When did you figure out face announcer Vince was the boss?

[héad.casé]

I mean on TV it was never mentioned and they had Tunney and Gorilla as "WWF President" to represent the company on TV and make matches. To me, Vince was just the quirky babyface commentator. I was shocked to find out he was actually the boss. I only found out when Jim Ross cut that worked shoot about Vince firing him twice in '96. I was like "VINCE fired him?"

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

When I started watching he was already "out".

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

PWI Magazine mentioned it a number of times, so around 1992/93, I think.

[MichaelMartini]

Sometime in the mid90s.

[Paco]

Ditto on the Jim Ross 1996 heel turn...

[Deleted]

Probably during the steroid scandal. It is hilarious to watch the old shows and listen to the little jabs that Jesse would hit him with on commentary after you know that Vince is the boss.

[Sam Punk]

Vince? I thought Ray Traylor was the boss.

[PKO]

I didn't even know he had been a commentator until several years watching.

[celticjobber]

There was a video package on Primetime Wrestling in early 1992 about the WWF supporting a cancer charity (Gilda's Club), and showed Vince McMahon, CEO of Titan Sports and presented him as the owner of the company.

That's when I realized he was more than an announcer.

And shortly afterwards there was something about him in one of the Apter mags, saying he was more than an announcer.

[The Heenan Family]

I think it was during the steroid scandal that I became aware he wasn't just an announcer. Though I'm guessing my dad knew long before then from some newspaper story. But he never told me.

[thecrusherwi]

My dad was kind of an old school smark so he told me when I was little that Vince was the owner.

[EyeofTyr]

The WWF Steroid Scandal was when I fully became aware. Though I recall prior to it my grandpa making a few comments about Vince, being a NWA fan, before that that never really registered in my head prior to the scandal. Then they suddenly made a lot more sense.

[mizerable]

'96 was the clear indicator.

[An Old Villain]

Around the time of WM4. My dad outed him, I thought it was common knowledge until the late 90s.

[Tony Schiavontay]

I either started watching right before or right after Montreal so I just always knew

[legendkiller1985]

I started watching in 1995 so when I saw this on TV, My dad pretty much told me he was the owner....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tty3xO6R-U8

[Old Jack Burton]

One of my Dad's friends was an old-school wrestling fan and he never failed to bring it up every time he was around. He was also fond of pointing out previous gimmicks, like Kane being Isaac Yankem, or Undertaker having been in WCW.

[GuyOfOwnage]

Aug 15, 2013 18:56:40 GMT -5 Paco said:

Ditto on the Jim Ross 1996 heel turn...

That makes three of us.

[Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal]

Aug 16, 2013 0:01:30 GMT -5 GuyOfOwnage said:

Aug 15, 2013 18:56:40 GMT -5 Paco said:

Ditto on the Jim Ross 1996 heel turn...

That makes three of us.

Wait up for four.

[Professor Chaos]

My dad never taught me the birds and the bees when we had "The Talk" in 1989 it was that wrestling was fake and Vince McMahon was the owner. He said his friend at work knew someone that works for WWF and that Hulk Hogan was gonna win the title from Macho Man at WrestleMania V.