Shane McMahon

Shane McMahon
Born	January 15, 1970 Gaithersburg, Maryland
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Shane McMahon Shane O Mac Shane Stevens
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (190 cm)
Billed weight	230 lb (105 kg)
Billed from	Greenwich, Connecticut
Trained by	Tom Prichard
Debut	1998

Shane Brandon McMahon, (born January 15, 1970) is an American executive and part-time professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He is the son of WWE chairman Vince McMahon and Chief Executive Officer Linda McMahon and brother of Stephanie McMahon, making him brother-in-law to her husband Paul Levesque.

He is currently WWE Executive Vice President of Global Media and a key component of the WWE. During his time as a wrestler, he gained notice for performing many high-risk aerial maneuvers not expected of a high-ranking executive or part-time wrestler.

Career

Early Years

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Shane in his referee days.

Shane McMahon attended Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, where he studied media and marketing, before transferring to Boston University. Following McMahon’s graduation from Boston University in 1996, he worked in WWE’s television production, sales, marketing, and international business development divisions before he helped form the company’s digital media department in 1998. Shane McMahon and his team made WWF.com (changed to WWE.com in 2002) which receives more than fifteen million unique visitors each month. Since July 2003, Shane McMahon has served as Executive Vice President of WWE Global Media, overseeing international television distribution, live event bookings, digital media, consumer products, and publishing. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Shane McMahon has also contributed to WWE’s programming as a talent and creative contributor. In September 2006, McMahon was named one of Detail Magazine's 50 most powerful men under 42 in the annual "power issue".

He began his on-screen career as a referee named Shane Stevens in 1990, and was the first performer to walk out to greet the audience at WrestleMania VI. Soon leaving behind the blue shirt and bow-tie, Shane McMahon 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.

1998-99

Shane finally became a regular on-air character in 1998, during his father's famous feud with Steve Austin. In the early days of that angle, Shane would offer support for his father in cameo roles, but would not become an enforcer as Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson had become. Later, in the summer, Shane was a color-commentator on Sunday Night HEAT for a short amount of time. 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 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, where 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 McMahon 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 would join 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 would then meet Shane and Vince in a ladder match at the King of The Ring for ownership of the WWE (storyline wise, Austin had 50%, 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 Test, whose storyline had him dating Shane's sister, Stephanie McMahon. 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. In the match that stole the show, Test was able to get the win, and Shane would eventually settle his differences with Test, becoming his ally. Later in the year though, Stephanie would turn heel, siding with her new husband Triple H. With that, the McMahon-Helmsley Faction began, and all of the other McMahons disappeared from television.

2000

At No Way Out, Shane made his return, helping The 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 would go their separate ways. This led to a match between the two at Judgement 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

In 2001, Shane once again feuded with his father. As fate would have it, rival World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was sold to the World Wrestling Federation one week before the McMahon 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, who had been feuding with Vince due to the elder McMahon's affair with Trish Stratus, was able to seize the opportunity and purchase WCW himself, to the shock of Vince McMahon. At Backlash 2001, Shane McMahon was in a Last Man Standing match against the Big Show. Mr.McMahon put this match together because Shane was the current owner of WCW. Test interfered in the match, knocking Big Show over onto a airvent shaft while Shane was on the top of the Titantron. Big Show had chased him up there and Shane was told by Test to jump off and land on the Big Show. Shane performed the super Leap of Faith, causing Shane to get the victory.

Following Shane's victory over Vince at WrestleMania, the younger McMahon 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.

However, the Alliance angle failed to impress wrestling fans, and it was eventually ended once and for all at Survivor Series 2001, with the WCW/ECW Alliance going out of business. The following night on RAW, Vince McMahon publicly fired both Shane and Stephanie McMahon.

Following the destruction of the WCW/ECW Alliance, Shane McMahon remained off-screen, eventually briefly reappearing three times during 2002 to 2003. He often suggested that his father's choice as RAW General Manager, Eric Bischoff, was a bad idea and that he (Shane) should be GM.

2003-04

At WrestleMania XIX Shane McMahon went to check on his father's welfare following a bloody street fight with Hulk Hogan. He turned face once more in the summer of 2003 by getting involved in a feud with Eric Bischoff. He defeated Bischoff in a street fight at SummerSlam 2003. Shane McMahon also got involved in a rivalry with Kane after he had given his mother Linda the "tombstone piledriver". Their feud culminated in Shane McMahon losing a Last Man Standing match at Unforgiven 2003 and an Ambulance match at Survivor Series 2003.

After Survivor Series, Shane McMahon left RAW to focus his attention on the executive creative staff and on his new family. At WrestleMania XX, Shane McMahon appeared briefly on camera during the opening of the event with Vince McMahon and his newborn son, Declan James McMahon.

2006

Shane McMahon again began 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 McMahon, one of which saw McMahon force an unconscious Michaels to kiss Vince McMahon's ass, Shane McMahon 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 McMahon put Michaels in the Sharpshooter as Vince McMahon called for the bell and gave Shane McMahon the victory.

The McMahons' feud with Michaels took a religious turn after WrestleMania 22 (where Michaels defeated Vince McMahon) when Vince McMahon claimed that Michaels' victory was a result of "divine intervention", booked himself and his son in a match at Backlash against Shawn 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 McMahon, who at this time was referred by Vince McMahon as "the product of [his] semen", teamed with Vince McMahon and defeat Shawn 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 McMahon with his signature weapon, the sledgehammer, in what was considered to be an accident that put McMahon 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 McMahon were defeated by D-Generation X.

About a month later at Unforgiven, Shane, Vince, and thenECW World Heavyweight Champion The Big Show faced D-Generation X in a Hell in a Cell match. Shane was "injured" after Michaels elbow dropped a chair which was around Shane's head. DX emerged victorious at Unforgiven, and Shane disappeared from television.

On October 21, 2006, PRIDE Fighting Championships held PRIDE 32 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shane McMahon was at attendance at the event [1], resulting in speculation that WWE could be considering promoting MMA events [2]. Later on November 17, 2006, WWE officials and officials of DSE, the parent company of PRIDE FC, had a meeting at the WWE global headquarters in Stamford, Conn. The meeting focused on the possibility of the two groups doing some form of business together in the future. [3].

2007

On the March 5 edition of RAW, Shane came back to inform his father, Vince 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 McMahon's intended for Shane to be the referee; instead, the guest referee turned out to be the McMahons' old rival, Stone Cold 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 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves

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Shane performing the Leap of Faith

• • Coast-2-Coast/MacTerminator (Corner-to-corner missile dropkick, driving a foreign object into the face of the victim)
  • Leap of Faith (Top rope diving elbow drop to outside of the ring, usually driving an opponent through the announcer table)
  • Super Leap of Faith (Diving elbow drop from an extremely elevated position)
  • MacFactor (Sitout facebuster)
  • Bronco buster
  • Punching combo
  • Floatover DDT
  • Inverted facelock neckbreaker, often repeatedly done
  • Moonsault
  • Missile dropkick
  • Sharpshooter
  • Low blow

• Signature taunts
  • Shane-O-Shuffle (Theatric antics; a variation of the C-Walk)
  • Shane-up (Used during his feuds with Shawn Michaels and The Rock)
  • Some hip-hop dance steps
  • Mac-a-Roonie

• Signature foreign object
  • Kendo Stick
  • Garbage Can

• Wrestlers managed by Shane McMahon
  • Mean Street Posse (Joey Abs, Pete Gas, & Rodney)
  • Test
  • The Big Show
  • Edge and Christian
  • Chris Benoit
  • Kurt Angle
  • Booker T
  • Vince McMahon
• Managers
  • Stephanie McMahon
  • Vince McMahon

• Theme music
  • Here Comes the Money by Naughty by Nature.
  • No Chance in Hell

Championships and accomplishments

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Shane as the European Champion

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Rookie of the Year (1999) McMahon refused the award; stating "These are for the boys, not me."
  • Feud of the Year (2001) versus Vince McMahon
• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF European Championship (1 time)
  • WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
• WWE Magazine
  • 2006 Beef of the Year - D-Generation X vs. The McMahons

Job titles

• 1990 - WWF referee
• 1993 - WWF’s television production, sales, marketing, and international business development divisions
• 1998 - He helped form the company’s digital media department and Launched WWF.com (now known as WWE.com), a site that has more than seven million unique visitors a month.
• 2003 - Executive President of WWE Global Media, overseeing international TV distribution, live event bookings, digital media, consumer products, and publishing
• During The Invasion, Shane was the storyline owner of World Championship Wrestling; which in reality was owned by the World Wresting Federation.

Trivia

Shane McMahon is ambidextrous. He uses his left hand to eat, draw, color and for fighting techniques. He writes with his right hand.

Shane usually wears baseball jerseys for his matches, with the front saying: Shane O Mac and the back reserved for either 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 Attention Deficit Disorder, for which they placed him on Ritalin. [4]

Shane has stated that Marissa was the only girlfriend he ever had. [5]

His football jersey number was 61, the same as his dad.

Shane had a brief role in the 2002 film, Rollerball.

In the game WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007, Shane is a playable 'legend' character.

Personal life

Shane married his high school sweetheart Marissa Mazzola on September 14, 1996. They used to live across the street from each other. Together they have two sons, Declan James and Kenyon Jesse. Declan was born on February 13, 2004 and weighed nine pounds. Kenyon "Kenney" Jesse was born March 26, 2006. On July 24, 2006, Shane became an uncle, when his sister Stephanie had her daughter Aurora Rose Levesque.

External links

• WWE Profile
• Shane McMahon at IMDb
• ShaneOManiacs.com (fansite)