Shane McMahon | |
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 McMahon in 2018 | |
| Born | Shane Brandon McMahon (1970-01-15)January 15, 1970 (age 55) |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Title | Founder andexecutive chairman ofIdeanomics[2] |
| Spouse | Marissa Mazzola |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Vince McMahon Linda McMahon |
| Family | McMahon |
| Ring name(s) | Shane McMahon Shane Stevens |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[3] |
| Billed weight | 230 lb (104 kg)[3] |
| Billed from | Greenwich, Connecticut New York City[3] |
| Trained by | Tom Prichard Al Snow Phil Nurse Sgt. Slaughter Randy Savage |
| Debut | 1988 |
Shane Brandon McMahon[4] (/məkˈmæn/mək-MAN; born January 15, 1970)[5] is an American businessman andprofessional wrestler. He is best known for his two tenures inWWE from 1988 to 2009 and 2016 to 2024.
The son ofVince McMahon, he is a fourth-generation wrestling promoter as a member of theMcMahon family. He began working in WWF (World Wrestling Federation, now WWE) at age 15, starting in their warehouse, where he filled merchandise orders. McMahon was a referee, producer, announcer, and eventually a wrestler, while becoming WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Media behind the scenes. As a wrestler, he has won theEuropean Championship once, theHardcore Championship, theSmackDown Tag Team Championship, and theWWE World Cup in 2018.
In 2004 he founded Seven Stars Cloud Group, which becameIdeanomics where he serves asexecutive chairman. On October 1, 2009, McMahon announced his resignation from WWE. Later that year, he became CEO of entertainment service company YOU On Demand. On July 12, 2013, McMahon stepped down as CEO of YOU On Demand and appointed Weicheng Liu as his successor, while remaining the company's principal executive officer and Vice chairman of the board until 2021, when McMahon was promoted to Executive chairman. In 2016, he returned to WWE where he was a prominently featured figure until October 2019. Since August 2020, he has wrestled or appeared at WWE events sporadically, as of February 2025, his most recent appearance occurring atWrestleMania 39.
Shane Brandon McMahon was born on January 15, 1970, inGaithersburg, Maryland, toVince andLinda McMahon.[5] He has one younger sister,Stephanie McMahon.[4] After graduating fromGreenwich High School in 1987, he attended Bridgton Academy in Bridgton, Maine. He then attendedBoston University and in 1993 earned adegree incommunications.[6]
McMahon began his on-screen career as a referee named Shane Stevens.[7][8] As Shane Stevens, McMahon refereed during the inauguralRoyal Rumblematch on January 24, 1988, and he was the first performer to walk out to greet the audience atWrestleMania VI on April 1, 1990. McMahon stopped performing as a referee and became a backstage official atWrestleMania VIII on April 5, 1992, in an attempt to break up a storyline brawl betweenRandy Savage andRic Flair. McMahon mainly worked behind the scenes, launching WWF.com in 1997.[citation needed]
McMahon made his first appearances as a regular on-air character in early 1998 during theAttitude Era, when he was one of the main WWF executives negotiating withMike Tyson during Tyson's heavily-hyped involvement atWrestleMania XIV on March 29. He became a recurring part of his father's on-airfeud withStone Cold Steve Austin. In the early days of thatangle, McMahon offered support for his father in cameo roles, but he did not become anenforcer likeGerald Brisco andPat Patterson. McMahon was acolor commentator onSunday Night Heat alongsideJim Cornette and laterKevin Kelly, and announced withJerry Lawler on the 1999 video gameWWF Attitude. Concurrently with this, Shane took on the role as a regular character, turning on his father by signing Austin to a contract after Vince demoted him to the position of referee. AtSurvivor Series on November 15, Shane turnedheel by turning on Austin and became an official member ofThe Corporation.[9][unreliable source?]
In February 1999, McMahon moved away from the commentary role onHeat and became a key component in the Corporation angle, winning theEuropean Championship fromX-Pac on the February 15 episode ofRaw is War.[10] The two met in a rematch atWrestleMania XV on March 28; McMahon got help from his childhood friends theMean Street Posse andTriple H, who turned on X-Pac during the match, to retain the championship.[11][unreliable source?] McMahon retired the title on the April 4 episode ofHeat, wanting to retire as an "undefeated champion". McMahon later gave the title toMideon, who found it in McMahon'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 theUPN pilot forSmackDown!, Shane joined forces withThe Undertaker and theMinistry of Darkness to form theCorporate Ministry. Eventually, Vince was revealed to be the mastermind behind this faction, and his face turn was explained to be a plot to get theWWF Championship off Austin. Austin met Shane and Vince in aladder match at theKing of the Ring on June 27 for ownership of the WWF, as in the storyline, 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.[12][unreliable source?] In 1999, McMahon was awarded thePro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year award but he declined to accept it stating "These are for the boys, not me".[13]
With his ownership reinstated, McMahon shifted his sights to, thenbabyface,Test, who waskayfabe 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, McMahon made Test's life a living hell. AtSummerSlam on August 22, McMahon met Test in a "Love Her or Leave Her" match, with the stipulation being that if McMahon won the match, Test and Stephanie could no longer see each other, and if he lost, McMahon would give his blessings to the pair. Test was able to get the win, and McMahon eventually settled his differences with Test, thus making his second face run by becoming his ally.[14] As his father, Vince, feuded with Triple H, Shane was attacked in early December 1999 by Triple H andD-Generation X (DX). He was thrown off the stage in a gang-style attack, in which Billy Gunn and Road Dogg prevented members of the Corporation from saving Shane. Later in the year, Stephanie turned heel, siding with her new kayfabe husband then-heel, Triple H (the two began their off-screen relationship around this time, but did not marry in real life until 2003). With that, the McMahon-Helmsley Faction began, and all of the other McMahons disappeared from television.
AtNo Way Out on February 27, 2000, Shane made his return as a heel again by trying to helpBig Show defeatThe Rock; these efforts failed as Vince returned the next Monday night onRaw Is War, when the Rock got a rematch against Big Show and helped The Rock win the match.[15] This started the road toWrestleMania 2000 on April 2, wherein the four-way main event each wrestler had a McMahon in his corner. The Rock had Vince, Big Show had Shane, Triple H had Stephanie, andMick Foley had Shane's mother,Linda McMahon. Big Show was the first man eliminated,[15] and soon after he and Shane went their separate ways. This led to a match between the two atJudgment Day on May 21, which McMahon won after receiving help from Test andAlbert, among others.[16] Over the course of the next several months, McMahon allied himself with other heel wrestlers, speciallyChris Benoit in his feud over the WWF Championship with The Rock.[17][unreliable source?] He was also aligned withEdge and Christian, who helped him win theHardcore Championship fromSteve Blackman on the August 21 episode ofRaw is War.[18] McMahon met Blackman in a rematch atSummerSlam on August 27, losing the title after falling 50 feet (15 m) through the stage. McMahon climbed up the set and tried to run away from Blackman, who gave chase and hit Shane with aSingapore cane, knocking him off.[19] McMahon disappeared from television, making occasional cameo appearances.
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 withTrish Stratus and Vince's spite and demand to divorce Linda McMahon. As fate would have it, rivalWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) was sold to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) one week before the Father versus Son match atWrestleMania X-Seven on April 1. Interms of the storyline, Vince demanded thatTed Turner sign the contract at WrestleMania. With Vince's ego getting the best of him, Shane was able to seize the opportunity and purchase WCW himself, to the shock of Vince. McMahon defeated Vince at WrestleMania in aStreet Fight.[20] AtBacklash on April 29, McMahon debuted histheme song "Here Comes The Money" and was in aLast Man Standing match against Big Show. McMahon performed theLeap of Faith (from the top of the scaffolding), knocking himself and Big Show out.Test helped McMahon to his feet, causing McMahon to get the victory.[21]
McMahon began a feud withKurt Angle. ByKing of the Ring on June 24, McMahon's feud with Angle had culminated. After already participating in two tournament matches that night, Angle wrestled McMahon in a Street Fight. After a suplex on the hard floor, Angle was thought to have cracked histailbone. Angle also delivered anoverhead belly to belly suplex through the plated glass stage set, but McMahon did not 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. Angle proceeded to bodily hurl him through the plate glass. The match also had Shane missing ashooting star press and landing on a trash can, and ended with Angle performing theAngle Slam off the top rope before scoring the victory over a bloodied McMahon.[22][unreliable source?]
McMahon began to lead his WCW wrestlers against his father and the WWF wrestlers, turning heel by joining forces withPaul Heyman and his brand ofExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) wrestlers, along with their new owner, McMahon's sister Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Calling themselvesThe Alliance, they pledged to finally run the WWF (and specifically their father) out of business. Ultimately,The Invasion came to a head atSurvivor Series on November 18 in a match to determinewhich power would ultimately have control. The team, each respectively representing The Alliance and the WWF, of McMahon, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle,Rob Van Dam, andBooker T lost to the team of The Rock,Chris Jericho, The Undertaker,Kane, and Big Show.[23][unreliable source?] The following night onRaw, Vince publicly fired both Shane and Stephanie, which Shane took in stride, admitting that he lost to the better man, while Stephanie pleaded with her father before being forcefully removed from the arena.[citation needed] Aside from a brief appearance on the July 15, 2002 episode ofRaw, McMahon would not be seen on television for almost two years.
McMahon made his first on-screen appearance in two years on an episode ofSmackDown! beforeWrestleMania XIX, watching his father's training in the gym to prepare his match againstHulk Hogan. At WrestleMania on March 30, 2003, he went to check on his father's welfare following a Street Fight with Hulk Hogan, with Hogan welcoming Shane in the ring and walking out.[24][unreliable source?] He returned as a face in the summer by getting involved in a feud withEric Bischoff, who had made improper remarks and gestures to Shane's mother Linda. He defeated Bischoff in a Falls Count Anywhere match atSummerSlam on August 24.[25] McMahon also got involved in a bitter rivalry with Kane after Kane gave Linda aTombstone Piledriver because she did not name him the number one contender to theWorld Heavyweight Championship. Their feud culminated in McMahon losing aLast Man Standing match atUnforgiven on September 21 and anAmbulance match atSurvivor Series on November 16.[26][27]
After Survivor Series, McMahon leftRaw to focus his attention on the executive creative staff and his new family. AtWrestleMania XX on March 14, 2004, McMahon appeared briefly on camera during the opening of the event with Vince and his newborn son, Declan.[28] On a special 3-hour episode ofRaw on October 3, 2005, billed asWWE Homecoming, all four members of the McMahon family were given aStone Cold Stunner by Stone Cold Steve Austin.[citation needed] The following week, Vince demanded an apology from ringside commentators for not coming to his family's aid, which developed into a new feud. McMahon also appeared atSurvivor Series on November 27, though he did not appear on television. He can be seen on the DVD extra backstage talking toTheodore Long, whenThe Boogeyman tried to scare off McMahon, who made no deal about it.[29]
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McMahon returned in 2006 as a heel by again siding with his father to help in the feud withShawn Michaels. At theRoyal Rumble on January 29, Shane (despite not competing in the match) eliminated Michaels from theRoyal Rumble match by throwing him over the top rope.[30][unreliable source?] After weeks of attacks from behind by Shane, one of which saw him force an unconscious Michaels to kiss Vince's rear end, Shane and Michaels faced each other in a Street Fight on the March 18 episode ofSaturday Night's Main Event XXXII. In a fashion similar to the real-lifeMontreal Screwjob, Shane put Michaels in theSharpshooter as Vince called for the bell and gave Shane the victory.[31] The McMahons' feud with Michaels took a religious turn atWrestleMania 22 on April 2, where Michaels defeated Vince McMahon. Vince claimed that Michaels's victory was a result of "divine intervention" andbooked himself and his son in a match atBacklash on April 30 against Michaels and his tag team partner "God". Around this time, Vince began to act strangely and at one point considered himself a god. Shane, who at this time was referred to by Vince as "the product of his semen", teamed with Vince to defeat Michaels and "God" at Backlash, due to help from theSpirit Squad.[32][unreliable source?]
This feud later envelopedTriple H, who the McMahons had enlisted to take out Michaels. Triple H was getting frustrated with this, as it was distracting from his quest to regain theWWE Championship. Triple H wound up bashing Shane with his signature weapon, thesledgehammer, 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 began a feud with the McMahons shortly after, leading to his siding with Shawn Michaels and the reformation of D-Generation X (DX). AtSummerSlam on August 20, the McMahons were defeated by DX.[33] About a month later atUnforgiven on September 17, The McMahons and thenECW World Champion Big Show faced DX in aHell 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.[34]
On the March 5, 2007 episode ofRaw, McMahon came back to inform his father, Vince, 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, the Texas rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin.[citation needed] During the "Battle of the Billionaires" match atWrestleMania 23 on April 1, Shane's attempt to interfere on his father's behalf was stopped by Austin. During the match, Shane was able to hit theCoast to Coast dive with a trash can intoBobby Lashley's face.[35] On the April 9 episode ofRaw, Shane officially joined the Vince/Umaga/Lashley feud when he faced Lashley for the ECW World Championship in aTitle vs. Hair match which ended in Shane getting disqualified on purpose by punching the referee. After the match, Umaga, Vince, and Shane all attacked Lashley.[citation needed] AtBacklash on April 29 in ahandicap match for the ECW World Championship, Shane along with Vince and Umaga defeated Lashley for the title.[36][unreliable source?] Vince gained thepin making him the ECW World Champion. AtJudgment Day on May 20, Lashley faced Shane, Vince, and Umaga again, in a rematch for the ECW World Championship. This time, Lashley won the match, but since he pinned Shane rather than Vince, Vince remained the champion.[37][unreliable source?] AtOne Night Stand on June 3, Shane and Umaga tried to help Vince retain the ECW World Championship against Lashley, but failed when Lashleyspeared Vince and pinned him for the win.[citation needed]
On the taped episode ofRaw that aired on September 3, Shane, along with his mother Linda and his sister Stephanie, made appearances to confront Vince about his illegitimate child.[citation needed] Shane returned atSurvivor Series on November 18 to accompanyHornswoggle, alongside his father, in his match againstThe Great Khali.[38] After that, he was only seen on WWE's pay-per-viewNo Way Out on February 17, 2008, talking to Big Show after the latter had his nose legitimately broken going by the plan to push Mayweather's speed byFloyd Mayweather Jr. before again not being seen until June.
After the severe injury that Vince McMahon sustained on the June 23 episode ofRaw when a sign fell on top of him during his hosting of the "Million Dollar Mania" sweepstakes, Shane requested for theRaw roster to stand together during what was a turbulent time.[39][40] Shane's plea, however, was ignored and subsequently, Shane and his sister Stephanie urged the roster to show solidarity.[41][42] On the July 28 episode ofRaw, Shane made an appearance to announceMike Adamle as his and Stephanie's choice to be the newRaw general manager.[43] After Adamle stepped down as general manager, he and Stephanie became the interim on-screen authority figures for theRaw program. On the November 24 episode ofRaw, Shane and Stephanie argued over who was in charge, leading to Stephanie telling him thatRaw is her show. After being slapped by Stephanie, Shane finished the segment by telling her that from that day onwards, he was going to watch Stephanie runRaw "right into the ground".
At the start of 2009,Randy Orton began a feud with the McMahon family. On the January 19 episode ofRaw, Ortonpunted Mr. McMahon in the head, after he had tried to fire Orton from the company for previous comments made about Stephanie. The following week, Shane returned to television and attacked Orton for his actions, turning face for the first time since 2006. On the February 2 episode ofRaw, it was revealed that Orton challenged Shane to a No Holds Barred match atNo Way Out on February 15, to which he accepted,[44] but was defeated by Orton in the match.[45] The following night onRaw, Shane challenged Orton to a match for that episode's main event. The match ended with Orton punting Shane in the head, as well as performing anRKO on Stephanie McMahon.
Shane returned on the March 30 episode ofRaw, alongside Triple H and his father Vince McMahon, to confront and attackThe Legacy (Randy Orton,Ted DiBiase, andCody Rhodes). On the April 6 episode ofRaw, it was announced that Shane would compete in asix-man tag team match against The Legacy atBacklash on April 26 alongside Triple H andBatista, the latter of whom had returned from injury, where the stipulation was that if any member of Orton's team pinned any member of Triple H's team, Orton would win Triple H's WWE Championship; however, if any member of Orton's team was counted out or disqualified, Triple H would retain the title.[46] On the May 4 episode ofRaw, Shane's character suffered a broken leg and ankle at the hands of Orton and Legacy as a way to write him out of the story. On October 1, 2009, Shane departed WWE.
On the February 22, 2016 episode ofRaw, Shane returned to WWE as a face for the first time in nearly seven years, interrupting his sister,Stephanie McMahon, receiving the "Vincent J. McMahon Legacy of Excellence" Award from their father,Vince McMahon. Shane announced that the reason he had returned was that he wanted control ofRaw, leading to Vince placing Shane in aHell in a Cell match atWrestleMania 32 on April 3 againstThe Undertaker, adding the stipulation that Shane would get control ofRaw and The Undertaker would no longer be a participant in future WrestleMania events if Shane were to win the match.[47] At WrestleMania, Shane attempted a Leap of Faith off the top of the cell, but The Undertaker moved out of the way, and Shane fell through an announce table. Shane was defeated by The Undertaker soon after.
Despite losing at WrestleMania, Shane controlledRaw for a month, firstly by his father, Vince, on theRaw after WrestleMania, then for the following three weeks after "popular demand on social media".[48] This led to Stephanie confronting Shane, telling him that their father will decide who will controlRaw atPayback on May 1, where Vince announced that both Shane and Stephanie would be Co-general managers and have joint control of WWE.[49][50][51]
In July, after the announcement of the return of thebrand extension withSmackDown moving to Tuesday, Vince appointed Shane as the storyline commissioner of the SmackDown brand and Stephanie as the commissioner of Raw before tasking them to name a general manager for their respective shows. Shane appointedDaniel Bryan as the general manager ofSmackDown. AtSummerSlam on August 21,Brock Lesnar won his match againstRandy Orton bytechnical knockout and continued to assault Orton as he was being tended to. Shane confronted Lesnar, which resulted in Shane being attacked by Lesnar with an F-5.[52] On the November 8 episode ofSmackDown Live, Shane agreed to replace an injuredBaron Corbin in the traditionalSurvivor Series tag team elimination match between the two brands. AtSurvivor Series on November 20, Team SmackDown defeated Team Raw. McMahon suffered a legitimate concussion following a spear fromRoman Reigns, resulting in his elimination. In December, McMahon would take over host duties forTalking Smack with Daniel Bryan taking time off for family reasons.
On the February 21, 2017 episode ofSmackDown Live, afterAJ Styles andLuke Harper simultaneously eliminated each other in a number one contender's battle royal as the final two entrants, McMahon made singles match between the two for the February 28 episode ofSmackDown Live with the winner going on to faceBray Wyatt for the WWE Championship atWrestleMania 33 on April 2. Styles would originally go on to win the match before McMahon would restart the contest due to Harper having his foot on the rope during the pinfall. After McMahon accidentally distracted Harper, Styles would capitalize and pin Harper once again. That same week, after Randy Orton turned on Wyatt and cashed in his Royal Rumble winning opportunity, McMahon would go on to book a number one contender's match and the now even more infuriated Styles lost to Orton on the March 7 episode ofSmackDown Live. After losing the match, Styles would confront McMahon in the Gorilla position with things getting physical between the pair. The following week, Styles attacked McMahon inside the parking lot, which caused McMahon to be busted open and suffer a storyline concussion. Due to this, Styles was (kayfabe) "fired" from SmackDown. However, as McMahon was about to leave, he went back to the arena and announced that he will face Styles at WrestleMania 33. On April 2, at WrestleMania 33, McMahon lost to AJ Styles in a singles match. On April 4; the first episode ofSmackDown Live after WrestleMania, McMahon and Styles shook hands, ending the feud.[53]
On the August 1 episode ofSmackDown, McMahon had a serious argument withKevin Owens due to losing to AJ Styles for theUnited States Championship. Owens demanded a competent referee, so Daniel Bryan chose McMahon to become the special guest referee. The following week onSmackDown, McMahon was accidentally attacked by Styles during a brawl between Styles and Owens. Following the incident, on the August 15 episode ofSmackDown, McMahon warned Styles that if he puts his hands on him, he will put his hands on Styles. The warning later came to Owens after he accidentally attacked McMahon. AtSummerSlam, McMahon was about to count the pin and declare Owens the winner, however after seeing Styles' foot on the bottom rope, McMahon continued the match. A frustrated Owens pushed McMahon, causing McMahon to push Owens back. This caused a distraction for Styles to win back the United States Championship. On the August 22 episode ofSmackDown, McMahon allowed a rematch between Styles and Owens. During the match, McMahon made himself referee after seeing the poor officiating from guest referee Baron Corbin, which caused a confrontation from Owens. This allowed Styles to take advantage and pin Owens to retain the championship. On the September 5 episode ofSmackDown, after a brief confrontation with Owens, McMahon proceeded to beat down Owens after warning him not to talk about his family. Soon after,Daniel Bryan came out to announce that Shane had been "suspended indefinitely" byVince McMahon, who would be returning toSmackDown next week.[54] On the September 12 episode ofSmackDown, CEO and Chairman of WWE, Vince announced that Shane would be facing Owens atHell in a Cell, in aHell in a Cell match.[55] At Hell in a Cell, Owens won after being saved bySami Zayn from McMahon's Leap of Faith from the top of the cell to the announcer's table, was dragged by Zayn to pin McMahon.
On the October 23 episode ofRaw, McMahon fired the first shot in the build of the SmackDown-Raw feud forSurvivor Series when he appeared with most of theSmackDown roster to attack the Raw roster, after initially being friendly withKurt Angle earlier on in the same night. They proceeded to beat up wrestlers part of theRaw roster and bring Angle back to the ring. McMahon told Angle to bring hisgold medal and the remains of the roster to Survivor Series and that at Survivor Series, they would finish what they started.[citation needed] However, several weeks later, on the November 14 edition ofSmackDown, during the main event between The New Day vs Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, The Shield announced their presence and came down to the ring to face The New Day in payback for The New Day's distraction on the November 6 episode ofRaw costingSeth Rollins andDean Ambrose theWWE Raw Tag Team Championship. Worse was to come, as whenThe Usos tried to help, they were attacked by Cesaro and Sheamus, the Raw women's locker room attacked the SmackDown women's locker room, and when the rest of the SmackDown male roster came down with McMahon to the ring to help, they were attacked in turn by the rest of the Raw male roster, including Angle and Braun Strowman. Shane was given two triple powerbombs by The Shield, and an Angle Slam by Angle, as retribution for the trouble theSmackDown roster pulled onRaw the last couple of weeks, and to prove that come to the pay-per-view, Team Raw would be victorious over Team SmackDown. At Survivor Series, Shane was the last man to be eliminated by Triple H, meaning Team SmackDown lost.
On March 11, 2018, atFastlane, Shane McMahon pulled the referee out of the ring when Kevin Owens covered Dolph Ziggler and pulled Sami Zayn out of the ring when he covered Kevin Owens. On the March 13 episode ofSmackDown, Shane McMahon announced his indefinite leave of absence as SmackDown's commissioner. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn proceeded to attack Shane McMahon in the ring and behind the entrance. Shane (kayfabe) suffered a laryngeal contusion, trapezius, and rhomboid strains. He was taken to a local medical facility. On March 26, 2018, WWE.com reported that Shane legitimately had acute diverticulitis while resting with his family in the Caribbean on March 14, and was hospitalized in Antigua for a few days before he was moved to a hospital in New York where doctors also found that Shane has an umbilical hernia that required surgery once the infection was eradicated.[56] McMahon posted the below message to hisInstagram account: "Thank you, everyone, for the get well wishes. It truly helps. I'm healing up, and I have the best medicine in the world with me."[57] It was announced that Shane would team up withDaniel Bryan against Owens and Zayn atWrestleMania 34. McMahon returned on the April 3 episode ofSmackDown, to address his WrestleMania match, saying that Owens and Zayn would never be seen in a SmackDown arena again. At WrestleMania, Bryan and McMahon defeated Zayn and Owens.[citation needed]
He competed at theGreatest Royal Rumble, where he entered the namesake match at No. 47 before being eliminated after getting choke slammed off the top rope through a table byBraun Strowman. He took time off to heal from the injuries he suffered two months prior, returning on the1000th edition ofSmackDown on October 16 alongsideStephanie McMahon andVince McMahon on theTruth TV segment hosted byR-Truth andCarmella. FollowingTLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs in December, The McMahon Family (Vince, Stephanie, Shane, and Triple H) appeared onRaw and announced that they would be running both Raw and SmackDown as a group with no general managers.
At theCrown Jewel event in November, he replacedThe Miz after the latter suffered a (kayfabe) injury in the finals of theWWE World Cup, and won by defeatingDolph Zigglerin under three minutes, winning the tournament.[58] The Miz began a pursuit to form a tag team with McMahon, who finally agreed, and the duo faced SmackDown Tag Team ChampionsThe Bar (Cesaro andSheamus) at theRoyal Rumble pay-per-view, winning the titles. AtElimination Chamber the following month, however, they lost the titles toThe Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso),[59] and failed to regain them atFastlane, after which, McMahon attacked The Miz and taunted The Miz's father, turning heel in the process.[60] McMahon began proclaiming himself as the "Best in the World" and scheduled a match between himself and The Miz atWrestleMania 35, which The Miz requested to be a Falls Count Anywhere match, and McMahon agreed. At WrestleMania, McMahon narrowly defeated The Miz after beingsuperplexed off a 15-foot platform and landing on top of The Miz for the 3 counts although both men were unconscious.[citation needed] On the April 29 episode ofRaw, McMahon helpedBobby Lashley defeat The Miz, who wasdrafted to Raw, and McMahon attacked The Miz. Later that night, The Miz challenged McMahon to a Steel Cage Match atMoney in the Bank, which McMahon accepted.
While simultaneously feuding with The Miz on Raw, over on SmackDown,Elias andRoman Reigns were drafted to the brand. Shane's father Vince introduced Elias as SmackDown's biggest acquisition on the April 16 episode ofSmackDown Live. The two were confronted by Reigns, who attacked Elias and attacked Vince with the Superman Punch. The following week, Shane called out Reigns for a fight for attacking his father, but Reigns was attacked from behind by Elias, who was assisted by Shane, allying Elias and Shane. Shane forced Reigns to face The B-Team (Bo Dallas andCurtis Axel) in a handicap match with Elias as the special referee enforcer that Reigns won. The following week onSmackDown Live, Shane teamed with Elias, Daniel Bryan, andRowan in a seven-man handicap match and defeated the team of Reigns and The Usos. At Money in the Bank, Shane once again defeated The Miz this time by escaping the cage ending their feud. The following night onRaw, Shane confronted Roman Reigns with Reigns challenging Shane to a match atSuper ShowDown which Shane accepted. At Super ShowDown, Shane defeated Roman Reigns after interference fromDrew McIntyre.[61] Shane and McIntyre lost to Reigns andThe Undertaker in aNo Holds Barred tag team match atExtreme Rules.[62]
Following this, McMahon re-ignited his feud withKevin Owens, after Owens stated his distaste in McMahon's constant dominance on television and began to hit him with theStunner on countless occasions.[63] McMahon lost to Owens atSummerSlam where had Owens lost he would have quit WWE. McMahon later replaced an injured Elias in a semi-final match againstChad Gable for the2019 King of the Ring tournament, and Owens was made the referee, and despite McMahon's promise to consider dropping a fine for Owens damaging expensive equipment, Owens allowed Gable to win, and Owens was hereby fired. However, Owens continued to appear on television to issue legal threats, until October 4'sWWE SmackDown's 20th Anniversary episode, where McMahon was fired after losing a ladder match against Owens.[64][65]
After a ten-month hiatus from television, McMahon returned, as a face, on the August 3, 2020, episode ofRaw as the host of Raw Underground, a segment presented as an unsanctioned fight club.[66] It was canceled after the September 21 episode. On November 22, 2020, he made an in-ring appearance atSurvivor Series during The Undertaker's retirement ceremony.[67]
In February, incensed at being left out ofRaw's Elimination Chamber match,Braun Strowman started to take issue with McMahon. After a failed attempt to rectify things with Strowman, McMahon began to insult Strowman's intelligence, thus turning heel in the process. Strowman challenged McMahon to a match on the March 15 episode ofRaw, in which McMahon won. Strowman challenged McMahon to aSteel Cage match atWrestleMania 37 and McMahon accepted.[68] At the event, McMahon was defeated by Strowman.
McMahon returned at the2022 Royal Rumble event in the namesake match at number 28, as a face, lasting until the final three, but was eliminated by the eventual winnerBrock Lesnar. McMahon received intense criticism by fans, critics, and employees for his role in and the booking of the rumble match for trying to make himself look stronger than the full time wrestlers.[69] Amidst the controversy and backstage heat on February 2, McMahon had been quietly "let go" by the company.[70][71][72][73][74]
McMahon returned over a year later in April 2023 atWrestleMania 39 alongsideSnoop Dogg, in an impromptu match againstThe Miz; however, he tore his quad muscle early in the match and was unable to continue. Snoop Dogg replaced him and won the match in his place.[75]
In June 2024, it was reported that McMahon was no longer contracted to WWE, ending his second tenure with the company.[76]
McMahon uses a move named "Coast to Coast", where he jumps from the top rope and cross the ring, delivering a dropkick to an opponent, usually with a trash can situated in between the opponent's face. Though with the WWE's concerns over concussions he does not use a trash can, instead dropkicking the opponent with no weapon in place. He started using the move after Paul Heyman showed him a video of Rob Van Dam performing the move. He also styles his punches and footwork after Muhammad Ali, and often (in high-risk spots) uses a diving elbow drop named the "Leap of Faith."[77]
Shane McMahon began working in WWE at age 15, starting in their warehouse, where he filled merchandise orders. McMahon was a referee, producer, announcer, and eventually a wrestler on-screen, while becoming WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Media behind the scenes.[78] In 1992, McMahon was already backstage official and working behind the scenes for the company.[79] In 1997, McMahon helped launch WWE's official website.[79] By the year 2000, McMahon was very much a part of the decision process in WWE, and that included creative.[79]
On October 21, 2006, McMahon attendedPride 32 at theThomas & Mack Center inParadise, Nevada[80] resulting in speculation that WWE were considering promoting MMA events.[81] On November 17, 2006, WWE andDream Stage Entertainment officials, the parent company ofPride Fighting Championships, held a meeting at WWE global headquarters inStamford, Connecticut. The meeting focused on the possibility of the two groups doing some form of business together in the future.[82] Yet on March 27, 2007,Nobuyuki Sakakibara, president of DSE, announced thatStation Casinos, Inc. magnate Lorenzo Fertitta, also one of the co-owners of Zuffa, the parent company of theUltimate Fighting Championship, had made a deal to acquire all the assets of Pride FC from DSE afterPride 34 in a deal worth about US$70 million, thereby ceasing any prospective business between Pride and WWE.[83]
Later in November 2006, McMahon and WWE Canada PresidentCarl De Marco traveled to South America to finalize a major TV deal in Brazil, which allowed their television station to airRaw andSmackDown.[citation needed]
In October 2007, McMahon and De Marco attempted to purchase the Argentine wrestling promotion100% Lucha [es] to expand WWE's product in South America.[84] The deal fell through due to disagreements between the two parties.[85][86]
In September 2008, McMahon finalized another major TV deal, this time in Mexico, which allowed WWE programming to air on Mexico's two biggest television networks,Raw onTelevisa andSmackDown onTV Azteca.[87]
On October 16, 2009, WWE published a statement from Shane McMahon announcing his resignation from his position as WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Media,[88] and also issued an official press release stating that the resignation was tendered effective January 1, 2010.[89] No specific reason was given for the resignation. McMahon stated in the WWE press release, "Having been associated with this organization for the majority of my life, I feel this is the opportune time in my career to pursue outside ventures." thus ending his 20-year stint with the company on January 1, 2010. McMahon's resignation left only two original members of the McMahon family activities within the company; his father Vince, and his sister, Stephanie.
As of late 2019, McMahon began working as aproducer for WWE once again.[90]
In May 2020, it was revealed that the reasons for Shane McMahon's resignation from his role as Executive Vice President of WWE in 2009, was because "he realized that his father Vince, saw his sisterStephanie and her husbandTriple H as the heirs to the throne" and "was tired of his father Vince, overlooking his ideas" for what he envisioned for the company.[79] In 2022, however, It was reported that despite having a part time WWE contract and no major production role with his family's company, McMahon had in fact had a history with bookingRoyal Rumble matches, with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful even stating following the controversy surrounding the 2022 Royal Rumble that "Though he wasn't listed as a producer internally for the Royal Rumble, he helped put the match together, which he's done before in the past."[citation needed]
Outside of his WWE business ventures, McMahon founded a financial technology company called China Broadband Inc, on October 19, 2004.[91] On August 3, 2010, McMahon became the CEO of China Broadband Inc., a provider of cable broadband services, as well as other digital and analog related services, inShandong of China. The company is based inBoulder County, Colorado.[92] Also in 2010, McMahon became the CEO of You On Demand, the firstvideo-on-demand and pay-per-view service in China.[93][94] In July 2013, McMahon stepped down as CEO of You On Demand.[95] McMahon remained Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company until August 2, 2021, when McMahon was promoted to Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company,[96] which has undergone several name changes since that time, including Wecast Holdings Inc., Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc., and ultimately,Ideanomics.[97] The company is headquartered in New York City.[98]
As of April 2011, McMahon sits on the Board of Directors for International Sports Management.[99]
McMahon is a part owner of theIndian Larry Motorcycle Shop inBrooklyn, New York.[100]
McMahon is married to Marissa Mazzola.[101] They have three sons.[102] His sons appeared atWrestleMania 32, accompanying him to the ring in his match againstThe Undertaker; they have been seen in the crowd for some of his more recent matches.[102]
McMahon usually wears baseball jerseys for his matches, with the front saying "Shane O Mac" and the back reserved for "McMahon", the name of the pay-per-view in which he's participating, or some other phrase relating to the match and/or his opponent. When his father,Vince, was interviewed inPlayboy, he mentioned that although Shane isright-handed, he often throws left-handed punches. McMahon's football jersey number was 61,[citation needed] the same as his father.[citation needed] On July 19, 2017, McMahon was involved in a helicopter crash, but was relatively unharmed.[103][104]
McMahon is an avid fan ofmixed martial arts. He trains inBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu underRenzo Gracie, as well asMuay Thai underPhil Nurse.[105]
In September 2006, he was named one ofDetail magazine's "50 Most Powerful Men Under 42" in the annual "power issue".[106]
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| 2002 | Rollerball | American Media Mogul | Cameo appearance |
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| 2019 | NCIS: Los Angeles | US Army CID Special Agent Steve Evans | 2 episodes |
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| WWF WrestleMania 2000 | ||
| 2000 | WWF No Mercy | |
| WWF SmackDown! | ||
| WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role | ||
| 2001 | WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It | |
| 2002 | WWF WrestleMania X8 | |
| 2006 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 | |
| 2007 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 | |
| 2008 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 | Non-Playable Character |
| 2009 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 | Non-Playable Character |
| 2012 | WWE '13 | |
| 2014 | WWE SuperCard | Latest card: WM 34 |
| 2015 | WWE 2K16 | |
| 2016 | WWE 2K17 | |
| WWE Champions | ||
| 2017 | WWE 2K18 | |
| WWE Mayhem | ||
| 2018 | WWE 2K19 | |
| 2019 | WWE 2K20 | |
| 2020 | WWE 2K Battlegrounds | |
| 2022 | WWE 2K22 | |
| 2023 | WWE 2K23 | |
| 2024 | WWE 2K24 |
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