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Article from New
York Observer From Monday June 10th 2002
Tribeca Houses
Wrestling Big
Shane McMahon Gets the 'F' Out of Greenwich
By Blair Golson
Last August, a London
judge decided that the U.K.-based World Wildlife Fund had first
dibs on the acronym "W.W.F." It was bad news for the
World Wrestling Federation, which responded in May by changing
its name to World Wrestling Entertainment. They're now issuing
T-shirts that read "Get the 'F' out."
That works for W.W.E. heir
apparent and sometime wrestler Shane McMahon, who just sold his
place in Connecticut and bought a $4 million Tribeca penthouse
loft.
"Just like out company
name changed. I just got the 'F' out of Greenwich," Mr.
McMahon told The Observer. "Our quality of life has
increased immensely since moving...Instead of three restaurants,
you have 3,000."
The 32-year-old Mr McMahon
is the son of Vince McMahon, the W.W.E.'s bodyslamming,
blood-fueding chief executive, who is primarily responsible for
professional wrestling's explosive growth during the past two
decades. The entire McMahon clan--including Vince and wife Linda,
and Shane and his sister Stephanie--make regular appearances in
the ring, as characters in a wrestling soap opera that revolves
aroun control of the W.W.E.
In reality, its one big
happy family. The same's true of Mr. McMahon's relationship with
Jesse (formerly "the Body", now "the Mind")
Ventura, who parlayed his fame on the mat into a successful
gubernatorial bid in 1998 in Minnesota.
In 1999, when Mr. Ventura
made a controversial return to the ring as referee, Shane McMahon
got a lot of national attention by getting thrown out of the ring
by the wrestler turned governor.
"Jesse and I go way
back," Mr. McMahon told The Observer. "I used to
take Jesse's ring jackets when I was a kid, and then being in the
ring with him--it's funny how life works out."
The way lifes working out
for Mr. McMahon right now, he's reverse-commuting from Tribeca to
the W.W.E.'s headquarters in Stamford, Conn., each day, and
reveling in the downtown culture.
"I love it down
there," he said. "It's part of the city where you don't
feel that you're in the city. Its more of a neighborhood--thats
why my wife and I chose to move back."
Mr. McMahon's wife Marissa
is a native New Yorker, and he spent two years on the Upper East
Side in the mid - 90's. He'd always wanted to move back, but it
took him upwards of three years to settle into his new place,
mostly because he and a friend, architect Chris Smith, designed
his penthouse loft from scratch.
Citing security
concerns--you wouldn't believe the resourcefulness of wrestling
fans at location the stars of firmament--Mr. McMahon was mum on
many of the details, but he did say that the place has 12-to
15-foot-high ceilings, a 24-hour doorman and "trmendous
views and light, not obstructed in any way."