Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko McMahon he paerata whawhai Marine Corps i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, a ka hoki ki te United States i muri i te pakanga. I puta ia i te whare wānanga, a, ka noho hei kaiwhakanao pouaka whakaata i Philadelphia. I muri mai ka mahi ia i te
Ko te Pakanga o Korea, ka oti i tetahi atu haerenga o te mahi, ka tohua hei kaiwhakaputa mo te ABC raupapa ra "Ko wai e whakawhirinaki ana koe?" Koinei te wā tuatahi i mahi tahi ai a McMahon me Johnny Carson. E rua nga tau i muri mai i te wha o nga tau i muri mai i te wa i whakakapihia ai e McMahon a Hugh Downs hei kaiwhakaputa i runga i te "The Tonight Show". I whiwhi a McMahon i te US $ 1 miriona i te tau e mahi ana me Carson.