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Roderick James "Jess" McMahon Sr. (October 29, 1882 – November 21, 1954) was an American professional wrestling and professional boxing promoter, and the patriarch of the McMahon family. It is not certain if either he or his son Vincent J. McMahon was the founder of Capitol Wrestling Corporation.
The family's involvement in wrestling dates back to 1915, when Jess McMahon began promoting matches. Before his death in 1954, Jess and his son, Vincent J. McMahon, formed the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) in 1953, which became a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
Mar 10, 2021 · Their story goes back all the way to the early 1950s, when Jess McMahon, the son of Irish immigrants in New York, began what would one day, and many evolutions later, become the WWE, the largest...
Apr 30, 2022 · April 30, 2022. Roderick James “Jess” McMahon Sr., May 26, 1882 – November 22, 1954, was a Harlem Irish professional wrestling and professional boxing promoter, and the patriarch of the McMahon family. It is not certain if either he or his son Vincent J. McMahon was the founder of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).
Vincent James McMahon (July 6, 1914 – May 24, 1984), also referred to as Vince McMahon Sr., was an American professional wrestling promoter. He is best known for running the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, later known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the World Wrestling Federation (and now known as WWE ).
Jul 22, 2016 · Jess McMahon: Boxing Promoter and Sire of the WWE. Before there was the WWE and Vince McMahon, Jr., there was Roderick “Jess” McMahon – the paterfamilias of the McMahon family enterprise...
Oct 20, 2023 · Jess McMahon was a pro-wrestling promoter who founded the Capitol Wrestling Promotion with his son Vincent James McMahon. He died in 1954 and his son took over the business, which later became WWE.
