>>11900441In 1968, McMahon graduated from East Carolina University[18] with a business degree and after a nondescript career as a traveling salesman, he was eager to assume a managerial role in his father's World Wide Wrestling Federation promotion. In 1969, McMahon made his debut as a ring announcer for the WWWF's All-Star Wrestling.[23] In 1971, he was assigned to a small territory in Maine, where he promoted his first card. He later became the play-by-play commentator for television matches after replacing Ray Morgan in 1971, a role he regularly maintained until November 1997.
In the 1970s, McMahon became a prominent force in his father's company and, over the next decade, assisted his father in tripling TV syndication.[24] The younger McMahon was also behind the Muhammad Ali versus Antonio Inoki match of 1976.[24] He pushed for the renaming of the company to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1979.
On February 21, 1980, McMahon officially founded Titan Sports and the company's headquarters were established in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, using the now-defunct Cape Cod Coliseum as a home base for the company. McMahon then became chairman of the company and his wife, Linda, became the "co-chief executive".[25][26] In 1982, Titan acquired control of the CWC from McMahon's ailing father (who died in May 1984).
