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Shane McMahon United States
File:Smcmahon.jpg
BornJanuary 15, 1970 (Age 37)
Gaithersburg, Maryland Maryland
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Shane
Shane McMahon
Shane-O-Mac
Shane Stevens
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight235 lb (106 kg)
Billed fromGreenwich, Connecticut Connecticut
Trained byLou Thesz
Debut1998

Shane Brandon McMahon[1], (born January 15, 1970) is an American executive and part-time professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He is the son of the current WWE chairman, Vince McMahon and Chief Executive Officer Linda McMahon and brother of Stephanie McMahon, making him brother-in-law to her husband Paul "Triple H" Levesque. He is currently WWE Executive Vice President of Global Media[1].

Career

Early Years

Shane attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, CT and Roger Williams University for college in Rhode Island, where he studied Media and Marketing, before transferring to Boston University. Following Shane’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 and his team made WWF.com (changed to WWE.com in 2002).

Since July 2003, Shane 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 has also contributed to WWE’s programming as a talent and Creative contributor. In September 2006, Shane 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 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, 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 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% (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, 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. In this Street Fight, Test was able to get the win, and Shane would eventually settle his differences with Test, becoming his ally thus making his second face run.[2] Later in the year though, Stephanie would turn 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.

2000

At No Way Out, Shane made his return as a heel again by helping The Big Show defeat The Rock.[3] 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 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

In 2001, Shane made his third face run by once again feuding with his father, Vince. 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, who had been feuding with Vince due to the elder McMahon's (kayfabe) affair with Trish Stratus, 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[4] At Backlash 2001, 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 could not answer the 10 count.[5]

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.

By King of the Ring 2001, on June 24, Shane's feud with WWF flagship Kurt Angle had been culminating. 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 a overhead belly-to-belly suplex through the plated glass stage set, but Shane 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. 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.

Ultimately, The Invasion came to a head at Survivor Series 2001, and with Shane on the Alliance team, the WWF defeated the Alliance, causing 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 McMahon remained off-screen, eventually briefly reappearing three times during 2002 to 2003.

2003-05

At WrestleMania XIX Shane 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 (who had made improper remarks/gestures to Shane's mother Linda). He defeated Bischoff in a street fight at SummerSlam 2003.[6] Shane also got involved in a rivalry with then heel, Kane after he had 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[7] and an Ambulance match at Survivor Series 2003.[8]

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 from "The Rattlesnake," 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.[9] Shane also appeared at Survivor Series 2005, thou he was not shown, but on the DVD extra, he was seen backstage talking to Theodore Long, then The Boogeyman made his presence to Shane, whom he tried to scare off, but Shane made no deal about it.

2006

Shane doing his signature dance move

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.[10] 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 HBK 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.[11]

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, 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.[12]

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 McMahon were defeated by D-Generation X.[13]

About a month later at Unforgiven, Shane, Vince, and then ECW World 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.[14]

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,[15] resulting in speculation that WWE could be considering promoting MMA events.[16] Later on November 17, 2006, WWE officials and officials of DSE, the parent company of PRIDE FC, had a meeting at 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.[17] But 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, and therefore the deal between DSE and WWE has reportedly been called off[18]

2007

Shane in the ring at Backlash 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. At first, it appeared as if Mick Foley was the guest referee; instead, the guest referee turned out to be the McMahons' old rival, Stone Cold Steve Austin. [19]

During the "Battle of the Billionaires" match at WrestleMania 23, Shane's attempt to interfere on his father's behalf was stopped by Steve Austin. During the match Shane was able to hit the Coast-to-Coast to dive with a trash can into Bobby Lashley's face.[20]

On April 9, Shane would officially join the McMahon/Umaga/Lashley feud when he faced Bobby Lashley for the ECW World Championship in a "Title vs Hair match" which ended in Shane getting disqualified on purpose by punching the referee. After the match, Umaga, Vince and Shane would all attack Lashley.[21] At Backlash in a Handicap match for the ECW title, Shane along with his father, Vince McMahon and Umaga defeated Lashley for the ECW Championship.[22] Mr. McMahon gained the pin making him the ECW World Champion. At Judgment Day 2007, 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.[23]On the May 28 edition of RAW, Shane announced that there will be a tri-branded draft, that includes all brands, (RAW, SmackDown and ECW). Every Superstar will be available to get drafted (including Champions, Non-champions and Diva's).

At One Night Stand Shane and Umaga tried to help Vince retain the ECW World title against Bobby Lashley, but failed when Lashley speared Vince and pinned him for the win. [24]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

Job titles

  • 1990 - WWF referee [28]
  • 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 fifteen 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. [29]
  • During The Invasion, Shane was the storyline owner of World Championship Wrestling; which in reality was owned by the World Wresting Federation. [30]

Trivia

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.

Shane liked the idea of Chyna joining the WWF with Triple H and Shawn Michaels. [31]

Shane's football jersey number was 61[32], the same as his Dad. [33].

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

Although Shane is right-handed, he often throws left-handed punches. [34]

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" was born March 26, 2006. On July 24, 2006, Shane became an uncle, when his sister Stephanie had her daughter Aurora Rose Levesque.

When Vince McMahon was interviewed in Playboy, he mentioned that Shane was suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder, for which they placed him on Ritalin.[35]

Shane has stated that Marissa was the only girlfriend he ever had.[36]

References

  1. ^ a b "WWE Corporate". Retrieved 2007-06-15.
  2. ^ "Shane loses to Test at SummerSlam 1999". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  3. ^ "Big Show defeats The Rock". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  4. ^ "Shane McMahon defeats Vince McMahon in a Street Fight at WrestleMania X-Seven". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  5. ^ "Shane defeats The Big Show in a Last Man Standing match at Backlash 2001". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  6. ^ "Shane defeats Eric Bishoff at SummerSlam 2003". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  7. ^ "Shane loses a Last Man Standing Match at Unforgiven 2003". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  8. ^ "Shane is defeated by Kane in an Ambulance Match at Survivor Series 2003". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  9. ^ "The entire McMahon family get Stone Cold Stunnered". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  10. ^ "Shane eliminates Shawn Michaels out of the Royal Rumble". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  11. ^ "Shane defeats Shawn Michaels at Saturday Night's Main Event". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  12. ^ "The McMahons defeat Shawn Michaels and God". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  13. ^ "The McMahons get defeated by D-Generation X". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  14. ^ "The McMahons and the Big Show get defeated by D-Generation X". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  15. ^ "community.foxsports.com/blogs/FOXSportsMMA/2006/10/25/Showbiz_and_MMA". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  16. ^ "www.fightopinion.com/2006/10/22/is-wwe-getting-into-the-mma-business". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  17. ^ "www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/34401241". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  18. ^ "www.pridefc.com/pride2005/index.php?mainpage=news&news_id=1035". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  19. ^ RAW Results from March 5
  20. ^ "Shane interferes' in the "Battle of the Millionaires" match". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  21. ^ "RAW Results from April 9". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  22. ^ "The McMahons and Umaga defeat Bobby Lashley at Backlash 2007". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  23. ^ "The McMahons and Umaga get defeated by Bobby Lashley at Judgment Day 2007". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  24. ^ The McMahons and Umaga lose to Bobby Lashley at One Night Stand 2007
  25. ^ Shane McMahon's European Title History
  26. ^ Shane McMahon's Hardcore Title History
  27. ^ Shane McMahon Rookie of the Year in 1999 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  28. ^ Shane McMahon Fact
  29. ^ Shane McMahon, Executive President of WWE Global Media
  30. ^ Shane fact that he took over WCW
  31. ^ [Heartbreak & Triumph The Shawn Michaels Story Ch.22, pg.253]
  32. ^ Shane McMahon's football jersey number
  33. ^ Shane and Vince's football jersey number
  34. ^ Picture of Shane McMahon writing
  35. ^ "Vince McMahon revealing that his son Shane was suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  36. ^ "Shane's tell all on Marissa". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
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