shane purchased WCW and used it as a weapon mere weeks before the two did battle in an epic WrestleMania street fight.

Question 20

Who engaged in a feud against Shane after going after Linda on Raw?

Once the Invasion and his feud with Vince was largely over, Shane took a long hiatus from wrestling, and it looked like he may be gone for good. That very quickly changed two years later after Eric Bischoff deeply offended Shane’s mother Linda, leading to a street fight at SummerSlam, which Shane won. Things didn’t go so smoothly the next time someone hurt Linda, as a wrestler one-upped Bischoff’s offense by attacking her after she refused to give him a World Championship match. What he later did to Shane was even worse, electrocuting a very sensitive part of his body.

Question 21

Who did Stephanie plan to marry before meeting Triple H?

Not all relationships end with love, romance, and control of the WWE Universe. Some dalliances fall short of being a match made in heaven, coming to an abrupt stop when a bride-to-be is kidnapped, subdued, and forced to marry another man. Okay, maybe that sort of thing only happened once, and inside a WWE wrestling ring, but that only made it all the more memorable. For those who missed it, this was indeed how the relationship between HHH and Stephanie McMahon appeared to begin, moments before Steph planned to marry someone else.

Question 22

Which wrestler did Shane feud with over the Hardcore Championship?

Even as Shane McMahon approaches his 50’s, no one would ever deny the guy is a daredevil at heart, completely unafraid of any stunt the WWE Universe could ask of him. He’s proven this with countless leaps of faith over the years, and one of the scariest he ever attempted came at SummerSlam 2000. Appropriately, Shane’s 50 foot backwards fall from the top of the set came during his time in the hardcore division, after he used the 24/7 rule to snag the belt. Unfortunately for him, he immediately regretted the decision upon realizing there would be a rematch.

Question 23

What was Vince’s first onscreen role in WWE?

Considering the control Vince McMahon has over the WWE Universe today, it’s almost difficult to remember he wasn’t always in charge of the company. In fact, the company existed a solid 8 years before he had any official involvement whatsoever, with his father Vince, Sr. wanting to keep his family off the televised product. Junior was adamant about being an onscreen performer, though, and eventually, his father acquiesced when another employee suddenly needed to get replaced. Immediately, Vince proved to his old man that he was actually pretty good at the gig, keeping it for over 25 years.

Question 24

What ill-fated football company did Vince create as a rival to the NFL?

Most businessmen would be more than content dominating one industry and making billions of dollars from it. Of course, Vince McMahon isn’t most people, which is why he felt the need to take on another industry giant in the NFL. This was a bit odd, considering Vince never showed much interest in football before, nor anything else outside of his WWE Universe for that matter. Unsurprisingly, this cased his league to become a massive failure in mere months, losing him some $35 million dollars. Even so, all reports indicate he’s planning to bring it back in the near future.

Question 25

Which wrestler did The Authority choose as the “Face of WWE?”

During the Attitude Era, were Triple H given the choice of which wrestler to make the “Face of WWE,” odds are he would have selected, well, Triple H. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t until after he reached his mid 40s and was largely finished inside the squared circle that he had this opportunity, which is why he settled on another wrestler who happened to be a friend of his instead. To ensure their selection stayed on top, The Authority did everything in their power to make him the World Champion, preventing John Cena or Daniel Bryan from taking him down.

Question 26

Who did the McMahon’s conspire about to ensure he would win the Deadly Games tournament?

No one Pay-Per-View during the Attitude Era featured more McMahon family drama than Survivor Series 1998. This is unsurprising, as it was also one of the most important nights in WWE history from a general standpoint, as the event hosted the Deadly Games tournament to crown a new World Champion. Both Vince and Shane McMahon were heavily involved in the semi-finals and finals, first ensuring that “Stone Cold” Steve Austin would get eliminated before the main event, and then that their chosen superstar wound up winning the gold.

Question 27

What was Shane’s first onscreen role in WWE?

Much like his old man, Shane McMahon had been around the WWE Universe for an extremely long time before wrestling his first match. There was a bit of a difference, though, as Shane only held on to his original job for a few short years from 1989 to 1992. From there, he moved to backstage duties and helped launch the original WWE web site, but he eventually did return to the same gig as “punishment” when Vince was trying to teach him humility during the Attitude Era.

Question 28

Who did Vince defeat for the ECW Championship?

If you think WWE fans have an issue with the McMahon family, wait until you hear what the remaining ECW diehards have to say about them. Even before Vince revived the hardcore Philadelphia promotion as his C-brand, fans of the real deal were known for violently rejecting his brand of sports entertainment. These feelings of resentment reached a boiling point when Vince booked himself to become the ECW Champion. On the plus side, he only held the gold for a month, and won it in a 3-on-1 handicap match, so it’s not as though he looked particularly dominant or “hardcore.”

Question 29

Who was revealed as Vince McMahon’s illegitimate son?

Given the family’s power and influence, just about everyone in the wrestling business probably wishes they were a little bit closer to the McMahon’s. In what gradually developed into a heavily maligned angle, one wrestler actually got the chance when rumors came out that Vince McMahon had fathered an illegitimate son. Unfortunately, rather than embrace his new offspring, Vince subjected the poor kid to nonstop acts of tough love…well, for a few short months anyway, at which point the company decided the whole thing was just a prank.

Question 30

Which wrestler was Triple H’s partner when he won his first Tag Team Championships?

Whenever a main event caliber wrestler decides to enter the doubles division, it’s generally just a matter of time before they win the Tag Team Championships. That goes double should they choose another main event talent as their partner, which was definitely the case when Triple H and the current WWE Champion combined their powers in the Spring of 2001. Immediately, the two men held nearly all the important gold in the company, easily defeating rivals like the Brothers of Destruction and the Hardy Boyz to hold on to it.

Question 31

What faction did Shane and Stephanie lead against Vince during the Invasion?

In addition to the WWE Universe, during the heavily maligned Invasion era, the McMahon family were also in control of rival factions in WCW and ECW. Not that Vince had anything to do with it—Shane bought WCW, and former ECW owner Paul Heyman sold his baby to Stephanie. Because neither company could quite match the WWE roster after it reached a peak during the Attitude Era, the two decided to combine forces and make a concerted effort at taking over the wrestling world. While it didn’t work, they at least controlled on of the biggest stables in history.

Question 32

Who went after Vince and Stephanie en route to a WrestleMania XXV match against Triple H?

Despite the fact Triple H has been part of the McMahon family for over a decade now, he still remains a general antagonist to Vince and Shane on camera. Well, most of the time, anyway. Every now and again, they’re treated like one big happy family, as was the case during the build to WrestleMania XXV. As if things weren’t personal enough between Triple H the man challenging for his WWE Championship, his opponent repeatedly attacked Vince, Shane, and even Stephanie McMahon to further annoy the Game before their match.

Question 33

Which wrestler did Linda and Stephanie briefly appoint as WWE CEO in 1999?

Quite frankly, WWE has always been a little bit fast and loose about what percentage of WWE each McMahon family member owns. In reality, Vince owns 100% of it, and the others just get whatever power he allows them. On camera, however, it has at times been claimed Vince’s wife and children each hold 25%, which allowed them to overrule one another and breed further conflict. Eventually, the in-fighting got to be too difficult, so Linda and Stephanie gave their shares over to one of Vince’s rivals and briefly appointed him as the company’s CEO.

Question 34

Who teamed with “God” against Vince and Shane at Backlash 2006?

Yes, you read that correctly—Vince and Shane McMahon once booked themselves in a match against God. And yeah, you guessed it, they totally won. The most surprising part of this absurd contest is that “God’s” tag team partner is actually very devout in his beliefs, so one might expect he’d have said no to being a participant. For whatever reason, though, he accepted it when Vince said his defeat at WrestleMania was an “act of God,” thus getting the deity in question involved with their rematch.

Question 35

Who did Triple H defeat to briefly unify the World Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships?

It’s one thing for Triple H or Vince McMahon to use their influence over the WWE Universe to win a World Championship or two. However, many fans felt HHH was taking things just a bit too far in late 2002, when he had all solo titles on Raw combined into one big super belt, of which he himself naturally became the sole owner. It all began when Eric Bischoff simply handed him the new World Heavyweight title for no reason, and culminated at No Mercy 2002, when Triple H combined that prize with the Intercontinental title.

Question 36

Which wrestler did Linda support in the main event of WrestleMania 2000?

In some respects, there has never been a WrestleMania main event without the McMahon family playing a major role. That said, never before or since have they been so blatant about this than in the year 2000. For the first and thus far only fatal four-way WWE Championship match at the Grandest Stage of Them All, Vince, Shane, Stephanie, and Linda all decided they’d be backing one of the participants. Linda’s name was thrown into the hat last, when she let a recently retired wrestler make a one night only comeback to live his dream.

Question 37

Who did Stephanie manage against Triple H at WrestleMania X8?

From their onscreen marriage to the present day, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H have largely remained an extremely happy couple. However, there have also been a handful of bad times between them, including a large stretch of fighting that technically ended in their onscreen divorce, though that was later ignored. Tensions got so hot at one point that Stephanie actually joined one of her most vocal rivals as his manager, standing in the man’s corner as he defended the WWE Championship against her husband.

Question 38

In which state did Linda twice run for a seat in the U.S. Senate?

More so than even Shane McMahon in 2010, it’s safe to say Linda McMahon won’t be returning to the WWE Universe any time soon. At this point, she’s much too busy with her current job working for a former onscreen rival of her husband, a career trajectory that began when she ran for the United States Senate in 2010 and 2012. Despite spending a good chunk of the family fortune, Linda was unable to win either race, but this hardly stopped her career in politics from taking off.

Question 39

Who was Shane’s tag team partner at WrestleMania 34?

Well after assuming the role as SmackDown’s Commissioner, Shane McMahon is still prone to getting in the ring each year come WrestleMania season. For the most recent Showcase of Immortals, he had not one but two wrestlers drawing his ire, meaning a tag team partner was necessary to take them down. In a stroke of luck, it just so happened that Shane’s GM had finally been cleared by doctors to make a full-time return to the ring, making the choice about who should back him up all too easy.

Question 40

Which MMA star teamed with Kurt Angle against Triple H and Stephanie at WrestleMania 34?

Shane wasn’t the only McMahon involved in an extremely high profile tag team match at WrestleMania 34. The only difference is that instead of a huge wrestler making a comeback in their corner, Stephanie and Triple H were tasked with challenging a former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion who was finally making her WWE debut after roughly three years of hype and speculation. While Stephanie put up more of a fight than anyone would have expected, the newcomer quickly took her down and forced her to tap out.

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