One of the most controversial figures in professional wrestling history; Vince McMahon also has a huge contribution to the wrestling world. It is widely believed that he was the biggest reason behind the ultimate success of WWE and the promotion mastering over big promotions like WCW and others.

Throughout his time in WWE, he had many storylines with some of the top stars of wrestling world like Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan. A lot of people believe that his rivalry with Steve Austin throughout the Attitude Era is the best rivalry in professional wrestling history. He also had other storylines with multiple top stars.

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Former WWE Champion Remembers His Huge Storyline With Vince McMahon

One of the Forgotten stories of his wrestling career that actually sparked a lot of controversies back then was the illegitimate angle with formal WWE Cruiserweight Champion Hornswoggle. The storyline continued for a long time and a lot of fans enjoyed it thoroughly despite the majority of the fans do not remember it anymore. Hornswoggle recently appeared on the “Rewind Recap Relive” podcast where he remembered this storyline;

“The Vince McMahon storyline was the biggest thing to ever happen in my career. Legitimately the biggest thing ever, I still hold it very, very true to my heart and very close to my heart. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to my career at that time.”

Vince McMahon had an angle with Hornswoggle back in 2007

“I think [the Mini Battle Royal he wrestled in] was that moment where it finally hit me like, ‘Whoa, this is only about me. This is about no one else, this is all about me.’”

“Hell no! It was definitely Ken [Anderson]. Ken can deny it, he’s finally come around to accepting it. The truth — and telling the truth — it was definitely going to be him.”

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Hornswoggle was portrayed as the illegitimate son Vince McMahon

“Bruce Prichard walks up to me and goes, ‘Give me your phone.’ He goes, ‘You’re the son.’ And I go, ‘Oh? Okay? Oh no. Okay.’ And, man, I say it all the time, I did not know how big it was going to be.”

Hornswoggle was portrayed as the illegitimate son of Vince McMahon in this storyline. WWE always booked Hornswoggle regularly and he even won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship one time. This illegitimate angle was the biggest storyline involvement in his wrestling career. He is presently active on the independent circuit since 2016.

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