Everything about Shane Mcmahon totally explained
Shane Brandon McMahon (born
January 15 1970)
Shane has served as Executive Vice President of WWE Global Media, overseeing International Television Distribution, Live Event bookings, Digital Media, Consumer products, and Publishing. Addition to his corporate responsibilities, he's also contributed to WWE’s programming as a talent and Creative contributor. In September 2006, he was named one of
Detail Magazine's 50 most powerful men under 42 in the annual "power issue".
Shane is considered the 4th Generation McMahon as he follows his great-grandfather,
Jess McMahon, his grandfather
Vincent J. McMahon, and his father
Vincent K. McMahon. His sons, Declan and Keynon, with wife
Marissa Mazzola, are considered the 5th generation.
Career
Shane Brandon McMahon was born
January 15 1970, in
Gaithersburg, Maryland. He's the son of Vince and Linda McMahon and brother of Stephanie McMahon. After graduating from
Greenwich High School in 1988, he attended
Roger Williams University in
Bristol, Rhode Island. His time at RWU, he studied Media and Marketing, before his transfer to
Boston University. In 1993, he graduated from Boston. in 1990 and was the first performer to walk out to greet the audience at
WrestleMania VI. He soon left behind the blue shirt and bow-tie and took on the role of a backstage official at
WrestleMania VIII in an attempt to break up a brawl between
Randy Savage and
Ric Flair. In addition, he also liked the idea of
Chyna joining the WWF with Triple H and Shawn Michaels.
World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
Shane O Mac (1998-2000)
Shane became a regular while being an on-air character in 1998, during his father's on-air
feud with
Steve Austin. In the early days of that
angle, Shane offered support for his father in cameo roles, but he didn't become an
enforcer like
Gerald Brisco and
Pat Patterson. Later, in the summer, Shane was a
color commentator on
WWE HEAT for a short amount of time with
Jim Cornette. During this time, Shane largely played the role of a
face announcer, supporting characters such as members of
DX. After the announcing stint ended, Shane took a role as a regular character, turning on his father by signing Austin to a contract after Vince demoted him to the position of referee. Yet at
Survivor Series, Shane turned
heel by turning on Austin and became an official member of
The Corporation.
Shane became a key component in the Corporation angle, winning the
European title from
X-Pac. The two met in a rematch at
WrestleMania XV; Shane got help from his childhood friends the
Mean Street Posse and
Triple H, who turned on X-Pac during the match, to retain the championship. Shane then retired the title, wanting to retire as an "undefeated champion". Shane later gave the title to
Mideon, who found it in Shane's duffel bag (thus reactivating it).
After WrestleMania, Vince briefly made his second face run and Shane took control of the Corporation. With wrestlers such as Triple H in this new faction, Shane feuded with his father and a new faction made up of former Corporation members,
The Union. On the UPN pilot for
SmackDown!, Shane joined forces with
The Undertaker and the
Ministry of Darkness to form the
Corporate Ministry. Eventually, Vince was revealed to be the mastermind behind this faction, and his face turn was explained to be a plot to get the
WWF Title off of Austin. Austin then met Shane and Vince in a
ladder match at the
King of the Ring for ownership of the WWF (storyline wise, Austin had 50% (which was assigned to him by Linda and Stephanie McMahon, upset by Vince and Shane's complicity in the storyline kidnapping of Stephanie by the Corporate Ministry), while Vince and Shane each had 25%). Shane and Vince won the match when a mystery associate raised the briefcase out of Austin's reach when he climbed the ladder, allowing Vince and Shane to grab the case and regain 100% ownership of the WWF.
With his ownership reinstated, Shane shifted his sights to, then babyface,
Test, who (
kayfabe) was dating Shane's sister,
Stephanie. Shane disapproved of the relationship, feeling Stephanie was dating "beneath the family's standards", and wound up feuding with Test. With help from the Mean Street Posse, Shane made Test's life a living hell. At
SummerSlam, Shane met Test in a "Love Her or Leave Her" match, with the stipulation being that if Shane won the match, Test and Stephanie could no longer see each other, and if he lost, Shane would give his blessings to the pair. Test was able to get the win, and Shane eventually settled his differences with Test, thus making his second face run by becoming his ally.
Later in the year, Stephanie turned heel, siding with her new husband then-heel, Triple H. With that, the
McMahon-Helmsley Faction began, and all of the other McMahons disappeared from television.
At
No Way Out, Shane made his return as a heel again by helping
Big Show defeat
The Rock.
This started the road to
WrestleMania 2000, where in the four-way main event each wrestler had a McMahon in his corner. The Rock had Vince, the Big Show had Shane, Triple H had Stephanie, and
Mick Foley had Shane's mother,
Linda McMahon. The Big Show was the first man eliminated,
and soon after he and Shane went their separate ways. This led to a match between the two at
Judgment Day, which Shane won after receiving help from Test and
Albert, amongst others. Over the course of the next several months, Shane allied himself with other heel wrestlers, including
Edge and Christian, who helped him win the
Hardcore title from
Steve Blackman. Shane met Blackman in a rematch at
SummerSlam, losing the title after falling 40 feet through the stage (Shane climbed up the set running away from Blackman, who gave chase and hit Shane with a
Singapore cane, knocking him off). Shane then disappeared from television, making occasional cameo appearances.
The Alliance (2001)
In 2001, Shane made his third face run by once again feuding with his father, Vince. The feud with Vince was due to the elder McMahon's (kayfabe) affair with
Trish Stratus. As fate would have it, rival
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was sold to the World Wrestling Federation one week before the Father versus Son match at WrestleMania X-Seven. In
terms of the storyline, Vince McMahon demanded that
Ted Turner sign the contract at
WrestleMania X-Seven. With Vince McMahon's ego getting the best of him, Shane was able to seize the opportunity and purchase WCW himself, to the shock of Vince McMahon. Shane defeated his father at
WrestleMania X-Seven, in a Street Fight. At
Backlash, Shane was in a
Last Man Standing match against the Big Show. Shane performed the Leap of Faith (from the top of the scaffolding), causing Shane to get the victory when Show couldn't answer the 10 count.
Shane then began a feud with
Kurt Angle. By
King of the Ring 2001, on
June 24, Shane's feud with Angle had culminated. After already participating in two tournament matches that night, Angle wrestled Shane in a Street Fight. After a suplex on the hard floor, Angle was thought to have cracked his
tailbone. Angle also delivered an
overhead belly-to-belly suplex through the plated glass stage set, but Shane didn't break through on the first attempt, causing him to fall head-first onto the concrete floor. After a successful second attempt, Angle was to put him through a second plate back out to the stage and again failed two more times. The match also had Shane missing a
shooting star press and ended with Angle performing the
Angle Slam off the top rope before scoring the victory over a bloodied Shane.
Shane then began to lead his WCW wrestlers against his father and the WWF wrestlers, eventually joining forces with
Paul Heyman and his band of
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) wrestlers, along with their new owner, Shane's sister Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Calling themselves
The Alliance, they pledged to finally run the World Wrestling Federation (and specifically their father) out of business.
Ultimately,
The Invasion came to a head at
Survivor Series 2001. The team of Shane,
Steve Austin,
Kurt Angle,
Rob Van Dam, and
Booker T lost to the team of
the Rock,
Chris Jericho,
The Undertaker,
Kane, and the Big Show. The WWF defeat of the Alliance, caused it to go out of business. The following night on
Raw, Vince McMahon publicly fired both Shane and Stephanie. Following the destruction of the WCW/ECW Alliance, Shane remained off-screen, eventually briefly reappearing three times during 2002 to 2003.
Return (2003-2005)
At
WrestleMania XIX Shane went to check on his father's welfare following a street fight with
Hulk Hogan. He turned face once more in the summer of 2003 by getting involved in a feud with
Eric Bischoff (who had made improper remarks/gestures to Shane's mother Linda). He defeated Bischoff in a street fight at
SummerSlam 2003. Shane also got involved in a rivalry with then-heel,
Kane after he'd given Linda the Tombstone Piledriver (due to Linda not naming him #1 contender to the World Title). Their feud culminated in Shane losing a
Last Man Standing match at
Unforgiven 2003
and an
Ambulance match at
Survivor Series 2003.
After Survivor Series, Shane left
RAW to focus his attention on the executive creative staff and on his new family. At
WrestleMania XX, Shane appeared briefly on camera during the opening of the event with Vince McMahon and his newborn son, Declan James McMahon.
In a special 3-hour edition of
Raw in October 2005, billed as
WWE Homecoming, all four members of the McMahon family were given a
Stone Cold Stunner by
Stone Cold Steve Austin. The following week, Vince McMahon demanded an apology from ringside commentators for not coming to his family's aid, which developed into a new feud. Shane also appeared at
Survivor Series 2005, though he didn't appear on television. He can be seen on the DVD extra backstage talking to
Theodore Long, when
The Boogeyman tried to scare off Shane, who made no deal about it.
The McMahons (2006-2007)
Shane turned heel once more by again siding with his father to help in the feud with
Shawn Michaels. At the
2006 Royal Rumble, Shane eliminated Shawn Michaels by throwing him over the top rope. After weeks of attacks from behind by Shane, one of which saw McMahon force an unconscious Michaels to kiss Vince McMahon's rear end, Shane and Michaels faced each other in a Street Fight at
Saturday Night's Main Event. In a fashion similar to the real life
Montreal Screwjob, Shane put Michaels in the
Sharpshooter as Vince McMahon called for the bell and gave Shane the victory.
The McMahons' feud with Michaels took a religious turn after
WrestleMania 22 (where Michaels defeated Vince McMahon). Vince McMahon claimed that Michaels' victory was a result of "divine intervention" and
booked himself and his son in a match at
Backlash against Michaels and his tag team partner "
God". Around this time, Vince McMahon began to act strangely and at one point considered himself a God. Shane, who at this time was referred by Vince McMahon as "the product of his semen", teamed with Vince McMahon to defeat Michaels and God at Backlash, due to help from the
Spirit Squad.
This feud later enveloped
Triple H, who the McMahons had drafted to take out Michaels. Triple H was getting frustrated with this, as it was distracting from his quest to regain the
WWE Championship. Triple H wound up bashing Shane with his signature weapon, the
sledgehammer, in what was considered to be an accident that put Shane out of the ring for a while. Vince (and later Shane, who had recovered) sought to humble Triple H and get some retribution. Triple H then began a feud with the McMahons shortly after, leading to his siding with Shawn Michaels and the reformation of
D-Generation X.
At
SummerSlam, Shane, along with his father Vince, were defeated by DX. About a month later at
Unforgiven, The McMahons and then
ECW World Champion The Big Show faced DX in a
Hell in a Cell match. Shane was
injured after Michaels elbow dropped a chair which was around Shane's neck. DX emerged victorious at Unforgiven, and Shane disappeared from television.
On the March 5 edition of
Raw, Shane came back to inform his father, Mr. McMahon, about the "guest referee" for the "Battle of the Billionaires". He told him that their opponents on the Board of Directors had won the vote, 5-4. The McMahons had intended for Shane to be the referee. Instead, the guest referee turned out to be the McMahons' old rival,
Steve Austin. During the "Battle of the Billionaires" match at
WrestleMania 23, Shane's attempt to interfere on his father's behalf was stopped by Austin. During the match, Shane was able to hit the
Coast-to-Coast dive with a trash can into
Bobby Lashley's face.
On
April 9, Shane officially joined the McMahon/
Umaga/Lashley feud when he faced Bobby Lashley for the
ECW Championship in a
Title vs Hair match which ended in Shane getting disqualified on purpose by punching the referee. After the match, Umaga, Mr. McMahon, and Shane all attacked Lashley.
At
Backlash in a Handicap match for the ECW title, Shane along with his father and Umaga defeated Lashley for the ECW Championship. Mr. McMahon gained the
pin making him the ECW World Champion. At
Judgment Day, Lashley faced Shane, Mr. McMahon, and Umaga again, in a rematch for the ECW World Championship. This time, Lashley won the match, but since he pinned Shane rather than Mr. McMahon, Mr. McMahon remained the champion.
At
One Night Stand Shane and Umaga tried to help Mr. McMahon retain the ECW World title against Bobby Lashley, but failed when Lashley speared
McMahon and pinned him for the win.
On the taped edition of
Raw that aired on
September 3, Shane, along with his mother Linda and his sister Stephanie, made appearances to confront Mr. McMahon about his illegitimate child.
Shane then returned at
Survivor Series to accompany
Hornswoggle, alongside his father, in his match against
The Great Khali.
Business
On
October 21,
2006,
PRIDE Fighting Championships held
PRIDE 32 at the
Thomas & Mack Center in
Las Vegas, Nevada. Shane was at attendance at the event, resulting in speculation that WWE could be considering promoting MMA events.
On
November 17, WWE and
DSE officials, the parent company of
PRIDE Fighting Championships, had a meeting at WWE global headquarters in
Stamford, Connecticut. The meeting focused on the possibility of the two groups doing some form of business together in the future. Yet on
March 27,
2007, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, president of DSE, announced that
Station Casinos Inc. magnate Lorenzo Fertitta, also one of the co-owners of Zuffa, the parent company of the
UFC, had made a deal to acquire all the assets of PRIDE FC from DSE after
PRIDE 34: Kamikaze in a deal worth about USD$70 million. Therefore, the deal between DSE and WWE has reportedly been called off.
Later in November, Shane and WWE Canada President Carl DeMarco traveled to South America to finalize a major TV deal in Brazil, which allowed their television station to air
RAW and
Smackdown!.
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World Wrestling Federation
Job titles
1990 - WWF referee
1993 - WWF’s television production, sales, marketing, and international business development divisions Together they've two sons, Declan James and Kenyon Jesse. Declan was born on February 13 2004 and weighed nine pounds. Kenyon "Kenney" was born March 26, 2006. On July 24 2006, Shane became an uncle, when his sister Stephanie had her daughter Aurora Rose Levesque.
Shane usually wears baseball jerseys for his matches, with the front saying Shane O Mac and the back reserved for McMahon, the name of the PPV he's participating in, or some other phrase relating to the match and/or his opponent.
When Vince McMahon was interviewed in Playboy, he mentioned that Shane was suffering from ADHD, for which they placed him on Ritalin.
Although Shane is right-handed, he often throws left-handed punches.
Shane's football jersey number was 61, the same as his dad Vince.
Shane had a brief role in the 2002 film, Rollerball.
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